Bill Text: GA HB925 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: McDuffie County; Board of Commissioners; change description of districts

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-02-27 - Effective Date [HB925 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB925-Introduced.html

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House Bill 925 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)

By: Representative Hudson of the 124th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of McDuffie County, approved February 16, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 2331), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 2, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 3718), so as to change the description of the commissioner districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for the submission of this Act pursuant to Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for related matters; to provide for automatic repeal under certain circumstances; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

An Act creating a Board of Commissioners of McDuffie County, approved February 16, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 2331), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 2, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 3718), is amended by revising subsection (a) of Section 3 as follows:

"(a)(1) For the purpose of electing the members of the board, McDuffie County is hereby divided into two commissioner districts. Districts 1 and 2 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: mcduffcc-2012 Plan Type: Local Administrator: McDuffie CC User: SE'.

(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) Any part of McDuffie County which is not included in any district 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) Any part of McDuffie County which is described in paragraph (1) of this subsection as being included 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."

SECTION 2.

(a) Those members of the Board of Commissioners of McDuffie County 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) Commissioner Districts 1 and 2, as they existed immediately prior to the effective date of this Act, shall continue to be designated as Commissioner Districts 1 and 2, 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 commissioner districts shall be deemed to be serving from and representing their respective districts as so newly described.

SECTION 3.

The Board of Commissioners of McDuffie County 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.

If, as of the first date upon which candidates may begin qualifying for the general primary in 2012, implementation of this Act is not permissible under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, then as of such date this Act shall be void and stand repealed in its entirety.

SECTION 5.

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

Plan: mcduffcc-2012
Plan Type: Local
Administrator: McDuffie CC
User: SE

District 001
McDuffie County
VTD: 189131 - QUEEN OF ANGELS
VTD: 189133A - FORT CREEK
VTD: 189133B - DEARING GYM
950500:
2010 2011 2012 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2025 2031
2032 2033 2046 2052 2053
VTD: 189134 - VANDERHORST
950100:
2117 2118 2123 2124 2125 2142 2143
950200:
1038 1039 1040 1041 1042 1043 1044 1045 1046 1047 1048 1049
1050 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 4004 4005
950300:
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011
1013 1014 1016 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 1050 1051
1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057 1058 1059 1060 1061 1062 1063
1064 1065 1066 1067 1070 1071 1072 1073 1074 1075 1076 1079
1080 1081 1082 1083 1084 1085 1086 2015 2031 2037 2038 2039
950400:
1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024 1025 1026 1027
1028 1029 1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 1035 1036 1038 1070 3055
3056 3057
VTD: 189135 - SALEM ROAD
950400:
4017 4018 4019 4020 4024 4025 4026 4027 4028 4035 4036 4037
4038 4039 4041 4044 4045 4046 4047 4048 4049 4050 4051 4052
4053 4054 4055 5015
VTD: 189136 - THOMSON DEPOT
VTD: 189138 - SHRINE

District 002
McDuffie County
VTD: 189132 - AIRPORT
VTD: 189133B - DEARING GYM
950500:
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 1049 1050 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057 1058 1059
1060 1061 1062 1063 1064 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
2007 2008 2009 2013 2014 2015 2016 2024 2026 2027 2028 2029
2030 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2044
2045 2047 2048 2049 2050 2051 2054 2055 2056 2057 2058 2059
2060 2061 2062 2063 2064 2065 2066 2067 2068 2069 2070 3000
3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3010 3016 3017 3018
3019 3020 3021 3022 3023 3024 3025 3026 3027 3028 3029 3030
3031 3032 3033 3034 3035 3036 3037 3038 3039 3045 3046 3047
3048 3049 3050 3051 3056 3057 3058 3059 3060 3061 3062 3063
3064 3065 3066 3067 3068 3069 3070 3071 3072 3073 3074 3075
3076 3077 3078 3079 3080 3081 3082 3083 3084 3085 3086 3087
3088 3089 3090 3091 3092 4003 4004 4005 4006 4007 4008 4050
4051 4052 4053 4054 4055 4056 4057 4059 4060 4061 4062 4063
4064 4065 4066 4095
VTD: 189134 - VANDERHORST
950400:
1037 1039 1041 1045 1046 1047 1048 1049 1050 1051 1052 1053
1054 1058 1066 1069
VTD: 189135 - SALEM ROAD
950300:
1077 1078 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2032 2033 2034 2035
2036 2040
950400:
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011
1012 1013 1014 1015 1040 1042 1043 1044 1055 1056 1057 1059
1060 1061 1062 1063 1064 1065 1067 1068 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
2040 2041 3002 3003 3004 3005 3011 3012 3013 3014 3018 3019
3020 3021 3022 3023 3024 3025 3026 3027 3028 3029 3030 3031
3032 3033 3034 3035 3054
950500:
4000 4001 4002 4097
VTD: 189137 - MARSHALL CHURCH
VTD: 189139 - WHITEOAK