§ 2. [Membership.]

(a)

The board of commissioners of Jackson County shall consist of a chairperson and four district commissioners. The four district commissioners shall be residents of their respective commissioner districts described in subsection (b) of this section and shall be elected by the electors of their respective commissioner districts as provided in section 3 of this act [article]. The chairperson shall be elected at large as provided in section 3 of this act [article].

(b)

For the purpose of electing members of the board of commissioners, Jackson County shall be divided into four commissioner districts. One member of the board shall be elected for each such district. Those districts shall consist of the described territory of Jackson County contained in the description attached to this Act and made a part [hereof] and further identified as: Plan Name: jackccp4 Plan Type: Local User: Staff Administrator: Jackson.

(c)

When used in such attachment, the terms 'Tract' and 'BG' (Block Group) shall mean and describe the same geographical boundaries as provided in the report of the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia. The separate numeric designations in a Tract description which are underneath a 'BG' heading shall mean and describe individual Blocks within a Block Group as provided in the report of the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia. Any part of Jackson County which is not included in any such district described in that attachment shall be included within that district contiguous to such part which contains the least population according to the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia. Any part of Jackson County which is described in that attachment as being in a particular district shall nevertheless not be included within such district if such part is not contiguous to such district. Such noncontiguous part shall instead be included within that district contiguous to such part which contains the least population according to the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia. Except as otherwise provided in the description of any commissioner district, whenever the description of such district refers to a named city, it shall mean the geographical boundaries of that city as shown on the census map for the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia.

(2007 Ga. Laws (Act No. 192), page 4030, § 1))