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.
Second Regular Session H.B. 2420
GRIFFIN FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2420
(Reference to GE amendment)
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
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