O.C.G.A. § 15-5-100 (2019)
Creation of Georgia Council of Court Administrators
(a) As used in this Code section, the term ‘‘council’’ means the Georgia Council of Court Administrators.
(b) There is created the Georgia Council of Court Administrators. The council shall be composed of the full-time court administrators and managers of all courts within this state. The council is authorized to organize itself and to develop a constitution and bylaws. The council is authorized to elect such officers, including an executive committee, as it shall deem advisable to carry out its duties and responsibilities. The council is authorized to appoint advisory committees and establish the membership and duties thereof. In addition to the full-time members of the council, the council is authorized to provide for special classes of nonvoting memberships for honorary members, students and teachers of court administration, and those persons who have retired from positions involving the administration and management of courts.
(c) It shall be the purpose of the council to effectuate the responsibilities conferred upon it by law, to further the improvement of the courts and the administration of justice, to assist the court administrators and managers throughout the state in the execution of their duties, and to promote and assist in the training of court administrators, managers, and support personnel.
(d) Expenses of the administration of the council shall be paid from state funds appropriated for that purpose, from federal funds available to the council for that purpose, or from other appropriate sources.
(e) The council shall be a legal entity and an agency of the State of Georgia; shall have perpetual existence; may contract; may own property; may accept funds, grants, and gifts from any public or private source for use in defraying the expenses of the council; may adopt and use an official seal; may establish a principal office; may employ such administrative or clerical personnel as may be necessary and appropriate to fulfill its necessary duties; and shall have other powers, privileges, and duties as may be reasonable and necessary for the proper fulfillment of its purposes and duties.
History
Code 1981, § 15-5-100, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1536, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 15/HB 95.
CHAPTER 5A STATE-WIDE BUSINESS COURT Sec.
Establishment. Terms of court; location; presiding judge; venue; transferring of case. Authority of court. Process for bringing a claim before court; filings. Filing fees; fees submitted to state treasury. Number of judges and divisions; operational date; qualifications for judge. Appointment of judges; initial appointment and term; service area. Judicial oath and supplemental oath.
Effective date. - This chapter became effective May 7, 2019.
Annotations
Editor’s notes. - On July 31, 2020, the Supreme Court of Georgia passed the following order: “It is hereby ordered that the Uniform Rules for the Superior Courts shall be applicable on an interim basis in the Georgia State-wide Business Court, except that wherever the words ‘superior court’ or ‘superior courts’ appear in the Rules, the words ‘Georgia State-wide Business’ shall apply in lieu of the word ‘superior.’
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Salary and compensation of judges.