Bill Text: GA HB393 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Senoia, City of; municipal terms; provisions
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-05-06 - Effective Date [HB393 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HB393-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 393 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representative Horne of the
71st
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Senoia, approved April 19,
2000 (Ga. L. 2000, p. 3806), so as to increase the municipal terms of office; to
provide that elections for certain municipal offices shall take place in
odd-numbered years; 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 providing a new charter for the City of Senoia, approved April 19, 2000 (Ga.
L. 2000, p. 3806), is amended by revising Section 2.11 as follows:
"SECTION
2.11
The
members of the city council shall serve for terms of four years and until their
respective successors are elected and qualified. No person shall be eligible to
serve as mayor or councilmember unless that person shall have been a resident of
the city for 12 months prior to the date of the election of the mayor or members
of the council; each shall continue to reside therein during that person's
period of service and to be registered to vote in municipal elections of this
city."
SECTION
2.
Said
Act is further amended in Section 2.27 as follows:
"SECTION
2.27
The
mayor shall be elected and shall serve for a term of four years and until a
successor is elected and qualified. The mayor shall be a qualified elector of
the city and shall have been a resident of the city for 12 months prior to the
election. The mayor shall continue to reside in this city during the period of
service as mayor. The mayor shall forfeit the office on the same grounds and
under the same procedure as the councilmembers. The compensation of the mayor
shall be established in the same manner as for
councilmembers."
SECTION
3.
Said
Act is further amended by revising Section 5.11 as follows:
"SECTION
5.11
The
two members of the city council serving upon the effective date of this Act who
were elected in an election conducted on the Tuesday next following the first
Monday in November of 2008 shall continue to serve as members until their
successors are elected and duly sworn in thereafter in an election conducted on
the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November of 2011. Such persons
elected as members in 2011 and their successors thereafter shall serve for terms
of four years. Two members of the city council and the mayor shall be elected
in an election conducted in an election conducted on the Tuesday next following
the first Monday in November of 2009 and shall serve for a term of four years.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section relating to certain initial terms
of office, the terms of office for the city council and mayor shall be four
years. The terms of office shall begin upon the members taking the oath of
office pursuant to Section 2.18 of this Act."
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
