Bill Text: GA SB277 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Poulan, City of; mayor and councilmembers; change the terms of office
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-31 - Senate Read and Referred [SB277 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SB277-Introduced.html
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Senate
Bill 277
By:
Senator Crosby of the 13th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Poulan, approved April 10,
1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 4367), as amended, so as to change the terms of office of
the mayor and councilmembers; 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 creating a new charter for the City of Poulan, approved April 10, 1998 (Ga.
L. 1998, p. 4367), as amended, is amended by revising Section 2.11 as
follows:
"SECTION
2.11.
The
mayor and the members of the city council shall serve for terms of four years
except as temporarily otherwise specified in Section 5.11 of this charter and
shall serve until their respective successors are elected and qualified. No
person shall be eligible to serve as mayor or councilmember unless that person
shall have been a resident of the city for six months prior to the date of the
election of mayor or members of the city council. The mayor and each
councilmember shall continue to reside in the city during such person's period
of service and to be registered and qualified to vote in municipal elections of
the city."
SECTION
2.
Said
Act is further amended by revising 2.27 as follows:
"SECTION
2.27.
The
mayor shall be elected and serve for a term of four years and until the mayor's
successor is elected and qualified. The mayor shall be a qualified elector of
this city and shall have been a resident of the city for six months immediately
preceding the mayor's election. The mayor shall continue to reside in the city
during the period of the mayor's service. The mayor shall forfeit that office
on the same grounds and under the same procedure as for councilmembers. The
compensation of the mayor shall be established in the same manner as for
councilmembers."
SECTION
3.
Said
Act is further amended by revising Section 5.11 as follows:
"SECTION
5.11.
(a)
On the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November of 2011 and every
four years thereafter, the mayor and the successors to the councilmembers
representing Posts 1, 2, and 3 shall be elected and shall serve for terms of
office of four years and until their respective successors are elected and
qualified and shall take office on the first day of January immediately
following their election.
(b)
On the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November of 2012, the
successors to the councilmembers representing Posts 4 and 5 shall be elected and
shall each serve a one-year term of office and until their respective successors
are elected and qualified and shall take office on the first day of January
immediately following their election. On the Tuesday next following the first
Monday in November of 2013, the successors to the councilmembers representing
Posts 4 and 5 shall be elected and shall serve for terms of office of four years
and until their respective successors are elected and qualified and shall take
office on the first day of January immediately following their
election.
(c)
Thereafter on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November of the
last year of the terms of the mayor and each of the councilmembers, an election
shall be held to elect their successors, each of whom shall serve for a term of
four years and until their successors have been elected and
qualified."
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.