08 LC 25
5043/AP
House
Bill 995 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Maxwell of the
17th
and Butler of the
18th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act providing for the creation of a multimember board of commissioners
as the governing authority of Haralson County, approved August 24, 2001 (Ga. L.
2001 Ex. Sess., p. 247), so as to provide for staggered terms of office for
members of the board of commissioners; to provide for submission of this Act for
preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965; to provide an
effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act providing for the creation of a multimember board of commissioners as the
governing authority of Haralson County, approved August 24, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001
Ex. Sess., p. 247), is amended by revising subsections (a) and (b) of Section 3
to read as follows:
"(a)
Those members of the board who are serving as such on January 1, 2008, 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 on
December 31, 2008, and the election and qualification of their respective
successors as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
(b)(1)
The chairperson and members of the board from commissioner districts 1 and 3
shall be elected at the general election on the Tuesday next following the first
Monday in November, 2008. The chairperson and those members of the board
elected thereto from commissioner districts 1 and 3 in 2008 shall take office
the first day of January immediately following that election and shall serve for
terms of office of fours years each and until the election and qualification of
their respective successors. Those and all future successors to the chairperson
and members from commissioner districts 1 and 3 whose terms of office are to
expire shall be elected at the time of the state-wide general election
immediately preceding the expiration of such terms, shall take office the first
day of January immediately following that election, and shall serve for terms of
office of four years each and until their respective successors are elected and
qualified.
(2)
The members of the board from commissioner districts 2 and 4 shall be elected at
the general election on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November,
2008. Those members of the board elected thereto from commissioner districts 2
and 4 in 2008 shall take office the first day of January immediately following
that election and shall serve for initial terms of office which expire December
31, 2010, and upon the election and qualification of their respective
successors. Those and all future successors to members from commissioner
districts 2 and 4 whose terms of office are to expire shall be elected at the
time of the state-wide general election immediately preceding the expiration of
such terms, shall take office the first day of January immediately following
that election, and shall serve for terms of office of four years each and until
their respective successors are elected and qualified."
SECTION
2.
The
Board of Commissioners of Haralson 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 30 days
after the date on which this Act becomes effective.
SECTION
3.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.