O.C.G.A. § 15-5-5 (2019)
Duties of district administrative judge
The duties and authority of each district administrative judge shall be as follows: (1) To request, collect, and receive information from the courts of record within his district pursuant to uniform rules promulgated by the ten administrative judges; and (2) To authorize and assign any superior court judge within the district to sit on any type of case or to handle other administrative or judicial matters within the district; provided, however, that the assignment shall be made with the consent of the assigned judge and with the consent of the majority of the judges of the circuit to which the assignment is made and that the assignment shall be made subject to rules promulgated by the district council by a majority vote of the superior court judges within the district.
History
Ga. L. 1976, p. 782, § 6.
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Procurement of senior judge from outside district. - O.C.G.A. § 15-5-5(2) does not prevent an administrative judge from procuring the services of a senior judge from outside the administrative district because superior court judges, including senior judges, have jurisdiction to act in any circuit other than their own when the resident judge is disqualified.
Shoemake v. Woodland Equities, Inc., 252 Ga. 389, 313 S.E.2d 689 (1984). Assignment of a senior judge from outside the administrative district is valid under the provisions of paragraph (2) of O.C.G.A. § 15-5-5. Henderson v. Glen Oak, Inc., 179 Ga. App. 380, 346 S.E.2d 842 (1986), aff ’d, 256 Ga. 619, 351 S.E.2d 640 (1987).