Bill Text: GA HB478 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Municipal courts; judges to be attorneys; require
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-04 - House Committee Favorably Reported [HB478 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HB478-Comm_Sub.html
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The
House Committee on Governmental Affairs offers the following
substitute
to HB 478:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 1 of Chapter 32 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to general provisions for municipal courts, so as to require
municipal court judges to be attorneys; to provide for exceptions; to provide
for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
1 of Chapter 32 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to general provisions for municipal courts, is amended by adding a new Code
section to read as follows:
"36-32-1.1.
Municipal
court judges shall be licensed to practice law in the State of Georgia and a
member in good standing of the State Bar of Georgia; provided, however, that any
judge serving on June 30, 2010, who does not meet the qualifications required by
this Code section may retain his or her judgeship in each particular
municipality in which he or she then serves for so long as such judge
continuously holds such judgeship in that particular municipality. The
provisions of this Code section shall expressly supersede any conflicting local
law of this state."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
