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GA HB1113

Bill

Status

Passed

2/17/2022

Primary Sponsor

Clay Pirkle

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Origin

House of Representatives

2021-2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Reconstitutes the Ben Hill County Board of Commissioners by redrawing Commissioner Districts 2 and 3 based on the 2020 U.S. decennial census data, with detailed block-level boundary descriptions provided in Appendix A (plan named "BenHillCC-2022")
  • Maintains a five-member board structure: one member elected from Commissioner District 1 (county-wide/at-large), and two members each elected from Districts 2 and 3 via Post 1 and Post 2 positions
  • Current board members continue serving until the regular expiration of their terms and are deemed to represent their respective newly described districts
  • Election-related provisions take effect upon the Governor's approval; all remaining provisions take effect January 1, 2023
  • Any part of Ben Hill County not included in or not contiguous to a described district is assigned to the adjacent district with the least population per the 2020 census

Legislative Description

Ben Hill County; Board of Commissioners; reconstitute and change description of districts

Last Action

Effective Date 2022-02-17

2/17/2022

Committee Referrals

State and Local Governmental Operations2/8/2022
Intragovernmental Coordination2/2/2022

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