SB 31 - Port Wentworth, City of; provide city council districts; definitions and inclusions
Current Status
05/18/07 - Senate Date Signed by Governor First Reader Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Port Wentworth, approved February 6, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 2003), as amended, so as to reconstitute the governing authority of the city; to provide for council districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of the mayor and current council members; to change the provisions relating to the regular expiration of terms of office of certain council members; to provide for election and terms of office of subsequent members; to provide for submission of this Act for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Votes
Electronically Recorded Votes| Date | Time | Vote No | Yeas | Nays | NV | Exc | Description |
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| 03/30/2007 | 9:57AM | Senate Vote #249 | 045 | 000 | 005 | 006 | LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR |
| 04/17/2007 | 3:43PM | House Vote #339 | 147 | 000 | 023 | 010 | Supplemental Local Cal except SB 126, SB 147, SB 186 |
| 04/20/2007 | 1:32PM | Senate Vote #421 | 050 | 000 | 003 | 003 | AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTE |
Status History
Bill History| Date | Action |
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| 01/23/2007 | Senate Read and Referred |
| 03/30/2007 | Senate Committee Favorably Reported |
| 03/30/2007 | Senate Passed/Adopted |
| 04/10/2007 | House First Readers |
| 04/11/2007 | House Second Readers |
| 04/17/2007 | House Committee Favorably Reported |
| 04/17/2007 | House Third Readers |
| 04/17/2007 | House Passed/Adopted |
| 04/20/2007 | Senate Agrees House Amend or Sub |
| 04/26/2007 | Senate Sent to Governor |
| 05/18/2007 | Senate Date Signed by Governor |
| 05/18/2007 | Act 151 |
| 05/18/2007 | Effective Date |
