Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 639 - Lamar County; probate court judge; jurisdiction

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1. Smith  109th           2. Jenkins  110th


House Comm: LLeg       /                Senate Comm: SLGO       /               
House Vote: Yeas 137   Nays 0           Senate Vote: Yeas 47  Nays 0            
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               House          Action         Senate                             
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              2/8/95   Read 1st Time         2/13/95                            
              2/9/95   Read 2nd Time                                            
              2/10/95  Favorably Reported    2/15/95                            
              2/10/95  Read 3rd Time                                            
              2/10/95  Passed/Adopted        2/15/95                            
              3/20/95  Sent to Governor                                         
              3/27/95  Signed by Governor                                       
              121      Act/Veto Number                                          
              3/27/95  Effective Date                                           
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HB 639                                             LC 9 8074






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend an Act making provisions for the judge of the
  1- 2  Probate Court of Lamar County, approved March 27, 1972 (Ga.
  1- 3  L. 1972, p. 2636), as amended, so as to provide that the
  1- 4  judge of the Probate Court of Lamar County shall have
  1- 5  jurisdiction to try all misdemeanor cases arising in the
  1- 6  county where the defendant waives a jury trial and pleads
  1- 7  guilty to such misdemeanor; to repeal conflicting laws; and
  1- 8  for other purposes.

  1- 9       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1-10  An Act making provisions for the judge of the Probate Court
  1-11  of Lamar County, approved March 27, 1972 (Ga. L. 1972, p.
  1-12  2636), as amended, is amended by adding, following Section
  1-13  3, a new Section 3.1 to read as follows:

  1-14                         "SECTION 3.1.

  1-15    The judge of the Probate Court of Lamar County shall have
  1-16    jurisdiction to try all misdemeanor cases arising in the
  1-17    county where the defendant waives a jury trial and pleads
  1-18    guilty to such misdemeanor."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-19  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-20  repealed.














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