Bill Text: GA HB876 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Wilkinson County; Board of Education; change description of districts

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-02-15 - Senate Read and Referred [HB876 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB876-Introduced.html

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12 LC 28 5948

House Bill 876

By: Representative Epps of the 140th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act creating a Board of Education of Wilkinson County, approved April 3, 1972 (Ga. L. 1972, p. 3333), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 25, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 4482), so as to change the description of the districts from which members of such board are elected; to define certain terms; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for the submission of this Act for preclearance pursuant to Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; 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 Education of Wilkinson County, approved April 3, 1972 (Ga. L. 1972, p. 3333), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 25, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 4482), is amended by revising subsections (b) and (c) of Section 2 and by adding a new subsection (f) to read as follows:

"(b) For purposes of electing a Board of Education of Wilkinson County, the Wilkinson County School District shall be divided into four education districts as provided in this subsection. One member of the board shall be elected from each such district by the voters voting in only such district. The four education 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: wilkinsonccsb-2011 Plan Type: Local User: bak'.

(c)(1) When used in such attachment, the term 'VTD' (voting tabulation district) 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.

(2) 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. Any part of the Wilkinson County School District 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.

(3) Any part of the Wilkinson County School District 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.

(4) Except as otherwise provided in the description of any education 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."

"(f) Education Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4, as they exist on the effective date of this subsection, shall continue to be designated as Education Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively, but as newly described under this section, and on and after the effective date of this subsection, such members of the board serving from those former education districts shall be deemed to be serving from and representing their respective districts as newly described under this section."

SECTION 2.

It is the purpose of this Act to reapportion the districts from which members of the Board of Education of Wilkinson County are to be elected in the 2012 general election and in subsequent general elections, and this Act results from changes in population based on the United States decennial census of 2010. It is not the intention of the General Assembly to affect the membership of current members of the board, their terms of office, or the manner in which their successors shall be elected, and such matters shall remain as provided by law on the effective date of this Act until otherwise amended by law, except to the extent of reapportioning the districts represented by such members.

SECTION 3.

The Board of Education of Wilkinson County shall, through its legal counsel, submit this Act for preclearance pursuant to Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, no 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: wilkinsonccsb-2011
Plan Type: Local
User:bak

District 001
Wilkinson County
VTD: 31906 - IVEY
2047 2048 2049 2050 2053 2120 2125
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2050 2053 3002 3003 3005 3006
3007 3008 3009 3010 3011 3012 3091 3092 3093 3094 3096 4007
4008 4009 4010 4011 4012 4013 4014 4015 4016 4017 4018 4019
4020 4021 4022 4023 4024 4025 4026 4027 4028 4029 4030 4034
4035 4036 4037 4038 4039 4040 4041 4042 4043 4044 4045 4046
4047 4048 4049 4050 4051 4052 4053 4054 4055 4056 4057 4058
4059 4060 4061 4062 4063 4064 4065 4066 4067 4068 4069 4070
4071 4072 4073 4074 4075 4076 4077 4078 4079 4080 4081 4082
4083 4084 4085 4086 4087 4088 4089 4090 4091 4092 4093 4094
4095 4096 4097
VTD: 31910 - RAMAH
1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013
1014 1015 1016 1021 1022 1023 1029 2000 2013 2014 2022 2023
2024 2030 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2058 2059
2060 2063 2064 2065 2066 2067 2068 2070 2072 3000 3004

District 002
Wilkinson County
VTD: 31904 - HIGH HILL
1008 1009 1011 1012 1059 1060 1061
VTD: 31905 - IRWINTON
3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 3018 3019 3020 3021 3022 3023 3025
3026 3029 3030 3031 3032 3033 3034 3035 3036 3037 3038 3039
3040 3041 3047 3053 3054 3055 3056 3059 3060 3061 3062 3063
3064 3065
3031 3032 3060 3063 3064 3065 3066 3067 3068 3069 3070 3071
3072 3073 3074 3075 3076 3077 3078 3079 3097
VTD: 31908 - MIDWAY
2054 2055 2056 2057 2058 2093 2094 2095 2096 2097 2098 2101
2109 2110 2111 2112 2113 2114 2115 2118 2119
VTD: 31910 - RAMAH
1000 1001 1017 1018 1019 1020 1024 1025 1026 1027 1028 1030
1031 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
2012 2021 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035
2044 2045 2046 2047 2048 2049 2051 2052 2054 2055 2056 2057
2061 2062 2069 2071 2073 3001 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 3018
3019 3020 3021 3022 3023 3024 3025 3026 3027 3028 3029 3030
3033 3034 3035 3036 3037 3038 3039 3040 3041 3042 3043 3044
3045 3046 3047 3048 3049 3050 3051 3052 3053 3054 3055 3056
3057 3058 3059 3061 3062 3080 3081 3082 3083 3084 3085 3086
3087 3088 3089 3090 3095 3098 3099 3100
VTD: 31911 - TURKEY CREEK
1062 1063 1064 1065 1077 1078 1079

District 003
Wilkinson County
VTD: 31902 - BLOODWORTH
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2028 2126
VTD: 31903 - GRIFFIN
VTD: 31904 - HIGH HILL
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1010 1013 1014 1015
1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024 1025 1026 1027
1028 1029 1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057
1058 1091 1144 1145 1146 1147
VTD: 31905 - IRWINTON
1002 1012 1013 1015 1016 1032 1035 3000 3001 3002 3003 3027
3042 3043 3044 3045 3046 3048 3049 3050 3051 3052 3057 3058
VTD: 31907 - LORD
VTD: 31911 - TURKEY CREEK
1066 1067 1068 1069 1070 1071 1072 1073 1074 1075 1076 1080
1081 1082 1083 1084 1085 1086 1087 1088 1089 1090 1096 1098
1110 1111 1112 1113 1114 1115 1116 1117 1118 1119 1120 1121
1122 1123 1124 1125 1126 1127 1128 1129 1130 1131 1132 1133
1134 1135 1136 1137 1138 1139 1142 1143 1148 1149

District 004
Wilkinson County
VTD: 31902 - BLOODWORTH
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2027 2029 2030
2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042
2043 2044 2045 2046 2051 2052 2063 2064 2065 2066 2067 2068
2076 2116 2121 2122 2123 2124 2127 2128
VTD: 31905 - IRWINTON
1014 1029 1030 1031 1034 1036 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009
3010 3011 3012 3024 3028 3066 3067 3068
VTD: 31906 - IVEY
4000 4001 4002 4003 4004 4005 4006 4031 4032 4033
VTD: 31908 - MIDWAY
1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021
1022 1023 1024 1025 1026 1027 1028 1033 1037 2059 2060 2061
2062 2077 2078 2079 2080 2081 2082 2083 2084 2085 2086 2087
2088 2089 2090 2091 2092 2099 2100 2102 2103 2104 2105 2106
2107 2108 2117