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SB 369 - Metro Area Planning/Develop. Commissions - membership

Thompson, Steve (33rd)

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A bill to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 8 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to metropolitan area planning and development commissions, so as to change the membership of such commissions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

SB 369 00                                          LC 19 4485 
 
      SENATE BILL 369 
 
      By:  Senator Thompson of the 33rd 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Article 4 of Chapter 8 of Title 50 of the Official 
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to metropolitan area 
  1- 3  planning and development commissions, so as to change the 
  1- 4  membership of such commissions; to provide for related 
  1- 5  matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 6       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1- 7                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1- 8  Article 4 of Chapter 8 of Title 50 of the Official Code of 
  1- 9  Georgia Annotated, relating to metropolitan area planning 
  1-10  and development commissions, is amended by striking 
  1-11  subsection (a) of Code Section 50-8-84, relating to 
  1-12  membership of commissions, and inserting in lieu thereof a 
  1-13  new subsection (a) to read as follows: 
 
  1-14    "(a) The members of a commission for an area shall consist 
  1-15    of: 
 
  1-16      (1) The chairman chairperson of the board of 
  1-17      commissioners of each county within the area; 
 
  1-18      (2) The mayor of the most populous municipality within 
  1-19      the area; 
 
  1-20      (3) From each county within the area, except the most 
  1-21      populous county within the area, the mayor of a 
  1-22      municipality within such county, to be designated by 
  1-23      majority vote of the mayors (except the mayor of the 
  1-24      most populous municipality within the area) of all 
  1-25      municipalities lying within such county, provided that 
  1-26      if the mayors of the municipalities eligible to vote on 
  1-27      such matter fail to designate one of their number within 
  1-28      45 days after a vacancy exists, one of their number 
  1-29      shall be selected by a majority vote of the county 
  1-30      commission of the applicable county; 
 
  1-31      (4) From the most populous county within the area, the 
  1-32      mayor of a municipality located within the northern half 
  1-33      of such county elected by majority vote of the mayors of 
 
 
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  2- 1      all municipalities located within the northern half of 
  2- 2      such county and the mayor of a municipality located 
  2- 3      within the southern half of such county elected by a 
  2- 4      majority vote of the mayors of all municipalities 
  2- 5      located within the southern half of such county, 
  2- 6      provided that if the mayors of the municipalities 
  2- 7      eligible to vote on such matter fail to designate one of 
  2- 8      their number within 45 days after a vacancy exists, one 
  2- 9      of their number shall be selected by a majority vote of 
  2-10      the county commission of the most populous county in the 
  2-11      area; 
 
  2-12      (5) A member appointed by the governing authority of the 
  2-13      municipality which serves as the county seat of each 
  2-14      county within the area; 
 
  2-15      (5)(6) A member of the legislative body of the most 
  2-16      populous municipality lying within the area chosen by 
  2-17      majority vote of the members of that legislative body; 
  2-18      and 
 
  2-19      (6)(7) Fifteen at-large members not holding elective or 
  2-20      appointed public office and not employed by any of the 
  2-21      political subdivisions of the area, who shall be elected 
  2-22      as follows: 
 
  2-23        (A) Within ten days after a commission has been 
  2-24        activated pursuant to Code Section 50-8-82 and within 
  2-25        90 days after the publication of a subsequent United 
  2-26        States decennial census, the members of the General 
  2-27        Assembly whose representative or senatorial districts 
  2-28        lie wholly or partially within an area shall meet upon 
  2-29        call by the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
  2-30        and the President of the Senate and shall divide the 
  2-31        area into 15 districts. Each district shall contain 
  2-32        approximately the same population; shall consist of 
  2-33        combinations of contiguous census tracts from the 
  2-34        latest available United States decennial census; but 
  2-35        may cross the boundary lines of political 
  2-36        subdivisions; and 
 
  2-37        (B) Within ten days after the area has been so divided 
  2-38        into districts, the public members of a commission 
  2-39        shall meet upon call of the chairman chairperson of 
  2-40        the county commission of the most populous county 
  2-41        within its area and elect one resident of each 
  2-42        district as a member of the commission." 
 
 
 
 
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  3- 1                           SECTION 2. 
 
  3- 2  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  3- 3  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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