Bill Text: GA HB695 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Catoosa County Public Works Authority; change composition
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-05-06 - Effective Date [HB695 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HB695-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Catoosa County Public Works Authority; change composition
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-05-06 - Effective Date [HB695 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HB695-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 695
By:
Representatives Weldon of the
3rd,
Neal of the
1st,
and Dickson of the
6th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act to create the Catoosa County Public Works Authority, approved April
10, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 4302), as amended, particularly by an
Act approved May 1, 2000 (Ga. L. 2000, p. 4585), so as to change
the composition of the authority; to change the manner of compensating such
authority; to provide for terms of office, filling of vacancies, and removal
from office; to provide that meetings of the authority shall be called by the
Board of Commissioners of Catoosa County; 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 to create the Catoosa County Public Works Authority, approved April 10, 1998
(Ga. L. 1998, p. 4302), as amended, particularly by an Act
approved May 1, 2000 (Ga. L. 2000, p. 4585), is amended by
revising subsections (b) and (c) of Section 2 as follows:
"(b)
The members of the Catoosa County Public Works Authority in office on the
effective date of this Act shall serve until June 30, 2009, and then their terms
shall end. On and after July 1, 2009, the Catoosa County Public Works
Authority shall consist of five members appointed by the Board of Commissioners
of Catoosa County. Each member shall be a legal resident and registered elector
of Catoosa County. Such members shall serve for terms of one year and until
their successors are appointed and qualified. The first members of the
reconstituted authority shall take office on July 1, 2009, and shall serve until
June 30, 2010, and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
Successors to such members shall be appointed annually and shall take office on
July 1 of each year. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the Board of
Commissioners of Catoosa County for the unexpired term of office. The members
of the authority shall be authorized to select from their number a person to
serve as chairperson and shall be authorized to further organize themselves and
to elect such other officers from among their number as they deem appropriate.
The authority shall meet on the call of the Board of Commissioners of Catoosa
County. Members of the authority may be removed from office at any time for any
reason by the Board of Commissioners of Catoosa County.
(c)
The compensation and expense reimbursement for members of the authority, if any,
shall be established by the Board of Commissioners of Catoosa County. No member
or employee of the authority shall have directly or indirectly any financial
interest, profit, or benefit in any contract, work, or business of the authority
nor in the sale, lease, or purchase of any property to or from the
authority."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.