Bill Text: GA HB1002 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Ben Hill County; Board of Commissioners; change description of districts

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-13 - Effective Date [HB1002 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB1002-Introduced.html
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House Bill 1002 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By: Representatives Roberts of the 154th and Pruett of the 144th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT


To amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Ben Hill County, approved August 15, 1914 (Ga. L. 1914, p. 232), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 1, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 5165), so as to change the description of the commissioner districts; to reassign district numbers; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office for current members; to provide for the 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 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 Ben Hill County, approved August 15, 1914 (Ga. L. 1914, p. 232), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 1, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 5165), is amended by revising subsections (b) and (b.1) of Section 1 and adding a new subsection to read as follows:
"(b) For purposes of electing members of the board of commissioners, Ben Hill County is divided into two commissioner districts designated as Commissioner District 2 and Commissioner District 3. Two members of the board shall be elected from each such district. Within Commissioner Districts 2 and 3, there are established Post 1 and Post 2 positions. One member shall be elected from Commissioner District 1 which shall consist of the entirety of Ben Hill County. Commissioner District 2 and Commissioner District 3 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: benhillcc-2012 Plan Type: Local Administrator: Ben Hill User: Gina'.
(b.1)(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 Ben Hill County which is not included in Commissioner District 2 or Commissioner District 3 as described in subsection (b) 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 Ben Hill County which is not included in Commissioner District 2 or Commissioner District 3 as 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.
(b.2) On the effective date of this subsection, former Commissioner District 1 shall be new Commissioner District 2 as described in subsection (b) of this section and former Commissioner District 2 shall be new Commissioner District 1 which shall include the entirety of Ben Hill County."

SECTION 2.
(a) Those members of the Board of Commissioners of Ben Hill 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. It is not the intention of the General Assembly to affect any aspect of the service of any member currently serving on the Board of Commissioners of Ben Hill except to redesignate the numbering of the commissioner districts and to change the description of the commissioner districts.
(b) Commissioner Districts 1 and 3, as they exist immediately prior to the effective date of this Act, shall be designated as Commissioner Districts 2 and 3, respectively, and 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 1 and 3 shall be deemed to be serving from and representing Commissioner Districts 2 and 3, respectively, as newly described under this Act. Commissioner District 2, as it exists immediately prior to the effective date of this Act, shall be designated as Commissioner District 1, and on and after the effective date of this Act, the member of the board serving from former Commissioner District 2 shall be deemed to be serving from and representing Commissioner District 1 as described under this Act.

SECTION 3.
The Board of Commissioners of Ben Hill County shall through its legal counsel cause this Act to be submitted for preclearance under 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.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.

Plan: benhillcc-2012
Plan Type: Local
Administrator: Ben Hill
User: Gina

District 002
Ben Hill County
VTD: 0171 - EAST
960100:
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 1043 1048 1049 1050 1051 1052 1066
1067 1073 1082 1083 1084 1085 1086 1087 1088 1089 1090 1091
1092 1093 1094 1095 1096 1097 1098 1099 1100 1101 1102 1103
1104 1105 1106 1107 1108 1109 1110 1111 1112 1113 1114 1116
1117 1118 1119 1120 1121 1122 1123 1124 1125 1126 1127 1128
1129 1130 1131 1132 1133 1134 1135 1136 1137 1138 1139 1140
1141 1142 1143 1144 1145 1146 1147 1148 1149 1150 1151 1152
1153 1154 1155 1156 1157 1158 1159 1160 1161 1164 1165 1166
1167 1168 1169 1170 1171 1172 1173 1174 1175 1176 1177 1178
1179 1180 1181 1182 1183 1184 1185 1186 1187 1188 1189 1190
1191 1192 1193 1194 1195 1196 1197 1198 1199 1200 1201 1202
1203 1204 1205 1206 1207 1208 1209 1210 1211 1212 1213 1214
1215 1216 1217 1218 1219 1220 1221 1222 1223 1224 1225 1226
1227 1228 1229 1230 1231 1232 1233 1234 1235 1236 1237 1238
1239 1240 1241 1242 1243 1244 1245 1246 1247 1248 1249 1250
1251 1252 1253 1254 1255 1256 1257
960200:
1000 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012
1013 1014 1015 1016 1221 1222 1223 1224 1225 1226 1227 1228
1229 1232 1233 1234 1235 1247 1248
960400:
2022 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035
2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 3000 3001 3002 3003 3004
3005 3006 3011 3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 3018 3019 3020
3021 3022 3023 3024 3029 3030 3031 3032 3033 3034 3035 3036
3037 3038 3042 3043 3044 3045 3046 3047 3048 3049 4008 4009
4010 4011 4012 4013 4014 4015 4016 4018 4019 4020 4021 4022
4023 4024 4025 4026 4027 4028 4029 4030 4031 4032 4033 4034
4035 4036 4037
960500:
3000 3007 3008 3009 3016 3017 3024 3025 3032 3033 3048 3049
4000 4001 4002 4003 4004 4005 4006 4007 4008 4009 4010 4011
4012 4013 4014 4015 4016 4017 4018 4019 4020 4021 4022 4023
4024 4025 4026 4027 4028 4029 4030 4031 4032 4033 4034 4035
4036 4037 4038 4039 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 5035 5036 5037 5038 5039 5040 5041 5042 5043
5044 5045 5046 5047 5048 5049 5050 5051 5052 5053 5054 5055
5056 5057 5058 5059 5060 5061 5062 5063 5064 5065 5066 5067
5068 5069 5070 5071 5072 5073 5074 5075 5076 5077 5078 5079
5080 5081 5082 5083 5084 5085 5086 5087 5088 5089 5090 5091
5092 5093 5094 5095 5096 5097 5098 5099 5100 5101 5102 5103
5104 5105 5106 5107 5108 5109 5110 5111 5112 5113 5114 5115
5116 5117 5118 5119 5120 5121 5122 5123 5124 5125 5126 5127
5128 5129 5130 5131 5132 5133 5134 5135 5136 5137 5138 5139
5140 5141 5142 5143 5144 5145 5146 5147 5148 5149 5150 5151
5152 5153 5154 5155 5156
VTD: 0172 - WEST
960300:
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 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 2041
2042 2043 2044 2045 2046 2047 4025 4026 4027 4028 4029 4030
4034 4035 4036 4037 4038 4039 4040
960400:
2020 2021 2043 2044 3007 3008 3009 3010 3025 3026 3027 3028
3039 3040 3041
960500:
2000 2001 2002 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2025 2026 2027
2028 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 3001 3002 3003 3004
3005 3006 3010 3011 3012 3013 3014 3015 3018 3019 3020 3021
3022 3023 3026 3027 3028 3029 3030 3031 3034 3035 3036 3037
3038 3040 3041 3043 3044 3045 3046 3047 3050 3051 3052 3053
3054 3055 3056 3057 3058 3059 3060 3061 3063 3078 3085 3086
VTD: 0174 - SPECIAL EAST
960400:
1032 1033 1034 1035 1036 1037 1038 1043 1044 1045 1046 2023
2024
VTD: 0175 - SPECIAL WEST
960300:
3007 3008 3009 3010 3011 3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 3020
3021 3022 3023 3024 3025 3026 3027 3028 3029 3030 3031 3032
3033 3034 3035 3036 3037 3038 3039 3040 3041 3042 3043 3044
3045 3046 3047 3050 3051

District 003
Ben Hill County
VTD: 0172 - WEST
960300:
1002 1003 1004 1006 1008 1021 1022 1023 1024 1025 1026 1027
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 1065 1069 1076 1077 1078 1079 1082 1083
1084 1085 1086 1087 1088 1089 1090 1091 1092 1093 1094 1095
1096 2007 2008 2009 2010 2039 2040 2048
960500:
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 1065 1066 1067 1068 1069 1070 1071
1072 1073 1074 1075 1076 1077 1078 1079 1080 1081 1082 1083
1084 1085 1086 1087 1088 1089 1090 1091 1092 1093 1094 1095
1096 1097 1098 1099 1100 1101 1102 1103 1104 1105 1106 1107
1108 1109 1110 1111 1112 1113 1114 1115 1116 1117 1118 1119
1120 1121 1122 1123 1124 1125 1126 1127 1128 2003 2004 2005
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2023
2024 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2042 2043 2044 3039 3042
3062 3064 3065 3066 3067 3068 3069 3070 3071 3072 3073 3074
3075 3076 3077 3079 3080 3081 3082 3083 3084 3087 3088 3089
3090 3091 3092 3093 3094 3095 3096 3097 3098 3099 3100 3101
VTD: 0173 - WILLIAMSON MILL
VTD: 0174 - SPECIAL EAST
960100:
1041 1042 1044 1045 1046 1047 1068 1069 1070 1071 1072 1074
1162 1163
960400:
1000 1001 1002 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1020 1021
1022 1023 1024 1025 1026 1027 1028 1029 1030 1031 1047 1048
1049 4000 4001 4002 4003 4004 4005 4006 4007 4017
VTD: 0175 - SPECIAL WEST
960100:
1053 1054 1055 1056 1057 1058 1059 1060 1061 1062 1063 1064
1065 1075 1076 1077 1078 1079 1080 1081
960200:
1001 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024 1025 1026 1027
1028 1029 1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 1035 1036 1037 1040 1041
1042 1123 1124 1125 1126 1127 1128 1129 1130 1131 1132 1133
1134 1135 1136 1137 1138 1139 1140 1141 1142 1143 1144 1145
1146 1147 1148 1149 1150 1151 1152 1153 1154 1155 1156 1157
1158 1159 1160 1161 1162 1163 1164 1165 1166 1167 1168 1169
1170 1171 1172 1173 1174 1175 1176 1177 1178 1179 1180 1181
1182 1183 1184 1185 1186 1187 1188 1189 1190 1191 1192 1193
1194 1195 1196 1197 1198 1199 1200 1201 1202 1203 1204 1205
1206 1207 1208 1209 1210 1211 1212 1213 1214 1215 1216 1217
1218 1219 1220 1230 1231 1236 1238 1243
960300:
1000 1001 1005 1007 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016
1017 1018 1019 1020 1028 1029 1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 1035
1036 1066 1067 1068 1070 1071 1072 1073 1074 1075 1080 1081
3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3018 3019 3048 3049 4000
4001 4002 4003 4004 4005 4006 4007 4008 4009 4010 4011 4012
4013 4014 4015 4016 4017 4018 4019 4020 4021 4022 4023 4024
4031 4032 4033
960400:
1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1039 1040
1041 1042 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019


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