Bill Text: GA HB757 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Putnam County; board of commissioners; change description of districts

Sponsorship: N/A

Status: (Passed) 2012-02-15 - Effective Date [HB757 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB757-Introduced.html

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12 LC 28 5955/AP

House Bill 757 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)

By: Representatives Channell of the 116th, Kidd of the 141st, and Hudson of the 124th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act creating the board of commissioners for Putnam County, approved September 8, 1879 (Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 334), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 14, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 3639), 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 submission of this Act for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; 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 the board of commissioners for Putnam County, approved September 8, 1879 (Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 334), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 14, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 3639), is amended by revising Section 2 as follows:

"SECTION 2.

(a) The board of commissioners of Putnam County shall be composed of five members. Except for the chairperson, the members of the board shall be residents of the commissioner districts they represent by at least the last date on which a candidate for nomination in a political party primary may qualify in the year of the election, shall continue to reside in their respective districts, and shall be elected by the qualified electors voting within their respective commissioner districts. The chairperson shall be a resident of Putnam County and shall be elected by the qualified voters of the entire county.

(b) For the purpose of electing the four members of the board from commissioner districts, Putnam County shall be divided into four commissioner districts. One member of the board shall be elected from each such district. Those districts shall be and correspond to those four numbered districts described in and attached to and made a part of this Act and further identified as 'Plan: putnamcc-2012 Plan Type: local Administrator: putnam cc User: bak'.

(c)(1) For the purposes of such plan:

(A) The term '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; and

(B) Except as otherwise provided in the description of any district, whenever the description of any district refers to a named city, it shall mean the geographical boundaries of that city as shown on the census maps for the United States decennial census of 2010 for the State of Georgia.

(2) Any part of Putnam County which is not included in any district described in subsection (b) of this section 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.

(3) Any part of Putnam County which is described in subsection (b) of this section as being included 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."

SECTION 2.

Said Act is further amended by revising Section 3 as follows:

"SECTION 3.

(a) In the event that any member elected from a district ceases to be a resident of his or her respective commissioner district during his or her term of office, a vacancy shall be created and shall be filled as provided by law. All members shall be nominated and elected in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., the 'Georgia Election Code,' as now or hereafter amended.

(b) The members of the board holding office on the effective date of this section and any persons selected to fill vacancies in such offices shall serve out the terms of office to which they were elected and until their successors are elected and qualified.

(c) The first members of the board elected under this Act shall be elected in the general election in November, 2012. Such members shall take office on January 1 following their election for terms of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified.

(d) The first chairperson of the board elected under this Act shall be elected in the general election in November, 2012. Such chairperson shall take office on January 1 following his or her election for a term of four years and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.

(e) Successors to members and the chairperson elected under subsections (c) and (d) of this section shall be elected at the general election next preceding the expiration of such terms of office and shall take office on January 1 following their election for terms of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified.

(f) Commissioner Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4 as they exist immediately prior to the effective date of this section shall continue to be designated as Commissioner Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively, but as newly described under Section 2 of this Act, and, on and after the effective date of this section, 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 Section 2 of this Act."

SECTION 3.

The Board of Commissioners of Putnam County shall through its legal counsel cause this Act to be submitted for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, not later than 45 days after the date on which this Act is approved by the Governor or otherwise becomes law without such approval.

SECTION 4.

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

Plan: putnamcc-2012
Plan Type: local
Administrator: putnam cc
User: bak

District 001
Putnam County
VTD: 2371A - 1A
VTD: 2371B - 1B
2041 2042 2043 2044 2045 2046 2047 3031 3032 3033 3034 3035
3036 3037 3038 3039 3040 3041 3042 3043 3044 3045 3046
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
2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2044 2052 2053 2054 2055
2056 2076 2077 2078 2079 2080 2081 2082 2083 2084 2086 2087
VTD: 2372A - 2A
1011 1038 7007 7020
VTD: 2372B - 2B
3028 3030
VTD: 2373A - 3A
2019 2020 2021 2069
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1051 1057
1058 1074 1075 1076

District 002
Putnam County
VTD: 2371B - 1B
2022
VTD: 2372A - 2A
2033 2034 2035 2036 2044 2045 2046 2047 2048 2051
1068 1069 1070 1072 1073 1079 1088 1089 1090 1091 1092 1093
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1012
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 1039 1040 5000 5001 5002 6007 6013 7000 7001 7002 7003
7004 7005 7006 7021
VTD: 2372B - 2B
1013 1014 1015 2002 2003 2004 2005 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
2014 2015 2016
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2023 2024
2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036
2037 2038 2039 2040 2048 5003 5004 5005 5006 5007 5008 5009
5010 5011 5012 5013 5014 5015 5016 5017 5018 5019 5020 5021
5022 5023 5024 5025 5026 5027
3006 3007 3008
VTD: 2373A - 3A
2027 2029 2030 2031 2032 2037
VTD: 2373B - 3B
2052 2053 2054 2055 2056
VTD: 2373C - 3C
1011 1012 1018 1021 2000 2001 2006 2007 2008 2020

District 003
Putnam County
VTD: 2373A - 3A
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1028 2000 2001
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2028 2038
2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2049 2050 2057 2058 2059 2060 2061
2062 2063 2064 2065 2066 2067 2068
VTD: 2373B - 3B
1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020
1021 1022 1023 1024 1025 1026 1027 1029 1030 1031 1032 1033
1034 1035 1036 1037 1038 1039 1040 1041 1042 1043 1044 1045
1046 1047 1048 1049 1050 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057
1058 1059 1060 1061 1062 1063 1064 1065 1066 1067 1068 1069
1070
VTD: 2373C - 3C
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1016
1017 1019 1020 1022 1023 1024 1025 1026 1027 1028 1029 1030
1031 1032 1033 1034 1035 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 3000 3001
3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3016 3023 3024 3025 3026 3027 3028
3048

District 004
Putnam County
VTD: 2374A - 4A
VTD: 2374B - 4B