07 LC 38
0275
House
Resolution 200
By:
Representative Sims of the
169th
A
RESOLUTION
Proposing
an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that a coroner shall be a
county officer where such office has not been abolished by local constitutional
amendment and for the election, term, qualifications, powers, and duties
thereof; 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
IX, Section I of the Constitution is amended by revising subparagraph III(a) as
follows:
"(a)
The clerk of the superior court, judge of the probate court, sheriff, tax
receiver, tax collector,
and
tax commissioner, where such office has replaced the tax receiver and tax
collector, and
coroner, where such office has not been abolished pursuant to any constitutional
amendment continued pursuant to Article XI, Section I, Paragraph IV of this
Constitution, shall be elected by the
qualified voters of their respective counties for terms of four years and shall
have such qualifications, powers, and duties as provided by general
law."
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:
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"( ) YES
( ) NO
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Shall
the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to provide that a coroner shall be
a county officer where such office has not been abolished by local
constitutional amendment and for the election, term, qualifications, powers, and
duties thereof?"
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All
persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote
"Yes." All persons desiring to vote against 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.