Editing Butts County, Georgia (section)

== Government and infrastructure ==

===County government===
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Butts County is governed by a Board of Commissioners composed of one commissioner from each of the county's five electoral districts. The commission members serve four year, staggered terms. The Board is presided over by the chairman, elected annually from the members of the commission to chair the meetings of the Board. The Board employs a County Administrator, Deputy County Administrator, County Clerk and nine department managers to oversee the daily affairs of the government.

There are four Constitutional Officers and three Elected Officials who are elected at-large by the voters of the county. The Constitutional Officers include the Sheriff; Tax Commissioner; Probate Judge and Clerk of the Superior Court. Elected officials include the Magistrate Judge; Coroner and County Surveyor. Other services are provided by departments headed by appointees of the Board of Commissioners.

In 2008, a movement began to create an elected, at-large chairman position to serve as presiding officer over the Board of Commissioners. This movement lost ground in 2009 and has not been revisited.

=== State representation ===
[[File:GA Diagnostic Prison - Road Sign Photo.jpg|thumb|[[Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison]]]]
The [[Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison]] of the [[Georgia Department of Corrections]] is a maximum security prison in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] Butts County. It is home to Georgia's death row for men and Georgia's execution facility.<ref>"[http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/FacilityMap/html/ga_diag_class_pris.html Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423190816/http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/FacilityMap/html/ga_diag_class_pris.html |date=2010-04-23 }}." [[Georgia Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on July 18, 2010. "HWY 36 WEST" "JACKSON, GA 30233." and the travel directions "Take I-75 south toward Macon to Exit 201, Jackson/Barnesville. Exit and turn left, go over the bridge and travel approximately ¼ mile. Go through two lights and you will see the entrance to the Diagnostic Center ahead on the left, several truck stops and fueling stations on the right. Turn left on Prison Boulevard and follow it to the facility."</ref> The prison is also home to maximum security general population (non-death row).

=== Politics ===
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