09 LC 29
3764S
House
Bill 289 (COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)
By:
Representatives Chambers of the
81st,
Houston of the
170th,
and Martin of the
47th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so
as to repeal Article 6 of Chapter 5, relating to the Georgia Courts Automation
Commission; to provide for outstanding contracts and obligations; to provide for
related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws;
and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Title
15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, is amended by
repealing Article 6 of Chapter 5, relating to the Georgia Courts Automation
Commission, and revising said article as follows:
"ARTICLE
6
RESERVED"
RESERVED"
SECTION
2.
On
July 1, 2009, any outstanding contracts, licenses, and obligations of the
Georgia Courts Automation Commission shall be transferred to the Administrative
Office of the Courts until the same are completed or extinguished.
SECTION
3.
Said
title is further amended by revising subparagraph (a)(17)(B) of Code Section
15-6-61, relating to duties of clerks generally, use of computerized
record-keeping system, and printed copies of the grantor and grantee indices, as
follows:
"(B)
To electronically collect and transmit to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks'
Cooperative Authority all data elements required in subsection (g) of Code
Section 35-3-36 in a form and format required by the Superior Court Clerks'
Cooperative Authority and The Council of Superior Court Clerks of Georgia.
The
electronic collection and transmission of data shall begin no later than January
1, 2002. The data transmitted to the
authority pursuant to this Code section shall be transmitted to the
Administrative
Office of the Courts and to the Georgia
Crime Information Center in satisfaction of the clerk's duties under subsection
(g) of Code Section 35-3-36
and to the
Georgia Courts Automation Commission who shall provide the data to the
Administrative Office of the Courts for use of the state judicial
branch. Public access to said data shall
remain the responsibility of the Georgia Crime Information Center. No release
of collected data shall be made by or through the authority;"
SECTION
4.
Said
title is further amended by revising subsection (a) of Code Section 15-6-97.1,
relating to development and operation of civil case information system and
funding, as follows:
"(a)
The Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority and The Council of
Superior Court Clerks of Georgia, in agreement with
the Georgia
Courts Automation Commission and the
Administrative Office of the Courts, shall participate in the development and
operation of the civil case filing and disposition information system described
in paragraph (4) of Code Section 15-5-24
and
paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) of subsection (a) of Code Section 15-5-82.
The authority shall provide such data in electronic format to the Georgia Courts
Automation Commission within three days of receipt. The media and format shall
be determined by the authority and the
commission."
SECTION
5.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
6.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.