08 LC 18
7158
House
Bill 1236
By:
Representative Franklin of the
43rd
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 2 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to apportionment of the House of Representatives and Senate and qualifications
of members, so as to change certain provisions regarding the apportionment and
qualifications for the House of Representatives; to provide for other matters
relative to the foregoing; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting
laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
2 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
apportionment of the House of Representatives and Senate and qualifications of
members, is amended by revising subsection (d) of Code Section 28-2-1, relating
to apportionment and qualifications for the House of Representatives, as
follows:
"(d)
For purposes of this Code section:
(1)
The terms 'Tract' and 'BG' (Block Group) shall mean and describe the same
geographical boundaries as provided in the report of the Bureau of the Census
for the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia. The
separate numeric designations in a Tract description which are underneath a 'BG'
heading shall mean and describe individual Blocks within a Block Group as
provided in the report of the Bureau of the Census for the United States
decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia; and
(2)
Except as otherwise provided in the description of any representative district,
whenever the description of any representative district refers to a named city,
it shall mean the geographical boundaries of that city as shown on the census
maps for the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of
Georgia."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.