05 LC 21
8417
House
Bill 865
By:
Representative Hatfield of the
177th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 15-1-9.3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to senior judge of state court, probate court, or juvenile court, request for
assistance of a senior judge, and compensation, so as to provide that a state
court or juvenile court judge shall be eligible for appointment as a senior
judge with a combination of service as a judge and as a solicitor-general of a
state court; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 15-1-9.3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to senior
judge of state court, probate court, or juvenile court, request for assistance
of a senior judge, and compensation, is amended by striking in its entirety
paragraph (2) of subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
"(2)
Any state court or juvenile court judge, whether or not said judge is a member
of the retirement fund created by Chapter 23 of Title 47, who ceases holding
office as a judge and who
has:
(A)
At
at
least ten years in any combination of service as judge of a state court or
juvenile
court;
or
(B)
At least ten years in any combination of at least eight
yearś
service as a judge of a state court or juvenile court and up to two
yearś
service as a solicitor-general of a state court
at
the time of ceasing to hold office and who is not eligible for appointment to
the office of senior judge under any other law of this state may be appointed as
a senior judge as provided in this Code
section."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.