Bill Text: GA HB1213 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

Georgia House Bill 1213 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Pickens County Water and Sewer Authority; waiting period of two years for member reappointment; remove provision

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-04-11 - Effective Date [HB1213 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB1213-Introduced.html

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House Bill 1213 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)

By: Representative Jasperse of the 12th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act creating the Pickens County Water and Sewer Authority, approved April 15, 1969 (Ga. L. 1969, p. 2764), so as to remove the provision requiring a waiting period of two years for member reappointment; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

An Act creating the Pickens County Water and Sewer Authority, approved April 15, 1969 (Ga. L. 1969, p. 2764), is amended by revising the first undesignated paragraph of Section 2 to read as follows:

"There is hereby created a body corporate and politic, to be known as the Pickens County Water and Sewer Authority, which shall be deemed to be a political subdivision of the State of Georgia and a public corporation; and by that name, style, and title, said body may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, complain, and defend in all courts of law and equity. The Authority shall consist of five members, all of whom shall be residents of Pickens County, Georgia, all of whom shall reside outside the corporate limits of any municipality. The original members of the Authority shall be appointed by the governing authority of Pickens County, one member for a one year term, two members for a two year term and two members for a three year term, said terms to be designated at the time of appointment. Thereafter the Authority shall furnish to the governing authority of Pickens County a list of three names for each member whose term expires and the governing authority of Pickens County shall appoint from said list of names the person or persons to serve, each for a three year term, as a member or members of the Authority. If for any reason the Authority fails to furnish said list prior to thirty (30) days before the expiration of any term, the governing authority of Pickens County shall appoint the member or members to fill the vacancies created by the expiration of the terms of the members of the Authority whose terms expire. A member whose term expires shall be eligible for reappointment by the governing authority of Pickens County to one additional term. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, all members of the Authority shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. To be eligible for appointment, no member shall have been found guilty of a felony. A member must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age and a resident of Pickens County for at least two years prior to his appointment."

SECTION 2.

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