Bill Text: GA HB534 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Eligibility requirements; probate court clerks; modify provisions
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-07-01 - Effective Date [HB534 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB534-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Eligibility requirements; probate court clerks; modify provisions
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-07-01 - Effective Date [HB534 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB534-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 534
By:
Representatives Fullerton of the
151st,
Willard of the
49th,
Oliver of the
83rd,
Powell of the
171st,
Dukes of the
150th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 15-9-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
additional eligibility requirements in certain counties, so as to modify the
eligibility requirements; to amend Code Section 15-9-36 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to judges of probate courts as clerks thereof, chief
clerk, authority to appoint other clerks, powers of appointed clerks, so as to
modify provisions relating to the application of the Code section; to amend Code
Section 15-9-120 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
definitions for probate courts, so as to modify provisions relating to the
definition of probate court; 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.
Code
Section 15-9-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating additional
eligibility requirements in certain counties, is amended by revising subsection
(b) as follows:
"(b)
Except as otherwise provided by subsection (c) of this Code section, in any
county of this state having a population of more than
96,000
90,000
persons according to the United States decennial census of 1990 or any future
such census and in which the probate court of such county meets the definition
of a probate court as provided by Article 6 of this chapter, no person shall be
judge of the probate court unless at the time of election, in addition to the
qualifications required by law, he or she has attained the age of 30 years and
has been admitted to practice law for seven years preceding
election."
SECTION
2.
Code
Section 15-9-36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to judges of
probate courts as clerks thereof, chief clerk, authority to appoint other
clerks, and powers of appointed
clerks,
is amended by revising paragraph (3) of
subsection (c) as follows:
"(3)
This subsection shall apply to each county of this state having a population of
96,000
90,000
or more persons according to the United States decennial census of 1990 or any
future such census."
SECTION
3.
Code
Section 15-9-120 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
definitions for probate courts, is amended by revising paragraph (2) as
follows:
"(2)
'Probate court' means a probate court of a county having a population of more
than
96,000
90,000
persons according to the United States decennial census of 1990 or any future
such census in which the judge thereof has been admitted to the practice of law
for at least seven years."
SECTION
4.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2011.
SECTION
5.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.