12 AM
39 0032
ADOPTED
Senator
Mullis of the 53rd offered the following amendment:
Amend
the Senate Transportation Committee substitute to HB 1052 (LC 39 0250S) by
deleting lines 14 through 89 and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
"(a)
The
On and after
January 1, 2013, the Board of Directors of
the Authority shall be
reconstituted
and composed of
18
11
voting members
and one
nonvoting member.
Four
Three
members shall be residents of the City of Atlanta to be nominated by the Mayor
and elected by the City Council;
five
four
members shall be residents of DeKalb County
with three of
the four appointees to be appointed by the
local
governing body thereof
Board of
Commissioners of DeKalb County and at
least one of such appointees shall be a resident of that portion of DeKalb
County lying south of the southernmost corporate boundaries of the City of
Decatur and at least one of such appointees shall be a resident of that portion
of DeKalb County lying north of the southernmost corporate boundaries of the
City of Decatur
and the fourth
appointee to be appointed by a majority vote of a caucus of mayors of the
municipalities located wholly in DeKalb
County; three members shall be residents
of Fulton County
to be
appointed by the local governing body thereof, and at
least
and
one of such
appointees
members
shall be a resident of that portion of Fulton County lying south of the
corporate limits of the City of Atlanta
to be
appointed by the local governing body of Fulton County and two of such members
shall be residents of that portion of Fulton County lying north of the corporate
limits of the City of Atlanta to be appointed by a majority vote of a caucus of
mayors of the municipalities of Fulton County lying north of the City of
Atlanta; one member shall be the executive director of the Georgia Regional
Transportation Authority; and one nonvoting member shall be the planning
director of the Department of Transportation. Those board members appointed by
a local governing authority as described in this section in office as of January
1, 2013, shall serve initial terms of office as follows: two of the three
appointees of the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners, two of the three
appointees of the mayor and city council of Atlanta, and one of the two
appointees of the caucus of mayors from municipalities lying north of the City
of Atlanta shall serve a term of two years, and the remaining appointees shall
serve for terms of four years. Each local governing authority or caucus shall
designate which board members shall serve an initial term of two years no later
than November 1, 2012.
and that
membership position held by a Fulton County resident, appointed by the local
governing body of that county, the term of which position expires December 31,
1988, shall, beginning on and after January 1, 1989, be filled by the local
governing body of Fulton County appointing a person who is a resident of that
portion of Fulton County lying north of the corporate limits of the City of
Atlanta; one member shall be a resident of Clayton County to be appointed by the
local governing body thereof; and one member shall be a resident of Gwinnett
County to be appointed by the local governing body thereof. Four members,
representing the State, shall be as follows: the Commissioner of the Department
of Transportation who shall be an ex officio member; the State Revenue
Commissioner who shall be an ex officio member; the Executive Director of the
State Properties Commission who shall be an ex officio member; and the Executive
Director of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority who shall be an ex
officio member. The first member who must be a resident of that portion of
Fulton County lying south of the corporate limits of the City of Atlanta shall
be appointed by the governing body of Fulton County to take office on July 1,
1985, for an initial term ending December 31, 1986. The two members who are
DeKalb County residents and appointed by the governing authority thereof and who
are added by this paragraph shall each be appointed by the governing body of
DeKalb County to take office on July 1, 1985, for an initial term ending
December 31, 1986. After the initial terms of those three members added to the
Board in 1985,
After the
initial two-year terms of those five board members described in this
subsection, that governing body which
appointed the member for that initial term to that office shall appoint
successors thereto for terms of office of four years in the same manner that
such governing body makes its other appointments to the Board.
The
initial terms of the four members added in 1976 by the above paragraph shall be
as follows: the member from DeKalb County to be appointed by the local
governing body of DeKalb County shall be appointed no later than sixty days
after the effective date of this subsection for a term ending December 31, 1978,
and shall take office immediately upon appointment; the Commissioner of the
Department of Transportation, the State Revenue Commissioner and the Executive
Director of the State Properties Commission shall become members of the Board on
the effective date of this subsection and shall serve while holding their State
offices.
The
Executive Director of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority shall become
a
voting
member of the Board on the effective date of this sentence and shall serve while
holding his or her State office.
The planning
director of the Department of Transportation shall become a nonvoting member of
the Board on the effective date of this sentence and shall serve while holding
his or her State office.
Except
as provided above, all appointments shall be for terms of four years except that
a vacancy caused otherwise than by expiration shall be filled for the unexpired
portion thereof by the local governing body which made the original appointment
to the vacant position, or its successor in office. A member of the Board may
be appointed to succeed himself or herself
for one
four-year term; provided, however, that board membership prior to January 1,
2013, shall not be considered in calculating limits on length of
service. Appointments to fill expiring
terms shall be made by the local governing body prior to the expiration of the
term, but such appointments shall not be made more than thirty days prior to the
expiration of the term. Members appointed to the Board shall serve for the
terms of office specified in this section and until their respective successors
are appointed and qualified.
By
deleting line 141 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
be
paid to any such member for more than 130 days in any one calendar year
for the
Chairperson and 75 days in any one calendar year for other members of the
Board. If the
By
deleting
"$25,000.00"
and replacing it with
"$5,000.00"
and inserting
"in
any one-year period"
between
"more"
and
"shall"
on line
187.
By
deleting
"until
June 2, 2016"
on line 245 and
replacing it with
"through June
30, 2016"
By
deleting lines 315-317 and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
This Act shall become
effective on January 1, 2013; provided, however, that for purposes of making
appointments to the Board of Directors of the Authority, Section 1 shall become
effective on July 1, 2012, and shall become effective for all other purposes on
January 1, 2013.