06 LC
25 4165
House
Bill 1199
By:
Representative Lane of the
167th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
provide that the probate judge of McIntosh County shall serve ex officio as
chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of McIntosh County on and after a date
certain; to provide an effective date; to repeal certain Acts; to repeal
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Pursuant
to subsection (g) of Code Section 15-10-20 of the O.C.G.A., the chief magistrate
of the Magistrate Court of McIntosh County shall not be separately elected for
any term of office that begins on or after January 1, 2009, but on and after
that date the probate judge of McIntosh County shall serve ex officio as the
chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of McIntosh County.
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective upon approval by the Governor or upon its becoming
law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
The
following Acts are specifically repealed:
(1)
An Act to create and establish a Small Claims Court in and for McIntosh County,
approved April 11, 1979 (Ga. L. 1979, p. 4431); and
(2)
An Act to amend an Act creating the Small Claims Court of McIntosh County,
approved April 9, 1981 (Ga. L. 1981, p. 4346).
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.