Bill Text: GA HB1006 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Chamblee, City of; corporate limits; change

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-27 - Effective Date [HB1006 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB1006-Introduced.html

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12 HB 1006/AP

House Bill 1006 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)

By: Representatives Parent of the 81st, Taylor of the 79th, Bell of the 58th, Gardner of the 57th, Henson of the 87th, and others

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Chamblee, approved March 28, 1935 (Ga. L. 1935, p. 944), as amended, so as to change the corporate limits of the city; to provide for a referendum; to provide for related matters; to provide for automatic repeal and a contingent 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 Chamblee, approved March 28, 1935 (Ga. L. 1935, p. 944), as amended, is amended by annexing to the existing corporate limits of the City of Chamblee the following described territory:

"Beginning on the easterly right-of-way line of Clairmont Road at the point where the existing corporate limit line intersects the easterly right-of-way line of Clairmont Road, thence southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Clairmont Road to a point, said point being the intersection of the easterly right-of-way line of Clairmont Road with the southerly right-of-way line of the access road which runs on the southerly side of Interstate Highway 85 in a northeasterly direction toward Chamblee-Tucker Road, if such access road was extended westerly in a straight line, running thence in a northeasterly direction along the southerly right-of-way line of the said Interstate Highway 85 access road to a point where the southerly right-of-way line of the Interstate Highway 85 access road would intersect the easterly right-of-way line of Chamblee-Tucker Road, if such access road was extended easterly in a straight line; running thence in a northerly and westerly direction along the easterly right-of-way line of Chamblee-Tucker Road to a point, said point being the intersection of the easterly right-of-way line of Chamblee-Tucker Road and the existing corporate limit line of the City of Chamblee at the southeasterly side of Shallowford Road; running thence southerly and westerly along the existing corporate limit line and following the corporate limit line of the City of Chamblee in all its courses, distances, curves, and meanderings so as to reach a point where the said corporate limit line intersects the easterly right-of-way line of Clairmont Road, this being the point of beginning."

SECTION 2.

Unless prohibited by the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the election superintendent of DeKalb County shall call and conduct an election as provided in this section for the purpose of submitting this Act to the electors of the territory sought to be annexed into the City of Chamblee under this Act for approval or rejection. The election superintendent shall conduct that election on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in 2012 and shall issue the call and conduct that election as provided by general law. The election 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 Act be approved which annexes certain land into the City of Chamblee?"

All persons desiring to vote for approval of the annexation shall vote "Yes," and all persons desiring to vote for rejection of the annexation shall vote "No." If more than one-half of the votes cast on such question are for approval of the annexation, then this Act shall become effective on December 30, 2012. If more than one-half of the votes cast on such question are for rejection of the annexation, this Act shall not become effective and shall be automatically repealed on the first day of January immediately following that election date. The expense of such election shall be borne by the City of Chamblee. It shall be the election superintendent's duty to certify the result thereof to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 3.

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