09 LC
37 0897/AP
House
Bill 709 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representative Carter of the
159th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act incorporating the City of Port Wentworth, approved February 6, 1957
(Ga. L. 1957, p. 2003), as amended, so as to reconstitute the governing
authority of the city; to provide for council districts; to provide for
submission of this Act for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of
1965, as amended; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and
for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA
SECTION
1.
An
Act incorporating the City of Port Wentworth, approved February 6, 1957 (Ga. L.
1957, p. 2003), as amended, is amended by revising subsection (b) of Section 4A
as follows:
"(b)
For purposes of electing members of the city council, other than the mayor and
the two at-large councilmembers, the City of Port Wentworth is divided into four
council districts. One member of the council shall be elected from each such
district. The four council 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: pwcc4dp3 Plan Type: Local User: reapp
Administrator: Port Wentworth."
SECTION
2.
Said
Act is further amended by striking in its entirety the attachment thereto
containing the descriptions of commissioner districts which is identified as
Plan Name: pwcc4dp2re Plan Type: Local User: staff Administrator: Port
Wentworth.
SECTION
3.
The
governing authority of the City of Port Wentworth shall through its legal
counsel cause this Act to be submitted for preclearance under the federal Voting
Rights Act of 1965, as amended; 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.
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.