Bill Text: GA HB1214 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Scotland, City of; provide for election of mayor and councilmembers
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-13 - House Withdrawn, Recommitted [HB1214 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB1214-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 1214
By:
Representative Roberts of the
154th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act reincorporating the City of Scotland, approved March 24, 1988 (Ga.
L. 1988, p. 4314), so as to provide for the election of the mayor and
councilmembers; to provide for terms of office; to provide for the holding of
elections; to provide for submission of this Act for preclearance under the
federal Voting Rights Act of 1965; 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 reincorporating the City of Scotland, approved March 24, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988,
p. 4314), is amended by revising Section 2.02 as follows:
"Section
2.02.
Terms of office and limitations thereon.
Terms of office and limitations thereon.
Except
as otherwise provided in this charter, the mayor and members of the city council
shall serve for terms of four years and until their respective successors are
elected and qualified. No person shall be eligible to serve as mayor or
councilmember unless that person shall have been a resident of the city for 12
months prior to the date of election as mayor or councilmember; each shall
continue to reside therein during that member's period of service and to be
registered and qualified to vote in municipal elections of this
city."
SECTION
2.
Said
Act is further amended by revising Article V as follows:
"ARTICLE
V
ELECTIONS
Section 5.01.
Applicability of general law.
ELECTIONS
Section 5.01.
Applicability of general law.
All
primaries and elections shall be held and conducted in accordance with Chapter 2
of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., the 'Georgia Election Code,' as now or hereafter
amended.
Section
5.02.
Election of the city council and mayor.
Election of the city council and mayor.
(a)
Except as provided for in subsection (c) of this section, there shall be a
municipal general election biennially in the odd-numbered years on the Tuesday
next following the first Monday in November.
(b)
Beginning in 2013, there shall be elected the mayor and two councilmembers at
one election and at every other regular election thereafter. The remaining city
council seats shall be filled at the election alternating with the first
election so that a continuing body is created. Except as provided for in
subsection (c) of this section, terms shall be for four years.
(c)
A general election shall be held in 2012 on the first Tuesday following the
first Monday in November for the two councilmember seats whose terms expire
December 31, 2012. The terms for those councilmembers elected in 2012 shall be
one year.
Section
5.03.
Election by plurality
Election by plurality
The
person receiving a plurality of the votes cast for any city office shall be
elected.
Section
5.04.
Other provisions
Other provisions
Except
as otherwise provided by this charter, the city council shall, by ordinance,
prescribe such rules and regulations it deems appropriate to fulfill any options
and duties under Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., the 'Georgia Election
Code.'"
SECTION
3.
The
city council of the City of Scotland shall through its legal counsel cause this
Act to be submitted for preclearance under 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.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.