10 LC
21 0643/AP
House
Bill 1337 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Jerguson of the
22nd,
Hill of the
21st,
Byrd of the
20th,
and Hamilton of the
23rd
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To
amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Holly Springs, approved
March 18, 1980 (Ga. L. 1980, p. 3281), as amended, particularly by an Act
approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 3679), so as to provide that
councilmembers shall be elected from designated posts; to provide for submission
for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as
amended; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act creating a new charter for the City of Holly Springs, approved March 18,
1980 (Ga. L. 1980, p. 3281), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April
13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 3679), is amended by revising Section 5.02 as
follows:
"SECTION
5.02.
(a)
For the purpose of electing members of the council, the City of Holly Springs
shall consist of one election district with five at-large posts. At the time of
qualifying, candidates shall designate the post which he or she seeks to
represent.
(b) At the municipal
election in November, 2010, councilmembers from Posts 1 and 2 shall be elected.
The councilmembers so elected shall be the successors to the councilmembers
elected at the November, 2006, municipal elections. At the municipal election
in November, 2012, the mayor and councilmembers from Posts 3, 4, and 5 shall be
elected. The councilmembers so elected shall be the successors to the
councilmembers elected at the November, 2008, municipal elections. The
candidate receiving the highest number of votes for each post shall be
elected."
SECTION
2.
The
governing authority of the City of Holly Springs shall cause, through its legal
counsel, this Act to be submitted for preclearance under Section 5 of the
federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, within 45 days after the date on
which this Act is approved by the Governor or otherwise becomes law without such
approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.