Bill Text: GA HB958 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Crawford County; Board of Education; change description of districts

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-20 - Effective Date [HB958 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB958-Introduced.html

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12 LC 37 1346/AP

House Bill 958 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)

By: Representative Dickey of the 136th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act relating to the Board of Education of Crawford County, approved March 19, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4136), 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 Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; 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.

Act relating to the Board of Education of Crawford County, approved March 19, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4136), as amended, is amended by revising Section 1 as follows:

"SECTION 1.

The Board of Education of Crawford County which existed immediately prior to the effective date of this Act is continued in existence but on and after the effective date of this Act shall be constituted as provided in this Act. The Board of Education of Crawford County so continued and constituted, sometimes referred to in this Act as the 'board,' shall continue to have the powers, duties, rights, obligations, and liabilities of that board as existed immediately prior to the effective date of this Act."

SECTION 2.

Said Act is further amended by revising Section 2 to read as follows:

"SECTION 2.

(a) Those members of the Board of Education of Crawford County who are serving as such immediately prior to 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. On and after the effective date of this Act, the Board of Education of Crawford County shall consist of five members all of whom shall be elected from education districts described in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) For purposes of electing members of the board of education, the Crawford 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 established pursuant to the final order entered on July 24, 2002, in Thomas, et al. v. Crawford County, Georgia, et al., Case Number 5:02-cv-222(HL), United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Macon Division, but as modified by the descriptions in and attached to and made a part of this Act and further identified as 'Plan: crawfordccsb-2012 Plan Type: Local Administrator: crawford cc User: bak'.

(c)(1) For the purposes of such plan:

(A) 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

(B) 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.

(2) Any part of Crawford County which is not included in any district described in subsection (c) of this section 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 Crawford County which is described in subsection (b) of this section 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.

(4) The present members of the board of education shall serve for the terms of office for which they were elected and until their successors are elected and qualified. Education Districts 1 through 5, as they exist immediately prior to the effective date of this section, shall continue to be designated as Education Districts 1 through 5, respectively, but as newly described under this Act; and, on and after the effective date of this section, 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."

SECTION 3.

The Board of Education of Crawford 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, 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 4.

The provisions of this Act relating to and necessary for the regular election in 2012 of members of the Board of Education of Crawford County shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming effective without such approval; and this Act shall otherwise become effective January 1, 2013.

SECTION 5.

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

Plan: crawfordccsb-2012
Plan Type: Local
Administrator: crawford cc
User: bak

District 001
Crawford County
VTD: 0791A - DISTRICT 1A
3030 3031
1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1027 1028 1031 1032 1033 1034 1035
1036 1042 1043 1044 1045 1046 1047 1050 1051 1052 1053 1054
1055 1056 1057 1058 1059 1060 1061 1062 1063 1064 1065 1066
1067 1068 1069 1070 1071 1072 1073 1074 1075 1076 1077 1080
2041 2042
VTD: 0791B - DISTRICT 1B
2055 2068 2069 2070 2071 2075 2077 2078 2081 2082 2083 3004
3006 3007 3008 3009 3010 3011 3012 3013 3014 3021 3022 3023
3025 3026 3027 3028 3029
2010 2012
1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1024 2016 2017 2018 2019
VTD: 0792 - DISTRICT 2
2053 2054 3024
VTD: 0793 - DISTRICT 3
2072 2073 2076 3003 3005 3033
1029 1038
VTD: 0795 - DISTRICT 5
1005

District 002
Crawford County
VTD: 0792 - DISTRICT 2
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 1053 1055 1056 1057 1058 1059 1060 1061
1062 1063 1064 1065 1066 1067 1068 1069 1070 1071 1072 1073
1074 1075 1078 1079 1087 1095 1096 1097 1106 1107 1109 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 2042 2043 2044 2045 2046 2047 2048
2049 2050 2051 2052 2056 2057 2058 2059 2060 2061 2062 2063
2064 2065 2066 2067 2079 2080 2084 2085 2086 2087 2088 2089
2090 2091 2092 3015 3016 3017 3018 3019 3020 3032
1000 1001 1002 1004 1005 1006 1008
VTD: 0793 - DISTRICT 3
1076 1077 1083 1084 1085 1089 1098 1099 1100 1108
VTD: 0794 - DISTRICT 4
1054
1016 1017

District 003
Crawford County
VTD: 0791A - DISTRICT 1A
1041 1048 1049
VTD: 0791B - DISTRICT 1B
2009 2011 2013 2016 2021 2022 2023
VTD: 0792 - DISTRICT 2
1052
VTD: 0793 - DISTRICT 3
1080 1081 1082 1086 1088 1090 1091 1092 1093 1094 1101 1102
1103 1104 1105 2074 3000 3001 3002
1032 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2014 2015 2017
2018 2019 2020
1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1022 1023 1025 1026 1030 1037
1039 1040 1078 1079 1081 1082 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2039 2040
VTD: 0794 - DISTRICT 4
2005

District 004
Crawford County
VTD: 0792 - DISTRICT 2
1003 1007 1015
VTD: 0793 - DISTRICT 3
1018 1020
VTD: 0794 - DISTRICT 4
1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1019 1021 1022 1023 1024 1025
1026 1027 1028 1029 1030 1031 1033 3000 3001 3002 3003 3004
3005 3006 3007 3008 3009 3016 3017 3040 3041 3042 3043 3044
3045 3046 3047 3048 3049 3050 3051 3052 3053 3054 3055 3056
3057 3058 3059
VTD: 0795 - DISTRICT 5
3013

District 005
Crawford County
VTD: 0795 - DISTRICT 5
3010 3011 3012 3014 3015 3018 3019 3020 3021 3022 3023 3024
3025 3026 3027 3028 3029 3030 3031 3032 3033 3034 3035 3036
3037 3038 3039 3060 3061 3062 3063 3064
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2020 2021 2022
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
2035 2036 2037 2038 2043