Bill Text: GA HB924 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Elections; county board of education members; nepotism restrictions; remove
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-14 - House Second Readers [HB924 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HB924-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 924
By:
Representatives Benton of the
31st,
England of the
108th,
Maxwell of the
17th,
Morris of the
155th,
and Keown of the
173rd
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 20-2-51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to election of county board of education members, persons ineligible to be
members or superintendent, ineligibility for local boards of education, and
ineligibility for other offices, so as to remove the nepotism restriction
relating to eligibility for election as a local board of education member; to
provide for submission of this Act for preclearance under 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.
Code
Section 20-2-51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to election
of county board of education members, persons ineligible to be members or
superintendent, ineligibility for local boards of education, and ineligibility
for other offices, is amended by revising subsection (c) as
follows:
"(c)(1)
No person employed by or serving on the governing body of a private educational
institution shall be eligible to serve as a member of a local board of
education. No person employed by a local board of education shall be eligible
to serve as a member of that board of education. No person employed by the
Department of Education or serving as a member of the State Board of Education
shall be eligible to serve as a member of a local board of education. This
paragraph
subsection
shall not apply to institutions above the high school level.
(2)
No person who has an immediate family member sitting on a local board of
education or serving as the local school superintendent or as a principal,
assistant principal, or system administrative staff in the local school system
shall be eligible to serve as a member of such local board of education. As
used in this paragraph, the term 'immediate family member' means a spouse,
child, sibling, or parent or the spouse of a child, sibling, or parent. This
paragraph shall apply only to local board of education members elected or
appointed on or after July 1, 2009. Nothing in this Code section shall affect
the employment of any person who is employed by a local school system on or
before July 1, 2009, or who is employed by a local school system when an
immediate family member becomes a local board of education member for that
school system."
SECTION
2.
The
Attorney General of Georgia shall cause this Act to be submitted for
preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, and such
submission shall be made to the United States Department of Justice or filed
with the appropriate court no later than 45 days after the date on which this
Act is approved by the Governor or becomes law without such approval. If, as of
June 30, 2010, implementation of this Act is not permissible under the Voting
Rights Act of 1965, as amended, then as of such date, this Act shall be void and
shall stand repealed in its entirety.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.