Bill Text: GA HB970 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: White County; Board of Commissioners; provide new districts

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-05 - Effective Date [HB970 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB970-Introduced.html

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House Bill 970

By: Representatives Rogers of the 10th, Allison of the 8th, and Collins of the 27th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act entitled "An Act to reconstitute the Board of Commissioners of White County," approved May 13, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 4205), so as to provide new 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 approval under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

An Act entitled "An Act to reconstitute the Board of Commissioners of White County," approved May 13, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 4205), is amended by revising subsections (b) and (c) of Section 2 as follows:

"(b) For purposes of electing members of the board of commissioners other than the chairperson, White County is divided into four commissioner districts. One member of the board shall be elected from each such district. The four commissioner 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: whiteccsb-2012 Plan Type: Local Administrator: White User: SE'.

(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 White 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.

(3) Any part of White 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.

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

SECTION 2.

The Board of Commissioners of White County which existed on December 31, 2012, is continued in existence but on and after January 1, 2013, shall be constituted as provided in this Act. The Board of Commissioners of White County so continued and constituted, sometimes referred to in this Act as the "board," shall continue to have the powers, duties, rights, obligations, and liabilities of that board as existed immediately prior to January 1, 2013.

SECTION 3.

It shall be the duty of the governing authority of White County to require the attorney therefor to submit this Act for approval pursuant to Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended.

SECTION 4.

The provisions of this section and Section 1 of this Act relating to and necessary for the regular election in 2012 of members of the Board of Commissioners of White County shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming effective without such approval; and this Act shall otherwise become effective January 1, 2013.

SECTION 5.

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

Plan: whiteccsb-2012
Plan Type: Local
Administrator: White
User: SE

District 001
White County
VTD: 311021 - BLUE RIDGE
950203:
2052 2098
VTD: 311051 - MT YONAH
950201:
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 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 2083 2084 2085 2086 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 3027 3029 3030 3031 3032
3033 3034
950202:
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
2025 2026 2027 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036
950203:
1042 1044 1045 1046 1047 1057 1058 1059 1060 1061 1062 1063
1064 1065 1066 1067 1074 1075 2059 2096 2097 2106 2108 2109
2110 2111 2119 2120 2121
VTD: 311091 - TESNATEE
950203:
2076 2077 2078 2079 2080 2081 2082 2083 2084 2085 2086 2087
2088 2089 2090 2091 2092 2093 2101 2102 2103 2104 2105 2107
2112
VTD: 311101 - TOWN CREEK
950203:
2099

District 002
White County
VTD: 311041 - MOSSY CREEK
VTD: 311051 - MT YONAH
950201:
2082
VTD: 311111 - WHITE CREEK

District 003
White County
VTD: 311021 - BLUE RIDGE
950203:
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011
1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023
1026 1027 1031 1076 1077 1078 1082 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 2053
2054 2055 2114 2116 2122 2123 2124 2125 2126 2127 2129
VTD: 311051 - MT YONAH
950203:
1069
VTD: 311081 - SHOAL CREEK
VTD: 311091 - TESNATEE
950203:
2056 2060 2061 2062 2094 2095 2113 2115
VTD: 311101 - TOWN CREEK
950201:
1006 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018
1019 1020 1035 1036 1037 1038 1039 1040 1041 1042 1043 1044
1046 1049 1050 1074
950203:
1024 1025 1028 1029 1030 1032 1033 1034 1035 1036 1037 1038
1039 1040 1041 1043 1048 1049 1050 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055
1056 1068 1070 1071 1072 1073 1079 1080 1081 2050 2051

District 004
White County
VTD: 311011 - BLUE CREEK
VTD: 311031 - HELEN
VTD: 311051 - MT YONAH
950202:
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2039
VTD: 311061 - NACOOCHEE
VTD: 311071 - ROBERTSTOWN
VTD: 311091 - TESNATEE
950100:
1022 1025 1026 1027 1054 1099 2055 2136
950203:
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2057 2058 2063
2064 2065 2066 2067 2068 2069 2070 2071 2072 2073 2074 2075
2100 2117 2118 2128