Bill Text: GA HB980 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Gainesville, City of; board of education; revise districts

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-05 - Effective Date [HB980 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB980-Introduced.html

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House Bill 980 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)

By: Representatives Rogers of the 26th, Collins of the 27th, Dunahoo of the 25th, and Benton of the 31st

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Gainesville, approved April 11, 1979 (Ga. L. 1979, p. 3302), as amended, particularly by an Act approved June 3, 2003, (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4670), so as to revise the districts for the election of members of the board of education; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for 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 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 creating a new charter for the City of Gainesville, approved April 11, 1979 (Ga. L. 1979, p. 3302), as amended, particularly by an Act approved June 3, 2003, (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4670), is amended by revising Section 9.20 to read as follows:

"Section 9.20. Education Wards Created. (a) For purposes of electing the five board members, the School District of the City of Gainesville shall be divided into five education wards, to be designated respectively as Education Wards 1 through 5. One member of the board shall be elected from each of the five education wards, with the member from each education ward elected by a plurality vote of the voters voting within that respective ward. The boundaries of the five education wards of the Gainesville School District shall be and correspond to those five numbered districts described in and attached to and made a part of this Act and further identified as 'Plan: gainesvilleccsb-2012 Plan Type: Local Administrator: Gainesville User: Gina'.

(b)(1) When used in such attachment, the term 'VTD' (voting tabulation district) 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.

(2) 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. Any part of the Gainesville School District which is not included in any such district described in that attachment 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 the Gainesville School District which is described in that attachment as being 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) Except as otherwise provided in the description of any education district, whenever the description of such district refers to a named city, it shall mean the geographical boundaries of that city as shown on the census map for the United States decennial census of 2010 for the State of Georgia.

(c) Education Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 as they existed on January 1, 2012, shall continue to be designated as Education Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, 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 education wards shall be deemed to be serving from and representing their respective wards as newly described under this section."

SECTION 2.

The Board of Education of the City of Gainesville shall through its legal counsel cause this Act to be submitted for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; and such submission shall be made to the United States Department of Justice or filed with the appropriate court 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 3.

This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.

SECTION 4.

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

Plan: gainesvilleccsb-2012
Plan Type: Local
Administrator: Gainesville
User: Gina

District 001
Hall County
VTD: 139022 - CHESTATEE
000400:
1003 1009 1011
VTD: 139025 - WEST WHELCHEL
000400:
1007 1008 1010 1012 1017 1018 1019 1020 1022 1023 4002 4005
4006 4007 4009 4010 4011 4012 4013 4014 4015 4016 4017 4018
4019 4020 4025 4026 4030 4035 4050 4051 4057
000500:
4016 4030 4031 4032 4033 4034 4035 4036 4037 4040 4041 4042
4043 4044 4045 4046 4049 4050 4051 4062
VTD: 139026 - GAINESVILLE I
000500:
2026 2027 2029 3018 3021 3022 3023 3024 3025 3026
000900:
1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2019 2020 2021
2023 2025 2026 2027 2028
VTD: 139028 - GAINESVILLE III
000400:
2011 2013 2025 2026 2027
VTD: 139029 - GAINESVILLE IV
000900:
2017 2018 3000 3001 3013 4000 4001 4002 4011
VTD: 139030 - GAINESVILLE V
000400:
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2010 2044 4031 4032
4034 4036 4037 4040 4045 4046 4049
000500:
2009 2010 2013 2014 3001 3002 3003 3006 3007 3008 3009 3010
3012 3014 3016 3019 3020 3028 4054 4058 4059 4060 4061 4063
4064 4065
VTD: 139031 - RIVERBEND
000600:
3031 3034 3039
VTD: 139039 - WHELCHEL II
000500:
1006 1016 1018 1021 1022 1023 1025 1028 2000 2003 2005 2015
2016 2017 2019 2021 2023 2024 2025 2039 2040 3029 3030 4055
4056 5028 5030
000600:
3009 3010 3011 3013 3015 3028 3030

District 002
Hall County
VTD: 139026 - GAINESVILLE I
000500:
2030 2031 2032 2041 2042
000900:
1000 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1022 1023
1024
VTD: 139028 - GAINESVILLE III
001003:
3000 3001
That part of Block 3021 which is bounded on the North by West Avenue, on
the South by John W. Morrow Parkway, on the East by Comer Street and on
the West by Brookwood Drive
3022
001101:
1028 1067 3000 3001 3002 3008 3009 3010 3011 3012 3052 3054
3055 3062
VTD: 139029 - GAINESVILLE IV
000800:
3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009 3019 3020
3021 3022 3023 3024 3025 3026 3027 3028
000900:
1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021
001101:
1000 1001 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019
1020 1021 1022 1024 1025 1026 1027 1035 1036 1047 1048 1049
1061 1062 1063 1064 1065 1066
VTD: 139031 - RIVERBEND
000500:
2033 2035 2044
000600:
2079 2080 2081 2093 2095 3033 3036 3037 3041 3043 3044 3049
3052 3053 3054 3055 3058 3059 3060 3071 3072 3073
VTD: 139033 - NEW HOLLAND
000600:
1011 1012 1013 1014 1017 1026 2001 2002 2013 2014 2015 2017
2018 2020 2021 2022 2023 2030 2031 2032 2044 2046 2048 2067
2070 2072 2073 2074 2075 2076 2077 2083 2084 2085 2086 2103
3056 3057 3069

District 003
Hall County
VTD: 139003 - CHICOPEE
001301:
3009 3011 3017 3023 3024 3026 3027 3030 3032 3058 3059 3062
VTD: 139004 - OAKWOOD I
001403:
2003 2004 2055 2067
VTD: 139014 - AGRICULTURE CENTER
001201:
3016 3020 3021 3028 3029 3049 3054 3057
001301:
3048 3049 3050 3054 3060 3061 3063 3064 3065 3066 3067 3068
3075 3077 3083
VTD: 139015 - TADMORE
000701:
1014 2035 2036 2037 2048
001201:
3061
001202:
1007 1008 1009 1010 1013 1016 1018 1030 1031 1032 1033
VTD: 139027 - GAINESVILLE II
000701:
1006 1007 1011 1012 2010 2011 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2031
2033 2038 2041 2044 2045 2052 2054
000800:
1013 1014 1022 1023 1024 1025 1028 1029 1031 1034 1035 1036
2002 2003 2004 2005 2012 2014 2015 2017 2019 2021 2022 2023
2024 2025 2026 3010 3011 3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 3018
3029 3030 3031 3032 3033 3034 3035 3036 3037 3038 3039 3040
3041 3042 3043 3044 3045 3046 3047 3048
001101:
1023
001201:
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012
2013
VTD: 139029 - GAINESVILLE IV
001101:
1029 1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 1037 1038 1039 1040 1041 1042
1043 1044 1045 1046 1050 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057
1058 1059 1060 1068 1069 1070 1071 1072 1073 1078 1079
VTD: 139032 - GAINESVILLE MILL
001101:
1074 1077
001201:
2009 2014 2016 2017 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2026 2035 2036
2037 2039 2040 2046 2047 2048 2049 3000 3002 3003 3004 3010
001301:
3000 3002 3004 3006 3008 3043 3044 3045 3046 3047 3098 3099
VTD: 139033 - NEW HOLLAND
000701:
2001 2005
000800:
1030 2011 2020

District 004
Hall County
VTD: 139001 - WILSON I
001002:
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2016 2029 2033 3000 3004 3010 3011
3013 3017 3020 3021 3023 3029 3030
VTD: 139002 - WILSON II
001002:
1006 1009 1011 1023
001004:
1051 1052 1056 1059 1060
VTD: 139003 - CHICOPEE
001101:
2067
001102:
1004 1006 1010 1012 1013 1014 1015 1019 1023 1024 1030 1031
1032 1036 1037 1038 1044 1056 1057 1066 1067 1070
001403:
1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013
1030 1036 1037 1038 1039 1046 1047 1048 1049 1052 2008 2026
2072
VTD: 139004 - OAKWOOD I
001403:
1042 1043 2027 2028
VTD: 139006 - OAKWOOD III
001402:
1036 2000 2002 2004
VTD: 139028 - GAINESVILLE III
001003:
1006 1008 1013 1014 1015 1019 1020 1023 1024 1026 2000 2001
2007 2020 2021 2022 2033 2034 2036 2037 2038 2039 2043 2046
2047 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009 3010 3011 3012
3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 3019
That part of Block 3021 which is bounded on the North by West Avenue,
on the South by John W. Morrow Parkway, on the East by Jesse Jewel
Parkway, and on the West by Comer Street
001101:
2000 2004 2006 2007 2010 2012 2013 2022 2023 2027 2030 2033
2034 2035 2036 2037 2052 2061 2062 2066 2068 3004 3005 3018
3019 3021 3023 3024 3027 3028 3030 3031 3036 3038 3039 3044
3048 3050 3051 3068 3069 3070 3071
001102:
1000
VTD: 139032 - GAINESVILLE MILL
001101:
2038 2056 2060
001102:
1033

District 005
Hall County
VTD: 139002 - WILSON II
001004:
1036 1048
VTD: 139023 - FORK
000302:
1029 1030 4013 4014
000400:
2042
VTD: 139028 - GAINESVILLE III
000400:
2023 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2037 2038 2039 2040
2041
000900:
3018 3019 3023 3024 3025 3026 3027 3028 3029 3030 3031 4014
4015 4016 4017 4018 4019
001003:
1000 2008 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014
001004:
1000 1001 1009 1010 1011 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1022 1023
1024 1025 1026 1029 1031 1032 1033 1034 1035 1047
VTD: 139029 - GAINESVILLE IV
000900:
2016 2022 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009 3010 3011
3012 3014 3015 3016 3017 3020 3021 3022 4003 4004 4005 4006
4007 4008 4009 4010 4012 4013
001101:
1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009