Bill Text: GA SB277 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Poulan, City of; mayor and councilmembers; change the terms of office

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-31 - Senate Read and Referred [SB277 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-SB277-Introduced.html

---

11 LC 14 0516

Senate Bill 277

By: Senator Crosby of the 13th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Poulan, approved April 10, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 4367), as amended, so as to change the terms of office of the mayor and councilmembers; 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 creating a new charter for the City of Poulan, approved April 10, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 4367), as amended, is amended by revising Section 2.11 as follows:

"SECTION 2.11.

The mayor and the members of the city council shall serve for terms of four years except as temporarily otherwise specified in Section 5.11 of this charter and shall serve until their respective successors are elected and qualified. No person shall be eligible to serve as mayor or councilmember unless that person shall have been a resident of the city for six months prior to the date of the election of mayor or members of the city council. The mayor and each councilmember shall continue to reside in the city during such person's period of service and to be registered and qualified to vote in municipal elections of the city."

SECTION 2.

Said Act is further amended by revising 2.27 as follows:

"SECTION 2.27.

The mayor shall be elected and serve for a term of four years and until the mayor's successor is elected and qualified. The mayor shall be a qualified elector of this city and shall have been a resident of the city for six months immediately preceding the mayor's election. The mayor shall continue to reside in the city during the period of the mayor's service. The mayor shall forfeit that office on the same grounds and under the same procedure as for councilmembers. The compensation of the mayor shall be established in the same manner as for councilmembers."

SECTION 3.

Said Act is further amended by revising Section 5.11 as follows:

"SECTION 5.11.

(a) On the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November of 2011 and every four years thereafter, the mayor and the successors to the councilmembers representing Posts 1, 2, and 3 shall be elected and shall serve for terms of office of four years and until their respective successors are elected and qualified and shall take office on the first day of January immediately following their election.

(b) On the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November of 2012, the successors to the councilmembers representing Posts 4 and 5 shall be elected and shall each serve a one-year term of office and until their respective successors are elected and qualified and shall take office on the first day of January immediately following their election. On the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November of 2013, the successors to the councilmembers representing Posts 4 and 5 shall be elected and shall serve for terms of office of four years and until their respective successors are elected and qualified and shall take office on the first day of January immediately following their election.

(c) Thereafter on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November of the last year of the terms of the mayor and each of the councilmembers, an election shall be held to elect their successors, each of whom shall serve for a term of four years and until their successors have been elected and qualified."

SECTION 4.

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