Bill Text: GA SB226 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Engrossed


Bill Title: DeKalb County; board of education; revise the composition; nonpartisan election

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-03-23 - House Second Readers [SB226 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-SB226-Engrossed.html
11 LC 33 4082
Senate Bill 226
By: Senators Jones of the 10th, Millar of the 40th and Carter of the 42nd

AS PASSED SENATE

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT


To amend an Act establishing in DeKalb County districts from which members of the county board of education shall be elected, approved April 12, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 3424), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 25, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 4536), and by an Act approved March 14, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 4192), so as to revise the composition of the board of education; to shorten the terms of certain members of the board of education; to provide for new terms of office and manner of election; to provide for the nonpartisan election of members of the board of education; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum and the submission of a question related thereto to the electors of the DeKalb County School District for approval or rejection; to provide for effective dates and automatic repeals; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

PART I.
SECTION 1-1.

An Act establishing in DeKalb County districts from which members of the county board of education shall be elected, approved April 12, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 3424), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 25, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 4536), and by an Act approved March 14, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 4192), is amended by revising Sections 1, 2, and 3 to read as follows:
"SECTION 1.
(a) There is created the board of education of DeKalb County. On and after January 1, 2013, the board shall consist of seven members elected as provided in this section.
(b) For the purpose of electing the members of the board of education, DeKalb County shall be divided into seven education districts. One member of the board shall be elected from each education district by the electors of such education district.
(c) The seven education districts shall be designated as Education Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 described in and attached to and made a part of this Act and further identified as Plan Name: deksbprop3 Plan Type: Local User: Shantee Administrator: S010.
(d) When used in such attachment, the terms 'Tract' and 'BG' (Block Group) 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 2000 for the State of Georgia. The separate numeric designations in a Tract description which are underneath a 'BG' heading shall mean and describe individual Blocks within a Block Group as provided in the report of the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia. Any part of DeKalb County 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 2000 for the State of Georgia. Any part of DeKalb County 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 2000 for the State of Georgia. Except as otherwise provided in the description of any 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 2000 for the State of Georgia.

SECTION 2.
(a) Those members of the board of education in office on the effective date of this Act and any person selected to fill a vacancy in any such offices shall serve until December 31, 2012, at which time their terms of office shall end.
(b) On the date of the state-wide presidential preference primary election in 2012, members of the board of education from Education Districts 1, 3, 5, and 7 shall be elected. Such members shall take office on April 1, 2012, and shall serve until December 31, 2017, and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter, successors shall be elected at the November general election immediately preceding the expiration of the term of office of each respective member and shall take office on the first day of January following such election for a term of office of four years and until a successor is elected and qualified.
(c) On the date of the state-wide presidential preference primary election in 2012, members of the board of education from Education Districts 2, 4, and 6 shall be elected. Such members shall take office on April 1, 2012, and shall serve until December 31, 2015, and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter, successors shall be elected at the November general election immediately preceding the expiration of the term of office of each respective member and shall take office on the first day of January following such election for a term of office of four years and until a successor is elected and qualified.

SECTION 3.
Elections for members of the board of education shall be conducted on a nonpartisan basis in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., the 'Georgia Election Code.'"

PART II.
SECTION 2-1.

Unless otherwise prohibited by the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the election superintendent of DeKalb County shall call and conduct an election on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2011 as provided in this section for the purpose of submitting this Act to the electors of the DeKalb County School District for approval or rejection. The election superintendent shall issue the call and conduct that election as provided by general law. The superintendent shall cause the date and purpose of the election to be published once a week for two weeks immediately preceding the date thereof in the official organ of DeKalb County. The ballot shall have written or printed thereon the words:
"(  )  YES
(  )  NO

Shall the board of education of DeKalb County be changed from a nine-member board to a seven-member board and to shorten the terms of the current members?"
All persons desiring to vote for approval of changing the form of the board of education of DeKalb County to a board consisting of seven members elected by district shall vote "Yes," and those persons desiring to vote against changing the form of the board of education of DeKalb County to a board consisting of seven members elected by district shall vote "No." If more than one-half of the votes cast are for approval of changing the form of the board of education of DeKalb County to a board consisting of seven members elected by district, then Part I of this Act shall become effective as provided in this section; otherwise, Part I shall not become effective and this Act shall be automatically repealed on the first day of January following that election date. Only electors residing in the DeKalb County School District shall vote in this referendum. The expense of such election shall be borne by DeKalb County. It shall be the duty of the election superintendent to certify the results thereof to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 2-2.
It shall be the duty of the attorney for the governing authority of DeKalb County to submit this Act for preclearance pursuant to Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended.

SECTION 2-3.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 2-1 of this Act, this Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or its becoming law without such approval.

SECTION 2-4.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
Plan Name: deksbprop3 Plan Type: Local User: Shantee Administrator: S010

Redistricting Plan Components Report

District 001
DeKalb County
Tract: 211
Tract: 212.02
BG: 1
1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014
1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022
BG: 2
BG: 3
Tract: 212.04
Tract: 212.07
Tract: 212.08
BG: 1
1000 1001 1002 1006 1007 1008 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019
1020
BG: 2
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016 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
Tract: 212.09
Tract: 212.10
BG: 3
3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3015 3016 3017 3018
3019 3020 3021
BG: 4
Tract: 212.12
BG: 2
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
2016 2017 2018 2028 2044 2045 2046
Tract: 212.13
Tract: 212.14
Tract: 213.01
BG: 1
1015
Tract: 213.02
BG: 2
2014
BG: 3
3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009 3010 3011
3012 3013 3014 3017 3018 3019 3020 3021 3022
Tract: 214.01
Tract: 214.03
Tract: 214.04
BG: 1
BG: 2
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
2025 2026
Tract: 214.05
Tract: 214.06
Tract: 215.02
BG: 1
1006
Tract: 216.01
BG: 1
1015 1016 1018 1019 1020 1021
BG: 2
BG: 3
3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3008 3009
Tract: 216.03
BG: 9
9000 9001 9002
Tract: 217.03
BG: 4
4017

District 002
DeKalb County
Tract: 212.02
BG: 1
1000 1001 1002 1023 1024
Tract: 212.08
BG: 1
1003 1004 1005 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013
BG: 2
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2015 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Tract: 212.10
BG: 3
3008 3009 3010 3011 3012 3013 3014
Tract: 212.11
Tract: 212.12
BG: 2
2000 2001 2002 2003 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
2027 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039
2040 2041 2042 2043
Tract: 213.01
BG: 1
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011
1012 1013 1014 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024
1025 1026 1027 1028
Tract: 213.02
BG: 1
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
BG: 4
Tract: 213.03
Tract: 213.04
Tract: 217.05
BG: 1
1000
BG: 2
2000 2001 2002 2003 2006
Tract: 218.05
BG: 2
BG: 4
4000 4001 4002 4003 4004 4005 4006 4007 4008 4009 4010 4011
4012 4013 4014 4015 4016 4017
Tract: 218.06
Tract: 218.08
BG: 5
5000 5001 5002 5003 5004 5005 5006 5007 5008 5009 5010 5011
5012 5013 5014 5015 5016 5017 5018 5019 5020 5021 5022 5023
5024 5025 5026 5027 5028 5029 5030 5031 5032 5033 5034 5036
Tract: 218.09
Tract: 218.10
Tract: 218.11
Tract: 218.12
Tract: 219.02
Tract: 219.04
Tract: 219.06
BG: 3
3007 3008 3009 3010 3011 3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 3024
Tract: 219.07
BG: 2
2039 2040 2041 2047 2048 2050
Tract: 219.08
BG: 2

District 003
DeKalb County
Tract: 201
Tract: 202
Tract: 203
Tract: 204
Tract: 205
Tract: 206
Tract: 207
Tract: 208.01
Tract: 209
Tract: 215.01
BG: 1
BG: 2
BG: 3
BG: 4
4000 4001 4004 4005
Tract: 215.02
BG: 1
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012
1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024
BG: 2
Tract: 216.01
BG: 3
3005 3006 3007 3010 3011 3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 3018
3019 3020 3999
BG: 4
Tract: 216.02
BG: 2
2003
Tract: 216.03
BG: 1
BG: 9
9003 9004 9005 9006 9007 9008 9009 9010 9011 9012 9013 9014
9015 9016 9017 9018
Tract: 217.04
BG: 3
3016 3017 3018 3019 3020 3021
Tract: 221
BG: 1
1003
Tract: 222
BG: 3
3019 3020 3021 3022 3023 3024 3025 3026 3027 3028
BG: 4
4000 4001 4002 4003 4004 4005 4006 4007 4008 4009 4010 4011
4012 4013 4014 4015 4016 4017 4018 4019 4020 4022 4023 4024
4025 4026 4027 4028 4029 4030 4031 4032 4033 4034 4035 4036
Tract: 223.01
Tract: 224.01
Tract: 224.02
Tract: 224.03
Tract: 225
Tract: 226
Tract: 227
BG: 1
BG: 2
BG: 3
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 3026 3027 3028 3029
BG: 4
Tract: 228
Tract: 230
BG: 1
1012
Tract: 237

District 004
DeKalb County
Tract: 208.02
Tract: 221
BG: 2
2038
Tract: 227
BG: 3
3025
Tract: 229
Tract: 230
BG: 1
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011
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
Tract: 231.01
Tract: 231.02
Tract: 231.05

BG: 2
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
2015 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
BG: 3
Tract: 231.06
BG: 1
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012
1013
BG: 2
BG: 3
BG: 4
Tract: 231.07
Tract: 231.08
Tract: 232.03
Tract: 232.06
Tract: 232.10
BG: 1
BG: 2
BG: 3
3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009 3010 3011 3012
3013 3014
Tract: 232.11
Tract: 232.12
Tract: 235.01
Tract: 235.04
BG: 1
BG: 2
BG: 3
3000
Tract: 235.05
BG: 1
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011
BG: 2
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2009 2010
Tract: 236.01
Tract: 236.02
Tract: 236.03
District 005
DeKalb County
Tract: 219.06
BG: 1
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1009 1010 1011 1012
BG: 2
BG: 3
3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3018 3019 3020 3021 3022
3023
Tract: 219.07
BG: 1
BG: 2
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 2042 2043 2044 2045 2046 2049 2051 2052 2053
2054 2055 2056 2057 2058 2059
BG: 3
Tract: 219.08
BG: 3
3001
Tract: 232.08
BG: 1
1014 1015 1016
BG: 2
2010 2011
BG: 3
Tract: 232.09
BG: 1
1000 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015
1016 1017 1998 1999
BG: 2
Tract: 232.10
BG: 3
3000
Tract: 233.02
Tract: 233.03
Tract: 233.05
Tract: 233.06
Tract: 233.07
Tract: 233.09
Tract: 233.10
Tract: 234.17
Tract: 234.18

District 006
DeKalb County
Tract: 213.02
BG: 1
1035 1036 1037
BG: 2
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
BG: 3
3015 3016
Tract: 214.04
BG: 2
2012
Tract: 215.01
BG: 4
4002 4003
Tract: 216.01
BG: 1
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011
1012 1013 1014 1017 1999
Tract: 216.02
BG: 1
BG: 2
2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Tract: 217.03
BG: 1
BG: 4
4000 4001 4002 4003 4004 4005 4006 4007 4008 4009 4010 4011
4012 4013 4014 4015 4016 4018 4019 4020 4021 4022 4023 4024
4025 4999
Tract: 217.04
BG: 2
BG: 3
3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009 3010 3011
3012 3013 3014 3015 3022 3023 3024 3025
BG: 9
Tract: 217.05
BG: 1
1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010
BG: 2
2004 2005 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
BG: 3
Tract: 217.06
Tract: 218.05
BG: 4
4999
Tract: 218.08
BG: 5
5035
Tract: 219.06
BG: 1
1007 1008
Tract: 219.08
BG: 1
BG: 3
3000 3002 3003 3004 3999
Tract: 219.09
Tract: 220.01
Tract: 220.04
Tract: 220.05
Tract: 220.06
Tract: 220.07
Tract: 220.08
Tract: 221
BG: 1
1000 1001 1002 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012
1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020
BG: 2
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 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2044 2045
Tract: 222
BG: 1
BG: 2
BG: 3
3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009 3010 3011
3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 3018
BG: 4
4021
Tract: 223.02
Tract: 231.05
BG: 1
BG: 2
2000 2001 2002 2016
BG: 4
Tract: 231.06
BG: 1
1006
Tract: 232.04
Tract: 232.08
BG: 1
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011
1012 1013
BG: 2
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Tract: 232.09
BG: 1
1001 1002 1003 1004

District 007
DeKalb County
Tract: 234.04
Tract: 234.05
Tract: 234.10
Tract: 234.11
Tract: 234.12
Tract: 234.13
Tract: 234.14
Tract: 234.15
Tract: 234.16
Tract: 235.04
BG: 3
3001 3002 3003
Tract: 235.05
BG: 1
1012 1013
BG: 2
2007 2008 2011 2012 2013 2014
Tract: 235.06
Tract: 235.07
Tract: 238.01
Tract: 238.02
Tract: 238.03

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