10 LC 28
4872/AP
House
Bill 959 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representative Benton of the
31st
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Arcade, approved April 5,
1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 4024), so as to provide for staggered terms
of office for members of the city council; to provide for related matters; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Arcade, approved April 5, 1995
(Ga. L. 1995, p. 4024), is amended by revising Section 2.11 as
follows:
"SECTION
2.11.
City councilmembers; terms and qualifications for office.
City councilmembers; terms and qualifications for office.
Except
as otherwise provided in Section 5.11 of this charter, the members of the city
council shall serve for terms of four years and until their respective
successors are elected and qualified. No person shall be eligible to serve as
mayor or councilmember unless that person shall have been a resident of the city
for 12 months prior to the date of the election of the mayor and members of the
council and each shall continue to reside therein during that period of service
and to be registered and qualified to vote in municipal elections of this
city."
SECTION
2.
Said
Act is further amended by revising Section 5.11 as follows:
"SECTION
5.11.
Regular elections; time for holding.
Regular elections; time for holding.
The
mayor and five councilmembers elected at the general municipal election in
November, 2009, shall serve for and during the four-year terms for which they
were elected and until their successors are elected and qualified. Of those
five persons elected as councilmembers at the general municipal election in
2013, the three elected councilmembers who received the least number of votes
shall serve for terms of two years each and until their respective successors
are elected and qualified. The two elected councilmembers who received the
highest number of votes in the November, 2013, general municipal election and
the mayor elected at the November, 2013, general municipal election shall serve
for terms of four years each and until their respective successors are elected
and qualified. All shall take office on the first day of January following
their elections. Thereafter, all successors to the mayor and five
councilmembers shall serve for terms of four years each and until their
respective successors are elected and qualified, and all shall take office on
the first day of January following their elections."
SECTION
3.
Said
Act is further amended by revising Section 5.14 as follows:
"SECTION
5.14.
Election of councilmembers by plurality vote.
Election of councilmembers by plurality vote.
Councilmembers
shall be elected from the city at large. In general elections in which there
are two council seats up for election, the two persons receiving the most votes
cast for the offices of councilmembers shall be elected to fill the positions
for councilmembers. In general elections in which there are three council seats
up for election, the three persons receiving the most votes cast for the offices
of councilmembers shall be elected to fill the positions for
councilmembers."
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.