07 LC 38
0378
House
Bill 723
By:
Representative Hatfield of the
177th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act providing for the election of the members of the board of education
for Charlton County, approved April 17, 1975 (Ga. L. 1975, p. 3952), as amended,
so as to change provisions relating to board of education districts; to provide
for members currently serving; to provide for submission of this Act to the
United States Department of Justice; to repeal a specific Act; to provide for an
effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act providing for the election of the members of the board of eduation for
Charlton County, approved April 17, 1975 (Ga. L. 1975, p. 3952), as amended, is
amended by revising Section 2 as follows:
"(a)
For the purposes of electing members of the board of education, Charlton County
shall be divided into and correspond to those five numbered districts described
in and attached to and made a part of this Act and further identified as Plan
Name: charccsb6 Plan Type: Local User: Blake Administrator: Charlton.
(b)
When used in such attachment, the terms 'Tract' and 'BG' (Block Group) shall
mean and describe the same geographical boundaries as provided in the report of
the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census of 2000 for the
State of Georgia. The separate numeric designations in a Tract description
which are underneath a 'BG' heading shall mean and describe individual Blocks
within a Block Group as provided in the report of the Bureau of the Census for
the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia. Any part
of the Charlton County school district which is not included in any such
district described in that attachment shall be included within that district
contiguous to such part which contains the least population according to the
United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia. Any part of
the Charlton County school district which is described in that attachment as
being in a particular district shall nevertheless not be included within such
district if such part is not contiguous to such district. Such noncontiguous
part shall instead be included within that district contiguous to such part
which contains the least population according to the United States decennial
census of 2000 for the State of Georgia. Except as otherwise provided in the
description of any board of education district, whenever the description of such
district refers to a named city, it shall mean the geographical boundaries of
that city as shown on the census map for the United States decennial census of
2000 for the State of Georgia."
SECTION
2.
It
is the purpose of this Act to reapportion the districts from which members of
the board of education of Charlton County are to be elected in the November,
2008, general election and in subsequent general elections, and this Act results
from changes in population based on the United States decennial census of 2000.
It is not the intention of the General Assembly to affect the membership of
current members of the board, their terms of office, or the manner in which
their successors shall be elected, and such matters shall remain as provided by
law on the effective date of this Act until otherwise amended by law, except to
the extent of reapportioning the districts represented by such
members.
SECTION
3.
The
board of education of Charlton County shall through its legal counsel cause this
Act to be submitted for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of
1965, as amended; and such submission shall be made to the United States
Department of Justice or filed with the appropriate court no later than 45 days
after the date on which this Act is approved by the Governor or otherwise
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.