| 3 | 3 | | By: Representatives Persinger of the 119 |
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| 5 | 5 | | , Gaines of the 120 |
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| 7 | 7 | | , and Efstration of the 104 |
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| 10 | 10 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 12 | | To amend an Act providing authority for members of the Board of Education of Barrow |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1 |
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| 14 | 14 | | County, approved April 19, 1971 (Ga. L. 1971, p. 3919), as amended, particularly by an Act2 |
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| 15 | 15 | | approved May 12, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3851), so as to revise a provision relating to filling3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | vacancies on the board; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for4 |
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| 17 | 17 | | other purposes.5 |
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| 18 | 18 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:6 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1.7 |
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| 20 | 20 | | An Act providing authority for members of the Board of Education of Barrow County,8 |
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| 21 | 21 | | approved April 19, 1971 (Ga. L. 1971, p. 3919), as amended, particularly by an Act approved9 |
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| 22 | 22 | | May 12, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3851), is amended by revising subsection (e) of Section 2 as10 |
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| 23 | 23 | | follows:11 |
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| 24 | 24 | | "(e)(1) If the vacancy occurs more than 270 days prior to the date of a general election12 |
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| 25 | 25 | | preceding the general election at which a successor will be elected to a new full term of13 |
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| 26 | 26 | | office, then such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term of office at a partisan14 |
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| 27 | 27 | | special election to be held on the same date as said general election preceding the general15 |
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| 28 | 28 | | election at which a successor will be elected to a new full term of office, provided that16 |
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| 31 | 31 | | such partisan special election shall be preceded by a special primary to be held in |
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| 33 | 33 | | conjunction with the general primary preceding such general election; and in this case the18 |
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| 34 | 34 | | remaining members of the board of education shall, by majority vote, select a qualified19 |
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| 35 | 35 | | person to fill the vacancy until the person elected at such special election takes office.20 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) If the vacancy occurs less than 270 days but more than 90 days prior to the date of21 |
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| 37 | 37 | | a general election preceding the general election at which a successor will be elected to22 |
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| 38 | 38 | | a new full term of office, then such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term of23 |
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| 39 | 39 | | office at a nonpartisan special election to be held on the same date as said general election24 |
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| 40 | 40 | | preceding the general election at which a successor will be elected to a new full term of25 |
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| 41 | 41 | | office; and in this case the remaining members of the board of education shall, by26 |
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| 42 | 42 | | majority vote, select a qualified person to fill the vacancy until the person elected at such27 |
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| 43 | 43 | | special election takes office.28 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (3) If the vacancy occurs less than 90 days prior to the date of a general election29 |
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| 45 | 45 | | preceding the general election at which a successor will be elected to a new full term of30 |
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| 46 | 46 | | office, then the remaining members of the local board of education shall, by majority31 |
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| 47 | 47 | | vote, select a qualified person to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term."32 |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 2.33 |
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| 49 | 49 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.34 |
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