Bill Text: GA HB1234 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: State Transportation Board; members term of office; limit

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-09 - House Committee Favorably Reported [HB1234 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-HB1234-Introduced.html

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10 LC 34 2535

House Bill 1234

By: Representatives Hamilton of the 23rd, Meadows of the 5th, England of the 108th, Collins of the 27th, Powell of the 171st, and others

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend Code Section 32-2-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the membership of the State Transportation Board, so as to limit the term of office of members to two years; to provide for related matters; to provide for a conditional effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

Code Section 32-2-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the membership of the State Transportation Board, is amended by revising subsection (b) as follows:

"(b) Each member shall be elected to serve for a term of five two years and until his or her successor is duly elected and certified. The member of the board from each congressional district shall be elected by a majority vote of the members of the House of Representatives and Senate whose respective districts are embraced or partly embraced within such congressional district, meeting in caucus at the regular session of the General Assembly immediately preceding the expiration of the term of office of each such board member. Said caucus shall be called at the state capitol by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate within the first ten days of the convening of the General Assembly in regular session by mailing to the members of the General Assembly who are affected written notice at least four days before the caucus, which notice shall state the time, place, and purpose of said caucus. Within 15 days after each such election, the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate shall jointly transmit a certificate of such election to the Secretary of State who, upon receipt thereof, shall immediately issue his or her commission thereon, with the great seal of the state affixed thereto."

SECTION 2.

This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2011; provided, however, that this Act shall only become effective on January 1, 2011, upon the ratification of a resolution at the November, 2010, state-wide general election, which resolution amends the Constitution so as to authorize the election of members of the State Transportation Board to serve a term of two years. If such resolution is not so ratified, this Act shall not become effective and shall stand repealed in its entirety on January 1, 2011.

SECTION 3.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.