Bill Text: GA HB1267 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Acworth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau; change name to Acworth Tourism Bureau Authority
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2012-04-11 - Effective Date [HB1267 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB1267-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 1267 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Setzler of the
35th,
Carson of the
43rd,
Morgan of the
39th,
Evans of the
40th,
Parsons of the
42nd,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act to create the Acworth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, approved
April 4, 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 3793), so as to change the name of the bureau to
the Acworth Tourism Bureau Authority; to provide for change in membership,
terms, and vacancy provisions; 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 to create the Acworth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, approved April 4,
1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 3793), is amended by revising Section 1 as
follows:
"SECTION
1.
This
Act will be known and may be cited as the 'Acworth Tourism Bureau Authority
Act.'"
SECTION
2
Said
Act is further amended by revising Section 2 as follows:
"SECTION
2.
As
used in this Act, the term:
(1)
'Area' means the geographic area of the city and of the county.
(2)
'Authority' means the Acworth Tourism Bureau Authority.
(3)
'City' means the City of Acworth.
(4)
'Conventions' means that term as defined in Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the
O.C.G.A.
(5)
'County' means Cobb County, Georgia.
(6)
'Special events' means events which, in the judgment of the authority, will
promote tourism in the area.
(7)
'Tourism' means that term as defined in Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the
O.C.G.A.
(8)
'Trade show' means that term as defined in Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the
O.C.G.A."
SECTION
3.
Said
Act is further amended by revising subsection (a) of Section 3 as
follows:
"(a) There is created a body public and politic to be known as the Acworth Tourism Bureau Authority. The authority shall be deemed to be a political subdivision of the state and a public corporation and by that name may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and bring and defend actions. Said authority shall be a convention and visitors bureau authority created by an Act of the General Assembly for a municipality for purposes of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A. and is intended to be an agency and instrumentality of the city and a governmental unit for purposes of Section 103 and Sections 141 and 150 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and, as to the city, is intended to be a subordinated entity for purposes of Section 265(b)(3)(E)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The authority shall not be a state institution nor a department or agency of the state but shall be a creation of the state, having a distinct corporate identity and being exempt from the provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 17 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., the 'Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission Act.'"
"(a) There is created a body public and politic to be known as the Acworth Tourism Bureau Authority. The authority shall be deemed to be a political subdivision of the state and a public corporation and by that name may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and bring and defend actions. Said authority shall be a convention and visitors bureau authority created by an Act of the General Assembly for a municipality for purposes of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A. and is intended to be an agency and instrumentality of the city and a governmental unit for purposes of Section 103 and Sections 141 and 150 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and, as to the city, is intended to be a subordinated entity for purposes of Section 265(b)(3)(E)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The authority shall not be a state institution nor a department or agency of the state but shall be a creation of the state, having a distinct corporate identity and being exempt from the provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 17 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., the 'Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission Act.'"
SECTION
4.
Said
Act is further amended by revising subsection (a) of Section 4 as
follows:
"(a) The authority shall consist of seven members who shall be natural persons who shall serve for a term of two years and who shall be eligible for reappointment. The members shall be appointed by the mayor and board of aldermen of the City of Acworth. No official or employee of the city shall serve as a member of the authority. The mayor has the right to vote on such appointments. The terms shall be appointed for staggered terms as determined by the mayor and board of aldermen of the City of Acworth, and thereafter their successors shall be appointed for terms of two years expiring on the last day of January. Appointments for the succeeding term shall be made in January with such appointments being effective as of the next February 1. Any member may resign at any time by filing a written notice of resignation with the city clerk. Vacancies shall be filled for an unexpired terms by the mayor and board of aldermen. Members shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor and board of aldermen, and any member may be removed by majority vote of the mayor and board of aldermen, with or without cause, and neither the city nor the mayor nor any member of the board of aldermen shall be subject to any liability on account of such removal."
"(a) The authority shall consist of seven members who shall be natural persons who shall serve for a term of two years and who shall be eligible for reappointment. The members shall be appointed by the mayor and board of aldermen of the City of Acworth. No official or employee of the city shall serve as a member of the authority. The mayor has the right to vote on such appointments. The terms shall be appointed for staggered terms as determined by the mayor and board of aldermen of the City of Acworth, and thereafter their successors shall be appointed for terms of two years expiring on the last day of January. Appointments for the succeeding term shall be made in January with such appointments being effective as of the next February 1. Any member may resign at any time by filing a written notice of resignation with the city clerk. Vacancies shall be filled for an unexpired terms by the mayor and board of aldermen. Members shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor and board of aldermen, and any member may be removed by majority vote of the mayor and board of aldermen, with or without cause, and neither the city nor the mayor nor any member of the board of aldermen shall be subject to any liability on account of such removal."
SECTION
5.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
6.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
