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Home My WebLink AboutTEMPORARY REDUCTION OF COMMISSIONERS TERMS ACT NO 69 H B 553 OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE .J, .1(_,. e. .JJ-J.~ SIIC~ 0/ Sial. 0/ tI.. Sial. 0/ q.O"fia, Jo l.,..t, C."ti/, tIuJ the four pages of photocopied matter hereto attached contains a true and correct copy of an Act approved by the Governor on May 16, 2007 numbered Act Number 69 (H.B. 553); all as same appear of file and record in this office. " (\ ':)" ,,~\\ \ '. ' \ I : I IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, at the Capitol, in the City of Atlanta, this 23rd day of May, in the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the Two Hundred and Thirty-First. 1"- -'\' .,111,1;, f(/)' l "'1 ,,-,t;1 " ' .\')iI"";" '), \ '. \ . \, ~ t !kid Karen C. Handel, Secretary of State , , I :/ "" 'l! .1 / / J) ./ \/' / / ENROLLMENT A-ov'l J "'3 cJ 20i!j The COmmi~of the House on Information and H.B. No. 'i'i':\ Audits has examiRed the within and fmds the same General properly enrolled._, 8J/~~ Received &f7/~ Secretary, Executive Department Thi3:L'/:1if.y of -A{Yi I 20QJ APPJ~I Thi/ ~ day of 2ed Art No (07 Assembly AN ACT To amend an Act providing for the consolidation of Richmond County and the City of Augusta, approved March 27, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p.' 3648), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 8, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 3769), so as to provide for the election and terms of the members of the Augusta-Richmond County Commission; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. IN HOUSE Read I sf time Read 2nd time Read 3 rd time 2-27-07 2-28-07 3-27-07 And Passed Yeas 154 Nays . 0 /24-/~~~~~HOU" IN SENATE Read pt time 3 - 2 7 - 0 7 Read 2nd time Read 3rd time And Passed 4-13-07 Yeas 46 Nays 0 etary of the Senate By: Reps. Murphy of the 120tb, Fra r of the 123rd, and Howard of the 121sf " AN ACT To amend an Act providing for the consolidation of Richmond County and the City of Augusta, approved March 27, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3648), as amended, so as to provide for eligibility for office, election, and tenus of members of the Augusta-Richmond County Commission; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION 1. An Act providing for the consolidation of Richmond County and the City of Augusta, approved March 27, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3648), as amended, is amended by revising the last undesignated paragraph in subsection (c) of Section 2 as follows: "No person who has served more than three-fourths of a second consecutive full term of office as commissioner shall again be eligible to hold office as commissioner until after the expiration of four years from the conclusion of the last full term of office to which such person was elected as commissioner." SECTION 2. Said Act is further amended by revising subsections (a) and (b) of Section 3 as follows: "(a) Those members of the commission who were serving as such on January 1,2007, 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)( 1) Those members of the commission who are elected to serve Commission Districts 2,4, 6, 8, and 10 shall be elected at the election held on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2007, shall take office on January 1, 2008, and shall serve until December 31, 2010, and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter, their successors shall be nominated and elected by majority vote as provided in this section at the general election held in the even-numbered year immediately preceding the expiration of their respective terms of office, shall take office on the first day of January immediately following the date of their election, and shall have terms of office of four years and until their respective successors are elected and qualified, Each member of the Commission shall be elected by the electors residing within such member's commission district. The initial three-year terms of office provided for in this paragraph shall be considered full tenus of office for purposes of term limitations. H. B. 553 - I - (2) Those members of the commission who are elected to serve Commission Districts 1,3,5, 7, and 9 shall be elected at the election held on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2009, shall take office on January 1, 2010, and shall serve until December 3 1, 2012, and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter, their successors shall be nominated and elected by majority vote as provided in this section at the general election held in the even-numbered year immediately preceding the expiration of their respective terms of office, shall take office on the first day of January immediately following the date of their election, and shall have terms of office of four years and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. Each member of the commission shall be elected by the electors residing within such member's commission district. The initial three-year tenus of office provided for in this paragraph shall be considered full terms of office for purposes of term limitations. (3) The mayor pro tempore shall be a member of the commission." SECTION 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed. H. B. 553 - 2 - ~~~~reNnON.TO INTROCVi?' lOC/,~ NOUc+ I, glYet\ tllat tn". will be InlrQduCGd _I ". ~u1ar 2001 ...$kIn a1 tho Git",,",' .....""'"' I)ly p, Oea'i1a ., ~III to "monel an Act provldlttg ~ ~~vG:'~~:~7~::,:~~m~~;~771~ Ga.l. i~5 p. 1644) u ~.nu.dl end 1\), Olhlwf ~~'~"J"'\IOI)'."" ~=~o:~*~~ '.0. 1. 2007 ^av., 1'....OGD GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, duly authorized to administer oaths, Quincy Murphy, who on oath deposes and says that he is the Representative from District 120 and further deposes and says that the attached Notice of Intention to Introduce Local Legislation was published in the Augusta Chronicle which is the official organ of Richmond County on February I, 2007, and that the notice requirements of Code Section 28-1-14 have been met. sl Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 9th day of February 2007. l>gfD<- ~ Susan Gordon Notary Public, Rockdale County, Georgia My Commission Expires Nov. 18, 2009 (SEAL) ",""1"'", ,,\\'~~ GORD'II',~, j~,~J,~~::O-tAR, ..r...'O~:-l/'\ ~t:/;)~~ : ~' G'G'O\tGlA ~ ~, '~ z~~- ;" tlol/. \6. f....: \"S! ' PuB\.\~ ::::,~i ''''~C''V . -~..... CO"...',,, "",;'DALE """ "'h...II"" APPROVED NAY 1 6 2007 BY GOVERNOR H. B. 553