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GA HB829

Bill

Status

Passed

2/23/2012

Primary Sponsor

Roger Lane

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Origin

House of Representatives

2011-2012 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Georgia's state house district boundaries originally established by an Act approved August 24, 2011, revising the descriptions of 15 specific districts: 9, 10, 18, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 68, 98, 103, 104, 155, and 169
  • Affects districts spanning multiple counties including Dawson, Forsyth, Lumpkin, Habersham, White, Carroll, Haralson, Hall, Banks, Stephens, Douglas, Gwinnett, Ben Hill, Coffee, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Bacon, and Jeff Davis counties
  • Sponsored by Representative Lane of the 167th district and introduced as a Rules Committee Substitute
  • Effectiveness conditioned on preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965; if not precleared by the start of 2012 general primary qualifying, the boundary changes would not apply to 2012 elections but would take effect January 1, 2014
  • Automatically repealed by operation of law if preclearance was not received by December 31, 2013

Legislative Description

State house districts; boundaries of certain districts; revise

Last Action

Effective Date

2/23/2012

Committee Referrals

Reapportionment and Redistricting2/6/2012
Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment1/30/2012

Full Bill Text

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