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(a) The Board of Education of Pulaski County shall be composed of seven members who shall be elected as provided in this Act. Those members of the Board of Education of Pulaski County who are serving as such on December 31, 2002, and any person selected to fill a vacancy in any such office shall continue to serve as such members until the regular expiration of their respective terms of office and upon the election and qualification of their respective successors. On and after January 1, 2003, the Board of Education of Pulaski County shall consist of seven members all of whom shall be elected from education districts described in subsection (b) of this section. Education Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, as they exist on December 31, 2002, shall continue to be designated as Education Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, respectively, but as newly described under this Act, and on and after January 1, 2003, such members of the board serving from those former education districts shall be deemed to be serving from and representing their respective districts as newly described under this Act.
(b) For purposes of electing members of the board of education, the Pulaski County School District is divided into seven education districts. One member of the board shall be elected from each such district. The seven education districts shall be and correspond to those seven numbered districts described in and attached to and made a part of this Act and further identified as Plan Name: pulaskiwk3 Plan Type: Local User: Gina Administrator: Pulaski Co.
(c) When used in such attachment, the terms 'Tract' and 'BG' (Block Group) shall mean and describe the same geographical boundaries as provided in the report of the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia. The separate numeric designations in a Tract description which are underneath a 'BG' heading shall mean and describe individual Blocks within a Block Group as provided in the report of the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia. Any part of the Pulaski County School District which is not included in any such district described in that attachment shall be included within that district contiguous to such part which contains the least population according to the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia. Any part of the Pulaski County School District which is described in that attachment as being in a particular district shall nevertheless not be included within such district if such part is not contiguous to such district. Such noncontiguous part shall instead be included within that district contiguous to such part which contains the least population according to the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia. Except as otherwise provided in the description of any education district, whenever the description of such district refers to a named city, it shall mean the geographical boundaries of that city as shown on the census map for the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia.
(d) Each member of the board of education shall be a resident of the respective education district during the member's term of office. Each person offering for election as a member of said board shall specify the education district for which the person is offering. Each member of the board shall be elected by a majority vote of the qualified voters voting within each respective district. All members of the board shall be elected in nonpartisan elections without prior nonpartisan primaries as provided for in this Act, and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of the general election laws of this state."