Bill Text: GA HR1237 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Coroner; shall be a county officer; provide - CA
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-03 - House Second Readers [HR1237 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HR1237-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 1237
By:
Representatives Bearden of the
68th,
Lunsford of the
110th,
Kidd of the
141st,
Jerguson of the
22nd,
Benton of the
31st,
and others
A
RESOLUTION
Proposing
an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that a coroner shall be a
county officer where such office has not been abolished pursuant to law; to
provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and
for other purposes.
BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
IX, Section I of the Constitution is amended by revising subparagraph III(a) as
follows:
"(a)
The clerk of the superior court, judge of the probate court, sheriff, tax
receiver, tax collector,
and
tax commissioner, where such office has replaced the tax receiver and tax
collector, and
coroner, where such office has not been abolished pursuant to
law, shall be elected by the qualified
voters of their respective counties for terms of four years and shall have such
qualifications, powers, and duties as provided by general
law."
SECTION
2.
The
above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be published and submitted as
provided in Article X, Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution. The ballot
submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon
the following:
|
"( ) YES
( ) NO
|
Shall
the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to provide that a coroner shall be
a county officer where such office has not been abolished by law?"
|
All
persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote
"Yes." All persons desiring to vote against the proposed amendment shall vote
"No." If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the
Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this state.
