Bill Text: GA HB625 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: State House districts; election of Representatives; provisions
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-05 - House Second Readers [HB625 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HB625-Introduced.html
09 LC 28
4680
House
Bill 625
By:
Representative Lane of the
167th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
provide for the composition of state House districts; to provide for the
election of such Representatives; to provide when such Representatives so
elected shall take office; to provide for the continuation of present house
districts until a certain time; to provide for other related matters; to provide
an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
(a)
The General Assembly recognizes that the apportionment of the House districts
for the 2004 elections was governed by the interim reapportionment plan entered
by order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of
Georgia in the case of Larios v. Cox, 314 F. Supp. 2d 1357 (N.D.Ga.
2004).
(b) The districts for House Districts 1 through 180 shall continue to be those districts as provided in the order of the United States District Court in the case of Larios v. Cox, except for those descriptions provided for in an Act approved March 1, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 12).
(c) The first members of the House of Representatives elected pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall be those who are elected to take office on the convening date of the regular session of the General Assembly in 2011. Until that time the members of the House of Representatives elected from such House districts under the interim court order in the case of Larios v. Cox as modified by an Act approved March 1, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 12), shall continue to serve and shall represent the districts from which elected; and until that time the composition of the districts from which such members were elected shall remain the same. The provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall be effective, however, for the primary and general elections of 2010 for the purpose of electing members of the House of Representatives in 2010 who are to take office in 2011. Successors to those members shall likewise be elected under the provisions of this Act.
(b) The districts for House Districts 1 through 180 shall continue to be those districts as provided in the order of the United States District Court in the case of Larios v. Cox, except for those descriptions provided for in an Act approved March 1, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 12).
(c) The first members of the House of Representatives elected pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall be those who are elected to take office on the convening date of the regular session of the General Assembly in 2011. Until that time the members of the House of Representatives elected from such House districts under the interim court order in the case of Larios v. Cox as modified by an Act approved March 1, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 12), shall continue to serve and shall represent the districts from which elected; and until that time the composition of the districts from which such members were elected shall remain the same. The provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall be effective, however, for the primary and general elections of 2010 for the purpose of electing members of the House of Representatives in 2010 who are to take office in 2011. Successors to those members shall likewise be elected under the provisions of this Act.
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
