05 LC
9 1650
House
Bill 733
By:
Representatives Lewis of the
15th,
Loudermilk of the
14th,
and Graves of the
12th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act providing for the compensation of the chief magistrate of the
Magistrate Court of Bartow County, approved March 18, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p.
3788), as amended, so as to change the compensation of the chief magistrate and
the provisions related thereto; 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 providing for the compensation of the chief magistrate of the Magistrate
Court of Bartow County, approved March 18, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 3788), as
amended, is amended by striking Section 1 of said Act and inserting in its place
the following:
"SECTION
1.
(a)
The chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Bartow County shall receive a
base salary of $70,000.00 per annum, to be paid in equal monthly installments
from the funds of Bartow County.
(b)
Beginning on January 1, 2006, and on the first day of January of each year
thereafter, the base salary of the chief magistrate shall be increased by 4
percent.
(c)
The chief magistrate shall also receive a longevity increase determined by
multiplying the sum of the amounts in subsections (a) and (b) of this section
by the percentage that equals 5 percent times the number of completed four-year
terms of office served by the chief magistrate after December 31, 1996, but not
to exceed 25 percent, effective on the first day of January following the
completion of each four-year term of
office."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2005.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.