Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 1259 - LaGrange, City of; grievance and appeals board

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1. Epps  131st            2. Brown  130th            3. Smith  102nd


House Comm: LLeg       /                Senate Comm: SLGO       /                                   
House Vote: Yeas 102   Nays 3           Senate Vote: Yeas 50  Nays 0                                
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               House          Action         Senate                                                 
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              1/11/96  Read 1st Time         1/23/96                                                
              1/12/96  Read 2nd Time                                                                
              1/22/96  Favorably Reported    1/25/96                                                
              1/22/96  Read 3rd Time                                                                
              1/22/96  Passed/Adopted        1/25/96                                                
              3/20/96  Sent to Governor                                                             
              3/25/96  Signed by Governor                                                           
              591      Act/Veto Number                                                              
              3/25/96  Effective Date                                                               
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HB 1259                                            LC 24 0268






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of
  1- 2  LaGrange, Georgia, approved March 8, 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, p.
  1- 3  2191), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 5,
  1- 4  1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 4617), so as to authorize the creation
  1- 5  or abolition by ordinance of a grievance and appeals board
  1- 6  to hear and determine certain personnel issues and to fix
  1- 7  the procedure, rules, and regulations therefor; to authorize
  1- 8  the grievance appeals board to issue subpoenas to compel
  1- 9  attendance of witnesses and production of documents and to
  1-10  provide for the enforcement of the subpoena by the judge of
  1-11  the State Court of Troup County, Georgia; to provide for
  1-12  related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal
  1-13  conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1-14       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1-15  An Act creating a new charter for the City of LaGrange,
  1-16  Georgia, approved March 8, 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, p. 2191), as
  1-17  amended, particularly by an Act approved April 5, 1994 (Ga.
  1-18  L. 1994, p. 4617), is amended by striking Section 2.18
  1-19  thereof and inserting a new Section 2.18 to read as follows:

  1-20                         "SECTION 2.18.
  1-21                 Inquiries and investigations.

  1-22    (a) The mayor and council may make inquiries and
  1-23    investigations into the affairs of the city and conduct of
  1-24    any department, office, or agency thereof and for this
  1-25    purpose may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, take
  1-26    testimony, and require the production of evidence.  Any
  1-27    person who fails or refuses to obey a lawful order issued
  1-28    in the exercise of these powers by the mayor and council
  1-29    shall be punished as provided by ordinance.

  1-30    (b) The mayor and council of the City of LaGrange are
  1-31    hereby authorized to create or to abolish, by ordinance, a
  1-32    grievance and appeals board for the city to hear,
  1-33    determine, and decide personnel issues as defined therein;


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                                                  LC 24 0268

  2- 1    to fix the number of, qualifications, and terms for
  2- 2    membership on such board; and to fix the rules,
  2- 3    regulations, policies, and procedures for the grievance
  2- 4    appeals board.

  2- 5    (c) The grievance appeals board may, by ordinance, be
  2- 6    authorized to issue subpoenas to require the attendance of
  2- 7    witnesses or the production of documentary or other
  2- 8    evidence, to fix a standard witness fee, and to provide
  2- 9    for the enforcement of such subpoena by the judge of the
  2-10    State Court of Troup County, Georgia, upon petition by the
  2-11    city manager or any other party filing the petition,
  2-12    including but not limited to assessment of attorney's fees
  2-13    and costs for filing such petition."

                         SECTION 2.

  2-14  This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the
  2-15  Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.

                         SECTION 3.

  2-16  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2-17  repealed.



























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