| 5 | 5 | | By: Representative Pirkle of the 169 |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | To amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Irwin County, approved |
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| 12 | 12 | | February 16, 1933 (Ga. L. 1933, p. 571), as amended, so as to revise provisions related to the2 |
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| 13 | 13 | | compensation of the board of commissioners; to revise provisions relating to appointment3 |
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| 14 | 14 | | of the clerk of the board of commissioners; to provide for the appointment of a county4 |
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| 15 | 15 | | administrator; to provide for the powers and duties of the county administrator; to revise5 |
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| 16 | 16 | | provisions relating to the superintendent of roads and bridges; to repeal provisions relating6 |
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| 17 | 17 | | to providing an automobile to the chairperson when serving as superintendent of roads and7 |
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| 18 | 18 | | bridges; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.8 |
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| 19 | 19 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:9 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1.10 |
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| 21 | 21 | | An Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Irwin County, approved February 16, 193311 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (Ga. L. 1933, p. 571), as amended, is amended by revising Section 6 as follows:12 |
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| 23 | 23 | | "SECTION 6.13 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) Each commissioner other than the chairperson shall receive an annual salary of14 |
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| 26 | 26 | | H. B. 774 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (b) The chairperson shall receive an annual salary of $7,200.00, payable in equal monthly |
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| 30 | 30 | | payments from the funds of Irwin County.17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (c) In addition to the salaries provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | chairperson shall receive a local expense allowance of $6,000.00 per year; and each other19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | member of the board shall receive a local travel expense allowance of $2,400.00 per year.20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | No other allowance shall be made for local necessary expenses.21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (d) The chairperson or any member of the board may also serve as the county22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | administrator."23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 2.24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Said Act is further amended by revising paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section 6A as25 |
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| 39 | 39 | | follows:26 |
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| 40 | 40 | | "(1) The board of commissioners shall elect a clerk of the board of commissioners who27 |
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| 41 | 41 | | shall serve as its clerk and shall have such duties as are specified by the board and shall28 |
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| 42 | 42 | | hold office under the control and direction of the board and serve at its pleasure and may29 |
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| 43 | 43 | | be dismissed by the board at any time and a successor employed. The clerk shall keep,30 |
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| 44 | 44 | | or cause to be kept, proper and accurate books of minutes wherein shall appear all acts,31 |
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| 45 | 45 | | orders, and proceedings of the board."32 |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 3.33 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Said Act is further amended by revising Section 8 as follows:34 |
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| 48 | 48 | | "SECTION 8.35 |
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| 49 | 49 | | "(a) The chairperson of the board shall be the executive officer and member of said board36 |
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| 50 | 50 | | and shall be responsible for the conduct and administration of said office, subject only to37 |
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| 52 | 52 | | H. B. 774 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (b) The board shall employ a county administrator. The county administrator shall be the |
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| 56 | 56 | | chief administrative officer of the county and head of the administrative branch of county40 |
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| 57 | 57 | | government. The county administrator shall:41 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (1) Be responsible to the board for the proper administration of all affairs of the county,42 |
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| 59 | 59 | | except as otherwise provided by law;43 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (2) Be accountable for any and all funds, property, or effects which may come into his44 |
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| 61 | 61 | | or her hands;45 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (3) Keep fully accurate and complete accounts in books or a book for the purpose,46 |
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| 63 | 63 | | wherein shall appear in detail all orders, warrants, and other proceedings drawn by the47 |
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| 64 | 64 | | board on the county treasury or depository, for what purpose and on what fund, and all48 |
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| 65 | 65 | | such orders and warrants shall be so drawn as to specify the purpose and on what fund49 |
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| 66 | 66 | | drawn. Such records shall be so kept as to show at all times the financial condition of50 |
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| 67 | 67 | | the county and shall be open to inspection by any citizen or taxpayer of the county;51 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (4) Keep a book of inventory of all county property, including road machinery, live52 |
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| 69 | 69 | | stock, chain-gang outfits, road-working tools and equipment, and every other kind and53 |
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| 70 | 70 | | class of property belonging to said county, together with a fair valuation of the same,54 |
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| 71 | 71 | | where located, in whose custody, and in what condition, which inventory shall, during55 |
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| 72 | 72 | | the month of January in each year, be carefully revised; and 56 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (5) Keep all such other books and records as may be necessary, or as the board may57 |
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| 74 | 74 | | order, and shall perform generally or singularly the acts and duties necessary to be58 |
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| 75 | 75 | | performed by him or her as county administrator, and all such other duties as said board59 |
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| 76 | 76 | | may require, and all and any other things that he or she can and should do to fully60 |
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| 77 | 77 | | exercise the duties of the office, and as will be helpful to a clear understanding of the61 |
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| 78 | 78 | | county's financial standing and condition, as well as for an economical administration of62 |
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| 79 | 79 | | the county's affairs.63 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (c) The board shall appoint the county administrator by a majority vote for a period of one64 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (d) If the board elects the chairperson of the board as the county administrator, the board |
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| 86 | 86 | | shall contract with the chairperson to provide a salary separate from the amount paid for67 |
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| 87 | 87 | | duties as chairperson. If the board elects the chairperson of the board as the county68 |
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| 88 | 88 | | administrator, the board may also appoint the chairperson by a majority vote as the69 |
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| 89 | 89 | | superintendent of roads and bridges. If the chairperson is elected as both the county70 |
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| 90 | 90 | | administrator and superintendent of roads and bridges, the salary for the county71 |
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| 91 | 91 | | administrator and superintendent shall be encompassed in one contract."72 |
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| 92 | 92 | | SECTION 4.73 |
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| 93 | 93 | | Said Act is further amended by revising Section 11 as follows:74 |
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| 94 | 94 | | "SECTION 11.75 |
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| 95 | 95 | | The board of commissioners may at their discretion, and when they deem necessary, elect76 |
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| 96 | 96 | | a superintendent of roads and bridges, to be selected on the account of his or her ability,77 |
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| 97 | 97 | | efficiency, and knowledge and skill in practical road building or bridge building,78 |
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| 98 | 98 | | preference being given to a civil engineer when he or she measures up fully to the other79 |
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| 99 | 99 | | requirements. Said road superintendent may be elected for an indefinite period, and his or80 |
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| 100 | 100 | | her services may be discontinued by said board at any time they see fit so to do. The81 |
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| 101 | 101 | | chairperson or any member of the board may be elected as the superintendent of roads and82 |
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| 102 | 102 | | bridges. The superintendent of roads and bridges shall have charge of laying out, building,83 |
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| 103 | 103 | | locating, preparing, repairing, improving, and maintaining the public roads and bridges of84 |
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| 104 | 104 | | the county under orders of the board. The salary of the superintendent of roads and bridges85 |
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| 105 | 105 | | shall be determined by the board. If the chairperson or any member of the board serves as86 |
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| 106 | 106 | | the county administrator and the superintendent of roads and bridges, the salary for serving87 |
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| 107 | 107 | | as the superintendent of roads and bridges shall be encompassed in the county88 |
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