Bill Text: GA HB624 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Ware County; citizens right to address commissioners; provide
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-11 - House Withdrawn, Recommitted [HB624 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB624-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 624
By:
Representative Hatfield of the
177th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act creating a board of commissioners of Ware County, approved March
15, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 2237), as amended, so as to provide
that citizens of Ware County shall have the right to address or speak to the
commissioners on official actions or other topics relating to the business of
the board of commissioners at meetings of the board of commissioners by
expressing their desire to speak no later than the beginning of the meeting at
which such citizens desire to address or speak to the commissioners; to provide
for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act creating a board of commissioners of Ware County, approved March 15, 1963
(Ga. L. 1963, p. 2237), as amended, is amended by adding a new
subsection to Section 5 of the Act to read as follows:
"(c)
Any citizen of Ware County shall have the right to address or speak to the board
of commissioners for not longer than five minutes on official actions or other
topics relating to the business of the board of commissioners at meetings of the
board of commissioners by expressing his or her desire to speak no later than
the beginning of the meeting at which such citizen desires to address or speak
to the board of commissioners. The board of commissioners may enact reasonable
restrictions on the exercise of such right, including, but not limited to,
decorum and identification of speakers; provided, however, that the board of
commissioners shall not impose any requirements that such citizens sign up or
express their desire to speak at any earlier time or date than provided in this
subsection."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
