Bill
Number: H.B. 2420
Griffin
Floor Amendment
Reference
to: GE amendment
Amendment
drafted by: Leg Council
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
The Griffin Floor Amendment to H.B. 2420
includes the following changes:
·
Requires the question of whether or not to increase to a
five-member county board of supervisors (BOS) to be voted on after the release
of population estimates from the Office of Employment and Population
statistics, rather than following the decennial census.
·
Applies specific outlined term and residency requirements
for the BOS dependent upon the year in which they were elected.
·
Requires a county voting on the question to increase BOS
members to include an estimated cost to the county for each additional BOS
member in the publicity pamphlet.
Page 2, line 11, after
"shall" insert "be
elected in the manner provided in subsection A of this section and"
Line 18, strike "following"
Line 19, strike "the decennial census"
insert "after the release of the
population estimate from the office of employment and population statistics"
Line 22, strike the first "a" insert "that"; after "county" strike remainder
of line
Strike lines 23 and 24
Line 25, strike "persons" insert "who voted on the question"
Line 27, strike "at which the president of the United States
is elected" insert "immediately"
Line 28, strike "where" insert "at which"; after "approved" strike remainder
of line
Strike lines 29 through 32, insert
"The prescribed number of members
to the board of supervisors who shall have the same qualifications as provided
in subsection A of this section. The following apply to the election
for the county board of supervisors prescribed in this subsection:
1. If the next general election immediately
following the election at which the question is approved is held in a year that
is the last year of the four‑year term of the three members of the county
board of supervisors who are already holding office, the five persons elected
to the county board of supervisors hold office for a term of four years to
commence on January 1 immediately following their election.
2. If the next general election immediately following
the election at which the question is approved is held in a year that is not
the last year of the four‑year term of the three members of the county
board of supervisors who are already holding office, the two additional persons
elected to the county board of supervisors hold office for a term of four years
to commence on January 1 immediately following their election. The
three members of the county board of supervisors who are already holding office
continue to serve their four‑year terms of office without regard to
whether they are residents of the newly redrawn supervisorial districts for the
remainder of those four‑year terms. Thereafter, members of the
board of supervisors must be residents of their supervisorial district and the
term of office for members of that county board of supervisors shall be
staggered four-year terms.
3. For the election at which the question of
whether the county shall elect five members to the board of supervisors is on
the ballot, the county shall include in the publicity pamphlet an estimate of
the cost to the county for each additional member to the board of supervisors.
4. For the purposes of this subsection,
"population" means the population according to the annual population
estimate provided by the office of employment and population statistics."
Strike page 3
Page 4, strike lines 1, 2 and 3
Amend title to conform