Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 1859 - Bartow County; board of education; advisory referendum

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1. Lewis  14th            2. Cummings  27th          3. Childers  13th


House Comm: LLeg       /                Senate Comm: SLGO       /                                   
House Vote: Yeas 129   Nays 0           Senate Vote: Yeas     Nays                                  
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              3/5/96   Read 1st Time         3/8/96                                                 
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              3/7/96   Favorably Reported                                                           
              3/7/96   Read 3rd Time                                                                
              3/7/96   Passed/Adopted                                                               
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HB 1859                                             LC 9 8789






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To provide for an advisory referendum election to be held in
  1- 2  the Bartow County School District for the purpose of
  1- 3  determining whether each of the five members of the Bartow
  1- 4  County Board of Education should reside in a single-member
  1- 5  education district and be elected by the voters residing
  1- 6  only in that education district or should reside in a
  1- 7  single-member education district and be elected by the
  1- 8  voters of the entire Bartow County School District; to
  1- 9  provide for legislative findings and declarations; to
  1-10  provide for procedures and requirements; to provide for
  1-11  other matters relative to the foregoing; to repeal
  1-12  conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1-13       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1-14  It is the purpose of this Act to provide for an advisory
  1-15  referendum election to be held in the Bartow County School
  1-16  District for the purpose of ascertaining whether the
  1-17  electors of such school district are in favor of each of the
  1-18  five members of the Bartow County Board of Education being
  1-19  required to reside in a single-member education district and
  1-20  be elected by the voters residing only in that education
  1-21  district or being required to reside in a single-member
  1-22  education district and be elected by the voters of the
  1-23  entire Bartow County School District.

                         SECTION 2.

  1-24  (a) Unless prohibited by the federal Voting Rights Act of
  1-25  1965, as amended, the election superintendent of Bartow
  1-26  County shall call and conduct an advisory referendum
  1-27  election as provided in this section for the purpose of
  1-28  submitting one question to the electors of the Bartow County
  1-29  School District to determine whether the electors of such
  1-30  school district are in favor of each of the five members of
  1-31  the Bartow County Board of Education: (1) being required to
  1-32  reside in a single-member education district and be elected



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                                                   LC 9 8789

  2- 1  by the voters residing only in that education district, or
  2- 2  (2) being required to reside in a single-member education
  2- 3  district and be elected by the voters of the entire Bartow
  2- 4  County School District. The superintendent shall set the
  2- 5  date of such election for the Tuesday after the first Monday
  2- 6  in November, 1996, and shall issue the call therefor not
  2- 7  less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to that date.  The
  2- 8  superintendent shall cause the date and purpose of the
  2- 9  election to be published once a week for two weeks
  2-10  immediately preceding the date thereof in the official organ
  2-11  of Bartow County. The ballot shall have written or printed
  2-12  thereon the following:

  2-13                 "Advisory Referendum Election

  2-14    Select the manner of electing members of the Board of
  2-15    Education of Bartow County which you prefer by placing a
  2-16    check (/) mark or (X) in the appropriate space below.
  2-17    Vote for only one of the options below.

  2-18    If the Bartow County School District is divided into five
  2-19    education districts with one member of the board of
  2-20    education residing in each education district, do you
  2-21    want:

  2-22      _________ (1) The member of the board of education
  2-23      residing in each education district to be elected by the
  2-24      voters residing only within that education district; or

  2-25      _________ (2) Each member of the board of education to
  2-26      be elected by the voters of the entire Bartow County
  2-27      School District?"

  2-28  (b) It shall be the duty of the election superintendent of
  2-29  Bartow County to hold and conduct the advisory election
  2-30  provided for in this section and to tabulate the results of
  2-31  such election.  It shall be the further duty of said
  2-32  superintendent to certify the results of said election to
  2-33  the Secretary of State and to each member of the General
  2-34  Assembly whose Senatorial or Representative District lies
  2-35  wholly or partially within Bartow County.  The expense of
  2-36  such election shall be borne by Bartow County.

  2-37  (c) It is found, determined, and declared that the holding
  2-38  of the advisory referendum election provided for in this
  2-39  section is in all respects for the benefit of the people of
  2-40  Bartow County and the Bartow County School District, is for
  2-41  a public purpose, and is an essential governmental function
  2-42  for which public funds may be expended.



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                                                   LC 9 8789

                         SECTION 3.

  3- 1  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  3- 2  repealed.













































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