Bill Text: GA HB941 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced


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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-13 - Effective Date [HB941 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB941-Introduced.html
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House Bill 941 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By: Representatives O`Neal of the 146th, Talton of the 145th, Harden of the 147th, and Dickey of the 136th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT


To amend an Act reconstituting the Board of Education of Houston County, approved March 31, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 4435), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 1, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 5590), so as to change the description of the education districts; to provide definitions and inclusions; to provide for the continuance in office for current members; to provide for the submission of this Act pursuant to 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 reconstituting the Board of Education of Houston County, approved March 31, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 4435), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 1, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 5590), is amended by revising Section 3 as follows:

"SECTION 3.
(a) For the purpose of electing members of the board of education, the Houston County School District shall be divided into five education districts. Education Districts 1 through 5 shall be and correspond to those five numbered districts described in and attached to and made a part of this Act and further identified as 'Plan: houstonsbR-2012 Plan Type: Local Administrator: Houston User: Gina'.
(b)(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 the Houston County School District which is not included in any district described in subsection (a) 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 the Houston County School District which is described in subsection (a) 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 4 as follows:

"SECTION 4.
(a) All members of the board of education serving in office on the effective date of this section shall continue to serve until the expiration of the terms for which they were elected and until their respective successors are elected and qualified unless otherwise removed from office as provided by the Constitution and laws of this state.
(b) The at-large offices of the reconstituted Board of Education of Houston County shall be designated as Post 6 and Post 7. The member of the board of education from at-large Post 6 shall be elected at the nonpartisan general election in 2014. The member of the board of education from at-large Post 7 shall be elected at the nonpartisan general election in 2012. The members of the reconstituted board of education shall be elected to Posts 6 and 7 by the electors of the entire school district. Such members shall take office on January 1 following their election for terms of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified.
(c) The members of the reconstituted Board of Education of Houston County from Education Districts 2 and 4 shall be elected at the nonpartisan general election in 2014. Each candidate for membership on the board from such education district shall be elected by a majority vote of only the qualified voters of such district voting in such election. 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 members of the reconstituted Board of Education of Houston County from Education Districts 1, 3, and 5 shall be elected at the nonpartisan general election in 2012. Each candidate for membership on the board from such education district shall be elected by a majority vote of only the qualified voters of such district voting in such election. Such members shall take office on January 1 following their election for terms of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified.
(e) Successors to members elected under subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section shall be elected at the nonpartisan general election next preceding the expiration of 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) All members of the board shall be nominated and elected in accordance with Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., the 'Georgia Election Code,' in nonpartisan elections as provided in Code Section 21-2-139 of the O.C.G.A.
(g) Those members of the Board of Education of Houston County who are serving as such immediately prior to the effective date of this section, 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. Education Districts 1 through 5, as they exist immediately prior to the effective date of this section, shall continue to be designated as Education Districts 1 through 5, respectively, but as newly described under Section 3 of this Act, and on and after the effective date of this section, 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 Section 3 of this Act.
(h) At the first meeting of the board in January of each year, the members of the board shall elect their chairperson and other officers to serve for a term of one year as provided by the policy and rules of the board. The board shall provide in its rules for filling a vacancy in the chairperson's office. The vice chairperson selected by the board shall preside at board meetings in the absence of the chairperson and shall have the same right to vote while so presiding as any other member but shall have no other powers of the chairperson.
(i) A majority of the board of education shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business."

SECTION 3.
The Board of Education of Houston 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, 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.
If, as of the first date upon which candidates may begin qualifying for the general primary in 2012, implementation of this Act is not permissible under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, then as of such date this Act shall be void and stand repealed in its entirety.

SECTION 5.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.

Plan: houstonsbR-2012
Plan Type: Local
Administrator: Houston
User: Gina
 
District 001
Houston County
VTD: 153CENT - CENT
VTD: 153ELBC - ELBC
020106:
1000 1001 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018
1019 1092 1093 1094 1097 1098 1099 1100 1101 1102 1103 1104
1105 1106 1107 1108 1109 1110 1111 1112
VTD: 153FMMS - FMMS
021113:
3010 3011 3019 3020 3021 3022 3023 3024 3025 3026 3027 3028
3029 3035 3036 3042
VTD: 153MALL - MALL
020108:
2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038
2039 2040 2042 2043 2045 3000 3001 3002 3003 3005 3007 3008
3010 3011 3012 3013 3014 3015
020200:
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2015 2016 2017
3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009 3010 3011
3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 4000 4001 4002 4003 4004 4005
4006 4007 4008 4009 4010 4011 4012 4013 4014 4015 4016 4017
4018 4019 4020 4021 4022 4023 4024 4025 4026 4027 4028 4029
4030 4031 4032 4033 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
VTD: 153NSES - NSES
VTD: 153NSMS - NSMS
020105:
1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022
1023 1024 1028 1029 1030 1033 3000 3001 3002 3003 3005 3006
3007 3008 3010 3011 3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017
020108:
2041 2044 2046
VTD: 153NSSH - NSSH
020200:
1006 1007 1012 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023
1024 1025 1026 1028 1029 1030
020300:
4027
020400:
1002
020900:
3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009 3010 3011
3012 3016
VTD: 153TMS - TMS
020108:
3004 3006 3009 3016 3017 3018 3019 3020 3021 3022 3023 3024
3025 3026 3027 3028 3029 3030 3031 3032 3033 3034 3035 3036
3043 3044 3045 3046 3047 3048 3049 3050 3051 3055 3056 3057
3058 3059 3060 3061 3062
020109:
1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057 1058 1059 1060 1061 1062 1063
1064 1065 1066 1067 1068 1069 1070 1071 1072 1073 1074 1075
1077 1078 1079 2043 2044 2045 2046 2048 2049 2050 2051 2052
2053 2054 2055 2056 2057 2058 2064 2065 2066 2067 2068 2069
2070 2071 2072 2073 2074 2075 2076 2077
021104:
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2034 2035
2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2049 2050 2051 2052
2053 2054 2055 2079 4004 4005 4006 4007 4008 4009 4010 4011
4012 4013 4014 4015 4016 4017 4018 4019 4020 4021 4022 4023
4024 4025 4026 4027
021113:
3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009 3012

District 002
Houston County
VTD: 153ANNX - ANNX
VTD: 153FMMS - FMMS
021108:
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
021113:
1000 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
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 1071
1072 1073 1074 1075 1076 1077 1078 1079 1080 1081 1082 1083
1084 1085 1086 1087 1088 1089 1090 1091 1092 1093 1094 1095
1096 1097 1098 1099 1100 1101 1102 1103 2065 2066 2067 2068
2069 2070 2071 2072 2073 2074 2075 2076 2077 2078 2079 2080
2081 2082 2083 2084 2085 2086 2087 2088 2089 2090 2091 2092
2093 2094 2095 2096 2097 2098 2099 2100 2101 2102 2103 2104
2105 2106 2107 2108 2109 2110 2111 2112 2113 2114 2115 2116
2117 2118 2119 2120 2121 2144 2149 2150 2151 2152 2162 3037
3038 3039 3040 3041 3044 3045 3046 3047
VTD: 153HCHS - HCHS
021201:
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1062 1063 1090
VTD: 153MCMS - MCMS
021113:
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 2046 2047
2048 2049 2050 2051 2052 2053 2054 2055 2056 2057 2058 2059
2060 2061 2062 2063 2064 2122 2123 2124 2125 2126 2127 2128
2129 2130 2131 2132 2133 2134 2135 2136 2137 2138 2139 2140
2141 2142 2143 2145 2146 2147 2148 2153 2154 2155 2156 2157
2158 2159 2160 2161
VTD: 153QRUN - QRUN
VTD: 153TWPK - TWPK

District 003
Houston County
VTD: 153HAFS - HAFS
VTD: 153HCHS - HCHS
021201:
1009 1064 1065 1066 1067 1068 1069 1070 1071 1072 1073 1074
1075 1077 1078 1079 1080 1081 1082 1094 1095 1096 1097 1098
1128 1129 1130 1131 1132 1133 1134 1135 1136 1137 1138 1139
1140 1141 1142 1143 1148 1151 2000 2001 2002
VTD: 153HEFS - HEFS
VTD: 153KATH - KATH
021103:
3090 3097 4007 4008 4009 4010 4011 4014 4015 4016 4017 4018
4019 4020 4021 4022 4023 4024 4025 4029 4030 4031 4032 4033
4034 4035 4036 4037 4038 4039 4040 4041 4042 4043 4044 4045
4046
021108:
1036 1046 1049 1058 1059 1064 1065 1066 1067 1068
021400:
4000 4001 4002 4003 4004 4005 4006 4007 4008 4009 4010 4011
4012 4013 4014 4015 4016 4017 4018 4019 4020 4021 4022 4023
4024 4025 4026 4027 4028 4029 4030 4031 4032 4033 4034 4035
4036 4037 4038 4039 4040 4041 4042 4075 4076 4077 4078 4079
4080 4081 4082 4083 4084 4085 4086 4087 4088 4089 4090 4153
4156 4161 4163 4164 4166 4167 4168 4169 4182
021500:
1000 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 1032 1033 1034 1035 1036
1037 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 1071 1072 1073
1074 1075 1076 1077 1078 1079 1080 1081 1082 1083 1084 1085
1086 1087 1088 1089 1090 1091 1092 1093 1094 1095 1097 1098
1099 1100 1101 1102 1103 1104 1107 1108 1109 1110 1111 1112
1113 1114 1116 1117 1118 1119 1120 1121 1122 1123 1124 1125
1126 1127 1128 1129 1130 1131 1149 1150 1151 1152 1223 1224
1225 1226
VTD: 153MCMS - MCMS
021201:
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 1036 1037 1038 1039 1040 1041 1042 1043 1044 1045
1046 1048 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057 1058 1059 1060
1076 1144 1153 1154 1155 1156 1157 1158 1159 1160 1161 1162
1163 1164 1165
VTD: 153ROZ1 - ROZ1
VTD: 153ROZ2 - ROZ2

District 004
Houston County
VTD: 153ELBC - ELBC
020200:
1000
020300:
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011
1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023
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 3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009
3010 3011 3012 4000 4001 4002 4003 4004 4005 4006 4008 4009
4010 4011 4012 4013 4014 5000 5001 5002 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 5028 5029 5030
5031 5032
020400:
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2027 2049
2050 2051 2052 2053 2054 2055 2057
VTD: 153MALL - MALL
020200:
2000 2001 2011 2012 2013 2014
VTD: 153MILL - MILL
VTD: 153NSMS - NSMS
020105:
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1025
1026 1027 1031 1032 1034 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 3004 3009
VTD: 153NSSH - NSSH
020200:
1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1008 1009 1010 1011 1013 1014 1027
1031
020300:
3013 3014 4007 4015 4016 4017 4018 4019 4020 4021 4022 4023
4024 4025 4026 4028 4029 4030 4031 4032
020900:
1000 3013 3014 3015 3017 3018 3019 3020 4000 4001 4002 4003
4004 4005
VTD: 153RECR - RECR
020400:
1000 1001 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 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 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033
2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2044 2045
2046 2047 2048 2056
020700:
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011
1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 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 2046 2047 2048
2049 2050 2051 2052 3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007
3008 3009 3010 3011 3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 3018 3019
3020 3021 3022
020800:
1000 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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
021105:
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
VTD: 153TMS - TMS
020900:
4008
021000:
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2017 2019 2020 2021 2022 2025 2026
2027 2028 2029 2030 2031
021104:
1000 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
1036 4000 4001 4002 4003

District 005
Houston County
VTD: 153BMS - BMS
VTD: 153BON - BON
VTD: 153HCHS - HCHS
021201:
1061 1083 1084 1085 1086 1087 1088 1089 1091 1092 1093 1099
1100 1101 1102 1103 1104 1105 1106 1107 1108 1109 1110 1111
1112 1113 1114 1115 1116 1117 1118 1119 1120 1121 1122 1123
1124 1125 1126 1127 1145 1146 1147

VTD: 153HCTC - HCTC
VTD: 153KATH - KATH
021103:
4000 4001 4002 4003 4004 4005 4006 4012 4013 4026 4027 4028
021500:
1031 1038
VTD: 153MAES - MAES
VTD: 153RECR - RECR
020600:
1000 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
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 1071
1072 1073 1074 1075 1076 1077 1078 1079 1080 1081 1082 1083
1084 1085 1086 1087 1088 1089 1090 1091 1092 1093 1094 1095
1096 1097 1098 1099 1100 1101 1102 1103 1104 1105 1106 1107
1108 1109 1110 1111 1112 1113 1114 1115 1116 1117 1118 1119
1120 1121 1122 1123 1124 1125 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 2046 2047 2048 2049 2050 2051 2052 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 2084 2085 2086 2087 2088 2089
2090 2091 2092 2093 2094 2095 2096 2097 2098 2099

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