TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 8. City Courts, 15-8-1 through 15-8-6.

ARTICLE 5 MUNICIPAL COURT SERVICES

15-8-6. Authorization of judge of city court or like court to preside in municipal court in cities with population of 350,000 or more.

Any judge of any city court or like court may, when authorized to do so by the governing authorities of any city having a population of more than 350,000 according to the United States decennial census of 1950 or any future such census, preside in the municipal court, by whatever name called, of such city. When so presiding, such judge shall have full power and authority in all matters pending in the court, including the trial of all offenses against the ordinances of the city.

(Code 1933, § 24-2204, enacted by Ga. L. 1955, p. 192, § 1; Code 1981, §15-8-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § 8.)