O.C.G.A. § 15-6-100 (2019)
Clerk’s expenditure of funds
No agreement by a clerk to acquire services, supplies, or equipment authorized by this article that requires expenditure of county funds may be entered into unless the funds to be obligated are included in the budget of the county for the operation of the clerk’s office at the time of the execution of such agreement.
History
Code 1981, § 15-6-100, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 173, § 1-27/HB 665.
CHAPTER 7 STATE COURTS OF COUNTIES Sec.
Article 1 General Provisions
Sec.
‘‘State court’’ defined. Creation of state courts. Applicability of chapter; conflicts with local laws. Jurisdiction. Electronic filings of pleadings and documents; electronic payments and remittances; access; public disclosure.
Article 2 Judges
Number of and work status of judges determined by local law; elections. Qualifications; restrictions on practice of law; removal, discipline, and involuntary retirement. Compensation. Filling vacancies. Ordered military duty. Service by retired judge or judge emeritus. Council of State Court Judges of Georgia. Article 3
Article 4 Construction with Other Laws
Municipal Court Services
State courts always open; terms of court. Courts of record. Prosecution for misdemeanors; trials on merits conducted in
Annotations
Cross references. - Transfer of cases, Uniform Transfer Rules. Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 1983, p. 1419, § 2, effective July 1, 1983, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this chapter and enacted the current chapter. The former chapter, also relating to state
Local laws. Exemption from Chapter 8. Article 5
Practice and Procedure
open court; proceedings allowed in chambers. Applicability of rules of practice. Procedure in attachment and garnishment cases. Jurors. No right to grand jury indictment. Court reporters; waiver; compensation. Clerk’s bond. Remittance of interest from interest-bearing trust accounts. Authority of clerks.
Municipal court services authorized. Contents of contract. Authority to act as judges, officers, and personnel of municipal court. Judges, officers, pleadings, process, and papers of municipal court; separate dockets and records. Violation of municipal ordinances. Limitations on authority granted to municipalities.
courts, consisted of Code Sections 15-7-1 through 15-7-15 and was based on Ga. L. 1970, p. 679, §§ 1-13; Ga. L. 1975, p. 925, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 600, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 15; Ga. L. 1982, p. 518, § 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1287, § 1; and Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 50.
Ga. L. 1983, p. 1419, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: ‘‘It is the intent of this Act to implement certain
changes required by Article VI of the Constitution of the State of Georgia.’’
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Westbrook v. Zant, 575 F. Supp. 186 (M.D. Ga. 1983).
ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Law reviews. - For article, ‘‘Courts: Juvenile Justice Reform,’’ see 30 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 63 (2013).