Bill Text: GA HB1080 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Catoosa County; board of utilities commissioners election; provide

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-05-28 - Effective Date [HB1080 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-HB1080-Introduced.html

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10 LC 38 0995/AP

House Bill 1080 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)

By: Representatives Weldon of the 3rd, Neal of the 1st, and Dickson of the 6th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act creating a board of utilities commissioners for Catoosa County, approved March 17, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 3499), as amended, so as to provide for a certain time period for qualifying for election to such board; 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 utilities commissioners for Catoosa County, approved March 17, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 3499), as amended, is amended by revising paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Section 1 to read as follows:

"(3) The authority shall hold a meeting on the first Tuesday in October of the year preceding the year in which any member's term is ended for the purpose of electing a successor. The authority shall cause a public notice of the date, time, and place of such meeting to be published in the legal organ of Catoosa County once during the first week in September. Any person who is otherwise qualified to serve as a member of the authority may qualify for election by filing a written notice of candidacy, together with proof that such person is a consumer of authority services, during normal business hours from September 1 through September 8 preceding the meeting at which the election is held. Only those persons who submit a written notice of candidacy shall be eligible for election at such meeting."

SECTION 2.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.