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GA HB1038
Bill
Status
Passed
3/5/2012
Primary Sponsor
Tom McCall
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AI Summary
- Revises the five commissioner districts for the Madison County Board of Commissioners based on 2010 U.S. Census data, using the redistricting plan identified as "madisonccsb-2012"
- Renumbers certain districts so that members from former District 2 are deemed to represent new District 4, and members from former District 4 are deemed to represent new District 2; members from Districts 1, 3, and 5 continue representing their respectively redrawn districts
- Schedules elections for reconstituted Districts 1 and 2 (plus chairperson) at the November 2012 general election for four-year terms beginning January 1, 2013, and for Districts 3, 4, and 5 at the November 2014 general election for four-year terms beginning January 1, 2015
- Requires Madison County's legal counsel to submit the Act for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 within 45 days of the Governor's approval
- Includes a contingent automatic repeal provision voiding the entire Act if implementation is not permissible under the Voting Rights Act by the first date candidates may qualify for the 2012 general primary
Legislative Description
Madison County; Board of Commissioners; revise districts
Last Action
Effective Date
3/5/2012
Committee Referrals
State and Local Governmental Operations2/24/2012
Intragovernmental Coordination - Local2/17/2012
Full Bill Text
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