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House Bill 703
By: Representatives Westbrook of the 163
rd
, Jackson of the 165
th
, Stephens of the 164
th
, and
Gilliard of the 162
nd
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend an Act amending the several Acts relating to and incorporating the Mayor and
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Aldermen of the City of Savannah, approved March 17, 1978 (Ga. L. 1978, p. 3998), as2
amended, particularly by an Act approved March 20, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 3995), so as to3
implement a limitation on the number of terms the aldermen may serve; to repeal conflicting4
laws; and for other purposes.5
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:6
SECTION 1.7
An Act amending the several Acts relating to and incorporating the Mayor and Aldermen of8
the City of Savannah, approved March 17, 1978 (Ga. L. 1978, p. 3998), as amended,9
particularly by an Act approved March 20, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 3995), is amended by10
revising subsection (d) of quoted Section 2 of Section 1 of said Act as follows:11
"(d) The mayor and aldermen shall be elected at an election held on the Tuesday following12
the first Monday of November immediately preceding the expiration of their terms of office13
and shall take office on the first day of January immediately following their election for14
terms of four years and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, provided that15
any mayor who has been elected for two consecutive four-year terms of office shall not be16 23 LC 47 2308
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eligible to be elected for the succeeding term. Any alderman who has been elected for
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three consecutive four-year terms of office in the same district or the same at-large post18
shall not be eligible to be elected for the succeeding term in the same district or the same19
at-large post; provided, however, that any terms to which an alderman was elected prior to20
July 1, 2023, shall not count toward the limit provided for in this subsection."21
SECTION 2.22
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed. 23