Bill Text: GA HB1144 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Lamar County; Board of Education; change description of districts
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-13 - Effective Date [HB1144 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB1144-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 1144 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Knight of the
126th,
Maddox of the
127th,
Dickey of the
136th,
and Holmes of the
125th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act providing for the election of members of the Lamar County Board of
Education, approved March 30, 1971 (Ga. L. 1971, p. 2710), as amended,
particularly by an Act approved July 26, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, Ex. Sess., p. 763),
so as to reconstitute the board of education; to change the description of the
education districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for
continuation in office of current members; to provide for election and terms of
office of subsequent members; to provide for submission of this Act for
preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide
for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws;
and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act providing for the election of members of the Lamar County Board of
Education, approved March 30, 1971 (Ga. L. 1971, p. 2710), as amended,
particularly by an Act approved July 26, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, Ex. Sess., p. 763),
is amended by revising Sections 1 through 3A as follows:
"SECTION
1.
The
Board of Education of Lamar County which existed on December 31, 2012, is
continued in existence but on and after January 1, 2013, shall be constituted as
provided in this Act. The Board of Education of Lamar County so continued and
constituted, sometimes referred to in this Act as the 'board,' shall continue to
have the powers, duties, rights, obligations, and liabilities of that board as
existed immediately prior to January 1, 2013.
SECTION
2.
(a)
Those members of the Board of Education of Lamar County who are serving as such
on December 31, 2012, 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. On and after January 1, 2013, the Board of
Education of Lamar County shall consist of five members all of whom shall be
elected from education districts described in subsection (b) of this section
except for the member who is elected at large as provided in Section 3 of this
Act.
(b)
For purposes of electing members of the board of education, other than the
member elected at large, the Lamar County School District is divided into four
education districts. One member of the board shall be elected from each such
district. The four education districts shall be and correspond to those four
numbered districts described in and attached to and made a part of this Act and
further identified as 'Plan: lamarccsb-2012 Plan Type: Local Administrator:
Lamar User: Gina'.
(c)(1)
As used in such attachment, the term 'VTD' (voting tabulation district) 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.
(2)
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. Any part of the Lamar County School District
which is not included in any such district described in that attachment 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 the Lamar County School District which is described in that
attachment as being 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.
(4)
Except as otherwise provided in the description of any education district,
whenever the description of such district refers to a named city, it shall mean
the geographical boundaries of that city as shown on the census map for the
United States decennial census of 2010 for the State of Georgia.
SECTION
3.
(a)
No person shall be a member of the board if that person is ineligible for such
office pursuant to Code Sections 45-2-1 and 20-2-51 of the O.C.G.A. or any other
general law applicable to that office.
(b)
In order to be elected as a member of the board from an education district, a
person must receive the number of votes cast as required by general law for that
office in that district only. Only electors who are residents of that education
district may vote for a member of the board for that district. At the time of
qualifying for election as a member of the board from an education district,
each candidate for such office shall specify the education district for which
that person is a candidate. A person elected or appointed as a member of the
board from an education district shall continue to reside in that district
during that person's term of office, or that office shall become
vacant.
(c)
The member of the board who is elected at large may reside anywhere within the
Lamar County School District and, if elected, must receive the number of votes
cast for that office as required by general law in the entire school district.
The member of the board elected at large shall continue to reside within the
school district during that person's term of office, or that office shall become
vacant.
SECTION
3A.
(a)
The first members of the reconstituted Board of Education of Lamar County shall
be elected at the general election on the Tuesday next following the first
Monday in November, 2012. Those members of the board elected thereto from
Education Districts 1 and 3 in 2012 shall take office the first day of January
immediately following that election and shall serve for initial terms of office
which expire December 31, 2016, and until the election and qualification of
their respective successors. The member of the board elected at large and those
members of the board elected thereto from Education Districts 2 and 4 in 2014
shall take office the first day of January immediately following that election
and shall serve for initial terms of office which expire December 31, 2018, and
until the election and qualification of their respective successors. Those and
all future successors to members of the board whose terms of office are to
expire shall be elected at the time of the state-wide general election
immediately preceding the expiration of such terms, shall take office the first
day of January immediately following that election, and shall serve for terms of
office of four years each. Members of the board shall serve for the terms of
office specified therefor in this subsection and until their respective
successors are elected and qualified.
(b)
Education Districts 1 through 4, as they exist on December 31, 2012, shall
continue to be designated as Education Districts 1 through 4, respectively, but
as newly described under this Act, and on and after January 1, 2013, such
members of the board serving from those former education districts shall be
deemed to be serving from and representing their respective districts as newly
described under this Act.
(c)
All members of the board who are elected thereto shall be nominated and elected
in accordance with Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., the 'Georgia Election
Code.'"
SECTION
2.
The
Board of Education of Lamar County shall through its legal counsel cause this
Act to be submitted for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of
1965, as amended; and such submission shall be made to the United States
Department of Justice or filed with the appropriate court no later than 45 days
after the date on which this Act is approved by the Governor or otherwise
becomes law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
This
section and Section 2 of this Act and those provisions of this Act necessary for
the election of members of the Board of Education of Lamar County 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 January 1, 2013.
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
Plan:
lamarccsb-2012
Plan Type: Local
Administrator: Lamar
User: Gina
Plan Type: Local
Administrator: Lamar
User: Gina
District 001
Lamar County
VTD: 1711711 - BARNESVILLE FBC
VTD: 1711712B - SENIOR CITIZEN
970200:
1026 1027 1028 1029 1031 1033 1035 1036 1037 1040 1057 1058
1075 1076 1082 1083 1087 5006
Lamar County
VTD: 1711711 - BARNESVILLE FBC
VTD: 1711712B - SENIOR CITIZEN
970200:
1026 1027 1028 1029 1031 1033 1035 1036 1037 1040 1057 1058
1075 1076 1082 1083 1087 5006
District 002
Lamar County
VTD: 1711712A - CHAPPELL MILL
VTD: 1711712B - SENIOR CITIZEN
970200:
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011
1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024
1025 1038 1039 1041 1042 1043 1044 1045 1046 1047 1048 1051
1052 1053 1054 1056 1066 1074 1077 1078 1079 1080 1081 1084
1085 1086 3006 3007 3008 3009 5002 5004 5005 5008 5009 5010
5011 5012
VTD: 1711712C - REDBONE
VTD: 1711714 - MILNER
970100:
1018 1019 1020 1104 1108 1109 1110 1112 1113 1114 2000 2001
2021
970200:
1012 1030 5000 5001
Lamar County
VTD: 1711712A - CHAPPELL MILL
VTD: 1711712B - SENIOR CITIZEN
970200:
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011
1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024
1025 1038 1039 1041 1042 1043 1044 1045 1046 1047 1048 1051
1052 1053 1054 1056 1066 1074 1077 1078 1079 1080 1081 1084
1085 1086 3006 3007 3008 3009 5002 5004 5005 5008 5009 5010
5011 5012
VTD: 1711712C - REDBONE
VTD: 1711714 - MILNER
970100:
1018 1019 1020 1104 1108 1109 1110 1112 1113 1114 2000 2001
2021
970200:
1012 1030 5000 5001
District 003
Lamar County
VTD: 1711713 - L C S C
Lamar County
VTD: 1711713 - L C S C
District 004
Lamar County
VTD: 1711714 - MILNER
970100:
1077 1078 1085 1086 1087 1088 1089 1090 1091 1092 1099 1100
1101 1102 1103 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022 2023
2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035
2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2044 2045 2046 2047
2048 2049 2050 2051 2052 2053 2054 2055 2056 2057 2058 2059
2060 2061 2062 2063 2064 2065 2066 2067 2068 2069 2070 2071
2072 2073 2074 2075 2076 2077 2078 2079 2080 2081 2082 2083
2084 2085 2086 2087 2088 2089 2090 2091 2092 2093 2094 2095
2096 2097 2098 2099 2100 2104 2105 2106 2111 3000 3001 3002
3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009 3010 3011 3012 3013 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 3057 3058 3059 3060 3061 3062
3063 3064 3065 3066 3067 3068 3069 3070 3071 3072 3073 3074
3075 3076 3077 3078 3079 3080 3081 3082 3083 3084 3085 3086
3087 3088 3089 3090 3091 3092 3093 3094 3095 3096 3097 3098
3099 3100 3101 3102 3103 3104 3105 3106 3107 3108 3109 3110
3111 3112 3113 3114 3115 3116 3117 3118 3119
970300:
1005 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
2005 4000 4001 4002 4003 4004 4005 4006 4007 4008 4013 4016
Lamar County
VTD: 1711714 - MILNER
970100:
1077 1078 1085 1086 1087 1088 1089 1090 1091 1092 1099 1100
1101 1102 1103 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022 2023
2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035
2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2044 2045 2046 2047
2048 2049 2050 2051 2052 2053 2054 2055 2056 2057 2058 2059
2060 2061 2062 2063 2064 2065 2066 2067 2068 2069 2070 2071
2072 2073 2074 2075 2076 2077 2078 2079 2080 2081 2082 2083
2084 2085 2086 2087 2088 2089 2090 2091 2092 2093 2094 2095
2096 2097 2098 2099 2100 2104 2105 2106 2111 3000 3001 3002
3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009 3010 3011 3012 3013 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 3057 3058 3059 3060 3061 3062
3063 3064 3065 3066 3067 3068 3069 3070 3071 3072 3073 3074
3075 3076 3077 3078 3079 3080 3081 3082 3083 3084 3085 3086
3087 3088 3089 3090 3091 3092 3093 3094 3095 3096 3097 3098
3099 3100 3101 3102 3103 3104 3105 3106 3107 3108 3109 3110
3111 3112 3113 3114 3115 3116 3117 3118 3119
970300:
1005 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
2005 4000 4001 4002 4003 4004 4005 4006 4007 4008 4013 4016