06 LC 29
2103
House
Bill 1288
By:
Representatives Ralston of the
7th,
Fleming of the
117th,
Hatfield of the
177th,
Cox of the
102nd,
and Everson of the
106th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 32 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to municipal courts, so as to provide for required training of municipal court
clerks; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
32 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to municipal
courts, is amended by adding a new Code Section 36-32-13 to the end of Article
1, relating to general provisions, to read as follows:
"36-32-13.
(a)
For purposes of this Code section, the term:
(1)
'Municipal court' shall have the same meaning as described in subsection (a) of
Code Section 36-32-1.
(2)
'Municipal court clerk' shall mean the primary person most directly responsible
for the administration of a municipal court other than a judge of the municipal
court.
(b)(1)
Any person who is hired or appointed as a municipal court clerk on or after July
1, 2006, shall satisfactorily complete a minimum of 16 hours of training related
to the operation of municipal court as prescribed by the Georgia Municipal
Courts Training Council within his or her first year of service as a municipal
court clerk.
(2)
Each municipal court clerk, regardless of when he or she was hired or appointed,
shall complete a minimum of 8 hours of training related to the operation of
municipal court as prescribed by the Georgia Municipal Courts Training Council
on an annual basis. The training required by this paragraph shall be satisfied
by completing the training provided for in paragraph (1) of this subsection in
the municipal court
clerḱs
first year of service.
(3)
The reasonable costs and expense of training required by this Code section shall
be paid by the governing authority of the municipality from municipal
funds.
(c)
The Georgia Municipal Courts Training Council shall keep records of training
completed by municipal court clerks.
(d)
In any year that any municipal court clerk does not satisfactorily complete the
required training, the Georgia Municipal Courts Training Council shall promptly
notify the governing authority of the applicable municipality as well as the
chief municipal court judge of the applicable
municipality."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2006.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.