Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 1409 - Chatham County; magistrates; nonpartisan

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1. Mueller  152nd         2. Bordeaux  151st         3. Dixon  150th
4. Thomas  148th


House Comm: LLeg       /                Senate Comm: SLGO       /                                   
House Vote: Yeas 93    Nays 7           Senate Vote: Yeas 41  Nays 0                                
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               House          Action         Senate                                                 
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              1/24/96  Read 1st Time         1/29/96                                                
              1/25/96  Read 2nd Time                                                                
              1/26/96  Favorably Reported    3/7/96                                                 
              1/26/96  Read 3rd Time                                                                
              1/26/96  Passed/Adopted        3/7/96                                                 
              3/20/96  Sent to Governor                                                             
              3/21/96  Signed by Governor                                                           
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              3/21/96  Effective Date                                                               
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HB 1409                                            LC 11 8862






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend an Act providing for the Magistrate Court of
  1- 2  Chatham County, approved March 21, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p.
  1- 3  4422), as amended, so as to provide for the nonpartisan
  1- 4  nomination and election of the chief magistrate and
  1- 5  full-time magistrates of the Magistrate Court of Chatham
  1- 6  County; to provide for terms of office; to repeal
  1- 7  conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 8       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 9  An Act providing for the Magistrate Court of Chatham County,
  1-10  approved March 21, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 4422), as amended,
  1-11  is amended by adding immediately following Section 2 thereof
  1-12  a new section to read as follows:

  1-13                         "SECTION 2.1.

  1-14  Successors to the chief magistrate and full-time magistrates
  1-15  of the Magistrate Court of Chatham County whose terms of
  1-16  office are to expire, shall be nominated and elected by the
  1-17  qualified voters of Chatham County in a nonpartisan primary
  1-18  and election which shall be conducted at the time of the
  1-19  state-wide primary and the November general election,
  1-20  respectively, held immediately preceding the expiration of
  1-21  such terms of office.  Persons elected to such office shall
  1-22  take office the first day of January immediately following
  1-23  such election and shall serve for a term of office of four
  1-24  years and until the election and qualification of their
  1-25  respective successors.  The procedures for such nonpartisan
  1-26  primary and election shall be as provided in Code Section
  1-27  21-2-139 of the O.C.G.A.  Except as otherwise provided in
  1-28  this Act, such magistrates shall be nominated and elected
  1-29  pursuant to the applicable general election laws of this
  1-30  state."






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                                                  LC 11 8862

                         SECTION 2.

  2- 1  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2- 2  repealed.













































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