09
SB199/AP
Senate
Bill 199
By:
Senators Wiles of the 37th, Harp of the 29th and Cowsert of the
46th
AS
PASSED
AN
ACT
To
amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so
as to provide for the suspension for one year of the otherwise required annual
training for magistrates and probate judges; to provide for related matters; to
provide 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 in
Code Section 15-9-1.1, relating to training requirements for probate judges, by
revising subsection (c) as follows:
"(c)(1)
Each judge of the probate court shall be required to complete additional
training prescribed by the Probate Judges Training Council and the Institute of
Continuing Judicial Education of Georgia during each year he or she serves as a
judge of the probate court after the initial year of training and shall file a
certificate of such additional training issued by the Institute of Continuing
Judicial Education of Georgia with the Probate Judges Training
Council.
(2)
For the calendar years 2009 and 2010 only, the Probate Judges Training Council
may suspend, in whole or in part, the training requirements of this subsection.
If the council suspends such requirements, and if any probate judge has
completed all or a portion of the required training prior to suspension of the
training requirements, credit for the training so completed shall be carried
over and applied to calendar year 2010 or 2011."
SECTION
2.
Said
title is further amended in Code Section 15-10-137, relating to training
requirements for magistrates, by revising subsection (c) as
follows:
"(c)(1)
In order to maintain the status of a certified magistrate judge, each person
certified as such shall complete 20 hours of additional training per annum
during each calendar year after the year of his or her initial certification in
which he or she serves as a magistrate judge.
(2)
For the calendar years 2009 and 2010 only, the council may suspend, in whole or
in part, the training requirements of this subsection. If the council suspends
such requirements, and if any magistrate judge has completed all or a portion of
the required training prior to suspension of the training requirements, credit
for the training so completed shall be carried over and applied to calendar year
2010 or 2011."
SECTION
3.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.