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LC 28 2163
Senate
Bill 235
By: Senators Hamrick of the 30th and Reed of the 35th
By: Senators Hamrick of the 30th and Reed of the 35th
AS
PASSED
AN
ACT
To
amend an Act to create a new judicial circuit for the State of Georgia, to be
known as the Douglas Judicial Circuit, to be composed of the County of Douglas,
approved March 20, 1980 (Ga. L. 1980, p. 563), as amended,
so as to provide for the employment by the district attorney with the approval
of the board of commissioners of certain personnel; to provide that
investigators employed by the district attorney shall have the powers of peace
officers and shall be qualified as peace officers; to provide for related
matters; to provide for applicability and automatic termination of such
provision; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act to create a new judicial circuit for the State of Georgia, to be known as
the Douglas Judicial Circuit, to be composed of the County of Douglas, approved
March 20, 1980 (Ga. L. 1980, p. 563), as amended, is amended
by designating the present matter contained in Section 3 as subsection (a) and
adding a new subsection (b) to Section 3 to read as follows:
"(b)(1)
The district attorney may employ such additional assistant district attorneys,
deputy district attorneys, or other attorneys, investigators, paraprofessionals,
clerical assistants, victim and witness assistance personnel, and other
employees or independent contractors as may be authorized by the board of
commissioners. Such personnel shall be compensated by the county in a manner
and amount fixed by the district attorney with the approval of the board of
commissioners.
(2)
Any investigator appointed pursuant to this subsection or Code Section
15_18_14.1 of the O.C.G.A. shall meet the qualifications for certification as a
peace officer as provided in Chapter 8 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., the 'Georgia
Peace Officer Standards and Training Act.' Such investigators shall exercise
all powers of a peace officer including the power to make arrests and to apply
for, execute, and return any warrant, rule, order, or process within Douglas
County.
(3)
This subsection shall apply from the effective date of this subsection until
December 31, 2011, after which time this subsection shall be of no further
force or
effect."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.