Bill Text: GA SB303 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Board of Education of Stewart County; reconstitute the board of education

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-20 - Effective Date [SB303 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-SB303-Introduced.html

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12 SB303/AP

Senate Bill 303

By: Senator Hooks of the 14th

AS PASSED

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act relating to the Board of Education of Stewart County and providing for the election of the members thereof, approved March 21, 1969 (Ga. L. 1969, p. 2264), as amended, so as to reconstitute the board of education; to change the description of the education districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for 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 provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

An Act relating to the Board of Education of Stewart County and providing for the election of the members thereof, approved March 21, 1969 (Ga. L. 1969, p. 2264), as amended, is amended by striking Section 1 of said Act and inserting in its place the following:

"SECTION 1.

(a) The Board of Education of Stewart County shall be composed of five members who shall be elected as provided in this section from education districts as provided in this section.

(b) For purposes of electing members of the board of education, the Stewart County School District is divided into five education districts. One member of the board shall be elected from each such district. The five education districts shall be and correspond to those five numbered districts described in and attached to and made a part of this Act and further identified as 'Plan: stewartccsbR-2012 Plan Type: Local Administrator: Stewart User: Gina'.

(c)(1) When used in such attachment, the term 'VTD' (voting tabulation district) shall mean and describe the same geographical boundaries as provided in the report of the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census of 2010 for the State of Georgia.

(2) The separate numeric designations in a district description which are underneath a VTD heading shall mean and describe individual Blocks within a VTD as provided in the report of the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census of 2010 for the State of Georgia. Any part of the Stewart County School District which is not included in any such district described in that attachment shall be included within that district contiguous to such part which contains the least population according to the United States decennial census of 2010 for the State of Georgia.

(3) Any part of the Stewart County School District which is described in that attachment as being in a particular district shall nevertheless not be included within such district if such part is not contiguous to such district. Such noncontiguous part shall instead be included within that district contiguous to such part which contains the least population according to the United States decennial census of 2010 for the State of Georgia.

(4) Except as otherwise provided in the description of any education district, whenever the description of such district refers to a named city, it shall mean the geographical boundaries of that city as shown on the census map for the United States decennial census of 2010 for the State of Georgia.

(d) Those members of the Board of Education of Stewart County who are serving as such on December 31, 2012, and any person selected to fill a vacancy in any such office shall continue to serve as such members until the regular expiration of their respective terms of office and upon the election and qualification of their respective successors.

(e) At the general election on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November 2014, members of the board shall be elected from Education Districts 2 and 3, shall take office the first day of January immediately following that election, and shall serve for initial terms of office which expire on December 31, 2018, and upon the election and qualification of their respective successors. At the general election on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November 2012, members of the board shall be elected from Education Districts 1, 4, and 5, shall take office the first day of January immediately following that election, and shall serve for initial terms of office which expire on 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. Education Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, as they exist on December 31, 2012, shall continue to be designated as Education Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, respectively, but as newly described under this Act, and on and after January 1, 2013, such members of the board serving from those former education districts shall be deemed to be serving from and representing their respective districts as newly described under this Act.

(f) All members of the board of education who are elected thereto shall be nominated and elected in accordance with Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the 'Georgia Election Code,' in nonpartisan primaries and elections as provided in Code Section 21-2-139 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated."

SECTION 2.

The Board of Education of Stewart County shall through its legal counsel cause this Act to be submitted for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; and such submission shall be made to the United States Department of Justice or filed with the appropriate court 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.

This section and Section 2 of this Act and those provisions of this Act necessary for the election of members of the Board of Education of Stewart County in 2012 shall become effective upon the approval of this Act by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval. The remaining provisions of this Act shall become effective January 1, 2013.

SECTION 4.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.

Plan: stewartccsbR-2012
Plan Type: Local
Administrator: Stewart
User: Gina

District 001
Stewart County
VTD: 25905 - LUMPKIN
950400:
1198 1199 1212 1213 1214 1215 1218 1219 1220 1221 1222 1225
1226 1264 1265 2011 2012 2014 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033
2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2044 2084
2085 2086 2087 2088 2089 2090 2091 2092 2093 2094 2095 2096
2097 2098 2099 2100 2101 2102 2103 2104 2105 2106 2107 2108
2109 2110 2111 2112 2113 2114 2115 2116 2117 2118 2119 2120
2121 2122 2123 2124 2125 2126 2127 2128 2129 2130 2131 2132
2133 2134 2136 2137 2138 2139 2140 2141 2210 2212 2214 2215
2218 2219 2222 2223 2229 2230 2235 3010 3012 3046 3047 3048
3049 3050 3051 3052 3053 3054 3055 3056 3057 3058 3059 3060
3061 3062 3063 3064 3065 3066 3067 3068 3074 3075 3076 3077
3100
VTD: 25906 - OMAHA

District 002
Stewart County
VTD: 25902 - RICHLAND
950100:
1061 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2048 2049 2063 2066 2067 2068 2069
2070 2071 2072 2073 2076 2163 2164
VTD: 25904 - LOUVALE
VTD: 25905 - LUMPKIN
950400:
3009 3011 3013 3014 3022 3023 3025 3026 3027 3028 3029 3030
3031 3032 3033 3039 3042 3043 3044 3045 3069 3070 3071 3072
3073 3078 3079 3080 3081 3082 3083 3092 3093 3094 3095 3096
3097 3098 3099 3103 3104 3105 3106 3107 3108 3109

District 003
Stewart County
VTD: 25902 - RICHLAND
950100:
1023 1024 1025 1027 1057 1058 1059 1060 1064 2040 2041 2042
2043 2044 2045 2046 2047 2050 2051 2052 2053 2054 2055 2056
2057 2058 2059 2060 2061 2062 2064 2065 2074 2075 2077 2078
2079 2080 2081 2082 2083 2084 2085 2086 2087 2088 2089 2090
2091 2092 2093 2094 2096 2097 2098 2099 2100 2101 2102 2103
2104 2105 2106 2107 2110 2111 2113 2114 2115 2116 2117 2118
2119 2121 2122 2126 2127 2128 2129 2136 2137 2138 2139 2140
2141 2142 2143 2145 2146 2149 2150 2151 2152 2156 2158
VTD: 25905 - LUMPKIN
950400:
3016 3017 3018 3019 3020 3021 3024 3034 3035 3036

District 004
Stewart County
VTD: 25902 - RICHLAND
950100:
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011
1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1026
1028 1029 1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 1035 1036 1037 1038 1039
1040 1041 1042 1043 1044 1045 1046 1047 1048 1049 1050 1051
1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 1062 1063 1066 1081 1082 1112 1113
1114 1115 1116 1119 2095 2108 2109 2112 2120 2123 2124 2125
2130 2131 2132 2133 2134 2135 2144 2147 2148 2153 2154 2155
2157 2159 2160 2161 2162 2165 2166 2167

District 005
Stewart County
VTD: 25902 - RICHLAND
950100:
1065 1067 1068 1069 1070 1071 1072 1073 1074 1075 1076 1077
1078 1079 1080 1083 1084 1085 1086 1087 1088 1089 1090 1091
1092 1093 1094 1095 1096 1097 1098 1099 1100 1101 1102 1103
1104 1105 1106 1107 1108 1109 1110 1111 1117 1118
950400:
2142 2143 2144 2146 2147 2192 2193 2213
VTD: 25905 - LUMPKIN
950400:
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
That portion of block 2008 that is not within the legal boundary of
the Stewart Detention Center
2009 2010 2013 2015
2048 2050 2054 2068 2069 2070 2071 2072 2073 2074 2075 2076
2077 2078 2079 2080 2081 2082 2083 2135 2145 2148 2149 2150
2151 2152 2153 2154 2155 2156 2157 2158 2159 2160 2161 2162
2163 2164 2165 2166 2167 2168 2169 2170 2171 2172 2175 2176
2177 2178 2179 2180 2181 2182 2183 2184 2185 2186 2187 2188
2189 2190 2191 2194 2195 2196 2197 2198 2199 2200 2201 2202
2203 2204 2205 2206 2207 2208 2209 2211 2216 2217 2220 2221
2224 2225 2226 2227 2228 2231 2232 2233 2236 3037 3038 3040
3041 3084 3085 3086 3087 3088 3089 3090 3091 3101 3102