O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 15-10-25 (2019)

Training requirements; payment of training costs

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(a) All magistrates shall periodically satisfactorily complete a training course as provided in Article 8 of this chapter. All senior magistrates shall periodically satisfactorily complete a training course as provided in Code Section 15-10-223.

(b) The Georgia Magistrate Courts Training Council shall keep records of training completed by magistrates and senior magistrates.

(c) Subject to the provision of Code Section 15-10-24, if any magistrate or senior magistrate does not satisfactorily complete the required training in any year, the Georgia Magistrate Courts Training Council shall promptly notify the Judicial Qualifications Commission which shall recommend removal of the magistrate from office unless the Judicial Qualifications Commission finds that the failure was caused by facts beyond the control of the magistrate or senior magistrate.

(d) The reasonable costs and expenses of such training shall be paid by the county governing authority from county funds.

History

Code 1981, § 15-10-25, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 2-1; Ga. L.

1984, p. 1096, § 4; Ga. L. 1990, p. 336, § 2; Ga. L. 1993, p. 910, § 5.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Failure to complete training. - Pursuant to subsection (c) of O.C.G.A.

§ 15-10-25, the Judicial Qualifications Commission’s recommendation that a

magistrate be removed from office for failure to complete satisfactorily the required

training for the year was approved. In re Harper, 262 Ga. 335, 419 S.E.2d 21 (1992).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1992–1996 · leading case: In re Inquiry Concerning a Judge No. 1791, 418 S.E.2d 63 (Ga. 1992).
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In re Inquiry Concerning a Judge No. 1791, 418 S.E.2d 63 (Ga. 1992). · cites it 2× “On October 28, 1991, the Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC) notified the respondent, Judge Ken Holcomb, of his failure to complete the required training for magistrates for 1991, see OCGA § *267 15-10-25 (a), and gave him an opportunity to explain whether the failure was…”
In re Inquiry Concerning a Judge No. 1791, 419 S.E.2d 21 (Ga. 1992). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 15-10-25 (c) provides: Subject to the provision of Code section 15-10-24, [ 1 ] if any magistrate does not satisfactorily complete the required training in any year, the Georgia Magistrate Courts Training Council shall promptly notify the Judicial Qualifications…”
In re Inquiry Concerning a Judge No. 96-55, 477 S.E.2d 314 (Ga. 1996). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 15-10-25 (c) provides: Subject to the provision of Code Section 15-10-24, 1 if any magistrate .”
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