Bill Text: GA HB584 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

Georgia House Bill 584 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Hartwell, City of; appointment of committee members; change process

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-11 - Effective Date [HB584 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB584-Introduced.html

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House Bill 584 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)

By: Representative Powell of the 29th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Hartwell, approved April 6, 1992, (Ga. L. 1992, p. 5476), so as to change the process for the appointment of committee members, committee chairpersons, and officers of the city council; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

An Act providing a new charter for the City of Hartwell, approved April 6, 1992, (Ga. L. 1992, p. 5476), is amended by revising subsection (b) of Section 2.20 as follows:

"(b) All committees and committee chairpersons and officers of the city council shall be appointed by the mayor, but each and every such appointment shall be subject to the right of the city council to override or rescind such appointment at any time by a vote of a majority of the city council, in its discretion. All committee members shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor and city council. The mayor shall have the power to appoint new members to any committee at any time, but each and every such appointment shall be subject to the same right of the city council to override or rescind such appointment or appointments by a majority vote of the city council."

SECTION 2.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.