HB1508: HB1508 Pembroke, City of; election and terms for mayor and city council members; revise provisions

26 LC 47 4021/AP 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 supe rsede the several Acts1 incorporating the City of Pembroke, approved March 28, 1985 (Ga . L. 1985, p. 4846), as2 amended, particularly by an Act approved May 1, 2025 (Ga. L. 2025, p. 3599), so as to revise3 provisions relating to the election and terms for the mayor and city council members; to4 provide for elections; to provide for the current terms of city officers to continue; to repeal5 conflicting laws; and for other purposes.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:7 SECTION 1.8 An Act to amend, consolidate, create, revise, and supersede the several Acts incorporating9 the City of Pembroke, approved March 28, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 4846), as amended,10 particularly by an Act approved May 1, 2025 (Ga. L. 2025, p. 3599), is amended by revising11 Section 4 as follows:12 "Section 4.13 The next general election for mayor and five city council membe rs shall be held on the14 Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 2027, at which time a mayor and five city15 council members shall be elected to take office on the second Monday in January, 2028.16 H. B. 1508 - 1 - 26 LC 47 4021/AP The council members elected from Districts 1, 3, and 5 in the 2027 general election shall17 each serve an initial term of office of two years and until their successors are elected and18 qualified. The mayor and council members from Districts 2 and 4 elected in the 202719 general election shall each serve a term of office of four years and until their successors are20 elected and qualified for a term of four years and until their successors are elected and21 qualified. Thereafter, all successors to the mayor and council members shall serve22 four-year terms of office and until their successors are elected and qualified. A municipal23 general election shall be held on the Tuesday after the first M onday in November in24 odd-numbered years, and all persons elected at such elections s hall take office on the25 second Monday in January following such election. The mayor an d council members26 serving on the effective date of this section shall serve out t he terms to which they were27 elected."28 SECTION 2.29 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.30 H. B. 1508 - 2 -