07 LC 28
3607/AP
House
Bill 690 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representative Houston of the
170th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
repeal an Act providing that the judge of the Probate Court of Cook County shall
serve as chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Cook County, approved March
12, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 4090), as amended, particularly by an
Act approved March 25, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 3609), so as to provide
for the election of the chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Cook County;
to provide for the filling of vacancies; to provide for submission of the Act
for preclearance; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date;
to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Effective
January 1, 2011, an Act providing that the judge of the Probate Court of Cook
County shall serve as chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Cook County,
approved March 12, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 4090), as amended,
particularly by an Act approved March 25, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 3609), is
repealed in its entirety.
SECTION
2.
The
term of office of the chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Cook County in
office on January 1, 2010, shall terminate on December 31, 2010. In the 2010
general election and in the November general election every four years
thereafter, a successor to the chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Cook
County shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of Code Section
15-10-20 of the O.C.G.A. for a term of office of four years beginning on the
first day of January immediately following such election. Vacancies in such
office occurring on and after January 1, 2011, shall be filled in accordance
with the provisions of Code Section 15-10-20 of the O.C.G.A.
SECTION
3.
It
shall be the duty of the governing authority of Cook County to submit this Act
for preclearance under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended,
within 45 days after such Act is approved by the Governor or becomes law without
such approval.
SECTION
4.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
5.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.