Bill Text: GA HB1245 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Franklin County; board of elections; stagger terms of members
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-04-11 - Effective Date [HB1245 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB1245-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 1245 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Powell of the
29th
and Harden of the
28th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Franklin County
and to provide for its powers and duties, approved May 1, 2008
(Ga. L. 2008, p. 3632), so as to stagger the terms of the members
of the board; to provide for submission of this Act for preclearance pursuant to
Section 5 of 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.
An
Act to create a board of elections and registration for Franklin County and to
provide for its powers and duties, approved May 1, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008,
p. 3632), is amended by revising Section 3 as follows:
"SECTION
3.
(a)
The board shall be composed of five members, each of whom shall be an elector
and a resident of the county and who shall be appointed as provided in this
section.
(b)
Two members of the board shall be appointed by the political party that received
the highest number of votes within the county for its candidate for Governor in
the general election immediately preceding the appointment of such members. Two
members of the board shall be appointed by the political party that received the
second highest number of votes within the county for its candidate for Governor
in the general election immediately preceding the appointment of such members.
Each of the members appointed by such political parties shall be nominated by
the chairperson and ratified by the county executive committee of the respective
political party at least 30 days before the beginning of the term of office or
within 30 days after the creation of a vacancy in such office. In the event
that a political party entitled to appoint a member of the board does not have a
county executive committee, such appointment shall be made by the state
executive committee of such political party. One member shall be appointed by
the most senior judge of the Northern Judicial Circuit whose primary office is
located in Franklin County or, if there is no such judge, then the chief judge
of the Northern Judicial Circuit. The judge appointing the fifth member of the
board shall also appoint one of the members of the board to serve as
chairperson.
(c)
The members of the board in office on the effective date of this section shall
serve out the terms to which they were appointed and until the appointment and
qualification of their respective successors. In making appointment of
successors to the members of the board in 2012 for the members whose terms end
on December 31, 2012, each political party making appointments under this
section shall designate one of its appointees to serve a term of two years
beginning January 1, 2013, and ending December 31, 2014, and until his or her
successor is duly appointed and qualified and one of its appointees to serve a
term of four years beginning January 1, 2013, and ending December 31, 2016, and
until his or her successor is duly appointed and qualified. The person
appointed to succeed the member appointed by the most senior judge of the
Northern Judicial Circuit whose primary office is located in Franklin County or,
if there is no such judge, then the chief judge of the Northern Judicial Circuit
shall be appointed for a term of four years beginning January 1, 2013,
and ending December 31, 2016, and until his or her successor is duly appointed
and qualified.
(d)
Successors to such members shall be appointed as provided in this section at
least 30 days prior to the expiration of the term of office of their
predecessor, shall take office on January 1 immediately following the expiration
of the term of office of their predecessor, and serve for terms of office of
four years and until their respective successors are duly appointed and
qualified.
(e)
Each political party making an appointment under this section shall certify the
name and residential address of each such appointee to the most senior judge of
the Northern Judicial Circuit whose primary office is located in Franklin County
or, if there is no such judge, then the chief judge of the Northern Judicial
Circuit immediately upon making such appointment."
SECTION
2.
It
shall be the duty of the Board of Commissioners of Franklin County through its
legal counsel to submit this Act for preclearance pursuant to Section 5 of the
federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 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
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
