06
LC 34 0729
Senate
Bill 658
By:
Senator Carter of the
13th
AS PASSED
AS PASSED
AN
ACT
To
amend an Act providing for the Tift County Board of Education, approved March
31, 1971 (Ga. L. 1971, p. 2722), as amended, particularly by an Act approved
March 28, 1986 (Ga. L. 1986, p. 5262), and an Act approved February 16, 1994
(Ga. L. 1994, p. 3538), so as to provide for the continuation in office of the
current members; to provide for the election of a chairperson; to provide for
related matters; to provide for a submission pursuant to Section 5 of the
federal Voting Rights Act of 1965; to provide effective dates; to repeal
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act providing for the Tift County Board of Education, approved March 31, 1971
(Ga. L. 1971, p. 2722), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 28,
1986 (Ga. L. 1986, p. 5262), and an Act approved February 16, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994,
p. 3538), is amended by striking subsection (e) of Section 3 in its entirety and
inserting in its place the following:
"(e)
The members of the board of education in office on the effective date of this
Act shall serve out the remainder of the terms to which they were elected.
Successors to such members of the board whose terms are to expire shall be
elected at the November general election immediately preceding the expiration of
those terms and shall take office the first day of January immediately following
that election to serve for terms of four years each and until their respective
successors are elected and qualified. Beginning at the 2008 November general
election and in subsequent general elections, any person who is elected to serve
as a board member from Education District 7, consisting of all of Tift County,
or any qualified person elected by the remaining board members to fill a vacancy
created on the board from Education District 7 for any reason other than
expiration of the term of office, such person shall serve as chairperson of the
Tift County Board of Education during the term for which such person was elected
as a member of the
board."
SECTION
2.
It
is not the intention of the General Assembly to affect the status of current
members of the board, their terms of office, or the manner in which their
successors shall be elected, and such matters shall remain as provided by law on
the effective date of this Act until otherwise amended by law, except to the
extent of appointing the next elected member from Education District 7 as the
chairperson of the board.
SECTION
3.
The
governing authority of Tift County shall through its legal counsel cause this
Act to be submitted for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of
1965, as amended; and such submission shall be made to the United States
Department of Justice or filed with the appropriate court no later than 45 days
after the date on which this Act is approved by the Governor or otherwise
becomes law without such approval.
SECTION
4.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
5.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.