TITLE 36 LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Section 15. County Law Library, 36-15-1 through 36-15-13.

ARTICLE 2 COUNTY GOVERNING AUTHORITIES

36-15-1. Board of trustees created in each county; composition; chairperson; quorum.

There is created in each county in this state a board to be known as the board of trustees of the county law library, hereafter referred to as the board. The board shall consist of the chief judge of the superior court of the circuit in which the county is located; the judge of the probate court; the senior judge of the state court, if any; the chief judge of the magistrate court; the district attorney of the circuit in which the county is located; a solicitor-general of the state court, if any; the clerk of the superior court; and two practicing attorneys of the county. The practicing attorneys shall be selected by the other trustees and shall serve at their pleasure. All of the trustees shall serve without pay. The chief judge of the superior court shall be chairperson of the board. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting all business that may come before the board.

(Ga. L. 1971, p. 180, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 430, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 392, § 1; Ga. L. 2016, p. 435, § 2/HB 851; Ga. L. 2017, p. 548, § 1/HB 453.)

The 2016 amendment, effective April 26, 2016, substituted the present provisions of the second sentence of this Code section for the former provisions, which read: "The board shall consist of the chief judge of the superior court of the circuit in which the county is located, the judge of the probate court, the senior judge of the state court, if any, a solicitor-general of the state court, if any, the clerk of the superior court, and two practicing attorneys of the county."

The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, inserted "the chief judge of the magistrate court;" in the middle of the second sentence.