Bill Text: GA HB1179 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Lincoln County; Board of Commissioners; change description of districts

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-27 - Effective Date [HB1179 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB1179-Introduced.html

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12 LC 21 1686/AP

House Bill 1179 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)

By: Representative Anderson of the 117th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Lincoln County, approved February 25, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1228), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 5, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 4909), so as to change the description of the commissioner districts; to define certain terms and provide for certain inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for the submission of this Act for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

An Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Lincoln County, approved February 25, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1228), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 5, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 4909), is amended by revising Section 2 as follows:

"SECTION 2.

(a) For the purpose of electing members of the board of commissioners, Lincoln County is divided into five commissioner districts. Districts 1 through 4 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:lincccsb02-tiger2010edat Plan Type: local Administrator: admin User: bak'. District 5 shall consist of Lincoln County in its entirety.

(b)(1) When 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 Lincoln County 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 Lincoln County 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 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 2.

The Board of Commissioners of Lincoln County which exists 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 Commissioners of Lincoln 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 3.

The Board of Commissioners of Lincoln County shall through its legal counsel cause this Act to be submitted for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 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 4.

The provisions of this Act relating to and necessary for the regular election in 2012 of members of the Board of Commissioners of Lincoln County shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming effective without such approval; and this Act shall otherwise become effective January 1, 2013.

SECTION 5.

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

Plan:lincccsb02-tiger2010edat
Plan Type: local
Administrator: admin
User: bak

District 001
Lincoln County
VTD: 1811-A - MIDWAY
VTD: 1811-B - LINCOLN CLUB
VTD: 1812 - LINCOLN CENTER
970100:
1114 1131 1132 1133 1134 1135 1136 1137 1170 1171 1172 1173
3015 3017 3047 3048

District 002
Lincoln County
VTD: 1812 - LINCOLN CENTER
970100:
3008 3010 3016 3018 3019 3020 3021 3028 3029 3030 3031 3032
3033 3034 3035 3036 3037 3039 3040 3041 3042 3043 3044 3045
3046 3049 3050 3051 3052 3053 3054 3055 3056 3057 3058 3059
4017 4020 4021 4022 4023 4024 4025 4026 4027 4028 4029 4030
4031 4032 4033 4034 4035 4036 4037 4038 4039 4040 4041 4042
4043 4044 4045 4046 4047 4048 4049 4050 4051 4052
970200:
1099 3041 3042 3043 3044 3045 3047 3048 3049 3050 3051 3052
3053 3054 3055 3056 3057 3058 3059 3060 3061 3062 3063 3064
3065 3072 3077 3078 3079 3080 3081 3082 3083 3084 3085 3086
3087 3088 3089

District 003
Lincoln County
VTD: 1812 - LINCOLN CENTER
970200:
1100 1101 1102 1103 1104
VTD: 1813-A - FAITH TEMPLE
VTD: 1813-B - TABERNACLE
970200:
1004 1006 1011 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024 1025 1026
1027 1028 1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 1035 1036 1039 1040 1041
1042 1043 1044 1045 1046 1047 1048 1049 1050 1084 1106 1107
1108 1109 1110 1111 1112 1122 1123 1124 1125 3018 3019 3020
3022 3023 3024 3036 3037 3039 3040 3092 3093 3094 3095 3096
VTD: 1814-B - MARTINS CROSSROAD
970200:
1071 1073

District 004
Lincoln County
VTD: 1813-B - TABERNACLE
970200:
3021
VTD: 1814-A - BETHANY CHURCH
VTD: 1814-B - MARTINS CROSSROAD
970200:
1000 1001 1002 1003 1005 1007 1008 1009 1010 1012 1013 1014
1015 1016 1017 1029 1037 1038 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1056
1057 1058 1059 1060 1061 1062 1063 1064 1065 1066 1067 1068
1069 1070 1072 1105 1113 1115 1116 1117 1118 1119 1120 1121
1126 1127 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2009 2010 2011 2012
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 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 2057
2058 2059 2060 2061 2062 2063 3014 3015 3016 3025 3026 3027
3028 3029 3030 3031 3032 3033 3034 3035