Bill Text: GA HB923 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Richmond County; City of Augusta; change description of commissioner districts

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-27 - Senate Passed/Adopted [HB923 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB923-Comm_Sub.html

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12 LC 28 6158S

The Senate Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee offered the following substitute to HB 923:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act providing for the consolidation of Richmond County and the City of Augusta, approved March 27, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3648), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 8, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 3769), so as to change the description of the commission districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office for current members; to provide for the submission of this Act for preclearance pursuant to Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; 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 providing for the consolidation of Richmond County and the City of Augusta, approved March 27, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3648), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 8, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 3769), is amended by revising subsection (a) of Section 2 as follows:

"(a)(1) For the purpose of electing members of the Augusta-Richmond County Commission, Richmond County is divided into ten10 commission districts. One member of the board shall be elected from each such district. Commission Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 shall be and correspond to those eight numbered districts described in and attached to and made a part of this Act and further identified as 'Plan: richmondccsb-sd023-prop1-2012 Plan Type: local Administrator: v User: bak'. Commission Districts 9 and 10 shall be and correspond to those two numbered districts described in and attached to and made a part of this Act and further identified as 'Plan: richmondccsbsup-import-plan2 Plan Type: local Administrator: hd119 User: bak'.

(2)(A) For the purposes of such plan:

(i) The term 'VTD' 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. 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; and

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

(B)(i) Any part of Augusta, Georgia, which is not included in Commission Districts 1 through 8 described in paragraph (1) of this subsection 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.

(ii) Any part of Augusta, Georgia, which is not included in Commission Districts 9 and 10 described in paragraph (1) of this subsection 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.

(C)(i) Any part of Augusta, Georgia, which is described in paragraph (1) of this subsection as being included in Commission District 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 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.

(ii) Any part of Augusta, Georgia, which is described in paragraph (1) of this subsection as being included in Commission District 9 or 10 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."

SECTION 2.

(a) Those members of the Augusta-Richmond County Commission who are serving as such on the effective date of this Act 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.
(b) Commission Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, as they exist immediately prior to the effective date of this Act, shall continue to be designated as Commission Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, respectively, but as newly described under this Act, and on and after the effective date of this Act, such members of the board serving from those former commission districts shall be deemed to be serving from and representing their respective districts as newly described under this Act.

SECTION 3.

The Augusta-Richmond County Commission shall through its legal counsel cause this Act to be submitted for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, not later than 45 days after the date on which this Act is approved by the Governor or otherwise becomes law without such approval.

SECTION 4.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
Plan: richmondccsb-sd023-prop1-2012
Plan Type: local
Administrator: v
User: bak

District 001
Richmond County
VTD: 245101 - 101
VTD: 245102 - 102
VTD: 245103 - 103
VTD: 245104 - 104
000600:
3029
010600:
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011
1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023
1024 1025 1026 1027 1028 1029 1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 1035
1036 1037 1038 1039 1040 1041 1042 1043 1044 1045 1046 1047
1048 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006
3007 3008 3009 3010 3011 3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 3018
3019 3020 3021 3022 3023 3024 3025 3026 3027 3028 3029 3030
3031 3032 3033 3034 3035 3036 3037 3038 3039 3040 3041 3042
3043 3044 3045 3046 3047 3048 3049 3050 3051 3052 3053 3054
3055 3056 4000 4001 4002 4003 4004 4005 4006 4008 4009 4010
4011 4012 4013 4014 4015 4016 4017 4018 4019 4020 4021 4022
4023 4024 4025 4026 4027 4028 4029 4030 4031 4032 4033 4034
4035 4036 4037 4038 4039 4041 4054 4055 4056 4057 4058 4059
4060 4061 4087 4088 4089 4090 4091 4092 4093 4094 4095 4096
4097 4098 4099 4100 4101 4102 4103 4104 4105 4106 4107 4108
4109 4110 4111 4112 4113 4114 4115 4116 4117 4118 4119 4120
4121 4122 4123 4124 4125 4126 4127 4128 4129 4130 4131 4132
4133 4134 4135 4136 4137 4138 4139 4140 4141 4142 4143 4144
4145 4147 4148 4149 4150 4151 4152 4153 4154 4155 4175 4176
4177 4178 4180 4181 4182 4183 4184 4185
VTD: 245105 - 105
VTD: 245106 - 106
VTD: 245107 - 107
VTD: 245108 - 108
VTD: 245109 - 109
VTD: 245110 - 110
VTD: 245111 - 111
VTD: 245112 - 112
VTD: 245113 - 113
VTD: 245205 - 205
VTD: 245206 - 206

District 002
Richmond County
VTD: 245104 - 104
010600:
4084 4085
VTD: 245201 - 201
VTD: 245203 - 203
VTD: 245204 - 204
VTD: 245207 - 207
VTD: 245208 - 208
VTD: 245209 - 209
VTD: 245309 - 309
VTD: 245310 - 310
010204:
1000 1001 1002 1003 1036
VTD: 245402 - 402
VTD: 245502 - 502
VTD: 245504 - 504
VTD: 245507 - 507
VTD: 245508 - 508
VTD: 245509 - 509

District 003
Richmond County
VTD: 245301 - 301
VTD: 245302 - 302
VTD: 245303 - 303
VTD: 245305 - 305
VTD: 245306 - 306
VTD: 245307 - 307
VTD: 245308 - 308
VTD: 245310 - 310
010204:
1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015
1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024 1025 1026 1027
1028 1029 1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 1035 1037 1038 1039 1040
1041 1042 1043 1044 1048 1049 3015 3027 3040 3042 3043 3046
3047 3048 3049 3050 3055 3056 3057 3058 3059 3060 3061 3062
3063 3064 3065 3066 3067 3068 3069 3070 3071 3072 3073 3074
3076 3077 3078 4000 4001 4002 4003 4004 4005 4006 4007 4008
4009 4010 4011 4012 4013 4014 4015 4016 4017 4018 4019 4020
4021 4022 4023 4024 4025 4026 4027 4028 4029 4030 4031 4032
4033 4034 4035 4036 4037 4038 4039 4040 4041 4042 4044 4045
4046 4047 4048 4049 4057 4058 4059 4060 4061 4062 4063 4064
4065 4066 4067 4068 4069 4070 4071 4072 4073 4074 4075 4076
010504:
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2033

District 004
Richmond County
VTD: 245401 - 401
VTD: 245403 - 403
010708:
1007 1008 3000 3007 3008 3009 3010 3011 3012 3013 3014 3015
3016
VTD: 245404 - 404
VTD: 245405 - 405
010712:
1024 3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009 3010
3011 3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 3018
VTD: 245406 - 406
VTD: 245601 - 601
VTD: 245807 - 807
010711:
1000 1004 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2019

District 005
Richmond County
VTD: 245304 - 304
VTD: 245403 - 403
010708:
1000 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014
1015 1017 3017 3018
VTD: 245407 - 407
VTD: 245408 - 408
VTD: 245501 - 501
VTD: 245503 - 503
VTD: 245505 - 505
VTD: 245506 - 506

District 006
Richmond County
VTD: 245202 - 202
VTD: 245602 - 602
VTD: 245603 - 603
VTD: 245604 - 604
VTD: 245605 - 605
VTD: 245606 - 606
VTD: 245805 - 805

District 007
Richmond County
VTD: 245701 - 701
VTD: 245702 - 702
VTD: 245703 - 703
VTD: 245704 - 704
VTD: 245705 - 705
VTD: 245706 - 706
VTD: 245707 - 707

District 008
Richmond County
VTD: 245405 - 405
010711:
1015 1016 1017 1018 1019
VTD: 245801 - 801
VTD: 245801B - 801B
VTD: 245802 - 802
VTD: 245803 - 803
VTD: 245804 - 804
VTD: 245804H - 804H
VTD: 245806 - 806
VTD: 245807 - 807
010711:
1001 1002 1003 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013
1014 1020 1021 1022 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
2016 2017 2018 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
2029
VTD: 245808 - 808
VTD: 245809 - 809