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01 LC 29 0133
Senate Bill
269
By: Senators Kemp of the 3rd, Haines of
the 46th and Hecht of the 34th
AS PASSED
A BILL TO BE
ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Code Section 5-3-30 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to calendaring appeals in the superior or state courts and
jury trials therein, so as to eliminate the magistrate court monetary
jurisdictional limit; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting
laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Code Section 5-3-30 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to calendaring appeals in the superior or state courts and
jury trials therein, is amended by designating the existing Code section as
subsection (a) and adding subsection (b) to read as
follows:
"(b)
Upon filing an appeal pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section, the
monetary limitations provided for in paragraph (5) of Code Section 15-10-2 shall
no longer apply to any verdict and judgment entered by the superior or state
court."
SECTION 2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
repealed.