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GA HR21
Resolution
Status
Introduced
1/13/2009
Primary Sponsor
Mark Burkalter
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AI Summary
- Proposes an amendment to the Georgia Constitution (Article IX, Section I, Paragraph II) to allow the General Assembly to re-create a county that was previously merged into another county, bypassing the existing 159-county cap and other constitutional restrictions on county boundaries
- Re-creation of a previously existing county requires approval by a majority of qualified voters in the area of the county to be re-created, as defined in the implementing legislation
- The law re-creating the county must contain a definite boundary description and provide for an equitable division of assets, debts, obligations, and liabilities between the re-created county and the existing county or counties and school systems
- The re-creation law is exempt from the state constitution's multiple subject matter prohibition, population Act prohibition, and local constitutional amendment provisions, and carries the force of general law that cannot be preempted
- The territory within the re-created county would form a new county school district, and its superior court would be included in the same judicial circuit as the county that previously contained the greatest part of its territory, unless otherwise provided by law
Legislative Description
Counties; provide for re-creation; voter approval - CA
Last Action
House Committee Favorably Reported
3/11/2010
Committee Referrals
State Planning and Community Affairs1/13/2009
Full Bill Text
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