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House Bill 589 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By: Representatives Buckner of the 109^th and Smith of the 110^th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act reconstituting the Board of Education of Talbot County, approved April 5, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4710), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 4, 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 3687), so as to revise the districts for the election of members of the board of education; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for submission of this Act for preclearance pursuant to Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

An Act reconstituting the Board of Education of Talbot County, approved April 5, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4710), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 4, 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 3687), is amended by striking Section 2 and inserting in lieu thereof a new Section 2 to read as follows:

(a) For the purpose of electing members to the Talbot County Board of Education, the Talbot County School District is divided into five education districts which shall be and correspond to those five numbered districts described in and attached to and made a part of this Act and further identified as Plan Name: talbot3 Plan Type: Local User: Gina Administrator: Talbot Co.

(b) 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 Talbot 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 Talbot 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 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.
(c) The present members of the board of education shall serve for the terms of office for which they were elected and until their successors are elected and qualified. Members of the board of education shall be deemed to represent the education district provided for in subsection (a) of this section which number corresponds to the education district for which they were elected. Beginning with the primary and general elections held in 2004 and thereafter at which members of the board of education are elected, members shall be elected from the education districts provided for in subsection (a) of this section."

The Board of Education of Talbot County shall through its legal counsel cause this Act to be submitted for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; and such submission shall be made to the United States Department of Justice or filed with the appropriate court no later than 45 days after the date on which this Act is approved by the Governor or otherwise becomes law without such approval.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.