Bill Text: GA HB618 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Wilcox County; Board of Commissioners; staggered elections; provide
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-05-11 - Effective Date [HB618 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HB618-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 618 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representative Pruett of the
144th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Wilcox County, approved
March 24, 1939 (Ga. L. 1939, p. 782), as amended, particularly by an Act
approved April 25, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 4958), so as to provide
for continuation in office of current members; to provide for the staggered
election and terms of office of subsequent members; to provide for submission of
this Act for approval under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended;
to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Wilcox County, approved
March 24, 1939 (Ga. L. 1939, p. 782), as amended, particularly by an Act
approved April 25, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 4958), is amended by
revising subsection (a) of Section 3 as follows:
"(a)
Those members of the board of commissioners in office on January 1, 2009, shall
serve out the terms to which they were elected. Successors to the members from
Districts 1, 3, and 5 shall be elected at the general election on the
Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2010. Those members of the
board elected thereto from Districts 1, 3, and 5 in 2010 shall take office the
first day of January immediately following that election and shall serve for
initial terms of office which expire December 31, 2014, and upon the election
and qualification of their respective successors. Successors to the members
from Districts 2 and 4 shall be elected at the general election on the Tuesday
next following the first Monday in November, 2010. Those members of the board
elected thereto from Districts 2 and 4 in 2010 shall take office the first day
of January immediately following that election and shall serve for initial terms
of office which expire December 31, 2016, and upon the election and
qualification of their respective successors. Those and all future successors
to members of the board whose terms of office are to expire shall be elected at
the time of the state-wide general election immediately preceding the expiration
of such terms, shall take office the first day of January immediately following
that election, and shall serve for terms of office of four years each. Members
of the board shall serve for the terms of office specified therefor in this
subsection and until their respective successors are elected and
qualified."
SECTION
2.
It
shall be the duty of the Board of Commissioners of Wilcox County through their
legal counsel to submit this Act for approval pursuant to Section 5 of the
federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, within 60 days after its approval
by the Governor or its becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
