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02 LC 19 5370
Senate Bill
429
By: Senator Brush of the 24th
AS
PASSED
AN ACT
To amend an Act creating the board of commissioners of
Columbia County, approved March 21, 1980 (Ga. L. 1980, p. 3699), as amended,
particularly by an Act approved February 10, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 3699), so as
to reapportion the commissioner districts; to define certain terms; to provide
for members currently serving; to provide for the submission of this Act to the
United States Department of Justice; to provide for related matters; to provide
effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
An Act creating the board of commissioners of Columbia
County, approved March 21, 1980 (Ga. L. 1980, p. 3699), as amended,
particularly by an Act approved February 10, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 3699), is
amended by striking in their entirety subsections (b) and (c) of Section 1 and
inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
"(b)
For the purpose of electing members of the board, with the exception of the
board chairperson who shall be elected county-wide, Columbia County is divided
into four commissioner districts. The four commissioner districts shall be and
correspond to those four numbered districts described in and attached to and
made a part of this Act and further identified as Plan Name: colccp1 Plan Type:
Local User: Tara Administrator: Columbia.
(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 Columbia County 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 Columbia County 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 commissioner 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."
SECTION 2.
It is the purpose of this Act to reapportion the districts
from which members of the board of commissioners of Columbia County are to be
elected in the November, 2002, general election and in subsequent general
elections, and this Act results from changes in population based on the United
States decennial census of 2000. It is not the intention of the General Assembly
to affect the membership of current members of the board, their terms of office,
or the manner in which their successors shall be elected, and such matters shall
remain as provided by law on the effective date of this Act until otherwise
amended by law, except to the extent of reapportioning the districts represented
by such members.
SECTION 3.
It shall be the duty of the attorney of the board of
commissioners of Columbia County to submit this Act for approval pursuant to
Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as
amended.
SECTION 4.
The provisions of this Act relating to and necessary for the
regular election in 2002 of members of the board of commissioners of Columbia
County shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming effective without such approval; and this Act shall otherwise become
effective January 1, 2003.
SECTION 5.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
repealed.
Plan Name: colccp1 Plan Type: Local User:
Tara Administrator: Columbia
Redistricting Plan
Components Report
District
001
Columbia County
Tract: 301.01
BG: 3
BG: 4
Tract: 301.02
Tract: 303.03
BG: 2
BG: 3
3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007
3008 3009 3010 3011
3016 3017 3018 3019 3022 3028
3029 3030 3031 3032 3033 3034
3035 3036 3037 3039
3040 3041 3042 3043 3044 3045 3046 3047
3048 3049
3992 3993 3997 3998 3999
District
002
Columbia County
Tract: 301.01
BG: 1
BG: 2
Tract: 302.01
Tract: 302.02
Tract:
302.03
Tract: 305.02
BG: 4
4000 4001 4002 4003 4004
4005
Tract:
306.03
District
003
Columbia County
Tract: 303.02
Tract:
303.03
BG: 3
3012
3013 3014 3015 3020 3021 3023 3024 3025 3026 3027 3038
3994 3995 3996
BG: 4
Tract: 303.04
Tract:
303.05
Tract: 304
BG: 1
BG: 2
2000
2001 2002 2003
BG: 3
3001
BG: 4
4000
4001 4002 4003 4004 4005 4006 4007 4010 4998 4999
BG: 5
5000 5001 5021 5022 5023 5025 5998
5999
BG: 7
District
004
Columbia County
Tract: 304
BG: 2
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
2998
2999
BG:
3
3000 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009
3010 3011 3012
3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 3018 3019
3020 3021 3022 3023 3024
3025 3026
3027
BG: 4
4008
4009 4011
BG: 5
5002 5003 5004 5005 5006 5007 5008 5009 5010 5011 5012
5013
5014 5015 5016 5017 5018 5019 5020 5024 5996
5997
Tract: 305.01
Tract: 305.02
BG: 4
4006 4007 4008 4009 4010 4011 4012 4013 4014 4015 4016
4017
4018 4019 4020 4021 4022 4023 4024 4025 4026
4027 4028 4029
4030 4031 4032 4033 4034 4035 4036
4037 4038 4039 4040 4041
4042 4043 4044 4045 4046
4047 4048 4049 4050 4051 4052 4053
4054 4055 4056
4057 4058 4059 4060
BG:
5