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2018 Georgia Code 15-14-23 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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O.C.G.A. 15-14-23 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 15-14-23

TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 14. Court Reporters, 15-14-1 through 15-14-37.

ARTICLE 2 TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION

15-14-23. Judicial Council of Georgia as agency of judiciary for purposes of article.

The Judicial Council of Georgia, as created by Article 2 of Chapter 5 of this title, is declared to be an agency of the judicial branch of the state government for the purpose of defining and regulating the practice of court reporting in this state.

(Ga. L. 1974, p. 345, § 3; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1315, § 7.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Judicial Council of Georgia and Board of Court Reporting were part of the judiciary and therefore excluded from coverage.

- Judicial Council of Georgia and the Board of Court Reporting of the Judicial Council of Georgia fell within "the judiciary," as that term was used in O.C.G.A. § 50-13-2(1) of the Administrative Procedure Act, and therefore were exempt from the coverage of the Act and immune from a suit challenging a court reporter ethics rule the board adopted. Judicial Council v. Brown & Gallo, LLC, 288 Ga. 294, 702 S.E.2d 894 (2010).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 15-14-23

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Jud. Council of Ga. v. BROWN & GALLO, 702 S.E.2d 894 (Ga. 2010).

Cited 32 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Nov 22, 2010 | 288 Ga. 294, 2010 Fulton County D. Rep. 3799

...§ 50-13-2(1) [4] did not include the Council and the Board because they were formed to define and regulate the practice of court reporting and to make all necessary rules and regulations to do so and, while an "agency of the judicial branch" (OCGA § 15-14-23), they were not "the judiciary." [5] The trial court's order did not contain the definition of "judiciary" it employed....
...t is without question that the Board and the Council are authorized by law to make rules and regulations with regard to the practice of court reporting in Georgia; the question presented is whether the Council, an agency of the judicial branch (OCGA § 15-14-23), and the Board, appointed by the Council to carry out its duties with regard to the regulation of court reporting (OCGA § 15-14-26), are within "the judiciary" as that term is used in OCGA § 50-13-2(1)....
...efine and regulate the practice of court reporting "belongs naturally and logically to the judicial branch of the state government." OCGA § 15-14-21. The General Assembly further recognized the Council as "an agency of the judicial branch...." OCGA § 15-14-23....
...MELTON, J., concurs in judgment only. HUNSTEIN, C.J., and CARLEY, P.J., disqualified. NOTES [1] The Judicial Council is "an agency of the judicial branch of state government for the purpose of defining and regulating the practice of court reporting in this state" (OCGA § 15-14-23), and was created by this Court pursuant to OCGA § 15-5-20....