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House Bill 724 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By: Representative Franklin of the 160
th
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend an Act to amend, consolidate, create, revise, and supersede the several Acts
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incorporating the City of Pembroke, approved March 28, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 4846), as2
amended, so as to provide for four-year terms for the mayor and city council members; to3
provide for elections; to provide for the current terms of city officers to continue; to repeal4
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.5
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:6
SECTION 1.7
An Act to amend, consolidate, create, revise, and supersede the several Acts incorporating8
the City of Pembroke, approved March 28, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 4846), as amended, is9
amended by revising Section 4 as follows:10
"Section 4.11
The next general election for mayor and five city council members shall be held on the first12
Tuesday in November, 2027, at which time a mayor and five city council members shall13
be elected to take office on the second Monday in January, 2028, for a term of four years14
and until their successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter, successors shall be elected15
at the municipal general election which shall be held every four years on the first Tuesday16
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in November, and such successors shall take office on the second Monday in January
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following such municipal general election. The terms of the currently elected mayor and18
five city council members shall remain in effect until their successors are elected and19
qualified."20
SECTION 2.21
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.22
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