07 LC 36
0602
House
Bill 698
By:
Representative Lewis of the
15th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
authorize the City of Cartersville 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 Cartersville 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 Cartersville 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 Cartersville 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 Cartersville 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 Cartersville for approval or rejection. The municipal election
superintendent shall conduct that election on a practicable date in 2007
authorized under Code Section 21-2-540 of the O.C.G.A.; provided, however, that
if conducting the election under this Act on earlier authorized dates is
impracticable, then the municipal election superintendent shall conduct the
election under this Act on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November,
2007, and shall issue the call and conduct that election as provided by general
law. The municipal 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 Bartow 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 Cartersville to exercise
redevelopment powers under the 'Redevelopment Powers Law,' as it may be amended
from time to time, for the purpose of improving economic and social conditions
in depressed areas within the city?"
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All
persons desiring to vote for approval of the Act shall vote "Yes," and those
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 Cartersville. 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 end parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.