Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 1218 - Superior court judges; secretary's pay schedule; exception

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1. Simpson  101st         2. Stallings  100th


House Comm: Judy       /                Senate Comm: S Judy     /                                   
House Vote: Yeas 160   Nays 0           Senate Vote: Yeas 49  Nays 1                                
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               House          Action         Senate                                                 
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              1/10/96  Read 1st Time         2/14/96                                                
              1/11/96  Read 2nd Time         2/29/96                                                
              2/2/96   Favorably Reported    2/28/96                                                
              Sub      Committee Amend/Sub   Sub                                                    
              2/13/96  Read 3rd Time         3/7/96                                                 
              2/13/96  Passed/Adopted        3/12/96                                                
              CS       Comm/Floor Amend/Sub  FS                                                     
              3/14/96  Amend/Sub Disagreed To                                                       
              3/15/96  Insists               3/15/96                                                
              3/15/96  Conf Comm Appointed   3/15/96                                                
              3/18/96  Conf Comm Rep Adopted 3/18/96                                                
              4/1/96   Sent to Governor                                                             
              4/15/96  Signed by Governor                                                           
              920      Act/Veto Number                                                              
              7/1/96   Effective Date                                                               
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Action Suspended 3/7/96                                                                             
                                                                                                    
Code Sections amended: 15-6-25                                                                      


HB 1218                                            HB 1218/AP

      H. B. No. 1218 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
      By:  Representatives Simpson of the 101st and Stallings of
      the 100th


                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions
  1- 3  relative to the superior courts, so as to provide for an
  1- 4  exception to the pay schedule for a person appointed on or
  1- 5  after a specified date as secretary to a superior court
  1- 6  judge if such secretary has previously been employed as a
  1- 7  secretary to a state court judge; to provide for an
  1- 8  additional pay step for such secretaries in certain
  1- 9  circumstances; to provide for an exception to the pay
  1-10  schedule for a person appointed on or after a specified date
  1-11  as secretary to a superior court judge if such secretary has
  1-12  previously been employed as a secretary to a district
  1-13  attorney in certain circumstances; to provide for related
  1-14  matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1-15       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1-16  Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of
  1-17  Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative
  1-18  to the superior courts, is amended by striking in its
  1-19  entirety paragraph (5) of subsection (c) of Code Section
  1-20  15-6-25, relating to employment of secretaries for judges of
  1-21  the superior court, and inserting in lieu thereof the
  1-22  following:

  1-23      "(5) Each new secretary appointed after July 1, 1985,
  1-24      shall be placed on Step 1 of the pay schedule in effect
  1-25      on the date of appointment; provided, however, that:

  1-26        (A) A a secretary employed under Code Section
  1-27        15-18-17, authorizing the employment of district
  1-28        attorney's secretaries, may transfer to this pay
  1-29        schedule upon appointment as a secretary to a judge of
  1-30        the superior court at the step equal to the current
  1-31        salary being received if no interruption in state
  1-32        employment occurs as a result of the appointment;



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                                                  HB 1218/AP

  2- 1        (B) A secretary employed as secretary to a state court
  2- 2        judge in this state before appointment pursuant to
  2- 3        this Code section may transfer to this pay schedule
  2- 4        after appointment pursuant to this Code section at the
  2- 5        step which is closest to but not lower than the
  2- 6        highest salary received in such secretary's previous
  2- 7        employment as secretary to a judge of the state court
  2- 8        if such secretary was appointed pursuant to this Code
  2- 9        section on or after July 1, 1995, and there was no
  2-10        interruption in employment as a result of such
  2-11        appointment;

  2-12        (C) A secretary employed under authority other than
  2-13        Code Section 15-18-17 as a secretary to a district
  2-14        attorney in this state before appointment pursuant to
  2-15        this Code section who was appointed on or after July
  2-16        1, 1995, may transfer to this pay schedule at the step
  2-17        which is closest to but not lower than the highest
  2-18        salary received in such secretary's previous
  2-19        employment as a secretary to a district attorney after
  2-20        appointment pursuant to this Code section if there was
  2-21        no interruption in employment as a result of such
  2-22        appointment; and

  2-23        (D) A secretary who meets the criteria of subparagraph
  2-24        (B) of this paragraph and who has worked for at least
  2-25        two years for a state court judge whose duties
  2-26        included hearings in state court and superior court
  2-27        shall receive an additional pay step above the
  2-28        compensation resulting from the application of
  2-29        subparagraph (B)."

                         SECTION 2.

  2-30  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2-31  repealed.













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