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HB 724: Pembroke, City of; mayor and city council members; provide four-year terms

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House Bill 724 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)

By: Representative Franklin of the 160th

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, so as to provide for four-year 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, 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 first Tuesday 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, for a term of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter, successors shall be elected at the municipal general election which shall be held every four years on the first Tuesday in November, and such successors shall take office on the second Monday in January following such municipal general election. The terms of the currently elected mayor and five city council members shall remain in effect until their successors are elected and qualified."

SECTION 2.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.