Bill Text: GA HB193 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Union County; chief magistrate elections; nonpartisan basis; provide
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-11 - Effective Date [HB193 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB193-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Union County; chief magistrate elections; nonpartisan basis; provide
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-11 - Effective Date [HB193 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB193-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 193
By:
Representative Allison of the
8th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act providing that the judge of the Probate Court of Union County shall
serve as chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Union County, approved
February 25, 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 3504), as amended,
particularly by an Act approved April 9, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999,
p. 3799), so as to provide that the chief magistrate shall be elected on a
nonpartisan basis; to provide for submission of this Act under the federal
Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for related matters; to
provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act providing that the judge of the Probate Court of Union County shall serve as
chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Union County, approved February 25,
1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 3504), as amended, particularly by an Act
approved April 9, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 3799), is amended by
revising subsection (a) of Section 1 as follows:
"(a)
The chief magistrate of Union County on the effective date of this Act shall
continue to serve as such until the expiration of his or her term of office on
December 31, 2012. At the nonpartisan general election of 2012, a successor
chief magistrate shall be elected by the voters of Union County for a term of
four years beginning on January 1, 2013, and until a successor is elected and
qualified. Thereafter, successor chief magistrates shall be elected by the
voters of Union County at the nonpartisan general election immediately preceding
the expiration of the term of office and shall take office on the first day of
January immediately following such election for a term of four years and until a
successor is elected and qualified. All elections for the office of chief
magistrate of Union County conducted after the effective date of this subsection
shall be nonpartisan elections as provided for in Code Section 21-2-139 of the
O.C.G.A. and shall be held and conducted as provided in Chapter 2 of Title 21 of
the O.C.G.A., the 'Georgia Election Code.'"
SECTION
2.
Nothing
in this Act shall affect the term of office of the chief magistrate of Union
County in office on the effective date of this Act. The sitting chief
magistrate shall serve out the term of office for which such chief magistrate
was elected and shall be eligible to succeed himself or herself as provided in
this Act.
SECTION
3.
The
governing authority of Union County shall through its legal counsel cause this
Act to be submitted for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of
1965, as amended, not later than 60 days after the date on which this Act is
approved by the Governor or otherwise becomes law without such
approval.
SECTION
4.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
5.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.