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2018 Georgia Code 15-9-65 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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O.C.G.A. 15-9-65 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 15-9-65

TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 9. Probate Courts, 15-9-1 through 15-9-158.

ARTICLE 3 COSTS AND COMPENSATION

15-9-65. Longevity increases.

The amounts provided in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Code Section 15-9-63 and Code Section 15-9-64, as increased by paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Code Section 15-9-63, shall be increased by multiplying said amounts by the percentage which equals 5 percent times the number of completed four-year terms of office served by any judge of a probate court after December 31, 1976, effective the first day of January following the completion of each such period of service. This Code section shall not be construed to affect any local legislation except when the local legislation provides for a salary lower than the salary provided in Code Sections 15-9-63, 15-9-64, 15-9-66, and this Code section, in which event Code Sections 15-9-63, 15-9-64, 15-9-66, and this Code section shall prevail.

(Ga. L. 1974, p. 455, § 3; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1953, § 3; Ga. L. 1981, p. 518, § 3; Ga. L. 1989, p. 801, § 2; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 15; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1478, § 4; Ga. L. 1994, p. 620, § 4; Ga. L. 2018, p. 356, § 1-26/SB 436.)

The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, substituted "when the local legislation provides for a salary lower than the salary provided in Code Sections 15-9-63, 15-9-64, 15-9-66, and this Code section, in which event Code Sections 15-9-63, 15-9-64, 15-9-66, and this Code section shall prevail" for "where the local legislation provides for a salary lower than the salary provided in Code Sections 15-9-63, 15-9-64, this Code section, and Code Sections 15-9-66 and 15-9-67, in which event Code Sections 15-9-63, 15-9-64, this Code section, and Code Sections 15-9-66 and 15-9-67 shall prevail" in the second sentence of this Code section.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Salary increase is based on full terms, not partial terms.

- O.C.G.A. § 15-9-65 provides for longevity salary increases for judges of probate courts based upon completed four-year terms of office and not upon partial terms of office served. 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U81-3.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 15-9-65

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Lewis, Judge v. Chatham Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 298 Ga. 73 (Ga. 2015).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Nov 2, 2015 | 779 S.E.2d 371

...or probate judges; however, that statute also provides that the salary of probate judges may be set by local act. If the salary set by local act exceeds the salary set under State statute, as it did here, the local act controls. 3 OCGA § 15-9-65 provides certain longevity pay increases to probate judges; however, these increases are not applicable to judges who receive a salary under local law which exceeds the statewide minimum of OCGA § 15-9- 63. 4 In new local leg...