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GA Code § 15-5A-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 5A - State-Wide Business Court|§ 15-5A-1. Establishment

 There shall be a state-wide business court as provided for in Article VI of the Constitution of this state to be known as the Georgia State-wide Business Court. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude a superior court from creating or continuing an existing business court division for its circuit on or after May 7, 2019, or preclude a state court from creating or continuing an existing business court division on or after May 7, 2019, in the manner provided by law.    (Code 1981, §15-5A-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 845, § 1-1/HB 239; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 15/SB 429.)    The 2020 amendment,  effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted "on or after May 7, 2019" for "on or after the May 7, 2019" near the end of the second sentence of this Code section.   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2019, "May 7, 2019," was substituted for "the effective date of this chapter" in two places in the second sentence.
GA Code § 15-5A-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 5A - State-Wide Business Court|§ 15-5A-5. Filing Fees; Fees Submitted to State Treasury

  The fee for filing a case with, or having a case transferred or removed to, the Georgia State-wide Business Court shall be $3,000.00, to be paid by:   The party or parties filing the action in, or seeking transfer to, the Georgia State-wide Business Court under paragraph (1) or (3) of subsection (a) of Code Section 15-5A-4; or   An equal allocation across all parties to an agreement seeking removal of the case to the Georgia State-wide Business Court under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Code Section 15-5A-4.     All fees collected by the clerk of the Georgia State-wide Business Court pursuant to this Code section shall be the property of the state, and the same shall be paid into the state treasury.     (Code 1981, §15-5A-5, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 845, § 1-1/HB 239; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 15/SB 429.)    The 2020 amendment,  effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in subsection (b).
GA Code § 15-5A-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 5A - State-Wide Business Court|§ 15-5A-6. Number of Judges and Divisions; Operational Date; Qualifications for Judge

  The Georgia State-wide Business Court shall consist of one judge and one division.   The court shall commence operations on January 1, 2020, and may commence accepting cases on August 1, 2020.   No individual shall be a judge of the Georgia State-wide Business Court unless, at the time of his or her appointment, he or she has:   Been a resident of this state and a citizen of the United States for at least seven years;   Been admitted to practice law in this state for at least seven years; and   At least 15 years of legal experience as an attorney or judge in complex business litigation, which experience shall be presumed by law as being met by virtue of appointment and approval under Code Section 15-5A-7.       (Code 1981, §15-5A-6, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 845, § 1-1/HB 239.)
GA Code § 15-5A-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 5A - State-Wide Business Court|§ 15-5A-7. Appointment of Judges; Initial Appointment and Term; Service Area

  The judge of the Georgia State-wide Business Court shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to approval by a majority vote of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a majority vote of the House Committee on Judiciary. The Senate Judiciary Committee and the House Committee on Judiciary shall be authorized to meet jointly or separately, while in or out of a legislative session, as called in the discretion of each such chairperson, with notice provided by the chairpersons to such committee members, to consider the approval of such appointment.     The initial judge of the Georgia State-wide Business Court shall be appointed by July 1, 2019, and approved by December 31, 2019, or within three months of the Governor's appointment, whichever is later, and the judge shall serve an initial term beginning on August 1, 2020.   Beginning on January 1, 2020, such initial judge may perform the administrative duties required for establishing the Georgia State-wide Business Court and, if so, shall receive compensation as a judge of the Georgia State-wide Business Court beginning on such date and for such purposes.     The judge of the Georgia State-wide Business Court shall serve for a term of five years and may be reappointed for any number of consecutive terms so long as he or she meets the qualifications of appointment at the time of each appointment and shall be reappointed and reapproved in the same manner as provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section.   Vacancies in the office of judge of the Georgia State-wide Business Court shall be filled by appointment and approval in the same manner as provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section.     The judge of the Georgia State-wide Business Court shall be deemed to serve the geographical area of this state.       (Code 1981, §15-5A-7, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 845, § 1-1/HB 239.)
GA Code § 15-5A-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 5A - State-Wide Business Court|§ 15-5A-8. Judicial Oath and Supplemental Oath

 Before entering on the duties of his or her office, the judge of the Georgia State-wide Business Court shall take the oath required of all civil officers in addition to the following oath:   "I swear that I will administer justice without respect to person and do equal rights to the poor and the rich and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as judge of the Georgia State-wide Business Court, according to the best of my ability and understanding, and agreeably to the laws and Constitution of this state and the Constitution of the United States. So help me God."    (Code 1981, §15-5A-8, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 845, § 1-1/HB 239.)
GA Code § 15-5A-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 5A - State-Wide Business Court|§ 15-5A-9. Salary and Compensation of Judges

    The annual salary of the judge of the Georgia State-wide Business Court shall be as specified in Code Section 45-7-4. Such salary shall be paid in equal monthly installments.   The judge of the Georgia State-wide Business Court shall receive expenses and allowances as provided for in Code Section 45-7-20. If the judge resides 50 miles or more from where the Georgia State-wide Business Court sits, such judge shall also receive a mileage allowance for the use of a personal motor vehicle when devoted to official business as provided for in Code Section 50-19-7, for not more than one round trip per calendar week to and from the judge's residence and where the Georgia State-wide Business Court sits by the most practical route, during each regular and extraordinary session of court. In the event the judge travels by public carrier for any part of a round trip as provided above, such judge shall receive a travel allowance of actual transportation costs for each such part in lieu of the mileage allowance. Transportation costs incurred by the judge for air travel to and from the judge's residence to where the Georgia State-wide Business Court sits shall be reimbursed only to the extent that such costs do not exceed the cost of travel by personal motor vehicle. All allowances provided for in this paragraph shall be paid upon the submission of proper vouchers.   If the judge resides 50 miles or more from where the Georgia State-wide Business Court sits, such judge shall also receive the same daily expense allowance as members of the General Assembly receive, as set forth in Code Section 28-1-8, for not more than 35 days during each term of court. Such days shall be utilized only when official court business is being conducted. All allowances provided for in this paragraph shall be paid upon the submission of proper vouchers.     The salary provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be the total compensation to be paid by the state to the judge of the Georgia State-wide Business Court and shall be in lieu of any and all other amounts to be paid from state funds.     (Code 1981, §15-5A-9, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 845, § 1-1/HB 239.)
GA Code § 15-5A-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 5A - State-Wide Business Court|§ 15-5A-10. Authority to Make Rules and Revisions; Creation of Panel for Revisions; Guidelines for Acceptance of Cases; Required Rules

  The judge of the Georgia State-wide Business Court shall have responsibility for creating and, when needed, making revisions to the rules of the Georgia State-wide Business Court and submitting such rules and revisions to the Supreme Court for approval prior to such rules or revisions taking effect; provided, however, that such rules shall conform to Chapter 11 of Title 9, the "Georgia Civil Practice Act," where related and applicable.   The judge of the Georgia State-wide Business Court is authorized to empanel a commission of up to eight individuals, who may be judges, to assist the judge in the creation or revision of such rules; provided, however, that such individuals shall not receive compensation for being empaneled but may receive a daily expense allowance and travel cost reimbursement in the amount specified in Code Section 45-7-21.   Such rules may include a matrix or guidelines for the acceptance of cases by the Georgia State-wide Business Court, including, but not limited to, such factors as the amount in controversy, the existence of novel or complex legal issues, and anticipated discovery issues needing the intervention of the Georgia State-wide Business Court.   Such rules shall include:   Guidelines and procedures for the filing of pleadings, petitions, motions, and all other documents, electronically or otherwise, with the Georgia State-wide Business Court; and   A reasonable time within which the Georgia State-wide Business Court shall issue a decision on a matter before the court.       (Code 1981, §15-5A-10, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 845, § 1-1/HB 239.)
GA Code § 15-5A-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 5A - State-Wide Business Court|§ 15-5A-11. Clerk; Appointment; Term; Compensation

  There shall be a clerk of the Georgia State-wide Business Court. Such clerk shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to approval by a majority vote of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a majority vote of the House Committee on Judiciary. The Senate Judiciary Committee and the House Committee on Judiciary shall be authorized to meet jointly or separately, while in or out of a legislative session, as called in the discretion of each such chairperson, with notice provided by the chairpersons to such committee members, to consider the approval of such appointment.     The initial clerk of the Georgia State-wide Business Court shall be appointed and approved by July 31, 2020, and shall serve an initial term beginning on August 1, 2020.     The clerk of the Georgia State-wide Business Court shall serve for a term of five years and may be reappointed for any number of consecutive terms and shall be reappointed and reapproved in the same manner as provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section.   Vacancies in the office of clerk of the Georgia State-wide Business Court shall be filled by appointment of the Governor in the same manner as provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section.       The annual compensation of the clerk of the Georgia State-wide Business Court shall be equal to the annual compensation provided for the clerk of the Court of Appeals.     (Code 1981, §15-5A-11, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 845, § 1-1/HB 239.)
GA Code § 15-5A-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 5A - State-Wide Business Court|§ 15-5A-12. Location of Offices; Designation of Electronic Filing System

  The offices of the judge and clerk of the Georgia State-wide Business Court shall sit at the seat of government in Atlanta or shall sit in Macon-Bibb County pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 15-5A-2.   The judge of the Georgia State-wide Business Court, in coordination with the clerk of the Georgia State-wide Business Court, shall be responsible for designating an electronic filing system.     (Code 1981, §15-5A-12, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 845, § 1-1/HB 239.)
GA Code § 15-5A-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 5A - State-Wide Business Court|§ 15-5A-13. Appointment of Law Assistants; Role

  The judge of the Georgia State-wide Business Court shall be authorized to appoint law assistants for the use of the court and to remove them at pleasure. Each law assistant of the Georgia State-wide Business Court shall have been admitted to the bar of this state as a practicing attorney; provided, however, that an individual who graduated from law school but who is not a member of the bar of this state may be appointed as a law assistant so long as he or she is admitted to the bar of this state within one year of such appointment.   It shall be the duty of a law assistant to attend all sessions of the court, if so ordered, and generally to perform the duties incident to the role of law assistant.     (Code 1981, §15-5A-13, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 845, § 1-1/HB 239.)
GA Code § 15-5A-14 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 5A - State-Wide Business Court|§ 15-5A-14. Employment and Compensation of Other Personnel

 The judge of the Georgia State-wide Business Court may employ and fix the salaries of stenographers, clerical assistants, and such other employees as may be deemed necessary by the court; and the salaries therefor shall be paid by the clerk from the amount appropriated by the General Assembly for such purposes.    (Code 1981, §15-5A-14, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 845, § 1-1/HB 239.)
GA Code § 15-5A-15 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 5A - State-Wide Business Court|§ 15-5A-15. Purchasing of Supplies

 The Georgia State-wide Business Court shall purchase such books, pamphlets, or other publications, whether in hard copy or digital format, and such other supplies and services as the judge of the Georgia State-wide Business Court may deem necessary. The costs thereof shall be paid by the clerk out of the amount appropriated by the General Assembly for such purposes.    (Code 1981, §15-5A-15, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 845, § 1-1/HB 239.)
GA Code § 15-5A-16 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 5A - State-Wide Business Court|§ 15-5A-16. Assignment for Budgetary and Administrative Purposes

 The Georgia State-wide Business Court shall be a budget unit as defined in Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 45, the "Budget Act"; provided, however, that the Georgia State-wide Business Court shall be assigned for administrative purposes only to the Court of Appeals.    (Code 1981, §15-5A-16, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 845, § 1-1/HB 239.)
GA Code § 15-8-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 8 - City Courts|§ 15-8-1. City Courts as Courts of Record

 City courts created by special Act of the General Assembly shall be courts of record.   (Ga. L. 1924, p. 83, § 1; Code 1933, § 24-2204.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1996, p. 627, effective July 1, 1996, re-creates a system of state courts of limited jurisdiction for each city having a population of 300,000 or more so as to give such courts jurisdiction to try offenses against certain traffic laws and ordinances.   Ga. L. 1998, p. 559, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, and effective April 2, 1998, provides for conditions for the appointment of judges pro hac vice for state courts of limited jurisdiction for cities of 300,000 population or more.   Ga. L. 1999, p. 830, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, and effective April 28, 1999, amends Ga. L. 1996, p. 627, § 3, and re-creates a system of state courts of limited jurisdiction and venue for each city having a population of 300,000 or more so as to give such courts jurisdiction to try offenses against certain traffic laws and ordinances.   Ga. L. 2004, p. 885, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "On the effective date of this Act, all cases and matters pending in any court abolished by Section 1 of this Act shall be transferred to the municipal court of the city in which such abolished court was located. The chief judge of such municipal court shall then transfer those cases over which the municipal court does not have jurisdiction to the appropriate court. All records, books, minutes, files, and documents relating to such cases or prior cases of the city court shall be likewise transferred. This Act shall be applicable only with an executed intergovernmental agreement between all affected jurisdictions." This Act became effective January 1, 2005.   Ga. L. 2004, p. 885, § 3, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "On the effective date of this Act, each judge of a court abolished by Section 1 of this Act shall become a judge in the municipal court of the city in which such abolished court was located and shall be subject to retention until the expiration of the judge's current term of office. On the effective date of this Act, each judge pro hac vice or senior judge of a court abolished by Section 1 of this Act shall become a judge pro hac vice in the municipal court of the city in which such abolished court was located and shall retain such position until at least December 31, 2010." This Act became effective January 1, 2005.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in City of Lawrenceville v. Davis, 233 Ga. App. 1, 502 S.E.2d 794 (1998).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 20 Am. Jur. 2d, Courts, § 8 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 21 C.J.S., Courts, § 8.
GA Code § 15-8-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 8 - City Courts|§ 15-8-2. Judge Ineligible for Municipal Office or Appointment

 It shall be illegal for the judge of any city court to also hold any municipal office or appointment in the city where the court is held.   (Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 137, § 1; Code 1933, § 24-2203.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    City attorney and judge of the recorder's or police court are both municipal offices or appointments and thus fall within the prohibition of O.C.G.A. § 15-8-2. 1982 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U82-25.
GA Code § 15-8-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 8 - City Courts|§ 15-8-3. When Judges of City Courts May Preside in Other City Courts

  The judges of the various city courts may preside in any of the city courts established by the General Assembly in the same manner as the superior court judges preside in the courts of one another; and any city court judge may exercise all the powers, duties, and functions devolved upon the judge of the city court over which he is called to preside by the request of the judge of such city court where the judge is disqualified or is providentially prevented from trying a case.   Any judge of any city court in this state may preside and act in any other city court in this state upon the request of the regular judge thereof, and when so presiding and acting the judge shall have full power and authority over all matters pending in the court.    (Ga. L. 1899, p. 48, § 1; Civil Code 1910, § 4828; Ga. L. 1929, p. 443, § 1; Code 1933, § 24-2201.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Power of successor or substituted judge, in civil case, to render decision or enter judgment on testimony heard by predecessor, 84 A.L.R.5th 399.
GA Code § 15-8-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 8 - City Courts|§ 15-8-4. Transfer of Criminal Case to Superior Court Upon City Court Judge's Disqualification

 The several judges of the city courts, on the call of any criminal case in the courts in which the presiding judge is disqualified, may pass an order transferring the case for trial to the superior court of the county in which the city court is located. When the case is so transferred, it shall be tried in the superior court as though it had originated therein.   (Ga. L. 1920, p. 277, § 1; Code 1933, § 24-2202.)
GA Code § 15-8-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 8 - City Courts|§ 15-8-5. Deputy Clerks; Appointment; Powers and Duties

 The clerks of the city courts shall each have the power to appoint a deputy clerk and may require from him a bond with good security. The deputy clerks shall take the same oath as the clerks do before entering upon the discharge of their duties; and their powers and duties shall be the same as those of the clerk, for as long as the principal continues in office and not longer. For the faithful performance of their duties the deputy clerks and their securities shall be bound. The appointment of deputy clerks shall be in writing and shall be entered upon the minutes of the court.   (Ga. L. 1902, p. 106, §§ 1, 2; Civil Code 1910, § 4829; Code 1933, § 24-2301.)
GA Code § 15-8-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 8 - City Courts|§ 15-8-6. Authorization of Judge of City Court or Like Court to Preside in Municipal Court in Cities With Population of 350,000 or More

 Any judge of any city court or like court may, when authorized to do so by the governing authorities of any city having a population of more than 350,000 according to the United States decennial census of 1950 or any future such census, preside in the municipal court, by whatever name called, of such city. When so presiding, such judge shall have full power and authority in all matters pending in the court, including the trial of all offenses against the ordinances of the city.    (Code 1933, § 24-2204, enacted by Ga. L. 1955, p. 192, § 1; Code 1981, §15-8-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § 8.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Construction and validity of state provisions governing designation of substitute, pro tempore, or special judge, 97 A.L.R.5th 537.
GA Code § 15-11A-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 11A - Family Court Division|§ 15-11A-1. Through 15-11a-9

 Repealed by Ga. L. 2005, p. 1505, § 3/HB 254, effective July 1, 2010.   Editor's notes.   - The former chapter consisted of Code Sections 15-11A-1 through 15-11A-9, relating to the family court division pilot project, and was based on Ga. L. 1998, p. 905, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 486, §§ 1-4, and was repealed by Ga. L. 2001, p. 486, § 4, effective July 1, 2004.   This chapter consisted of Code Sections 15-11A-1 through 15-11A-9, relating to the family court division pilot project, and was based on Ga. L. 2005, p. 1505, § 3/HB 254; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-2/HB 228.
GA Code § 15-15-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 15 - Child Support Receivers|§ 15-15-1. "Child Support" Defined

 As used in this chapter, the term "child support" includes all payments for the maintenance and education of dependent minor children which a court of competent jurisdiction has ordered to be paid pursuant to any temporary or final order of support, including payments ordered in actions for separate maintenance, and all payments ordered by a judge to be made in any domestic relations case, including cases of divorce.   (Code 1933, § 24-2702a, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1400, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   19 Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms, Parent and Child, § 44 et seq.   ALR.   - Validity, construction, and application of Child Support Recovery Act of 1992 (18 USCA § 228), 147 A.L.R. Fed. 1