Bill Text: GA HB795 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Atkinson County; staggered terms of office; provisions

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-05-06 - Effective Date [HB795 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-HB795-Introduced.html

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09 LC 28 4748/AP

House Bill 795 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)

By: Representative Sims of the 169th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act creating the office of commissioner of roads and revenues in the County of Atkinson, approved July 23, 1931 (Ga. L. 1931, p. 380), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 29, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 4418), and an Act approved May 12, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 3774), so as to provide for staggered terms of office for chairperson and commissioners; to provide for implementation of such terms of office; to revise the requirements regarding the publication of receipts, expenditures, and disbursements; 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 creating the office of commissioner of roads and revenues in the County of Atkinson, approved July 23, 1931 (Ga. L. 1931, p. 380), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 29, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 4418), and an Act approved May 12, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 3774), is amended by revising Section 4 as follows:

"SECTION 4.

(a) The chairperson and members of the board of commissioners in office on the effective date of this section shall serve out the terms of office to which they were elected and until their respective successors are elected and qualified.

(b) At the 2012 November general election, successors to the members of the board of commissioners from Commissioner Districts 1, 3, and 5 shall be elected to serve terms of office beginning on January 1, 2013, and ending on December 31, 2016, and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter, successors shall be elected at the 2016 November general election and quadrennially thereafter to take office on the first day of January immediately following such election and to serve terms of office of four years and until their respective successors are elected and qualified.

(c) At the 2012 November general election, successors to the chairperson and members of the board of commissioners from Commissioner Districts 2 and 4 shall be elected to serve terms of office beginning on January 1, 2013, and ending on December 31, 2014, and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter, successors shall be elected at the 2014 November general election and quadrennially thereafter to take office on the first day of January immediately following such election and to serve terms of office of four years and until their respective successors are elected and qualified."

SECTION 2.

Said Act is further amended by revising subsection (a) of Section 12 as follows:

"(a) It shall be the duty of said board to cause the clerk to prepare a summary of receipts and disbursements or expenditures of the county each month and cause such summary to be made available upon request to the public through appropriate open records requests."

SECTION 3.

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