10 LC
34 2603S
The
Senate Transportation Committee offered the following substitute to SR
1126:
A
RESOLUTION
Proposing
an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that members of the State
Transportation Board may be recalled and shall be elected to serve for four-year
terms; to provide for submission of this amendment for ratification or
rejection; and for other purposes.
BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
IV, Section IV, Paragraph I of the Constitution is amended by revising
subparagraph (a) as follows:
"(a)
There shall be a State Transportation Board composed of as many members as there
are congressional districts in the state. The member of the board from each
congressional district shall be elected by a majority vote of the members of the
House of Representatives and Senate whose respective districts are embraced or
partly embraced within such congressional district meeting in caucus. The
members of the board in office on
June 30,
1983
December 31,
2010, shall
not
serve out the remainder of their respective terms. The General Assembly shall
provide by law the procedure for the election of members,
and
for filling vacancies on the
board, and for
recall of members. Members shall serve
for terms of
four
years, unless
recalled, and until their successors are
elected and
qualified, as
provided by law."
SECTION
2.
The
above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be published and submitted as
provided in Article X, Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution. The ballot
submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon
the following:
|
"( ) YES
( ) NO
|
Shall
the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to provide that members of the
State Transportation Board may be recalled and shall be elected to serve for
four-year terms?"
|
All
persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote
"Yes." All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment
shall vote "No." If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said
Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of
this state.