Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 949 - Cobb Judicial Cir; investigators & asst dist attys; compensation

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1. Wiles  34th            2. Barnes  33rd            3. Parsons  40th
4. Shipp  38th            5. Sauder  29th            6. Klein  39th


House Comm: LLeg       /                Senate Comm: SLGO       /               
House Vote: Yeas 131   Nays 0           Senate Vote: Yeas 47  Nays 0            
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               House          Action         Senate                             
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              3/6/95   Read 1st Time         3/9/95                             
              3/7/95   Read 2nd Time                                            
              3/8/95   Favorably Reported    3/13/95                            
              3/8/95   Read 3rd Time                                            
              3/8/95   Passed/Adopted        3/13/95                            
              3/22/95  Sent to Governor                                         
              3/27/95  Signed by Governor                                       
              52       Act/Veto Number                                          
              4/1/95   Effective Date                                           
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HB 949                                            LC 24 0171






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend an Act creating the Cobb Judicial Circuit, approved
  1- 2  February 19, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 184), as amended,
  1- 3  particularly by an Act approved April 5, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994,
  1- 4  p. 4622), so as to change the provisions relative to the
  1- 5  compensation of the chief investigator, the investigators,
  1- 6  the chief assistant district attorney, and the assistant
  1- 7  district attorneys; to provide for an effective date; to
  1- 8  repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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

                         SECTION 1.

  1-10  An Act creating the Cobb Judicial Circuit, approved February
  1-11  19, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 184), as amended, particularly by
  1-12  an Act approved April 5, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 4622), is
  1-13  amended by striking Section 4A in its entirety and inserting
  1-14  in lieu thereof a new Section 4A to read as follows:

                        "SECTION 4A.

  1-15    Said district attorney is authorized to appoint eight
  1-16    investigators for the Cobb Judicial Circuit to serve at
  1-17    the pleasure of said district attorney and to perform
  1-18    generally such duties as may be assigned by said district
  1-19    attorney.  They shall have the same power as a sheriff to
  1-20    make arrests, to execute and return all criminal warrants
  1-21    and processes, and to serve as peace officers; and they
  1-22    shall be subpoena clerks in the superior court for the
  1-23    purpose of summoning witnesses before the grand jury.  One
  1-24    of the investigators shall be designated the chief
  1-25    investigator, and his or her duties shall include
  1-26    supervision of the remaining investigators and such other
  1-27    duties as may be assigned by the district attorney.  The
  1-28    chief investigator shall receive as compensation for the
  1-29    performance of such duties a sum of not less than
  1-30    $10,774.56 nor more than $59,545.20 per annum, the exact
  1-31    amount to be determined by the district attorney.  The
  1-32    compensation shall be paid in equal monthly installments



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                                                  LC 24 0171

  2- 1    from the general funds of Cobb County, Georgia.  The
  2- 2    remaining investigators shall receive as compensation for
  2- 3    the performance of such duties a sum of not less than
  2- 4    $10,774.56 nor more than $43,305.60 per annum, the exact
  2- 5    amount to be determined by the district attorney.  The
  2- 6    compensation shall be paid in equal monthly installments
  2- 7    from the general funds of Cobb County."

                         SECTION 2.

  2- 8  Said Act is further amended by striking Section 4B in its
  2- 9  entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new Section 4B
  2-10  to read as follows:

                        "SECTION 4B.

  2-11    The district attorney is authorized to appoint, in
  2-12    addition to those assistant district attorneys otherwise
  2-13    provided by law, 14 full-time or part-time assistant
  2-14    district attorneys who shall serve at the pleasure of the
  2-15    district attorney and who shall assist the district
  2-16    attorney in the performance of his or her duties.  All
  2-17    assistant district attorneys shall have been admitted to
  2-18    the practice of law in all of the courts of the State of
  2-19    Georgia and be members in good standing of the State Bar
  2-20    of Georgia.  All assistant district attorneys shall be
  2-21    compensated in the sum of not less than $20,770.88 nor
  2-22    more than $68,206.32 per annum, except that the chief
  2-23    assistant district attorney shall receive no more than
  2-24    $70,371.60 per annum.  The exact amount of said
  2-25    compensation shall be determined by the district attorney
  2-26    of the Cobb Judicial Circuit.  Said sum shall be payable
  2-27    in equal monthly installments from the general funds of
  2-28    said county, with the exception that whenever the State of
  2-29    Georgia shall provide the compensation to any of the
  2-30    assistant district attorneys, the amount of state
  2-31    compensation shall be deducted from the total salary paid
  2-32    from the general funds of Cobb County, Georgia."

                         SECTION 3.

  2-33  This Act shall become effective on the first day of the
  2-34  month following the month in which it is approved by the
  2-35  Governor or in which it becomes law without such approval.

                         SECTION 4.

  2-36  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2-37  repealed.



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