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 Article I. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

  § 2. Election; terms.  

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  • (a)

    When used in such attachment, the terms "Tract" and "BG" (Block Group) shall mean and describe the same geographical boundaries as provided in the report of the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia. The separate numeric designations in a Tract description which are underneath a 'BG' heading shall mean and describe individual Blocks within a Block Group as provided in the report of the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia. Any part of Screven County which is not included in any such district described in that attachment shall be included within that district contiguous to such part which contains the least population according to the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia. Any part of Screven County which is described in that attachment as being in a particular district shall nevertheless not be included within such district if such part is not contiguous to such district. Such noncontiguous part shall instead be included within that district contiguous to such part which contains the least population according to the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia. Except as otherwise provided in the description of any district, whenever the description of such district refers to a named city, it shall mean the geographical boundaries of that city as shown on the census map for the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia.

    (b)

    To be eligible to be elected to membership on the board of commissioners, a person shall be a registered elector of Screven County eligible to vote for members of the General Assembly and shall have resided in Screven County for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the date of such person's election and in the commissioner district from which the person is offering for election for a period of at least six months immediately preceding the date of such person's election. The members of the board of commissioners shall be elected by the qualified electors voting within their respective commissioner districts.

    (c)

    In the event of a vacancy on the board of commissioners for any reason other than the expiration of the term of office, the vacancy shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of O.C.G.A. § 21-2-1, the 'Georgia Election Code,' and the residency requirements set forth in this Act. In the event that a member of the board of commissioners ceases to be a resident of the commissioner district from which such member was elected, a vacancy shall exist and shall be filled in the same manner as other vacancies are filled.

    (d)

    At its first meeting each year, the members of the board of commissioners shall elect, by majority vote, one of their members to serve as chairperson for that year and until the election of a chairperson in the subsequent year. A member shall be eligible to succeed himself or herself as a member of the board and also as chairperson of the board.

    (e)

    The members of the board of commissioners who were elected at the general election in November 1998 shall continue in office for the terms to which they were elected and until successors are elected and qualified as provided in this Act. The members of the board of commissioners who were elected at the general election in November 2000 shall continue in office for the terms to which they were elected and until successors are elected and qualified as provided in this Act.

    (f)

    The first members of the reconstituted board of commissioners of Screven County from Commissioner Districts 1, 4, and 7 shall be elected at the statewide general election in 2002. Such members shall take office on January 1 following their election for terms of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified.

    (g)

    The first members of the reconstituted board of commissioners of Screven County from Commissioner Districts 2, 3, 5, and 6 shall be elected at the statewide general election in 2004. Such members shall take office on January 1 following their election for terms of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified.

    (h)

    Successors to members elected under subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall be elected at the statewide general election next preceding the expiration of such terms of office and shall take office on January 1 following their election for terms of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified.

    (i)

    Commissioner Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 as they existed on January 1, 2002, shall continue to be designated as Commissioner Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 respectively, but as newly described under this Act, and, on and after the effective date of this Act, such members of the board serving from those former commissioner districts shall be deemed to be serving from and representing their respective districts as newly described under this Act.

(2002 Ga. Laws, page 3650)