City of Cordele; transition the office of chairperson to at large commission member; mayor to be selected by and among the commission members; provide
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Cordele, approved July 29, 2020 (Ga. L. 2020, p. 4122), so as to transition the office of chairperson to at large commission member; to provide for a mayor to be selected by and among the commission members; to redesignate the office of vice chairperson to mayor pro tempore; to revise voting and quorum provisions related to the commission; to make conforming changes; to provide that the city manager shall recommend the annual budget to the commission in place of the chairperson; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 12, 2024
Last action Mar 26, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 21, 2024
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 17 other
Total votes 52
Mar 21, 2024
D
Democratic22
40% Yea
R
Republican30
86% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Mar 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Mar 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Mar 13, 2024
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 12, 2024
Introduced
Senate Hopper
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Carden Summers
RRepublican
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