Bill Text: GA HB1100 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Berrien County; airport authority; increase membership of board

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-01 - Effective Date [HB1100 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB1100-Introduced.html

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12 LC 37 1353/AP

House Bill 1100 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)

By: Representatives Houston of the 170th and Shaw of the 176th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act to establish an airport authority for Berrien County, approved March 20, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 3873), so as to increase the membership of the board of such authority; to provide for terms of office for such additional members; to provide for a quorum; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

An Act to establish an airport authority for Berrien County, approved March 20, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 3873), is amended by revising subsections (a), (d), and (g) of Section 2 as follows:

"(a) Until July 1, 2012, the authority shall be composed of three members who shall be selected by the Board of Commissioners of Berrien County. On and after July 1, 2012, the authority shall be composed of five members who shall be selected by the Board of Commissioners of Berrien County."

"(d) The term of office of each member of the authority shall be four years, provided that each of the three initial members shall have initial terms which shall expire on December 31, 1988, and provided, further, that both of the two additional members added in 2012 shall have initial terms which shall expire on December 31, 2014."

"(g) The authority shall elect one of its members as chairman and one as vice chairman. The authority shall elect a person as secretary, who need not be a member of the authority. Such officers of the authority shall serve for a term of one year. The authority shall vote upon all matters, and a majority vote of such members present shall be mandatory. The authority shall have the power to delegate its functions to committees composed of the membership of the authority; however, no contracts or agreements shall be binding upon the authority until they have been approved by a majority of the members present and such approval has been recorded in the minutes of the authority. Three members of the authority shall constitute a quorum."

SECTION 2.

This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2012.

SECTION 3.

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