Title 46, Chapter 3, Section 117
( 46-3-117)
(a) In elections held by the election committee to elect members to
the authority, each political subdivision entitled to representation
on the election committee shall have and shall be entitled to have
its representative on the election committee cast one whole vote
plus an additional vote or votes (including fractions thereof) to be
determined as provided in this subsection. The percentage which is
arrived at by dividing the number of kilowatt hours taken from
Georgia Power Company by each such political subdivision during the
immediately preceding calendar year by the total number of kilowatt
hours taken from Georgia Power Company by all such political
subdivisions during the immediately preceding calendar year shall be
determined; and each such percentage shall then be applied to a
total number of votes equal to the total number of political
subdivisions entitled to representation on the election committee.
The resulting figure, calculated to the nearest one-thousandth,
shall be the additional vote or votes (including fractions thereof)
to which each respective political subdivision is entitled. (b) At such time as facilities of the authority are placed in
commercial operation as determined by the authority and energy is
being supplied by the authority to political subdivisions
contracting with the authority, then and thereafter each such
political subdivision entitled to representation on the election
committee shall have and shall be entitled to have its
representative on the election committee cast one whole vote plus an
additional vote or votes (including fractions thereof) to be
determined as provided in this subsection. The percentage which is
arrived at by dividing the number of kilowatt hours taken from the
authority by each such political subdivision during the immediately
preceding calendar year by the total number of kilowatt hours taken
from the authority by all such political subdivisions during the
immediately preceding calendar year shall be determined; and each
such percentage shall then be applied to a total number of votes
equal to the total number of political subdivisions entitled to
representation on the election committee. The resulting figure,
calculated to the nearest one-thousandth, shall be the additional
vote or votes (including fractions thereof) to which each respective
political subdivision is entitled by reason of energy taken.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, at the
meeting of the election committee in the calendar year immediately
following the calendar year in which such facilities are first
placed in commercial operation, as determined by the authority, and
energy is being supplied by the authority to such political
subdivisions, the period of time upon which the determination shall
be made of the additional vote or votes (including fractions
thereof) to which the representatives of the election committee
shall be entitled at such meeting shall be the remainder of the
calendar year in which energy was first supplied to such political
subdivisions, provided that such facilities have been in commercial
operation, as determined by the authority, and energy has been
supplied for a minimum of six months in the immediately preceding
calendar year. If such facilities of the authority have not been in
commercial operation, as determined by the authority, and if energy
has not been supplied for a minimum of six months in the immediately
preceding calendar year, such additional vote or votes (including
fractions thereof) shall be determined by the number of kilowatt
hours taken from Georgia Power Company in accordance with subsection
(a) of this Code section.
(c) The presence at any meeting of the election committee of
representatives entitled to cast two-thirds of the total votes to
which the election committee shall be entitled shall constitute a
quorum of the election committee. |