07 LC 18
5948
Senate
Bill 149
By:
Senator Smith of the 52nd
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
provide that future elections for the office of judge of the Probate Court of
Floyd County shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for submission of this
Act under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for
related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
All
elections for the office of judge of the Probate Court of Floyd County conducted
after January 1, 2008, shall be nonpartisan elections as provided for in
Code Section 21-2-139 of the O.C.G.A. Such nonpartisan election shall be held
at the nonpartisan general election immediately preceding the expiration of the
term of office of such judge of probate court and shall be conducted as provided
in Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., the "Georgia Election
Code."
SECTION
2.
Nothing
in this Act shall affect the term of office of the judge of the Probate Court of
Floyd County in office on January 1, 2008. The sitting judge of the probate
court shall serve out the term of office for which he or she was elected and
shall be eligible to succeed himself or herself as provided in this
Act.
SECTION
3.
The
governing authority of Floyd County shall through its legal counsel cause this
Act to be submitted for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of
1965, as amended, no later than 60 days after the date on which this Act is
approved by the Governor or otherwise becomes law without such
approval.
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.