TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 10. Magistrate Courts, 15-10-1 through 15-10-263.

ARTICLE 8 MAGISTRATE TRAINING

15-10-132. Creation of Georgia Magistrate Courts Training Council.

1. There shall be established a council which shall be known and designated as the "Georgia Magistrate Courts Training Council" and which shall be composed of the director of the Administrative Office of the Courts or such director's designee, which member shall not be a voting member, and five elected or appointed magistrate judges or senior magistrates who shall be appointed by the president of the Council of Magistrate Court Judges, with approval of the council's executive committee, for terms of two years.
2. Membership on the council does not constitute public office and no member shall be disqualified from holding office by reason of his membership.
3. Members of the Georgia Justice Courts Training Council serving as of June 30, 1983, shall continue on and automatically become members of the Georgia Magistrate Courts Training Council with the same term and office as held on June 30, 1983.

(Code 1981, §15-10-132, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 2-1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 922, § 2; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 15; Ga. L. 2011, p. 537, § 1/SB 47.)