Bill Text: GA HB1039 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Montgomery County; Board of Commissioners; change description of districts

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-05 - Effective Date [HB1039 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB1039-Introduced.html

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12 LC 28 6005/AP

House Bill 1039 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)

By: Representative Morris of the 155th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Montgomery County, approved February 27, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 2729), as amended, so as to change the description of the commissioner districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for manner of election and terms of office; to provide for submission of this Act 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 the Board of Commissioners of Montgomery County, approved February 27, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 2729), as amended, is amended by revising Sections 4 and 5 as follows:

"SECTION 4.

(a) For purposes of electing members of the board, Montgomery County is divided into four commissioner districts, and those districts shall be and correspond to those four districts described in and attached to this Act and made a part hereof and further identified as 'Plan: montgomeryccsb-2012 Plan Type: local Administrator: montgomery User: bak'. One commissioner each shall be elected from Commissioner Districts 1, 2, and 4 and two commissioners shall be elected from Commissioner District 3 by the electors of such districts. The two commissioners elected from District 3 shall be designated as holding Post 1 and Post 2, respectively.

(b)(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 Montgomery County which is not included in any district described in subsection (a) 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 Montgomery County which is 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.

SECTION 5.

Members of the board representing Commissioner Districts 1 and 2 and Commissioner District 3, Post 1, shall be elected at the November general election in 2012, take office the first day of January immediately following that election, and serve for initial terms of office of four years and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. Members of the board representing Commissioner District 3, Post 2, and Commissioner District 4 shall be elected at the November general election in 2012, take office the first day of January immediately following that election, and serve for initial terms of office of two years and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. All future successors to members of the board whose terms of office are to expire shall be elected at the November general election immediately preceding the expiration of such terms, take office the first day of January immediately following that election, and serve for terms of office of four years and until their respective successors are elected and qualified."

SECTION 2.

Those members of the Board of Commissioners of Montgomery 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.

SECTION 3.

The Board of Commissioners of Montgomery 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.

This section, Sections 2 and 3, and the provisions of this Act necessary to conduct elections for the members of the board in 2012 shall become effective upon the approval of this Act by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval. The remaining provisions of this Act shall become effective on January 1, 2013.

SECTION 5.

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

Plan: montgomeryccsb-2012
Plan Type: local
Administrator: montgomery
User: bak

District 001
Montgomery County
VTD: 20901 - AILEY
2077 2078 2079 2080 2091 2092 2114 2115
VTD: 20903 - HIGGSTON
1060 1061 1062 1063 1064 1065 1066 1067 1068 1069 1070 1072
1073 1074 1075 1076 1082 1083 1084 1085 1102 2093 2094 2095
2101 2102 2107 2108 2109
1034 1035 1037 1074
VTD: 20904 - KIBBEE
VTD: 20905 - MOUNT VERNON
2058 2067 2069 2074 2120
VTD: 20906 - TARRYTOWN

District 002
Montgomery County
VTD: 20902 - ALSTON
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 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 1102 1146 1147 1148 1149 1150 1151 1152
VTD: 20903 - HIGGSTON
1071 1077 1078 1079 1080 1081 1086 1087 1088 1089 1090 1091
1092 1093 1094 1095 1096 1097 1098 1099 1100 1101
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 1036 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 1075
1076 1077

District 003
Montgomery County
VTD: 20901 - AILEY
2076 2105 2106 2116
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2012 2013
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
2026 2027 2028 2029 2048 2070 2071 2072 2073 2074 2079 2082
2085 2086 2087 2088 2089 2090 2091 2092 2093 2094 2095 2096
2097 2098 2099 2100 2101 2102 2103 2104 2105 2106 2135 2136
2137 2138 2139 2140 2141 2142 2143 2144 2145 2150 2151 2152
2153 2154 2155 2160 2161 2162 2167 2169 2170 2171 3000 3001
3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3011 3012 3093
VTD: 20905 - MOUNT VERNON
2059 2060 2064 2065 2066 2073 2075 2112 2113 2119
2010 2011 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039
2040 2041 2042 2043 2044 2045 2046 2047 2049 2050 2051 2052
2053 2054 2055 2056 2057 2058 2059 2060 2061 2062 2063 2064
2065 2066 2067 2068 2069 2075 2076 2077 2078 2080 2081 2083
2084 2107 2108 2109 2110 2111 2112 2113 2114 2115 2116 2117
2118 2119 2120 2121 2122 2123 2124 2125 2126 2127 2128 2129
2130 2131 2132 2133 2134 2146 2147 2148 2149 2156 2157 2158
2159 2163 2164 2165 2166 2168 3007 3008 3009 3010 3014 3015
3016 3017 3018 3019 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 3048 3049 3050 3051
3052 3053 3054 3055 3056 3065 3069 3070 3071 3072 3073 3074
3080 3081 3082 3083 3084 3085 3086 3087 3088 3089 3090 3091
3092 3094

District 004
Montgomery County
VTD: 20902 - ALSTON
1034 1035 1036 1044 1045
VTD: 20905 - MOUNT VERNON
3013 3057 3059 3060 3061 3062 3063 3064 3066 3079 3095
VTD: 20907 - UVALDA