AN ACT
To provide a new Charter for the City of Vidalia; to provide for incorporation, boundaries,
and powers of the city; to provide for a governing authority of such city and the
powers, duties, authority, election, terms, vacancies, compensation, expenses, qualifications,
prohibitions, conflicts of interest, and suspension and removal from office relative
to members of such governing authority; to provide for inquiries and investigations;
to provide for oaths, organization, meetings, quorum, voting, rules, and procedures;
to provide for ordinances and codes; to provide for a city manager, acting city manager,
mayor, and mayor pro tempore and certain duties, powers, and other matters relative
thereto; to provide for administrative affairs and responsibilities; to provide for
boards, commissions, and authorities; to provide for a city attorney, a city clerk,
a city accountant, and other personnel and matters relating thereto; to provide for
rules and regulations; to provide for a municipal court and the judge or judges thereof
and other matters relative to those judges; to provide for the court's jurisdiction,
powers, practices, and procedures; to provide for the right of certiorari; to provide
for elections; to provide for taxation, licenses, and fees; to provide for franchises,
service charges, and assessments, to provide for bonded and other indebtedness; to
provide for auditing, accounting, budgeting, and appropriations; to provide for city
contracts and purchasing; to provide for the conveyance of property; to provide for
bonds for officials; to provide for prior ordinances and rules, pending matters, and
existing personnel; to provide for penalties; to provide for definitions and construction;
to provide for severability; to provide for preservation of legislation relative to
the public school system of the city; to provide for other matters relative to the
foregoing; to repeal a specific Act and amendatory Acts thereto; to provide for effective
dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
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