07 LC
38 0384
Senate
Bill 320
By:
Senator Meyer von Bremen of the 12th
AS
PASSED SENATE
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
authorize the City of Albany to exercise all redevelopment and other powers
under Article IX, Section II, Paragraph VII(b) of the Constitution and Chapter
44 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., the "Redevelopment Powers Law," as amended; to
provide for a referendum; to provide effective dates; to provide for automatic
repeal under certain circumstances; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
The
City of Albany shall be and is authorized to exercise all redevelopment and
other powers under Chapter 44 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., the "Redevelopment
Powers Law," as amended. The intention of this Act is to authorize the City of
Albany to undertake and carry out community redevelopment, to create tax
allocation districts, to issue tax allocation bonds, and to incur other
obligations within the meaning of and as fully permitted under the provisions of
Article IX, Section II, Paragraph VII(b) of the Constitution of the State of
Georgia of 1983, as amended, and to authorize the City of Albany to exercise
redevelopment powers as fully as the "Redevelopment Powers Law" may now or
hereafter permit and not to limit any redevelopment powers permitted under the
"Redevelopment Powers Law."
SECTION
2.
Unless
prohibited by the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the election
superintendent of the City of Albany shall call and conduct an election as
provided in this section for the purpose of submitting this Act to the electors
of the City of Albany for approval or rejection. The election superintendent
shall conduct that election on a practicable date in 2007 authorized under
O.C.G.A. Section 21-2-540 and shall issue the call and conduct that election as
provided by general law. The election superintendent shall cause the date and
purpose of the election to be published once a week for two weeks immediately
preceding the date thereof in the official organ of Dougherty County. The
ballot shall have written or printed thereon the words:
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"( ) YES
( ) NO
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Shall
the Act be approved which authorizes the City of Albany to exercise
redevelopment powers under the 'Redevelopment Powers Law,' as it may be amended
from time to time?"
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All
persons desiring to vote for approval of the Act shall vote "Yes," and all
persons desiring to vote for rejection of the Act shall vote "No." If more than
one-half of the votes cast on such question are for approval of the Act, then
Section 1 of this Act shall become of full force and effect immediately. If
Section 1 of this Act is not so approved or if the election is not conducted as
provided in this section, Section 1 of this Act shall not become effective and
this Act shall be automatically repealed on the first day of January immediately
following that election date. The expense of such election shall be borne by
the City of Albany. It shall be the election superintendent´s duty to
certify the result thereof to the Secretary of State.
SECTION
3.
Except
as otherwise provided in Section 2 of this Act, 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.