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House Bill 411 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By: Representative Erwin of the 32
nd
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend an Act creating a board of commissioners for Banks County, approved August 19,
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(Ga. L. 1916, p. 349), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 17, 20222
(Ga. L. 2022, p. 4500), so as to change the description of the commissioner districts; to3
provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for the continuation in office of current4
members; to provide for effective dates; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting5
laws; and for other purposes.6
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:7
SECTION 1.8
Act creating a board of commissioners for Banks County, approved August 19, 19169
(Ga. L. 1916, p. 349), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 17, 202210
(Ga. L. 2022, p. 4500), is amended by revising Section 2 as follows:11
"SECTION 2.12
(a) For the purpose of electing members of the board of commissioners, Banks County13
shall be divided into five commissioner districts. Commissioner Districts 1, 2, 3, and 414
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shall be and correspond to those four numbered districts described in Appendix A, attached
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to and made a part of this Act and further identified as 'User: Banks CC Plan Name:16
BanksCC-2025 Plan Type: Local'. Commissioner District 5 shall be comprised of the17
entire geographic area of Banks County and the person elected from such district shall18
serve as the chairperson of the board of commissioners.19
(b)(1) For the purposes of such plan:20
(A) The term 'VTD' shall mean and describe the same geographical boundaries as21
provided in the report of the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial22
census of 2020 for the State of Georgia. The separate numeric designations in a district23
description which are underneath a VTD heading shall mean and describe individual24
Blocks within a VTD as provided in the report of the Bureau of the Census for the25
United States decennial census of 2020 for the State of Georgia; and26
(B) Except as otherwise provided in the description of any district, whenever the27
description of any district refers to a named city, it shall mean the geographical28
boundaries of that city as shown on the census maps for the United States decennial29
census of 2020 for the State of Georgia.30
(2) Any part of Banks County which is not included in any district described in31
subsection (a) of this section shall be included within that district contiguous to such part32
which contains the least population according to the United States decennial census33
of 2020 for the State of Georgia.34
(3) Any part of Banks County which is described in subsection (a) of this section as35
being included in a particular district shall nevertheless not be included within such36
district if such part is not contiguous to such district. Such noncontiguous part shall37
instead be included within that district contiguous to such part which contains the least38
population according to the United States decennial census of 2020 for the State of39
Georgia."40
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SECTION 2.
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(a) Those members of the Board of Commissioners of Banks County who are serving as42
such on the effective date of this Act and any person selected to fill a vacancy in any such43
office shall continue to serve as such members until the regular expiration of their respective44
terms of office and upon the election and qualification of their respective successors.45
(b) Commissioner Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4, as they exist immediately prior to the effective46
date of this Act, shall continue to be designated as Commissioner Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4,47
respectively, but as newly described under this Act, and on and after the effective date of this48
Act, such members of the board serving from those former commissioner districts shall be49
deemed to be serving from and representing their respective districts as newly described50
under this Act.51
SECTION 3.52
This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law53
without such approval.54
SECTION 4.55
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.56
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APPENDIX A
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User: Banks CC 58
Plan Name: BanksCC-2025 59
Plan Type: Local 60
District 00161
County Banks GA 62
VTD 0110004 - BUSHVILLE63
Block 970200 64
3051 3060 65
Block 970300 66
2002 2003 2004 2045 2046 2047 2048 2049 2050 2051 2052 205367
2054 2055 2057 2058 2059 2060 68
Block 970400 69
1014 1017 1018 1019 1020 1025 1026 1027 1028 1029 1030 103170
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 201171
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 202372
2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 203573
2036 2037 2038 2039 2048 2049 2060 2061 2062 2063 2064 206574
2066 2067 2068 2069 2070 2071 2072 2073 2074 2075 75
VTD 0110006 - DAVIDS76
VTD 0110013 - WILMONTS77
Block 970200 78
2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2044 2045 2046 204779
2051 2054 3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3010 301180
3012 3013 3018 3019 3020 3021 81
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District 002
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County Banks GA 83
VTD 0110002 - BALDWIN84
VTD 0110003 - BERLIN85
VTD 0110005 - COLUMBIA86
VTD 0110007 - GOLDEN HILL87
Block 970100 88
4017 4018 4019 4020 4021 89
Block 970200 90
1001 1004 1020 1021 91
VTD 0110009 - HOLLINGSWORTH92
VTD 0110012 - WASHINGTON93
District 00394
County Banks GA 95
VTD 0110007 - GOLDEN HILL96
Block 970100 97
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 101198
1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1033 1034 1035 1036 103799
1040 1041 1042 1043 1044 1045 1047 4000 4001 4002 4003 4004100
4005 4007 4008 4009 4010 4014 4015 4016 4022 4023 4030 101
VTD 0110008 - GROVE RIVER102
VTD 0110011 - POPLAR SPRINGS103
District 004104
County Banks GA 105
VTD 0110001 - ANDERSON106
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VTD 0110004 - BUSHVILLE
107
Block 970200 108
3059 109
VTD 0110010 - HOMER110
VTD 0110013 - WILMONTS111
Block 970200 112
3008 3009 3014 3015 3016 3017 113
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