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HB 0699 - Local government; define a certain term; provisions

Tracking Level: Watch
Sponsor: Welch, Andrew 110th
Last Action: 2/29/2016 - House Lost Reconsidered Bill/Res
House Committee: GAff
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Staff Analysis of the Legislation

SUMMARY:  LC 28 7684

Local governing bodies in which a majority of the board will not be serving the next calendar year after an election are defined as "transitional governing bodies."   

From the date of the election to the end of the year, the board would be prohibited from entering into contracts, incurring debt or disposing of property on behalf of the school district.

Any citizen of the political subdivision in which a transitional elected body exists or has existed may bring an action in the superior court of the county to enforce these provisions. 

EFFECTIVE DATE:

July 1, 2015

Note the effective date would have to be changed.  The bill was dropped at the end of the 2015 session 

 


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