07 LC 14
9732S/AP
House
Bill 725 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Fludd of the
66th,
Bruce of the
64th,
Holmes of the
61st,
Stanley-Turner of the
53rd,
Lindsey of the
54th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act providing for the incorporation of the City of South Fulton in
Fulton County, approved April 28, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3856), so as to change
provisions relating to the description of the territory to be included in the
city; to correct a language error in the description; to change provisions
relative to exclusion of territory within other municipal corporations; 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.
An
Act providing for the incorporation of the City of South Fulton in Fulton
County, approved April 28, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3856), is amended by striking
from Appendix A, near the beginning thereof, the following:
"All
that territory lying in Fulton County south of the municipal limits of the City
of Atlanta, exclusive of the following territory:",
and
inserting in place thereof the following:
"Except
as otherwise provided in the last sentence of this Appendix A, all that
territory lying in Fulton County south of the municipal limits of the City of
Atlanta, inclusive of the following territory:".
SECTION
2.
Said
Act is further amended by striking the last sentence of Appendix A which reads
as follows:
"The
corporate limits shall not include any such territory which, on the date of
approval of this Act by the voters, was a part of any other municipal
corporation.",
and
inserting in place thereof the following:
"The
corporate limits shall not include any such territory which as of April 2, 2007,
was a part of any other municipal corporation and for this purpose any otherwise
valid annexation shall be considered as effective on the first day of the month
following the month during which the requirements of Article 2, 3, or 4 of
Chapter 36 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A. were met."
SECTION
3.
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laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.