Bill Text: GA SB487 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Chattahoochee Hills Country, City of; mayor and council; change the terms; provide for elections

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-06-02 - Effective Date [SB487 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-SB487-Engrossed.html

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10 LC 28 5133

Senate Bill 487

By: Senator James of the 35th

AS PASSED SENATE

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act to incorporate the City of Chattahoochee Hill Country (now known as City of Chattahoochee Hills) in Fulton County, approved April 28, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3821), as amended, so as to change the terms of the mayor and council; to provide for elections; to provide for 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.

An Act to incorporate the City of Chattahoochee Hill Country (now known as City of Chattahoochee Hills) in Fulton County, approved April 28, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3821), as amended, is amended by revising subsections (b) and (c) of Section 2.02 as follows:

"(b) The first general municipal elections shall be held on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November 2007. Thereafter, general municipal elections shall be held on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November in the odd-numbered year following by more than two years the year in which said first municipal election is held, and biennially thereafter.

(c) The first mayor and the initial councilmembers shall take office on the first day of the first month immediately following the first municipal election provided for in subsection (b) of this section and shall serve for terms which expire when their successors take office in January of the first year immediately following the second municipal election provided for therein. The mayor and councilmembers representing Post 2 and Post 4 who shall take office as provided in Code Section 21-2-541.1 of the O.C.G.A. following the second municipal election shall serve for a term of two years expiring when the successors take office. Thereafter, the mayor and councilmembers for Post 2 and Post 4 shall take office as provided in Code Section 21-2-541.1 of the O.C.G.A. and serve for terms of four years. Councilmembers for Post 1, Post 3, and Post 5 shall serve for terms of four years and shall take office as provided in Code Section 21-2-541.1 of the O.C.G.A. The initial members and future members of the governing authority shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified."

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.