SB 311 - Cities of 300,000 or more; state courts; jurisdiction/venue; judges; change provisions

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Current Status

03/04/05 - Senate Read and Referred

First Reader Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act re-creating a system of state courts of limited jurisdiction for each city of this state having a population of 300,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1990 or any future such census, approved April 4, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 627), as amended, so as to change the provisions relating to the jurisdiction and venue of such courts; to change the provisions relating to the number, compensation, and retention of judges of such courts; to provide that any judge whose position has been abolished by ordinance, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, shall not be eligible to retain judicial office; to change the provisions relating to the solicitor and assistant solicitors of such courts and their number, appointment, and terms; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Status History

Bill History
Date Action
03/04/2005 Senate Read and Referred