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

O.C.G.A. § 15-5-20 (2019)

Judicial Council of Georgia; powers and duties; membership

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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(a) The Supreme Court shall create a Judicial Council of Georgia, which council shall have such powers, duties, and responsibilities as may be provided by law or as may be provided by rule of the Supreme Court.

(b) Members of the council and their terms shall be as provided by the Supreme Court. The members of the council shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as members of the council.

History

Ga. L. 1945, p. 155, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1973, p. 288, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1983, p. 956, § 6; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 15.

Annotations

Cross references. - Powers and du-

ties of Judicial Council regarding regulation of practice of court reporting, § 15-14-20 et seq.

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 Geor-

gia fell within ‘‘the judiciary,’’ as that term was used in O.C.G.A. § 50-13-2(1) of the Administrative Procedure Act, O.C.G.A. § 50-13-1 et seq., 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).

Cited in Wallace v. Wallace, 225 Ga. 102, 166 S.E.2d 718 (1969).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1995–2010 · leading case: Jud. Council of Ga. v. BROWN & GALLO, 702 S.E.2d 894 (Ga. 2010).
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Jud. Council of Ga. v. BROWN & GALLO, 702 S.E.2d 894 (Ga. 2010). · cites it 4× “” OCGA § 15-5-20 (emphasis supplied). Because constitutional separation of powers prohibits the legislative branch from encroaching upon the inherent powers of the judicial branch of government, and because the Council and the Board are agencies of the judiciary which are imbued…”
State of Ga. v. Reno, 881 F. Supp. 7 (D.D.C. 1995). “In 1973 the Georgia General Assembly directed the Georgia Supreme Court to create the Judicial Council, see Ga.Code Ann. § 15-5-20, and itself established the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) to act as the Judicial Council’s staff, Ga.”
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