Bill Text: GA HB1286 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-04-04 - Effective Date [HB1286 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB1286-Introduced.html

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12 LC 39 0205/AP

House Bill 1286 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)

By: Representative Morris of the 155th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Treutlen County, approved March 12, 1935 (Ga. L. 1935, p. 807), as amended, so as to change the description of the commissioner districts; to define certain terms; to provide for election and terms of office of subsequent members; to provide for submission of this Act for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

Said Act is further amended by revising subsections (a), (b), and (c) of Section 2 and adding new subsections to read as follows:

"(a) Those members of the Board of Commissioners of Treutlen County who are serving as such immediately prior to the effective date of this Act and any person selected to fill a vacancy in any such office shall continue to serve as such members until the regular expiration of their respective terms of office and upon the election and qualification of their respective successors. On and after the effective date of this Act, the Board of Commissioners of Treutlen County shall consist of five members all of whom shall be elected from commissioner districts described in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) For purposes of electing members of the board of commissioners, the Treutlen County is divided into five commissioner districts. One member of the board shall be elected from each such district. The five commissioner districts shall be and correspond to those five numbered districts described in and attached to and made a part of this Act and further identified as 'Plan: treutlenccsb-2012 Plan Type: Local Administrator: Treutlen User: SE'.

(c) For the purposes of such plan:

(1) The term 'VTD' 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. 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; and

(2) Except as otherwise provided in the description of any district, whenever the description of any district refers to a named city, it shall mean the geographical boundaries of that city as shown on the census maps for the United States decennial census of 2010 for the State of Georgia.

(c.1) Any part of Treutlen County which is not included in any district described in subsection (b) of this section 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.

(c.2) Any part of Treutlen County which is described in subsection (b) of this section as being included 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."

SECTION 2.

Said Act is further amended by revising subsections (a) and (b) of Section 3 as follows:

"(a) The members of the reconstituted Board of Commissioners of Treutlen County shall be elected as provided in this subsection. The first members from Commissioner Districts 1, 3, and 4 shall be elected at the general election on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2012. Those members of the board elected thereto from Commissioner Districts 1, 3, and 4 in 2012 shall take office the first day of January immediately following that election and shall serve for initial terms of office which expire December 31, 2016, and upon the election and qualification of their respective successors. The first members from Commissioner Districts 2 and 5 shall be elected at the general election on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2014. Those members of the board elected thereto from Commissioner Districts 2 and 5 in 2014 shall take office the first day of January immediately following that election and shall serve for initial terms of office which expire December 31, 2018, and upon the election and qualification of their respective successors. Those and all future successors to members of the board whose terms of office are to expire shall be elected at the time of the state-wide general election immediately preceding the expiration of such terms, shall take office the first day of January immediately following that election, and shall serve for terms of office of four years each. Members of the board shall serve for the terms of office specified therefor in this subsection and until their respective successors are elected and qualified.

(b) Commissioner Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, as they exist immediately prior to the effective date of this Act, shall continue to be designated as Commissioner Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, respectively, but as newly described under this Act, and on and after the effective date of this Act, such members of the board serving from those former commissioner districts shall be deemed to be serving from and representing their respective districts as newly described under this Act."

SECTION 3.

The Board of Commissioners of Treutlen County shall through its legal counsel cause this Act to be submitted for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; and such submission shall be made to the United States Department of Justice or filed with the appropriate court 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.

This section and Section 3 of this Act and those provisions of this Act necessary for the election of members of the Board of Commissioners of Treutlen County in 2012 shall become effective upon the approval of this Act by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval. The remaining provisions of this Act shall become effective January 1, 2013.

SECTION 5.

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

Plan: treutlenccsb-2012
Plan Type: Local
Administrator: Treutlen
User: SE

District 001
Treutlen County
VTD: 283ORLA - ORLAND
960200:
2023 2036 2037 2038 2042 2043 2044 2045 2051 2052 2053 2054
2057 2091 3028 3033 3040 3041 3042
VTD: 283SOPE - SOPERTON
960200:
1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1032 1033 1038 1039 2028 2029 2030
2031 2033 2039 2040 2041 2046 2047 2048 2049 2050 2058 2059
2060 2061 2062 2063 2064 2065 2066 2067 2068 2069 2070 2071
2072 2073 2074 2075 2076 2077 2078 2079 2080 2081 2082 2083
2084 2085 2086 2087 2088 2090 3085 3087 3088 3090 3091 3092
3094 3095 3098 3099 3100 3101 3111 3112 3118 4000 4001 4002
4003 4004 4005 4006 4007 4008 4009 4010 4011 4012 4013 4014
4015 4016 4017 4018 4019 4020 4022 4023 4024 4025 4026 4027
4028 4029 4030 4031 4036 4037 4038 4044 4055

District 002
Treutlen County
VTD: 283SOPE - SOPERTON
960200:
1017 1018 1019 1020 1026 1027 1028 1029 1030 1031 1034 1035
1036 1037 1040 1041 1042 1043 1044 1045 1046 1047 1048 1049
1050 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057 1058 1059 1060 1061
1062 1072 1073 1074 1076 1077 1078 1079 1080 1081 1082 1083
4032 4033 4034 4035 4039 4040 4041 4042 4043 4051 5000 5001
5002 5003 5004 5005 5006 5010 5011 5012 5013 5014 5015 5016
5017 5018 5019 5020 5021 5022 5023 5024 5025 5026 5027 5028
5029 5030 5031 5032 5033 5034 5035 5036 5037 5038 5039 5040
5041 5042 5043 5086 5088 5095 5096 5097 5098 5099 5100 5101
5102 5106 5108

District 003
Treutlen County
VTD: 283BLAC - BLACKVILLE
960100:
1004 1005 1023 1024 1025 1026 1027 1028 1029 1030 1031 1032
1033 1034 1052 1091 1092 1111 1120 1123 1124
VTD: 283GILL - GILLIS SPRINGS
VTD: 283OGLE - OGLETHORPE
VTD: 283SOPE - SOPERTON
960100:
1075 1076 1077 1078 1079 1080 1081 1101 1102 1110 1113 1114
1115 1116 1117 1118 1119 1128 1129 2047 2048 2077 2078 2079
2080 2082 2083 2084 2085 2086 2087 2088 2090 2091 2092 2093
2094 2095 2096 2098
960200:
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011
1021 1022 1023 1024 1025 1063 1064 1065 1066 1067 1068 1069
1070 1071 1075 2025 2026 2034 2035

District 004
Treutlen County
VTD: 283BLAC - BLACKVILLE
960100:
1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017
1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1087 1088 1090
VTD: 283LOTH - LOTHAIR
960200:
3052 3053 3055 3056 3057 3058 3059 3060 3061 3062 3063 3064
3065 3066 3067 3068 3069 3070 3071 3072 3073 3074 3075 3076
3077 3078 3079 3080 3081 3102 3103 3104 3105 3107 3108 3109
3113 3114 3115 3116 5069 5070 5071 5074 5077 5078 5081 5082
5083 5084 5085 5103 5104
VTD: 283ORLA - ORLAND
960100:
1082 1083 1084 1085 1086 1089 1093 1094 1095 1096 1097 1098
1099 1100 1103 1104 1105 1106 1107 1108 1109
960200:
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2024
2027 2055 2056 2089 3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007
3008 3009 3010 3011 3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 3018 3019
3020 3021 3022 3023 3024 3025 3026 3027 3029 3030 3031 3032
3034 3035 3036 3037 3038 3054 3110
VTD: 283SOPE - SOPERTON
960200:
2032 5063 5075 5076

District 005
Treutlen County
VTD: 283LOTH - LOTHAIR
960200:
5079 5080
VTD: 283SOPE - SOPERTON
960200:
3039 3043 3044 3045 3046 3047 3048 3049 3050 3051 3082 3083
3084 3086 3089 3093 3096 3097 3106 3117 4021 4045 4046 4047
4048 4049 4050 4052 4053 4054 4056 5007 5008 5009 5044 5045
5046 5047 5048 5049 5050 5051 5052 5053 5054 5055 5056 5057
5058 5059 5060 5061 5062 5064 5065 5066 5067 5068 5072 5073
5087 5089 5090 5091 5092 5093 5094 5105 5107 5109