GA SB16: Lowndes County Commission Expansion

Georgia Senate Bill 16 Lowndes County; provide for a board of commissioners; powers and composition has passed the House on Feb 10th and the Senate on Feb 28th and is now waiting for the governor to sign it. Here's the summary:

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend and supersede the laws pertaining to the governing authority of Lowndes County; to provide for a Board of Commissioners of Lowndes County; to provide for the powers and composition of the board of commissioners; to provide for election districts, qualifications, terms of office, and filling of vacancies of commissioners; to provide for meetings and quorum; to provide for the responsibilities of the chairperson; to provide for a vice chairperson and the vice chairperson's responsibilities; to provide for submission pursuant to Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for severability and effective dates; to provide for the repeal of existing enabling legislation; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

The actual bill still has to be approved by U.S. DoJ "pursuant to Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended":

SECTION 19.

The governing authority of Lowndes County shall through its legal counsel cause this Act to be submitted for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; and such submission shall be made no later than 45 days after the date on which this Act is approved by the Governor or otherwise becomes law without such approval.

SECTION 20. Unless prohibited by the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, this Act shall become effective on the first day of the month following the month in which it is approved by the Governor or in which it becomes law without such approval for the purpose of conducting the election of members of the board at the November, 2012, general election as provided in Section 5 of this Act and shall become effective for all purposes on January 1, 2013.

Here are maps and other information about those two new districts.

-jsq

Comments

[George Boston Rhynes]

Everything must be reviewed in South Georgia. The history of South Georgia speaks for itself and has done so for decades; with little to no change. Plese take a look at the video "A Chorus of Fear." Good to hear that the Department Of Justice will be following all actions. However when all the information Civil Rights Organizations has provided them without any real results. We may need to question this agency also. So what will it take to wake-up the all good people in up in South Georgia? That is if any good people remains in our community. http://kvci.blogspot.com/2011/02/valdosta-lowndes-county-sheriffs.html