Bill Text: GA HB1122 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

Georgia House Bill 1122 (Prior Session Legislation)

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

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2010-05-28 - Effective Date [HB1122 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-HB1122-Introduced.html

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House Bill 1122 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)

By: Representatives Millar of the 79th, Chambers of the 81st, Jacobs of the 80th, Mitchell of the 88th, 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 northerly side of Peachtree Road at the point where the present northeastern portion of the original circular corporate limit line of the City intersects the northerly side of Peachtree Road, being the same point where the existing corporate limit line becomes a straight line and proceeds in an easterly direction along the northerly side of Peachtree Road, thence easterly along said existing corporate limit line to a point where said corporate limit line intersects Land Lot Line 309-310; thence northerly along Land Lot Line 309-310 to a point, said point being the common corner of Land Lots 309, 310, 322, and 323; thence northerly along Land Lot Line 322-323 to a point, said point being the common corner of Land Lots 322, 323, 334, and 335; thence northerly, 180 feet, more or less, along Land Lot Line 334-335 to a point, said point being on the northerly right-of-way of Carver Drive and the southeastern property corner of a tract or parcel of land now or formerly known as DeKalb County Tax Parcel No. 18 334 1 168; thence southwesterly, 181 feet, more or less, along the northerly right-of-way of Carver Drive to a point, said point being the intersection of the aforesaid northerly right-of-way with the easterly right-of-way of Parsons Drive, said drive having a 50 foot right-of-way width; thence northwesterly, 416 feet, more or less, along the easterly right-of-way of Parsons Drive to a point, said point being the northwestern property corner of a tract or parcel of land now or formerly known as DeKalb County Tax Parcel No. 18 334 1 168; thence northeasterly, 157 feet, more or less, along the common property line of tracts or parcels of land now or formerly known as DeKalb County Tax Parcel No. 18 334 1 168 and 18 334 1 142 to a point, said point being the property corner common to tracts or parcels of land now or formerly known as DeKalb County Tax Parcel Nos. 18 334 1 168, 18 334 1 142, and 18 334 1 136; thence easterly, 201 feet, more or less, along the common property line of tracts or parcels of land now or formerly known as DeKalb County Tax Parcel Nos. 18 334 1 136 and 18 334 1 168 to a point, said point being on Land Lot Line 334-335, thence northerly, to a point along Land Lot Line 334-335, said point being the intersection of the aforesaid Land Lot Line 334-335 with the southerly right-of-way line of Interstate Highway 285; running thence in a northwesterly and westerly direction along the southern right- of-way line of Interstate Highway 285 to a point where the southern right-of-way line of Interstate Highway 285 intersects the western right-of-way line of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road; running thence southerly along the western right-of-way line of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road to a point where said right-of-way line would intersect the northern right-of-way line of Harts Mill Road, if the northern right-of-way line of Harts Mill Road was extended; thence easterly across Chamblee-Dunwoody Road and easterly, southeasterly and southerly along the present northern and eastern corporate limit line and along the portion of the original circular corporate limit line to the northerly side of Peachtree Road and 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 2010 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 January 1, 2011. 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.