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GA SB515
Bill
Status
Passed
4/13/2012
Primary Sponsor
George Hooks
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AI Summary
- Amends the City of Americus charter to set December 31 as the expiration date for terms of the mayor and councilmembers, unless successors have not been duly elected and qualified
- Newly elected or reelected mayors and councilmembers take office at 12:01 A.M. on January 1 following their election and are sworn in during the last regularly scheduled December council meeting
- Requires the oath of office to be administered by a duly elected or appointed judge authorized to hear matters in Sumter County, Georgia
- Establishes that the last regularly scheduled December council meeting each year shall be used to set meeting dates and times for the next calendar year, determine the legal organ, and appoint required department positions
- Defines a quorum as the mayor plus three councilmembers or, in the mayor's absence, four councilmembers, and designates the longest-serving councilmember to preside if both the mayor and mayor pro tempore are absent
Legislative Description
Americus, City of; provide for a date of expiration of office for terms of councilmembers and the mayor
Last Action
Effective Date
4/13/2012
Committee Referrals
Intragovernmental Coordination - Local3/19/2012
State and Local Governmental Operations3/7/2012
Full Bill Text
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