05 LC 21
8395/AP
House
Bill 862 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representative Hatfield of the
177th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act creating the State Court of Ware County, formerly the City Court of
Waycross, approved December 11, 1897 (Ga. L. 1897, p. 510), as
amended, particularly by an Act approved May 17, 2004 (Ga. L. 2004,
p. 4082), so as to provide for the compensation of the solicitor-general
and the judge of said court; to provide for related matters; to provide an
effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act creating the State Court of Ware County, formerly the City Court of
Waycross, approved December 11, 1897 (Ga. L. 1897, p. 510), as
amended, particularly by an Act approved May 17, 2004 (Ga. L. 2004,
p. 4082), is amended by striking subsection (a) of Section 4A and inserting
in lieu thereof a new subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a)
The solicitor-general of the State Court of Ware County shall receive an annual
salary in the amount of $36,000.00 or such larger amount as may from time to
time be provided for in general state law. The judge of the State Court of Ware
County shall receive an annual salary in the amount of $60,000.00 or such larger
amount as may from time to time be provided for in general state law. The judge
shall at his or her own expense provide a secretary to assist him or her in the
performance of his or her office. Said compensation shall be paid in equal
monthly installments from funds of Ware County. All increases that have occurred
to the salary of the solicitor-general and judge from January 1, 2000, until the
effective date of this section shall remain payable to the solicitor-general and
judge in office on the effective date of this
section."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on the first day of the month following the month in
which it is approved by the Governor or in which it becomes law without such
approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.