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GA Code § 36-32-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 32 - Municipal Courts|Article 2 - Georgia Municipal Courts Training Council|§ 36-32-23. Oath of Office

 Immediately and before entering upon the duties of office, the members of the Georgia Municipal Courts Training Council shall take the oath of office and shall file the same in the office of the Judicial Council of Georgia, which, upon receiving the oath of office, shall issue to each member a certificate of appointment.    (Code 1981, §36-32-23, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 882, § 2; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 36.)
GA Code § 36-32-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 32 - Municipal Courts|Article 2 - Georgia Municipal Courts Training Council|§ 36-32-24. Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman; Secretary; Quorum; Minutes; Annual Report

  A chairman and vice-chairman shall be elected at the first meeting of each calendar year.   The director of the Administrative Office of the Courts or his designee shall serve as secretary to the council.   A simple majority of the members of the council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.   The council shall maintain minutes of its meetings and such other records as it deems necessary.   The council shall report at least annually to the Governor and to the General Assembly as to its activities.     (Code 1981, §36-32-24, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 882, § 2.)
GA Code § 36-32-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 32 - Municipal Courts|Article 2 - Georgia Municipal Courts Training Council|§ 36-32-25. Remuneration

 The members of the council shall receive no salary but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their functions; provided, however, that such expenses shall not exceed those allowed to members of the General Assembly.    (Code 1981, §36-32-25, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 882, § 2.)
GA Code § 36-32-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 32 - Municipal Courts|Article 2 - Georgia Municipal Courts Training Council|§ 36-32-26. Functions, Powers, and Responsibilities

 The council is vested with the following functions, powers, and responsibilities:    To make all the necessary rules and regulations to carry out this article;   To cooperate with and secure the cooperation of every department, agency, or instrumentality of the state government or its political subdivisions in furtherance of the purposes of this article;   To approve schools and to prescribe minimum qualifications for instructors at approved schools;   To issue a certification to any municipal court judge satisfactorily complying with an approved training program established;   To do any and all things necessary or convenient to enable it wholly and adequately to perform its duties and to exercise the power granted to it; and   To prescribe, by rules and regulations, the minimum requirements for curricula and standards composing the initial in-service, advanced, specialized, and continuing training courses for certification.     (Code 1981, §36-32-26, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 882, § 2.)
GA Code § 36-32-27 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 32 - Municipal Courts|Article 2 - Georgia Municipal Courts Training Council|§ 36-32-27. Mandatory Training of Municipal Judges

  Any person who becomes a municipal judge on or after January 1, 1991, shall satisfactorily complete 20 hours of training in the performance of his or her duties within one year after the date of his or her election or appointment in order to become certified under this article. Any person serving as a municipal judge prior to January 1, 1991, shall be exempt from completing these 20 hours of training.   Except as provided in subsection (d) of this Code section, any person who becomes a judge of a court exercising municipal court jurisdiction on or after July 1, 2012, who is not subject to subsection (a) of this Code section, shall satisfactorily complete 20 hours of training in the performance of his or her duties within one year after the date of his or her election or appointment in order to become certified under this article. Any person serving as a judge of a court exercising municipal court jurisdiction prior to July 1, 2012, who is not subject to subsection (a) of this Code section, shall be exempt from completing these 20 hours of training.   Except as provided in subsection (d) of this Code section, in order to maintain the status of a certified municipal judge or a certified judge of a court exercising municipal court jurisdiction, he or she shall complete 12 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 municipal judge or as judge of a court exercising municipal court jurisdiction.   This Code section shall not apply to any magistrate judge, probate judge, or any judge of a court of record who presides in a court exercising municipal court jurisdiction.   If a municipal court judge completes training hours in excess of the number of hours required by this Code section in a calendar year, credit for such excess hours, not to exceed six hours, shall, upon the request of the municipal court judge, be carried over and applied to the number of hours required for the next calendar year.     (Code 1981, §36-32-27, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 882, § 2; Ga. L. 2012, p. 1096, § 2/SB 351; Ga. L. 2019, p. 722, § 1/HB 92.)    The 2019 amendment,  effective July 1, 2019, added subsection (e).
GA Code § 36-32-40 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 32 - Municipal Courts|Article 3 - Council of Municipal Court Judges|§ 36-32-40. Creation of Council; Membership and Organization; Purpose; Expenses; Contracts; Assistance to Council; Members Not Ineligible to Hold Office of Judge

  There is created a council of municipal court judges to be known as the "Council of Municipal Court Judges of Georgia." The council shall be composed of the judges of the municipal courts of this state.The council is authorized to organize itself and to develop a constitution and bylaws.The officers of said council shall consist of a president, a first vice president, a second vice president, a secretary, a treasurer, and such other officers as the council shall deem necessary. The council shall have an executive committee composed of two representatives from each judicial administrative district.   It shall be the purpose of the council to effectuate the constitutional and statutory responsibilities conferred upon it by law, to further the improvement of the municipal courts and the administration of justice, to assist the judges of the municipal courts throughout the state in the execution of their duties, and to promote and assist in the training of such judges.   Expenses of the administration of the council shall be paid from state funds appropriated for that purpose, from federal funds available to the council for that purpose, or from private funds available to the council, and from other appropriate sources.   The council through its officers may contract with a person or firm including any member of the council for the production of educational material and compensate said member for producing such material, provided that funds are available to the council at the time of execution of the contract or will be available at the time of the completion of the contract and provided that the terms of the contract are disclosed to the full council and made available to the general public and news media. At the request of the council, the Administrative Office of the Courts shall be authorized to act as the agent of the council for the purpose of supervising and implementing the contract.   The Administrative Office of the Courts shall provide technical services to the council and shall assist the council in complying with all its legal requirements.   Notwithstanding any other law, a councilmember shall not be ineligible to hold the office of judge of a municipal court by virtue of his or her position as a member of the council and membership in the council shall not constitute the holding of a public office.     (Code 1981, §36-32-40, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 1923, § 4; Ga. L. 2000, p. 136, § 36.)
GA Code § 36-32-41 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 32 - Municipal Courts|Article 3 - Council of Municipal Court Judges|§ 36-32-41. Savings Plans and Deferred Compensation Plans for Council Members

  The Council of Municipal Court Judges of Georgia is authorized to create and oversee savings plans and deferred compensation plans for its members in good standing.   Participation in such plans shall be optional for members of the council in good standing.   Such plans shall be funded solely by the individual contributions of the members of the council who choose to participate in the plan.   No money or other funds collected through a municipal court shall be used to fund such plans.   The creation and oversight of such plans by the council shall not create a debt or other financial obligation for this state or any political subdivision of this state.   The creation and oversight of such plans by the council shall not create any fiduciary liability on the part of the council.     (Code 1981, §36-32-41, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 470, § 1/HB 370.)
GA Code § 36-36-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 36 - Annexation of Territory|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-36-1. Applicability of Article

 The procedures set forth in this article shall apply to all annexations pursuant to this chapter and to annexation by local Act of the General Assembly.    (Code 1981, §36-36-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2592, § 3.)
GA Code § 36-36-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 36 - Annexation of Territory|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-36-5. Restriction on Annexation of Unincorporated Islands

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2000, p. 164, § 3, effective March 17, 2000.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Code 1981, § 36-36-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2592, § 3.
GA Code § 36-36-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 36 - Annexation of Territory|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-36-6. Notice by Municipal Governing Authority to County Governing Authority of Proposed Annexation

 Upon accepting an application for annexation pursuant to Code Section 36-36-21 or a petition for annexation pursuant to Code Section 36-36-32, or upon adopting a resolution calling for an annexation referendum pursuant to Code Section 36-36-57, the governing authority of the annexing municipality shall within five business days give written notice of the proposed annexation to the governing authority of the county wherein the area proposed for annexation is located. Such notice shall include a map or other description of the site proposed to be annexed sufficient to identify the area. Where the proposed annexation is to be effected by a local Act of the General Assembly, a copy of the proposed legislation shall be provided by the governing authority of the municipality to the governing authority of the county in which the property proposed to be annexed is located following the receipt of such notice by the governing authority of the municipality under subsection (b) of Code Section 28-1-14.    (Code 1981, §36-36-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2592, § 3; Ga. L. 2000, p. 164, § 4; Ga. L. 2002, p. 985, § 3; Ga. L. 2004, p. 69, § 17.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2004, p. 69, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'State and Local Taxation, Financing, and Service Delivery Revision Act of 2004.'"   Law reviews.   - For article on 2004 amendment of this Code section, see 21 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 226 (2004).
GA Code § 36-36-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 36 - Annexation of Territory|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-36-8. Effect of Annexation Upon Utility Service Agreements

 No annexation shall invalidate any utility service agreement between a county and an annexing municipality in effect on July 1, 1992, except by mutual written consent.    (Code 1981, §36-36-8, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2592, § 3.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1992, "July 1, 1992" was substituted for "the effective date of this chapter".
GA Code § 36-36-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 36 - Annexation of Territory|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-36-9. Notice to Be Sent by Certified Mail or Statutory Overnight Delivery, Return Receipt Requested

 All notices to a municipal or county governing authority required pursuant to this chapter shall be sent by certified mail or statutory overnight delivery, return receipt requested.    (Code 1981, §36-36-9, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2592, § 3; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section is applicable with respect to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000.
GA Code § 36-36-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 36 - Annexation of Territory|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-36-10. Legislative Intent

 It is the express intent of the General Assembly in enacting the provisions of this chapter to provide for alternative methods for annexing or deannexing an area or areas into or from the corporate limits of a municipality. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, no provision of this chapter relating to annexation or deannexation by any such alternate method is intended to or shall be construed to in any way restrict, limit, or otherwise impair the authority of the General Assembly to annex or deannex by local Act.    (Code 1981, §36-36-10, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 540, § 1.)
GA Code § 36-36-15 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 36 - Annexation of Territory|Article 1A - Annexation by Local Act of the General Assembly|§ 36-36-15. "Used for Residential Purposes" Defined

 As used in this article, the term "used for residential purposes" means any lot or tract five acres or less in size on which is constructed a habitable dwelling unit.    (Code 1981, §36-36-15, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 192, § 2.)
GA Code § 36-36-16 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 36 - Annexation of Territory|Article 1A - Annexation by Local Act of the General Assembly|§ 36-36-16. Procedures for Annexation; Referendum

  Local Acts of the General Assembly proposing annexation of any area composed of more than 50 percent by acreage of property used for residential purposes shall be adopted pursuant to the procedures of this article.   Such bill may include a requirement for referendum approval of the annexation under such terms and conditions as specified in such local law; provided, however, that if the number of residents in the area to be annexed exceeds 3 percent of the population of the municipal corporation or 500 people, whichever is less, as determined by the most recent United States decennial census, referendum approval shall be required in the area to be annexed. The cost of holding the referendum required by this article shall be paid from funds of the municipality proposing the annexation.     (Code 1981, §36-36-16, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 192, § 2; Ga. L. 2002, p. 985, § 4; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 36/SB 429.)    The 2020 amendment,  effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted "composed" for "comprised" in subsection (a); and substituted "provided, however, that if" for "provided, however, if" in the first sentence of subsection (b).
GA Code § 36-36-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 36 - Annexation of Territory|Article 2 - Annexation Pursuant to Application by 100 Percent of Landowners|§ 36-36-22. Deannexation; Authority; Procedures; Identification; Status of Lands

 Authority is granted to the governing bodies of the several municipal corporations of this state to deannex an area or areas of the existing corporate limits thereof, in accordance with the procedures provided in this article and in Article 1 of this chapter, upon the written and signed applications of all of the owners of all of the land, except the owners of any public street, road, highway, or right of way, proposed to be deannexed, containing a complete description of the lands to be deannexed and the adoption of a resolution by the governing authority of the county in which such property is located consenting to such deannexation. Lands to be deannexed at any one time shall be treated as one body, regardless of the number of owners, and all parts shall be considered as adjoining the limits of the municipal corporation when any one part of the entire body abuts such limits. When such application is acted upon by the municipal authorities and the land is, by ordinance, deannexed from the municipal corporation, an identification of the property so deannexed shall be filed with the Department of Community Affairs and with the governing authority of the county in which the property is located in accordance with Code Section 36-36-3. When so deannexed, such lands shall cease to constitute a part of the lands within the corporate limits of the municipal corporation as completely and fully as if the limits had been marked and defined by local Act of the General Assembly.    (Code 1981, §36-36-22, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 652, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 164, § 7.)
GA Code § 36-36-30 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 36 - Annexation of Territory|Article 3 - Annexation Pursuant to Application by Owners of 60 Percent of Land and 60 Percent of Electors|§ 36-36-30. "Municipal Corporation" Defined

 As used in this article, the term "municipal corporation" means a municipal corporation which has a population of 200 or more persons according to the United States decennial census of 1960 or any future such census.    (Ga. L. 1966, p. 409, § 7; Code 1981, §36-36-20; Code 1981, §36-36-30, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2592, § 3.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1992, p. 2592, § 3, effective July 1, 1992, renumbered former Code Section 36-36-20 as present Code Section 36-36-30.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   City failed to comply with publishing requirements.    - Trial court properly granted summary judgment in favor of a county because the city failed to publish a notice as required by O.C.G.A. § 36-36-36(a) that accurately described the property to be annexed; thus, the city failed to comply, or to substantially comply, with the requirements of that statute. City of Lovejoy v. Clayton County, 335 Ga. App. 881, 783 S.E.2d 395 (2016).    Cited in City of Brookhaven v. City of Chamblee, 329 Ga. App. 346, 765 S.E.2d 33 (2014); City of Atlanta v. Mays, 301 Ga. 367, 801 S.E.2d 1 (2017).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 62 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, §§ 24, 25.
GA Code § 36-36-31 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 36 - Annexation of Territory|Article 3 - Annexation Pursuant to Application by Owners of 60 Percent of Land and 60 Percent of Electors|§ 36-36-31. "Contiguous Area" Defined; Determination of Aggregate External Boundary

  As used in this article, the term "contiguous area" means any area of which at least one-eighth of the aggregate external boundary, at the time annexation procedures are initiated, directly abuts the municipal boundary. Any area shall also be a "contiguous area" if at least one-eighth of its aggregate external boundary would directly abut the municipal boundary if not otherwise separated, in whole or in part, from the municipal boundary by lands owned by the municipal corporation, by lands owned by a county, or by lands owned by this state or by the definite width of (1) any street or street right of way, (2) any creek or river, or (3) any right of way of a railroad or other public service corporation.   For purposes of determining an area's aggregate external boundary, all real property which, at the time annexation procedures are initiated, (1) is owned by the same person who owns real property in the area to be annexed, (2) adjoins to any extent such owner's real property in the area to be annexed, (3) is in the same county as the real property in the area to be annexed, and (4) is not included within the boundaries of any municipal corporation shall have its area included in determining the aggregate external boundary of the area to be annexed.     (Ga. L. 1966, p. 409, § 5; Ga. L. 1971, p. 399, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1011, § 2; Code 1981, §36-36-21; Code 1981, §36-36-31, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2592, § 3.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1992, p. 2592, § 3, effective July 1, 1992, renumbered former Code Section 36-36-21 as present Code Section 36-36-31.   Law reviews.   - For article discussing municipal annexation and the concept of contiguity, see 9 Ga. L. Rev. 167 (1974).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Contiguous property not found.    - Parcel which the city attempted to annex and which was separated from the city boundary by three parcels: one owned by the county, one owned by the power company, and one over which the Georgia Department of Transportation had a right of way, was not a contiguous area since the power company property did not fall within any of the exceptions of O.C.G.A. § 36-36-31(a). Since the power company property was owned in fee simple by the power company, the power company had the ability to grant the property to another party at any time thereby potentially allowing the subject property to become an isolated municipal island precluding annexation of the subject parcel. City of Buford v. Gwinnett County, 262 Ga. App. 248, 585 S.E.2d 122 (2003).    Cited in City of Ft. Oglethorpe v. Boger, 267 Ga. 485, 480 S.E.2d 186 (1997).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - What land is contiguous or adjacent to municipality so as to be subject to annexation, 49 A.L.R.3d 589.
GA Code § 36-36-33 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 36 - Annexation of Territory|Article 3 - Annexation Pursuant to Application by Owners of 60 Percent of Land and 60 Percent of Electors|§ 36-36-33. Annexation Across County Boundary Lines Prohibited

 There shall be no annexation across the boundary lines of any county under this article.    (Ga. L. 1966, p. 409, § 5; Ga. L. 1971, p. 399, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1011, § 2; Code 1981, §36-36-23; Code 1981, §36-36-33, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2592, § 3.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1992, p. 2592, § 3, effective July 1, 1992, renumbered former Code Section 36-36-23 as present Code Section 36-36-33.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in City of Marietta v. Cobb County Sch. Dist., 237 Ga. 518, 228 S.E.2d 894 (1976).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions, § 53 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 62 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 63 et seq.
GA Code § 36-36-34 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 36 - Annexation of Territory|Article 3 - Annexation Pursuant to Application by Owners of 60 Percent of Land and 60 Percent of Electors|§ 36-36-34. Determination of Compliance With Article; Notice Upon Noncompliance; Proceedings Upon Compliance

 Whenever the governing body of a municipal corporation receives an application pursuant to Code Section 36-36-32, it shall, after investigation, determine whether such application complies with the requirements of this article. If it is determined that the application does not comply with this article, the governing body shall notify in writing the persons presenting the application, stating wherein the application is deficient. If it is determined that the application does comply with this article, the municipal governing body shall proceed to act on the application in accordance with Code Section 36-36-36.    (Ga. L. 1966, p. 409, § 2;Code 1981, §36-36-24; Code 1981, §36-36-34, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2592, § 3.)