Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions

SB 689 - Polk Co. Water Auth. - rename

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1. Dean  31st


Senate Comm: SLGO       /         House Comm: LLeg       /                                          
Senate Vote: Yeas 51    Nays 0                                                                      
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             2/7/96    Read 1st time          2/12/96                                               
             2/9/96    Favorably Reported     2/28/96                                               
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                       Read 2nd Time          2/13/96                                               
                       Read 3rd Time          2/28/96                                               
             2/9/96    Passed/Adopted         2/28/96                                               
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             3/29/96   Sent To Governor                                                             
             4/4/96    Signed by Governor                                                           
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SB 689 96                                            SB689/AP

      SENATE BILL 689

      By:  Senator Dean of the 31st


                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend an Act creating the Polk County Water Authority,
  1- 2  approved April 14, 1967 (Ga. L. 1967, p. 3108), as amended,
  1- 3  particularly by an Act approved March 24, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994,
  1- 4  p.3876), so as to rename the authority; to add a member to
  1- 5  the authority and provide for the qualifications,
  1- 6  appointment, and term of office of such member; to provide
  1- 7  for veto power of the chairman and for overriding such veto;
  1- 8  to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws;
  1- 9  and for other purposes.

  1-10       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1-11  An Act creating the Polk County Water Authority, approved
  1-12  April 14, 1967 (Ga. L. 1967, p. 3108), as amended,
  1-13  particularly by an Act approved March 24, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994,
  1-14  p. 3876), is amended by striking in its entirety Section 1
  1-15  and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

                        "SECTION 1.
                        Short title.

  1-16  This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Polk County
  1-17  Water, Sewage, and Solid Waste Authority Act.' The authority
  1-18  created by this Act is renamed the Polk County Water,
  1-19  Sewage, and Solid Waste Authority, and any reference to the
  1-20  Polk County Water Authority or to the authority shall be
  1-21  deemed to refer to the Polk County Water, Sewage, and Solid
  1-22  Waste Authority."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-23  Said Act is further amended by inserting in Section 2 new
  1-24  subsections to be designated subsection (j) and subsection
  1-25  (k) to read as follows:

  1-26    "(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
  1-27    there shall be a sixth member of the authority, who shall
  1-28    be a member of the Polk County Board of Commissioners who
  1-29    shall be appointed by such board. Notwithstanding any

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  2- 1    other provision of this section, such member shall be
  2- 2    appointed for a term of one year and may serve an
  2- 3    unlimited number of terms as long as such member continues
  2- 4    to be a member of the Polk County Board of Commissioners.
  2- 5    Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, such
  2- 6    member shall not be required to be a user of the
  2- 7    facilities of the authority or to reside outside the
  2- 8    corporate limits of a municipality. Notwithstanding any
  2- 9    other provision of this section, any vacancy in the
  2-10    position of the sixth member shall be filled for the
  2-11    unexpired term by appointment of the Polk County Board of
  2-12    Commissioners.

  2-13    (k) Any resolution of the authority may be vetoed by the
  2-14    chairman following the adoption of such resolution. To
  2-15    veto a resolution, the chairman shall send or cause to be
  2-16    sent to each other member of the authority a written
  2-17    message specifying the resolution vetoed and the reason
  2-18    for such veto within ten days following the adoption of
  2-19    such resolution. At the following meeting of the
  2-20    authority, if four members of the authority vote to
  2-21    override the veto of the chairman, the resolution shall be
  2-22    adopted as the policy of the authority."

                         SECTION 3.

  2-23  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2-24  repealed.





















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