Bill Text: GA HB1266 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Acworth Lake Authority; change membership requirements

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)

Status: (Passed) 2012-04-11 - Effective Date [HB1266 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB1266-Introduced.html

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12 LC 37 1302/AP

House Bill 1266 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)

By: Representatives Setzler of the 35th, Carson of the 43rd, Morgan of the 39th, Evans of the 40th, Parsons of the 42nd, and others

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act creating the Acworth Lake Authority, approved February 19, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 265), as amended, so as to change membership requirements; to change the number required for a quorum; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

An Act creating the Acworth Lake Authority, approved February 19, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 265), as amended, is amended by revising Section 2 as follows:

"SECTION 2.

There is hereby created a body corporate and politic, to be known as the Acworth Lake 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, and complain and defend in all courts of law and equity. The authority shall consist of five members, one of whom shall be the mayor of the City of Acworth in Cobb County, and four members who shall be selected by the mayor and council of that city being the governing body of the City of Acworth. The term of office on the authority of the mayor of the City of Acworth shall be for the same term that he or she is acting as mayor of said city, and he or she shall be the chairperson of the Acworth Lake Authority. In addition to the chairperson provided for above, the authority shall select one of its members as secretary-treasurer. The initial four members of the Acworth Lake Authority, other than the mayor of the City of Acworth, shall be elected at the first meeting of the mayor and council of the City of Acworth in the month of May, 1964. One member elected at that time shall serve for one year and until the election and qualification of his or her successor at the first meeting of the mayor and council of the City of Acworth in the month of May, 1965; another member elected in May, 1964, shall serve for two years and until the election and qualification of his or her successor at the first meeting of the mayor and council of the City of Acworth in the month of May, 1966; another member elected in May, 1964, shall serve for three years and until the election and qualification of his or her successor at the first meeting of the mayor and council of the City of Acworth in the month of May, 1967; and another member elected in May, 1964, shall serve for four years and until the election and qualification of his or her successor at the first meeting of the mayor and council of the City of Acworth in the month of May, 1968. Thereafter, the terms of all members of the authority, other than the mayor of the City of Acworth, shall be for four years and until their successors are elected and qualified so that staggered terms for members, other than the mayor of the City of Acworth, shall exist. Three members of the authority shall constitute a quorum. Each member of the authority shall have one vote, including the chairperson, on any issue or matter. A majority of the quorum shall be empowered to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the authority, and no vacancy on the authority shall impair the right of the quorum to act. In the event of a vacancy on the authority through death, resignation, or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term of the member ceasing to be a member of such authority in the same manner that such member originally became a member of the authority. The membership of the authority shall serve without compensation except that they shall be reimbursed for the actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. The authority shall make rules and regulations for its own government. It shall have perpetual existence."

SECTION 2.

This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.

SECTION 3.

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