Court Opinion

ID: 9611558
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 03:58:00.046149+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:03:15.170051
License: Public Domain

Carley, Justice,
concurring.
I can concur in the majority’s opinion in captioned cases because the Court’s only constitutional holding is that OCGA §§ 36-70-24 (4) (C) and 36-36-11 do not violate Article IX, Section II, Paragraph IV of the 1983 Georgia Constitution. Although amicus curiae present a viable argument that those statutes violate Article VI, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution because they unlawfully delegate the exclusive judicial power of the courts to a dispute resolution process, that constitutional issue was not ruled on by the trial court and is not properly before this Court.
I am authorized to state that Justice Hines joins in this opinion.