08 LC 28
4214/AP
House
Bill 1453 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representative Shaw of the
176th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act providing and establishing a new charter for the Town of Alapaha,
approved August 1, 1921 (Ga. L. 1921, p. 606), as amended,
particularly by an Act approved March 25, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994,
p. 4167), so as to provide new terms of office for the mayor and council;
to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act providing and establishing a new charter for the Town of Alapaha, approved
August 1, 1921 (Ga. L. 1921, p. 606), as amended,
particularly by an Act approved March 25, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994,
p. 4167), is amended by revising Section 4 as follows:
"SECTION
4.
(a)
The governing authority of the town shall consist of a mayor and a town council
composed of five councilmembers, whose election and terms shall be as stated in
this section. The town council is divided into five posts to be designated Post
1, Post 2, Post 3, Post 4, and Post 5. The mayor and members of the town
council shall be elected by the electors of the town at large. Any person
seeking election to the town council shall designate the post to which he or she
seeks election. Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the
division of the town into council districts or as establishing
districts.
(b)
The mayor and the councilmembers in office on the effective date of this Act
shall serve out the terms to which they were elected.
(c)
At the 2008 November general election, the mayor and the councilmembers
representing council Posts 4 and 5 shall be elected to serve a term of office of
three years beginning on January 1, 2009, and ending on December 31, 2011,
and until their successors are elected and qualified. At the 2011 November
general election, successors for such mayor and councilmembers shall be elected
to serve a term of office of four years beginning on January 1, 2012, and ending
on December 31, 2015, and until their successors are elected and qualified.
Thereafter, successors to such mayor and councilmembers shall be elected at the
November general election immediately preceding the end of their respective
terms of office and shall take office on January 1 immediately following such
election for a term of four years and until their successors are elected and
qualified.
(d)
At the 2009 November general election, the councilmembers representing Council
Posts 1, 2, and 3 shall be elected to serve a term of office of four years
beginning on January 1, 2010, and ending on December 31, 2013, and until
their successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter, successors to such
councilmembers shall be elected at the November general election immediately
preceding the end of their respective terms of office and shall take office on
January 1 immediately following such election for a term of four years and until
their successors are elected and qualified.
(e)
Elections in the town shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of
Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., the 'Georgia Election Code,' as it
now exists or is hereafter amended, the implementation of which shall be
prescribed by the governing authority pursuant to ordinance or resolution, as
may be deemed appropriate."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.