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HB 1508: Pembroke, City of; election and terms for mayor and city council members; revise provisions

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House Bill 1508 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)

By: Representatives Franklin of the 160th, Stephens of the 164th, and Petrea of the 166th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

To amend an Act to amend, consolidate, create, revise, and supersede the several Acts incorporating the City of Pembroke, approved March 28, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 4846), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 1, 2025 (Ga. L. 2025, p. 3599), so as to revise provisions relating to the election and terms for the mayor and city council members; to provide for elections; to provide for the current terms of city officers to continue; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

An Act to amend, consolidate, create, revise, and supersede the several Acts incorporating the City of Pembroke, approved March 28, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 4846), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 1, 2025 (Ga. L. 2025, p. 3599), is amended by revising Section 4 as follows:

"Section 4.

The next general election for mayor and five city council members shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 2027, at which time a mayor and five city council members shall be elected to take office on the second Monday in January, 2028. The council members elected from Districts 1, 3, and 5 in the 2027 general election shall each serve an initial term of office of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified. The mayor and council members from Districts 2 and 4 elected in the 2027 general election shall each serve a term of office of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified for a term of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter, all successors to the mayor and council members shall serve four-year terms of office and until their successors are elected and qualified. A municipal general election shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in odd-numbered years, and all persons elected at such elections shall take office on the second Monday in January following such election. The mayor and council members serving on the effective date of this section shall serve out the terms to which they were elected."

SECTION 2.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.