12 LC 35
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The
House Committee on Intragovernmental Coordination - Local Legislation offers
the following substitute to HB 737:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To
amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Walton County, approved August
1, 1929 (Ga. L. 1929, p. 747), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April
25, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 4503), so as to change the description of the
commissioner districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide
for continuation in office of current members; to provide for election and terms
of office of subsequent members; to provide for submission of this Act for
approval under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for
an effective date; 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 Walton County, approved August 1, 1929
(Ga. L. 1929, p. 747), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 25,
2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 4503), is amended by repealing Section 2 and enacting a
new Section 2 to read as follows:
"SECTION
2.
(a)
Those members of the Board of Commissioners of Walton County who are serving as
such immediately prior to the effective date of this Act, and any person
selected to fill a vacancy in any such office, shall continue to serve as such
members until the regular expiration of their respective terms of office and
upon the election and qualification of their respective successors. On and
after the effective date of this Act, the Board of Commissioners of Walton
County shall consist of seven members, six of whom shall be elected from
commissioner districts described in subsection (b) of this section and a
chairperson who is elected at large as provided in this Act.
(b)
For purposes of electing members of the board of commissioners, other than the
chairperson, Walton County is divided into six commissioner districts. One
member of the board shall be elected from each such district. The six
commissioner districts shall be and correspond to those six numbered districts
described in and attached to and made a part of this Act and further identified
as 'Plan: waltonccprop3-2012 Plan Type: Local Administrator: Walton CC User:
SE'.
(c)
When used in such attachment, the terms 'VTD' shall mean and describe the same
geographical boundaries as provided in the report of the Bureau of the Census
for the United States decennial census of 2010 for the State of Georgia. The
separate numeric designations in a district description which are underneath a
'VTD' heading shall mean and describe individual Blocks within a VTD as provided
in the report of the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census
of 2010 for the State of Georgia.
(d)
Any part of Walton County which is not included in any such district described
in that attachment shall be included within that district contiguous to such
part which contains the least population according to the United States
decennial census of 2010 for the State of Georgia. Any part of Walton County
which is described in that attachment as being in a particular district shall
nevertheless not be included within such district if such part is not contiguous
to such district. Such noncontiguous part shall instead be included within that
district contiguous to such part which contains the least population according
to the United States decennial census of 2010 for the State of Georgia. Except
as otherwise provided in the description of any commissioner district, whenever
the description of such district refers to a named city, it shall mean the
geographical boundaries of that city as shown on the census map for the United
States decennial census of 2010 for the State of Georgia.
(e)
No person shall be a member of the board if that person is ineligible for such
office pursuant to Code Section 45-2-1 of the O.C.G.A. or any other general law
applicable to that office.
(f)
In order to be elected as a member of the board from a commissioner district, a
person must be a resident of that commissioner district and must receive the
number of votes cast as required by general law for that office in that district
only. Only electors who are residents of that commissioner district may vote
for a member of the board for that district. At the time of qualifying for
election as a member of the board from a commissioner district, each candidate
for such office shall specify the commissioner district for which that person is
a candidate. A person elected or appointed as a member of the board from a
commissioner district must continue to reside in that district during that
person's term of office or that office shall become vacant.
(g)
The chairperson of the board may reside anywhere within Walton County and, if
elected, must receive the number of votes cast for that office as required by
general law in the entire county. The chairperson must continue to reside
within the county during that person's term of office or that office shall
become vacant.
(h)
The members of the board of commissioners shall be elected as provided in this
subsection. The first members from Commissioner Districts 1, 4, and 5 shall be
elected at the general election on the Tuesday next following the first Monday
in November, 2014. Those members of the board elected thereto from Commissioner
Districts 1, 4, and 5 in 2014 shall take office the first day of January
immediately following that election and shall serve for initial terms of office
which expire December 31, 2018, and upon the election and qualification of their
respective successors. The chairperson and the first members from Commissioner
Districts 2, 3, and 6 shall be elected at the general election on the Tuesday
next following the first Monday in November, 2012. The chairperson and those
members of the board elected thereto from Commissioner Districts 2, 3, and 6 in
2012 shall take office the first day of January immediately following that
election and shall serve for initial terms of office which expire December 31,
2016, and upon the election and qualification of their respective successors.
Those and all future successors to the chairperson and the members of the board
whose terms of office are to expire shall be elected at the time of the
state-wide general election immediately preceding the expiration of such terms,
shall take office the first day of January immediately following that election,
and shall serve for terms of office of four years each. The chairperson and the
members of the board shall serve for the terms of office specified therefor in
this subsection and until their respective successors are elected and
qualified.
(i)
The chairperson and all members of the board who are elected thereto shall be
nominated and elected in accordance with Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A.,
the 'Georgia Election Code.'
(j)
Commissioner Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, as they exist immediately prior to
the effective date of this Act, shall continue to be designated as Commissioner
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, respectively, but as newly described under this
Act, and on and after the effective date of this Act, such members of the board
serving from those former commissioner districts shall be deemed to be serving
from and representing their respective districts as newly described under this
Act."
SECTION
2.
It
shall be the duty of the attorney of the Board of Commissioners of Walton County
to submit this Act for approval pursuant to Section 5 of the federal Voting
Rights Act of 1965, as amended.
SECTION
3.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
Plan:
waltonccprop3-2012
Plan Type:
Local
Administrator: Walton
CC
User: SE
District 001
Walton County
VTD: 2971663 - BOLD SPRINGS
3033 3034 3042 3045
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005
1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011
1012
1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1029
VTD: 297415 - BETWEEN
1024 1025 1026 1029 1030 1031
1033 1034 1035 1036 1037 1038
1040
1051
1001 1003
1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012
1013
1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019
1021 1022 1023 1024 1025 1026
1027
1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008
1009 1010 1011 1013 1017 1018
2013
2014 2015 2016 2017 2021
VTD: 297417 - LOGANVILLE NORTH
1047
1000 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
2005 2006 2016
1016 1024 1025
1026 1027 1028 1036 1037
2000 2008 2009 2021 2023 2027 3000 3001 3005 3006 3007
3008
3009 3010 3011 3012
VTD: 297424 - BAY CREEK
District 002
Walton County
VTD: 297417 - LOGANVILLE NORTH
1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006
1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012
1013
1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023
1024
1025 1026 1027 1028 1029 1030
1031 1032 1033 1034 1035 2007
2008
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018 2019
2020
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032
2033
2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043
2044
2045 2046 2047 2048 2049 2050
2051
2001 2002 2010 2020
2028
VTD: 297421 -
LOGANVILLE SOUTH
1000 1001 1002
1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010
1011
1012 1013 1014 1015 1016
1002 2004 2006 2009 3000 3001
3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007
3008
3009 3010 3011 3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 3018
3019
3020 3021 3022 3023 3024 3025
3026 3027 3028 3029 3030 3031
3033
3034 3035 3036 3037 3038 3040
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2011
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
2018
2019 2022 2024 2025 2026 2029
VTD: 297422 - WEST WALTON
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
2006 2007 2008 3000 3001 3002
3003
3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009 3010 3011 3012 3013
3014
3015 3016 3017 3018 3022 3023
3024 3030
2000 2001 2002
2003 2005 2007 2008 2012 2013 2014 2015
2016
2017 2019 3032 3039
District 003
Walton County
VTD: 297416 - WALNUT GROVE
VTD: 297419 - SOUTH MONROE
2009 2011
VTD: 297421 - LOGANVILLE SOUTH
1000 1001 1003 1004 1005 1006
1007 1008 1010 1011 1012 1013
3002
3003 3004
VTD: 297422
- WEST WALTON
3019 3020 3021 3025
3026 3027 3028 3029
1009
2010 2011 2018
VTD:
297423 - BROKEN ARROW
VTD: 297502 -
JERSEY
District 004
Walton County
VTD: 2971675 - WHATLEY
VTD: 297414 - GRATIS
1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 1037
1050 1051 2000 2001 2002 2003
2004
2005 2006 2012 2015 2016 2036 2040
1011 1012
VTD: 297418 - SOCIAL CIRCLE
VTD: 297419 - SOUTH MONROE
1014 1015 1016
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
2006 2007 2008 2010
2046 2047
2048 2049 2050 2051 2058
VTD: 297454 - MOUNTAIN
1035 1036 2037 2038 2039
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005
1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1013
1014
1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024
1025
1026 1027 1028 1029 1030 1031
1032 1033 1034 1035 1036 1037
1046
1047 1048 1049 1050 1058
VTD: 297503 - BLASINGAME
2084 2085 2086 2087 2088 2089
2090 2091 2092 2093 2094 2095
2096
2097 2098 2100 2101 2102 2103 2104 2105 2106 2107
2115
2116
2055
4001 4002 4013 4014 4015 4016
4032 4033
3000 3001 3042
3043 3044 3045 3046 3047 3048 3049 3051
VTD: 297559 - GOOD HOPE
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
2012
2013 2014 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
2025
2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031
2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037
2038
2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2044 2045 2046 2048 2049
2053
2054 2055 2056 2057 2058 2059
2060 2061 2062 2063 2064 2065
2066
2067 2068 2069 2070 2071 2072 2073 2074 2075 2076
2077
2078 2079 2080 2081 2082 2083
2099 2108 2109 2110 2111 2112
2113
2114 2117 2118 2119 2120 2121
2054
District 005
Walton County
VTD: 2971663 - BOLD SPRINGS
3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005
3006 3007 3008 3009 3010 3011
3012
3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 3018 3019 3021 3022 3023
3024
3025 3026 3027 3028 3029 3030
3031 3032 3035 3036 3037 3038
3043
3044
VTD: 297250 -
CAMPTON
1001 1003 1004 1005 1006
1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013
1014
1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020
1021 1022 1023 1024 1026 1039
1040
1041 1042 1043 1044 1046 1047 1048 1049 2030 3020
3039
3040 3041 3046 3047 3048 3049
3050 3051 3055
1030 1032 1033
1034 1038 1039 1040
VTD:
297414 - GRATIS
1000 1002 1007
1027 1028 1029 1045 2007
VTD: 297415 - BETWEEN
1041 1027 1028 1032 1041 1042
1043 1044 1045 1046 1049 1050 1052
VTD: 297419 - SOUTH MONROE
2017 2018 2019 2021 2039 2040
2041
1000 1001 1002 1012
1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006
1007 1008 1009 1010 1014 1015
1016
1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024 1025 1027
1028
1029 1030 2000 2001 2002 2003
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
2021
2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033
2034
2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2044
2045
2052 2053 2054 3002 3003 3004
3009 3016 3017 3018 3019 3020
3021
3022 3023 3024 3025 3026 3034 4006 4007 4008 4019
4020
4021
VTD: 297420 - NORTH MONROE
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005
1006 1022 1023 1027 1028 1029
1031
1035 1036 1037 1042 1043 1044 1045 1046 1047 1048
1049
1050 1051 1052 1062 1063 1064
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
2020
VTD: 297425 - E MONROE
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
2020
2021 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2050 2051 2053
District 006
Walton County
VTD: 297250 - CAMPTON
1025 1038 1052 2022 2023 2024
2025 2026 2027 2028 2029
VTD:
297414 - GRATIS
2008 2009 2010
2011 2013 2014 2017 2018 2019 2020 2033
2034
2035 2041
VTD: 297419 - SOUTH MONROE
1073 1074 1075 1076 3019 3020
3021 3034 3035 3036 3037 3038
3039
3040 3044 3045 3046 3047 3048 3049
2009 2010 2012 2015 2032 2042
2043 2045
1000 1011 1012
1013 3000 3001 3005 3006 3007 3008 3010
3011
3012 3013 3014 3015 3027 3028
3029 3030 3031 3032 3033 4009
4010
4011 4012
VTD: 297420
- NORTH MONROE
2021 2031 2032 2042
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1006
1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012
1017
1029 1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 1035 1036 1037 1049
1050
1051 1052 1058 1059 1060 1061
1082
1007 1008 1009 1010
1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017
1018
1019 1020 1021 1024 1025 1026
1053 1054 1055 1056 1057 1058
1059 1060 1061 1065 1066
1067 2000 2001 2002 2011 2013
2014
2016 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2033
2034
2035 2036 2037 2038 2044 2046 2047 2048 3000 3001
3002
3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008
3009 3010 3011 3012 3013 3014
3015
3016 3017 3018 3019 3020 3021 3022 3023 3024 3025
3026
3027 3028 3029 3030 3031 3032
3033 3034 3035 3036 3037 3038
VTD:
297425 - E MONROE
1005 1013 1014
1015 1016 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023
1024
1025 1026 1027 1028 1038 1039
1040 1041 1042 1043 1044 1045
1046
1047 1048 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057 1062 1063 1064
1065
1066 1067 1068 1069 1070 1071
1072 1077 1078 1079 1080 1081
2000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2018 2019 2022 2030 2031
2032
2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038
2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2044
2045
2046 2047 2048 2049 3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005
3006
3007 3008 3009 3010 3011 3012
3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 3018
3022
3023 3024 3025 3026 3027 3028 3029 3030 3031 3032
3033
3041 3042 3043
VTD: 297454 - MOUNTAIN
1038 1039 1040 1041 1042 1043
1044 1045 1051 1052 1053 1054
1055
1056 1057 1059
VTD:
297503 - BLASINGAME
2052
4000
VTD: 297559 - GOOD HOPE
2015 2016 2047 2050 2051 2052
1083