Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions

SB 639 - DAs - repeal cert. provisions on appt. of counsel when accused.

Page Numbers - 1

Code Sections - 15-18-27/ 15-18-27

1. Crotts  17th           2. Land  16th              3. Oliver  42nd


Senate Comm: Judy       /         House Comm: Judy       /                                          
Senate Vote: Yeas 52    Nays 0                                                                      
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              Senate          Action          House                                                 
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             1/26/96   Read 1st time          2/7/96                                                
             2/1/96    Favorably Reported                                                           
             2/2/96    Read 2nd Time          2/8/96                                                
             2/6/96    Read 3rd Time                                                                
             2/6/96    Passed/Adopted                                                               
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Code Sections amended: 15-18-27                                                                     


SB 639 96                                          LC 21 3758

      SENATE BILL 639

      By:  Senators Crotts of the 17th, Land of the 16th,
           Oliver of the 42nd and others

                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions
  1- 3  relative to district attorneys, so as to repeal certain
  1- 4  provisions relative to the appointment of counsel upon an
  1- 5  accusation or presentment against a district attorney; to
  1- 6  repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 7       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 8  Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official Code of
  1- 9  Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative
  1-10  to district attorneys, is amended by striking in its
  1-11  entirety Code Section 15-18-27, relating to the appointment
  1-12  of counsel upon an accusation or presentment against a
  1-13  district attorney, which reads as follows:

  1-14    "15-18-27. (Index)

  1-15    When any person makes an affidavit before the court or the
  1-16    grand jury that in his judgment the district attorney is
  1-17    guilty of an indictable offense and that such person
  1-18    desires to prosecute him or when the grand jury presents
  1-19    the district attorney for such an offense, it shall be the
  1-20    duty of the court instanter to appoint some competent
  1-21    attorney at law to draw a bill of indictment; and, when a
  1-22    true bill is found or a presentment is made, it shall be
  1-23    the duty of the court to put the district attorney under
  1-24    recognizance or in prison, according to the offense, until
  1-25    the case has been prosecuted.",

  1-26  and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

  1-27    "15-18-27. (Index)

  1-28     Reserved."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-29  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-30  repealed.

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