Bill Text: GA HB1140 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Alcovy, Atlanta, and Brunswick judicial circuits; dates of terms; change
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-05-27 - Effective Date [HB1140 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HB1140-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 1140 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Lane of the
167th,
Williams of the
178th,
Smith of the
168th,
and Willard of the
49th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act to provide for additional judges for the superior courts of the
Alcovy, Atlanta, and Brunswick judicial circuits, approved May 12, 2008
(Ga. L. 2008, p. 491), so as to change the dates of the terms of
office of the initial appointees; 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.
An
Act to provide for additional judges for the superior courts of the Alcovy,
Atlanta, and Brunswick judicial circuits, approved May 12, 2008
(Ga. L. 2008, p. 491), is amended by revising Section 2-2 as
follows:
"SECTION
2-2.
The
additional judge of the superior courts of the Alcovy Judicial Circuit shall be
appointed by the Governor for a term beginning July 1, 2010, and expiring
December 31, 2012, and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
At the general election to be held in 2012, there shall be elected a successor
to the first additional judge appointed as provided for in this Act, and he or
she shall take office on the first day of January, 2013, and serve for a term of
office of four years and until his or her successor is duly elected and
qualified. All subsequent successors to such judge shall be elected at the
general election conducted in the year in which the term of office shall expire
for a term of four years and until his or her successor is duly elected and
qualified. Said elections shall be held and conducted as is now or may
hereafter be provided by law for the election of judges of the superior courts
of the State of Georgia."
SECTION
2.
Said
Act is further amended by revising Section 3-2 as follows:
"SECTION
3-2.
The
additional judge of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit hall be appointed by the
Governor for a term beginning July 1, 2010, and expiring December 31, 2012,
and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. At the general
election to be held in 2012, there shall be elected a successor to the first
additional judge appointed as provided for in this Act, and he or she shall take
office on the first day of January, 2013, and serve for a term of office of four
years and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. All
subsequent successors to such judge shall be elected at the general election
conducted in the year in which the term of office shall expire for a term of
four years and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. Said
elections shall be held and conducted as is now or may hereafter be provided by
law for the election of judges of the superior courts of the State of
Georgia."
SECTION
3.
Said
Act is further amended by revising Section 4-2 as follows:
"SECTION
4-2.
The
additional judge of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit hall be appointed by the
Governor for a term beginning July 1, 2010, and expiring December 31, 2012,
and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. At the general
election to be held in 2012, there shall be elected a successor to the first
additional judge appointed as provided for in this Act, and he or she shall take
office on the first day of January, 2013, and serve for a term of office of four
years and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. All
subsequent successors to such judge shall be elected at the general election
conducted in the year in which the term of office shall expire for a term of
four years and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. Said
elections shall be held and conducted as is now or may hereafter be provided by
law for the election of judges of the superior courts of the State of
Georgia."
SECTION
4.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
5.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
