O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 15-2-10 (2019)

Procedure for increasing the number of Supreme Court Justices

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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The additional justiceships created in 2016 shall be appointed by the Governor for a term beginning January 1, 2017, and continuing through December 31, 2018, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Their successors shall be elected in the manner provided by law for the election of Supreme Court Justices at the nonpartisan judicial election in 2018, for a term of six years beginning on January 1, 2019, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Future successors shall be elected at the nonpartisan judicial election each sixth year after such election for terms of six years and until their successors are elected and qualified. They shall take office on the first day of January following the date of the election.

History

Code 1981, § 15-2-10, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 883, § 4-2/HB 927.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2016, p. 883, § 1-1/HB 927, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Appellate Jurisdiction Reform Act of 2016.’ ’’ Former Code Section 15-2-10, pertaining to separation of court into two divi-

sions, was repealed by Ga. L. 1983, p. 956, § 2, effective July 1, 1983. The former Code section was based on Ga. L. 1895, p. 15, § 1; Ga. L. 1896, p. 42, §§ 1, 3; Civil Code 1910, § 6110; Code 1933, § 24-4010; and Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8.

Law reviews. - For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 205 (2016).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 46 Am. Jur.2d, Judges, § 7 et seq. C.J.S. - 48A C.J.S., Judges, § 17 et seq.

15-2-11 through 15-2-15. Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1983, p. 956, § 2, effective July 1, 1983. Editor’s notes. - Code Sections 15-2-11 through 15-2-15, relating to separation of court into two divisions, were based on Ga. L. 1895, p. 15, § 1; Ga. L. 1896, p. 42, §§ 1, 3; Civil Code 1910, §§ 6111, 6112, 6113, 6114, 6115; Code 1933, §§ 24-4009, 24-4011, 24-4012, 24-4013, 24-4014; Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess.,

p. 8; and Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 50. For current provisions requiring a majority of the court to hear and determine cases, see Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. VI, Para. I. Ga. L. 2008, p. 324, § 15/SB 455, reserved the designations of these Code sections.