07 LC
29 2716
House
Bill 582
By:
Representative Shaw of the
176th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act creating the Small Claims Court of Lanier County, now the
Magistrate Court of Lanier County, approved April 6, 1981 (Ga. L. 1981, p.
3452), so as to provide that on and after January 1, 2009, the probate judge
shall serve as chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Lanier County; to
provide for the number and method of appointment for magistrates serving in such
court; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act creating the Small Claims Court of Lanier County, now the Magistrate Court
of Lanier County, approved April 6, 1981 (Ga. L. 1981, p. 3452), is amended by
revising Sections 2 and 3 as follows:
"SECTION
2.
Pursuant
to subsection (g) of Code Section 15-10-20 of the O.C.G.A., the chief magistrate
of the Magistrate Court of Lanier County shall not be separately elected for any
term of office that begins on or after January 1, 2009, but on and after that
date, the probate judge of Lanier County shall serve as the chief magistrate of
the Magistrate Court of Lanier County.
SECTION
3.
On
and after July 1, 2007, the number of magistrates to serve as judges of the
Magistrate Court of Lanier County shall be determined by the Lanier County Board
of Commissioners, and such board shall also select such judges. Such
magistrates shall be appointed by the board and shall be appointed to take
office on January 1 for a term of four years to run concurrently with the
probate judge and until their respective successors are appointed and
qualified."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2007.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.