Bill Text: GA SB526 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Catoosa County; office of commissioner; change the description of the commissioner districts

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-22 - House Second Readers [SB526 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-SB526-Engrossed.html

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12 LC 28 6246

Senate Bill 526

By: Senator Mullis of the 53rd

AS PASSED SENATE

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act creating the office of commissioner of Catoosa County, approved February 23, 1943 (Ga. L. 1943, p. 858), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 6, 2005 (Ga. L. 2005, p. 4011), so as to change the description of the commissioner districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for the submission of this Act for preclearance 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 creating the office of commissioner of Catoosa County, approved February 23, 1943 (Ga. L. 1943, p. 858), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 6, 2005 (Ga. L. 2005, p. 4011), is amended by revising Section 2 as follows:

"SECTION 2.

(a) For the purpose of electing members of the board of commissioners, Catoosa County shall be divided into five commissioner districts. Commissioner Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4 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: catsbcc-2012 Plan Type: Local Administrator: Catoosa User: SE'. Commissioner District 5 shall be comprised of the entire geographic area of Catoosa County.

(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 Catoosa County 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 Catoosa County 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.

(a) Those members of the Board of Commissioners of Catoosa County who are serving as such on the effective date of this Act 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.
(b) Commissioner Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4, as they exist immediately prior to the effective date of this Act, 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 3.

The Board of Commissioners of Catoosa 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, not 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.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
Plan: catsbcc-2012
Plan Type: Local
Administrator: Catoosa
User: SE

District 001
Catoosa County
VTD: 047CHAM - CHAMBERS
VTD: 047FTO - FT OGLETHORPE
VTD: 047LAKE - LAKEVIEW
VTD: 047WDST - WOODSTATION
030303:
1025 1026 1027 1028 1029 1030 1031 1032 1034 1036 1037 1038
1039 1040 1041 1044

District 002
Catoosa County
VTD: 047BOYN - BOYNTON
VTD: 047DPK - DUNCAN PARK
VTD: 047WEST - WESTSIDE

District 003
Catoosa County
VTD: 047GRAY - GRAYSVILLE
VTD: 047RING - RINGGOLD

District 004
Catoosa County
VTD: 047BLCK - BLACKSTOCK
VTD: 047CAKT - CATOOSA KEITH
VTD: 047POPS - POPLAR SPRINGS
VTD: 047WDST - WOODSTATION
030303:
1042 1043
030304:
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 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
030401:
1022 1025 1026 1027 1029