Bill Text: GA SB354 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Board of Commissioners of Toombs County; reconstitute the board of commissioners

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-01 - Effective Date [SB354 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-SB354-Introduced.html

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12 LC 35 2388

Senate Bill 354

By: Senator Williams of the 19th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Toombs County, approved February 13, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 2010), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 23, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 3927), and an Act approved April 28, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3808), so as to reconstitute the board of commissioners; to change the description of the commissioner districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for election and terms of office of subsequent members; 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 provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

An Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Toombs County, approved February 13, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 2010), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 23, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 3927), and an Act approved April 28, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3808), is amended by striking Sections 1 through 3(A) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"SECTION 1.

The Board of Commissioners of Toombs County which existed on December 31, 2011, is continued in existence but on and after the effective date of this Act shall be constituted as provided in this Act. The Board of Commissioners of Toombs 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 the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 2.

(a) Those members of the Board of Commissioners of Toombs County who are serving as such on December 31, 2011, 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. On and after the effective date of this Act, the Board of Commissioners of Toombs County shall consist of four members who shall be elected from commissioner districts described in subsection (b) of this section and a chairperson who is elected at large as provided in subsection (c) of Section 3 of this Act.

(b) For purposes of electing members of the board of commissioners other than the chairperson, Toombs 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 Name: toombscc-2012 Plan Type: Local Administrator: Toombs User: bak'.

(c) When used in such attachment, 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.

(d) Any part of Toombs County which is not included in any such district described in the 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. Any part of Toombs County which is described in the 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.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in the description of any commissioner 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 3.

(a) No person shall be a member of the board if that person is ineligible for such office pursuant to Code Section 45-2-1 of the O.C.G.A. or any other general law applicable to that office.

(b) In order to be elected or appointed as a member of the board from a commissioner district, a person must have that person's legal residence in that district at the time of qualifying for election or at the time of appointment and, if elected, must receive the number of votes cast as required by general law for that office in that district only and not at large. Only electors who are residents of that commissioner district may vote for a member of the board for that district. At the time of qualifying for election as a member of the board from a commissioner district, each candidate for such office shall specify the commissioner district for which that person is a candidate. A person elected or appointed as a member of the board from a commissioner district must continue to reside in that district during that person's term of office or that office shall become vacant.

(c) The chairperson of the board may reside anywhere within Toombs County and, if elected, must receive the number of votes cast for that office as required by general law in the entire county. The chairperson must continue to reside within the county during that person's term of office or that office shall become vacant.

SECTION 3A.

(a) The members of the reconstituted Board of Commissioners of Toombs County shall be elected as provided in this subsection. The first members from Commissioner Districts 1 and 4 shall be elected at the general election on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2014. Those members of the board elected thereto from Commissioner Districts 1 and 4 in 2014 shall take office the first day of January immediately following that election and shall serve for initial terms of office which expire December 31, 2018, and upon the election and qualification of their respective successors. The first members from Commissioner Districts 2 and 3 and the at-large district shall be elected at the general election on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2012. Those members of the board elected thereto from Commissioner Districts 2 and 3 and the at-large district in 2012 shall take office the first day of January immediately following that election and shall serve for initial terms of office which expire December 31, 2016, and upon the election and qualification of their respective successors. Those and all future successors to members of the board whose terms of office are to expire shall be elected at the time of the state-wide general election immediately preceding the expiration of such terms, shall take office the first day of January immediately following that election, and shall serve for terms of office of four years each. Members of the board shall serve for the terms of office specified therefor in this subsection and until their respective successors are elected and qualified.

(b) All members of the board who are elected thereto shall be nominated and elected in accordance with Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., the 'Georgia Election Code.'

(c) Commissioner Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4, as they existed on December 31, 2011, shall continue to be designated as Commissioner Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively, but as newly described under this Act, and on and after the effective date of this Act, such members of the board serving from those former commissioner districts shall be deemed to be serving from and representing their respective districts as newly described under this Act."

SECTION 2.

The Board of Commissioners of Toombs County shall through its legal counsel 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 otherwise becomes law without such approval.

SECTION 3.

This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2012.

SECTION 4.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
Plan: toombscc-2012
Plan Type: Local
Administrator: Toombs
User: bak

District 001
Toombs County
VTD: 27915361 - 15361 LYONS
1077 1078 1079 1080 1081 1082 1083 1084 1085 3002 3003 3004
3005 3006 3007 3008 3009 3010 3011 3019 3020 3021 3022 3031
3032 3033 3034 3035 3036 3037 3038 3039 3040 3041 3042 3043
3044 3045 3048 3049 3050 3051 3052 3053
2031 2032 2054 2055 2056 2057 2058 2059 2060 2061 2062 2063
2064 2065 2066 2072 2073 2074 2075 3024 3025 3026 3027 3028
3038 3039 3040 3041 3042 3043 3044 3045 3046 3059 3060 3061
3062 3063 3064 3065 3066 3067 3068 3069 3070 3072 3073
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011
1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1023 1024
1025 1026 1027 1028 1029 1030 1031 1037 1038 1039 1040 2000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2018 2019 2020
2021 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033
2034 2056
VTD: 27915362 - 15362 SANTA CLAUS
3051 3057 3058
4000 4002
2010 2011 2012 2016
VTD: 279511 - 511 OLD HEALTH
1042 1043 1044 1045 1066 1067 1068 1071 1072 1073 1074 1075
1076 1077 1078 1079 1080 1081 1082 1083 1084 1085 1086 3004
3005 3006 3007 3008 3009 3010 3011 3017 3018 3019 3020 3021
3022 3023 3029 3030 3031 3032 3033 3034 3035 3036 3037 3047
3048 3049 3050 3071 4000 4001 4002 4003 4004 4005 4006 4007
4008 4009 4010 4011 4012 4013 4014 4015 4016 4017 4018 4019
4020 4021 4022 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
5033 5034 5035 5036 5037 5038 5039 5040 5041 5042 5043 5044
5045 5046 5047 5048 5049 5050 5051 5052 5055 5056 5057 5058
5059 5062 5063 5064 5065 5066 5069 5070 5071 5072
2006 2008 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2031 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038
2039 2040 2041 2043 2044 2045 2046 2047 3067 3068
VTD: 279512 - 512 S.T.I.
3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3052 3053 3054 3055 3056 5053 5054
5060 5061 5067 5073
4001 4004 4006 4007 4008 4009 4010 4020 4021 4022 4061 4072
4078
2013 2017
VTD: 279514 - 514 S.T.I.A.L.C
1018 1026 1027 1028 1029 1030 1031 1033 1038 1039 1040 1041
1042 1043 1044 1065 1072 1073 1074 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
2005 2007 2009 2010 2011 2017 2018 2029 2030 2032 2042

District 002
Toombs County
VTD: 279511 - 511 OLD HEALTH
1002 1005 1006 1007 1013 1014 1025 1056 1057 1058
VTD: 279512 - 512 S.T.I.
5068
1000 1004 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 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 2011 2015 2016
2017 2018 3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009
3022 3023 3024 4016 4017 4018 4019 4023 4024 4025 4026 4027
4028 4029 4030 4031 4032 4033 4034 4035 4036 4037 4038 4039
4040 4041 4042 4043 4044 4045 4046 4048 4049 4050 4060 4075
4077
VTD: 279513 - 513 V.P.D.
VTD: 279514 - 514 S.T.I.A.L.C
1016 1017 1034 1035 1036 1037 1045 1046 1047 1048 1049 1050
1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1059 1060 1061 1062 1063 1064 1066
1067 1068 1069 1070 1071 1075 1076 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 3033 3034 3035 3036 3037 3038 3039 3043
3044 3045 3055 3056 3057 3058 3059 3060 3062 3063 3064 3065
3069 3070 3071 4013 4014 4015 4019 4020 4021 4025 4026 4038
4039 4047

District 003
Toombs County
VTD: 2791192 - 1192 BLUE RIDGE
VTD: 27915361 - 15361 LYONS
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 2045 2046 2047 3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017
3018 3023 3024 3025 3026 3027 3028 3029 3030 3046
1059 2000 2001 2007 2010 2011 2012 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2033 2034 2035 2036
2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2044 2045 2046 2047 2048
2049 2050 2051 2052 2053 2067 2068 2069 2070 2071
1022
VTD: 27915362 - 15362 SANTA CLAUS
1047 1048 1049 1050 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057 1073
1074 1075 1076 1086 1087 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2044 3000
3001 3047 4008 4009 4021 4022 4023 4025 4027 4076 4077
1049 1050 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057 1058 1060 1061
1062 1087 1088 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2013 2014
2015 2016 2017
1032 1033 1034 1035 1036
VTD: 2791715 - 1715 NORMANTOWN
VTD: 2791770 - 1770 OHOOPEE
VTD: 27939 - 39 NEWBRANCH
VTD: 279511 - 511 OLD HEALTH
1037 1038 1039 1040 1041 1046 1047 1048 1063 1064 1065 1069
3000 3001 3002 3003
1000 1001 1003 1004 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1015 1019 1020
1021 1022 1023 1024 1032 1077

District 004
Toombs County
VTD: 2791403 - 1403 MARVIN
VTD: 2791521 - 1521 HARDEN
VTD: 27915362 - 15362 SANTA CLAUS
4024
4005 4068 4069 4070 4071 4073 4074
2014 2015 2022 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043
2044 2045 2046 2047 2048 2049 2050 2051 2052 2053 2054 2055
2057 2058 2059 2060 2061 2062 2065 2066 2067 2068 2069 2070
2071 2072 2073 2075 2076 2077 2078 3001 3002 3003 3004 3012
VTD: 2791823 - 1823 CENTER
VTD: 27943 - 43 CEDAR CROSSING
VTD: 279512 - 512 S.T.I.
4003
VTD: 279514 - 514 S.T.I.A.L.C
3042 3046 5022 5023 5024