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Georgia House Bill HB593 Compare Versions

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33 By: Representative Greene of the 154
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66 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
77 AN ACT
88 To provide that future elections for the office of probate judge of Baker County shall be
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1010 nonpartisan elections; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other2
1111 purposes.3
1212 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:4
1313 SECTION 1.5
1414 All elections for the office of probate judge of Baker County conducted after the effective6
1515 date of this Act shall be nonpartisan elections as provided for in Code Section 21-2-139 of7
1616 the O.C.G.A. Such nonpartisan elections shall be conducted at the general nonpartisan8
1717 election immediately preceding the expiration of the term of such office and conducted as9
1818 provided in Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., the "Georgia Election Code."10
1919 SECTION 2.11
2020 Nothing in this Act shall affect the term of office of the probate judge of Baker County in12
2121 office on the effective date of this Act. The sitting probate judge shall serve out the term of13
2222 office for which he or she was elected and shall be eligible to succeed himself or herself as14
2323 provided in this Act.15
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2626 SECTION 3.
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2828 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.17
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