08 LC 18
6704
House
Resolution 1039
By:
Representatives Bryant of the
160th,
Stephens of the
164th,
Carter of the
159th,
Jackson of the
161st,
Gordon of the
162nd,
and others
A
RESOLUTION
Proposing
an amendment to the Constitution so as to allow the owners of real property
located in industrial areas to remove the property from the industrial area; to
provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and
for other purposes.
BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
XI, Section I, Paragraph IV of the Constitution is amended by revising
subparagraph (e) as follows:
"(e)
Any person owning property in an industrial area described in subparagraph (d)
of this
Paragraph may voluntarily remove the
property from the industrial area by filing a certificate to that effect with
the clerk of the superior court for the county in which the property is
located,
but only if the property is located on an
island. Once the certificate is filed,
the property described in the certificate, together with all public streets and
public rights of way within the property, abutting the property, or connecting
the property to property outside the industrial
area,
will
shall
no longer be in the industrial area and may be annexed by an adjacent city. The
filing of a certificate
will
shall
be irrevocable and
will
bind the owners, their heirs, and their assigns. The term 'owner' includes
anyone with a legal or equitable ownership in property but does not include a
beneficiary of any trust or a partner in any partnership owning an interest in
the property or anyone owning an easement right in the property."
SECTION
2.
The
above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be published and submitted as
provided in Article X, Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution. The ballot
submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon
the following:
|
"( ) YES
( ) NO
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Shall
the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to allow the owners of real
property located in industrial areas to remove the property from the industrial
area?"
|
All
persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote
"Yes." All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment
shall vote "No." If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said
Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of
this state.