Bill Text: GA HB1152 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Lumpkin County; whether package sale of distilled spirits be permitted; provide advisory referendum
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-27 - House Second Readers [HB1152 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB1152-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 1152
By:
Representative Amerson of the
9th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
provide for an advisory referendum in Lumpkin County on the question of whether
the package sale of distilled spirits should be permitted in the county; to
provide for the ballot; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting
laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Unless
prohibited by the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the election
superintendent of Lumpkin County shall call and conduct a referendum as provided
in this section for the purpose of submitting to the electors of Lumpkin County
the question of whether the package sale of distilled spirits should be
permitted in such county. The election superintendent shall conduct that
election on the day of the general primary election in 2012, 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 Lumpkin County. The ballot shall have written or printed thereon the
words:
"( ) YES
( ) NO
|
Should
the governing authority of Lumpkin County conduct an official county-wide
referendum on the question of whether the package sale of distilled spirits
should be permitted in Lumpkin County?"
|
All
persons desiring to vote for approval of the Act shall vote "Yes," and those
persons desiring to vote for rejection of the Act shall vote "No." The expense
of such referendum shall be borne by Lumpkin County. It shall be the election
superintendent's duty to make public the result of such referendum.
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.