| 3 | 3 | | By: Representative Greene of the 154 |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | To amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Donalsonville, approved April 29, |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1 |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 4524), as amended, so as to revise the election schedule for the mayor2 |
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| 11 | 11 | | so as to better stagger elections of the mayor and councilmembers; to provide for an interim3 |
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| 12 | 12 | | term of office; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other4 |
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| 13 | 13 | | purposes.5 |
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| 14 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:6 |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1.7 |
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| 16 | 16 | | An Act providing a new charter for the City of Donalsonville, approved April 29, 1997 (Ga.8 |
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| 17 | 17 | | L. 1997, p. 4524), as amended, is amended by revising Section 2.11 as follows:9 |
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| 18 | 18 | | "SECTION 2.11. 10 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Terms and qualifications for office.11 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Except as provided for in Section 5.12, the mayor and each member of the council shall serve12 |
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| 21 | 21 | | for terms of four years and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. No13 |
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| 22 | 22 | | person shall be eligible to serve as mayor or councilmember unless he or she shall have been14 |
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| 23 | 23 | | H. B. 619 |
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| 25 | 25 | | a resident of the city for a period of at least 12 months immediately prior to the date of the |
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| 27 | 27 | | election of the mayor or members of the council; each shall continue to reside therein during16 |
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| 28 | 28 | | his or her period of service and to be registered and qualified to vote in municipal elections17 |
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| 29 | 29 | | of this city."18 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2.19 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Said Act is further amended by revising Section 5.12 as follows:20 |
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| 32 | 32 | | "SECTION 5.12. 21 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Regular elections; time for holding.22 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (a) The mayor and council shall cause an election to be held at the city hall or such other23 |
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| 35 | 35 | | place in the city as the mayor and council shall direct and designate. All general municipal24 |
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| 36 | 36 | | elections shall be held on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2025,25 |
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| 37 | 37 | | and on such day biennially thereafter. Except as provided for in subsection (b) of this26 |
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| 38 | 38 | | section, each elected officer shall serve for a term of four years and until a successor is27 |
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| 39 | 39 | | elected and qualified, such term beginning on January 1 of the year following the officer's28 |
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| 40 | 40 | | election.29 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (b) At the municipal general election held in November, 2025, there shall be elected a30 |
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| 42 | 42 | | mayor who shall serve a two year term of office and until a successor is elected and31 |
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| 43 | 43 | | qualified. The successor to such mayor shall be elected at the municipal general election32 |
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| 44 | 44 | | held in November, 2027, and shall serve a four year term of office until a successor is33 |
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| 45 | 45 | | elected an qualified. Thereafter the mayor shall be elected as provided for by34 |
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| 46 | 46 | | subsection (a) of this section.35 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (c) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, no term of office to which a person has36 |
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| 48 | 48 | | been elected prior to the effective date of this Act shall be shortened or lengthened except37 |
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| 49 | 49 | | pursuant to the procedures established by state law."38 |
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| 50 | 50 | | H. B. 619 |
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