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HB 1259 - Clay County; board of commissioners; amend provisions

Greene, Gerald E (158th)

Status Summary	HC:	LLeg	SC:	SLGO	FR:	01/26/00	LA:	04/19/00	Signed by Governor

First Reader Summary

A BILL to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Clay County, so as to change the provisions relating to the chairperson and vice chairperson of the board of commissioners and their selection and terms; to change the provisions relating to the compensation of the chairperson and members of the board of commissioners; and for other purposes.

HB 1259                                             LC 9 0187 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Clay 
  1- 2  County, approved February 16, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Jan. - Feb. 
  1- 3  Sess., p. 2326), as amended, so as to change the provisions 
  1- 4  relating to the chairperson and vice chairperson of the 
  1- 5  board of commissioners and their selection and terms; to 
  1- 6  change the provisions relating to the compensation of the 
  1- 7  chairperson and members of the board of commissioners; to 
  1- 8  provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and 
  1- 9  for other purposes. 
 
  1-10       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1-11                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-12  An Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Clay County, 
  1-13  approved February 16, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Jan. - Feb. Sess., 
  1-14  p. 2326), as amended, is amended by striking Section 8 of 
  1-15  said Act and inserting in its place the following: 
 
 
 
  1-16    At the first meeting of the board of commissioners in 
  1-17    January of each year, the board shall select one of the 
  1-18    members of the board as chairperson.  The chairperson so 
  1-19    selected shall hold such office until the first meeting in 
  1-20    January of the following year.  The chairperson shall have 
  1-21    such powers and duties as provided in this Act and by 
  1-22    ordinance or resolution of the board.  At the first 
  1-23    meeting in January of each year, the board shall also 
  1-24    select a vice chairperson, who shall serve as chairperson 
  1-25    when the chairperson is absent." 
 
  1-26                           SECTION 2. 
 
  1-27  Said Act is further amended by striking Section 9 of said 
  1-28  Act and inserting in its place the following: 
 
 
 
  1-29    (a) As used in this section, the term 'base salary of the 
  1-30    clerk of the Superior Court of Clay County' means the 
 
 
 
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  2- 1    minimum annual compensation now or hereafter payable to 
  2- 2    the clerk of the Superior Court of Clay County as 
  2- 3    specified in subsection (a) of Code Section 15-6-88 of the 
  2- 4    Official Code of Georgia Annotated as increased for 
  2- 5    cost-of-living increases awarded pursuant to subsection 
  2- 6    (b) of said Code section, but excluding any longevity 
  2- 7    increases, fees, or compensation for other services 
  2- 8    performed by the clerk. 
 
  2- 9    (b) The chairperson of the board of commissioners shall 
  2-10    receive as compensation a salary equal to 21 percent of 
  2-11    the base salary of the clerk of the Superior Court of Clay 
  2-12    County.  Each of the other members of the board of 
  2-13    commissioners shall receive as compensation a salary equal 
  2-14    to 8 percent of the base salary of the clerk of the 
  2-15    Superior Court of Clay County." 
 
  2-16                           SECTION 3. 
 
  2-17  This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2001. 
 
  2-18                           SECTION 4. 
 
  2-19  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  2-20  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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