07 LC 25
4906S/AP
House
Bill 553 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Murphy of the
120th,
Frazier of the
123rd,
and Howard of the
121st
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act providing for the consolidation of Richmond County and the City of
Augusta, approved March 27, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3648), as amended, so as to
provide for eligibility for office, election, and terms of members of the
Augusta-Richmond County Commission; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act providing for the consolidation of Richmond County and the City of Augusta,
approved March 27, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3648), as amended, is amended by
revising the last undesignated paragraph in subsection (c) of Section 2 as
follows:
"No
person who has served more than three-fourths of a second consecutive full term
of office as commissioner shall again be eligible to hold office as commissioner
until after the expiration of four years from the conclusion of the last full
term of office to which such person was elected as
commissioner."
SECTION
2.
Said
Act is further amended by revising subsections (a) and (b) of Section 3 as
follows:
"(a)
Those members of the commission who were serving as such on January 1, 2007, and
any person selected to fill a vacancy in any such office, shall continue to
serve as such members until the regular expiration of their respective terms of
office and upon the election and qualification of their respective
successors.
(b)(1)
Those members of the commission who are elected to serve Commission Districts 2,
4, 6, 8, and 10 shall be elected at the election held on the Tuesday next
following the first Monday in November, 2007, shall take office on January 1,
2008, and shall serve until December 31, 2010, and until their respective
successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter, their successors shall be
nominated and elected by majority vote as provided in this section at the
general election held in the even-numbered year immediately preceding the
expiration of their respective terms of office, shall take office on the first
day of January immediately following the date of their election, and shall have
terms of office of four years and until their respective successors are elected
and qualified. Each member of the commission shall be elected by the electors
residing within such member´s commission district. The initial three-year
terms of office provided for in this paragraph shall be considered full terms of
office for purposes of term limitations.
(2)
Those members of the commission who are elected to serve Commission Districts 1,
3, 5, 7, and 9 shall be elected at the election held on the Tuesday next
following the first Monday in November, 2009, shall take office on January 1,
2010, and shall serve until December 31, 2012, and until their respective
successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter, their successors shall be
nominated and elected by majority vote as provided in this section at the
general election held in the even-numbered year immediately preceding the
expiration of their respective terms of office, shall take office on the first
day of January immediately following the date of their election, and shall have
terms of office of four years and until their respective successors are elected
and qualified. Each member of the commission shall be elected by the electors
residing within such member´s commission district. The initial three-year
terms of office provided for in this paragraph shall be considered full terms of
office for purposes of term limitations.
(3)
The mayor pro tempore shall be a member of the commission."
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.