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08 LC 38 0508/AP
House Bill 1010 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By: Representatives Williams of the 165th, Barnard of the 166th, and Stephens of the 164th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT


To amend an Act establishing the State Court of Liberty County (formerly the City Court of Hinesville), approved August 9, 1916 (Ga. L. 1916, p. 232), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 3765), so as to change the compensation of the solicitor-general of the said court; 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 establishing the State Court of Liberty County (formerly the City Court of Hinesville), approved August 9, 1916 (Ga. L. 1916, p. 232), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 3765), is amended by striking Section 5A in its entirety and inserting in its place a new Section 5A to read as follows:

"SECTION 5A.
The solicitor-general of the State Court of Liberty County shall be paid a minimum annual salary in an amount equal to two-thirds of the minimum annual salary set by Section 4 of this Act for the judge of the State Court of Liberty County, together with such other supplements, if any, as may be deemed appropriate from time to time by the governing authority of Liberty County. Said salary shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the funds of Liberty County and shall be in lieu of all fees which the solicitor-general has heretofore received except those provided in Section 6. In the absence or disqualification of the solicitor-general, the judge of the state court shall appoint a solicitor-general pro tempore, who shall be paid the amount on a pro rata basis which the solicitor-general would have received had said solicitor-general been serving."

SECTION 2.
This Act shall become effective upon the passage of an Act establishing the office of judge for the State Court of Liberty County as a full-time position and providing for the nonpartisan election of such office.

SECTION 3.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.