O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 15-5-3 (2019)
District councils created
✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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Statute text
A district council for each judicial administration district is created, composed of all judges of the superior courts within the district. The superior court judge in each district having seniority in number of years as a superior court judge shall serve as presiding officer of the district council. Each district council shall meet at least once a year and as often as required to discuss administrative problems peculiar to the district and otherwise to perform its duties. Each district council shall establish rules, by majority vote, which shall cover the right to call additional meetings and procedures for handling the administrative work of the council.
History
(Ga. L. 1976, p. 782, § 3.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case (1 in the last 5 years), 2025–2025 · leading case: Old Repub. Sur. Co. v. Glynn Cnty. (Ga. Ct. App. 2025).
Old Repub. Sur. Co. v. Glynn Cnty. (Ga. Ct. App. 2025). “OCGA §§ 15-5-3; 15-6-83; 45-4- 24; 45-4-30 Specifically, the bonds provide coverage for the principal’s conduct — in this case, Jamsky as the clerk and the child support receiver — and the failure to perform those duties.”
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