HB1530: HB1530 Fairmount, City of; future mayors shall be elected to four-year terms; provide

26 LC 47 4089/AP House Bill 1530 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) By: Representatives Barton of the 5th and Ridley of the 6th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend an Act to repeal and replace the charter of the City of Fairmount, approved April1 17, 1975 (Ga. L. 1975, p. 3136), as amended, so as to provide t hat future mayors shall be2 elected to four-year terms of office; to conform compensation provisions with general law;3 to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:5 SECTION 1.6 An Act to repeal and replace the charter of the City of Fairmount, approved April 17, 19757 (Ga. L. 1975, p. 3136), as amended, is amended by revising Section 2.11 read as follows:8 "SECTION 2.11.9 Terms and qualifications of office10 The mayor and council members in office on the effective date of this Act shall continue11 to serve out the term of office to which elected. The mayor and council members shall be12 elected from the city at large. The mayor elected in 2027, and all successors to such13 mayor, shall serve for a term of four years and until his or he r successor is elected and14 qualified. There shall be four council posts designated as Post s 1, 2, 3, and 4. In all15 elections held by the city for the purpose of selecting new mem bers of the city council,16 H. B. 1530 - 1 - 26 LC 47 4089/AP candidates must declare by number the post on the city council which they are offering to17 fill. The candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast for each respective position shall18 be elected to the city council to fill that particular vacancy on the council. All members of19 the council shall be elected for and shall serve terms of four years and until their respective20 successors are elected and qualified. City council elections shall be staggered so Posts 121 and 3 shall be elected at one municipal election, and Posts 2 and 4 shall be elected at the22 subsequent municipal election held two years later. No person shall be eligible to serve as23 mayor or councilperson unless he or she has been a resident of the City of Fairmount for24 a period of one year immediately prior to the date of election of mayor or members of the25 council, continues to reside therein during his or her period o f service, is registered and26 qualified to vote in municipal elections of the City of Fairmou nt, and meets the27 qualification standards required for members of the Georgia House of Representatives, as28 are now or may in the future be prescribed by the Georgia Constitution."29 SECTION 2.30 Said Act is further amended by revising Section 2.13 as follows:31 "SECTION 2.13.32 Compensation and expenses33 The mayor and council shall determine the salary of the mayor a nd councilperson by34 ordinance; provided, however, no ordinance increasing the salar y of the mayor or35 councilperson shall become effective until after the taking of office of those elected at the36 next regular municipal election which is held immediately following the date on which the37 action to increase the compensation was taken. Each councilperson and the mayor, when38 authorized by the mayor and council and upon presentation of it emized vouchers, shall39 receive their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties of40 office."41 H. B. 1530 - 2 - 26 LC 47 4089/AP SECTION 3.42 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.43 H. B. 1530 - 3 -