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ORDINANCE NO.
6805
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF AUGUSTA-RICHMOND
COUNTY REGARDING THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION;
~ 1-4-111, "COMPOSITION, APPOINTMENT AND VOTING"; AND
CODE OF AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY, ~ 1-4-122, "MEETINGS"
AND TO MAKE EDITORIAL CHANGES IN THE FOLLOWING ~~
RESPECTING THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION, TO WIT:
AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE ~ 1-4-115(a); AND AUGUSTA-
RICHMOND COUNTY CODE ~ 1-4-116(1) AND TO REPEAL ANY
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY COMMISSION
AND IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE SAME, THAT THE
AUGUST A-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE REGARDING THE HUMAN RELATIONS
COMMISSION BE AMENDED AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED:
SECTION 1:
Sl-4-111 OF THE AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE (HEREINAFTER "THE
CODE") IS RESTATED IN ITS ENTIRETY AS FOLLOWS:
~ 1-4-111 COMPOSITION, APPOINTMENTS AND VOTING.
The HRC shall be composed of twelve (12) members with each Augusta-Richmond County
Commissioner appointing one member to the HRC to represent each Commission District, and
the Augusta-Richmond County legislative delegation appointing two members at large. Each
member shall be of majority age and reside within Augusta-Richmond County. The Mayor of
Augusta-Richmond County (hereinafter "Mayor") or his or her designee, shall be an ex-officio
non-voting member of the HRC. Appointment shall be made in accordance with S 1-4-1 of the
Augusta-Richmond County Code (hereinafter "the Code"). The HRC chairman shall not vote
except in the event of a tie vote among the voting HRC commissioners.
SECTION 2:
S 1-4-122 OF THE AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE (HEREINAFTER "THE
CODE") IS RESTATED IN ITS ENTIRETY AS FOLLOWS:
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~ 1-4-122 MEETINGS
The Human Relations Commission regularly meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month at
3:30 o'clock p.m. in the Lee Beard Augusta-Richmond County Commission Chambers on the
eighth floor, Augusta-Richmond County Municipal Building, 530 Greene Street, Augusta,
Georgia 30911 and may set the time, place and frequency of any special meetings to effectuate
the purpose of this article. All such meetings, both regular and special, shall be open to the
public and be conducted consistent with the Georgia Open Meetings and Open Records statutes.
SECTION 3:
S 1-4-115( a) is editorially revised by deleting therefrom after the words "handicapped or age" a
colon "(:)" and there is substituted therefore a semicolon "(;)" and S 1-4-116( f) is editorially
revised by deleting after the last word in said subsection the semicolon "(;)" and substituting
therefore a period "(.)".
SECTION 4:
All laws or ordinances or parts of law or ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 5:
This ordinance shall become effective upon its adoption and in accordance with applicable laws.
Adopted this
21
day of
June
,2005.
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First reading.
Second Reading:
I, the undersigned, clerk, certify that the foregoing is a
true and correct copy of an ordinance adopted by the said Augusta-Richmond County
Commission at a meeting held on the following date, to wit: , 2005 as
the same appears on the minutes of said commission this _ day of
Clerk
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