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Home My WebLink AboutTo Amend on Act Creating The Civil Court Augusta Richmond GA DOCUMENTNAME~ o.~nd Ch ~Q..+- C.J.en\lr4.-~ ~IUi( , C. OU,.\- Cl - DOCUMENT TYPE: YEAR: .q 9 BOX NUMBER: FILE NUMBER: NUMBER OF PAGES: .~ L-\- D' 1 L\ 5C:D Ll r( .' l ; ~r E~ROLL'tE~T d~. \L 19~ The Commitlee of the House ,In Journals has ex.amined the within and finds the same properly enrolled, .~ ~-,"js ..... .. ... Ch~~ ".""0 "_.-". _ ~-0- ~~. Sec'retary of the senat~V '''';''Jkj 11- Sel:retary, E:\el:utivt: Department (rJ Ja~ of Fd. . Thi~ 19 '17. Approved Gll\ernOr ThJ~J"~ 19U H. B. No. 360 ~ Act '00. ~pnrral ~sspmhlu AN ACT To amend an Act creating the Civil Court of Richmond County, so as to provide. .for the person'nel of said court; to provide for the salary of the marshal of such court; to change from appointment to election of the marshal; and for .other purposes. IN HOUSE Read 1st time \ I ~tl,. ~~ y' Read 2np time ~. \. ~ q , Read 3rd time ~. ~. Q q And ~Ss~ Ayes\ 'SO Nays \ ~ IN SENATE . . . . Read 1st time ~ ,~~ qq A"d y"->~~~qlh ,Read 2nd time Read 3rd time Aves JS' \ '~-L NaysO ~:;,~ By: Reps. Wi lliams of the 114th, DeLoach of the l19th and Connell of the l15th and others 'i . : AN ACT To amend an Act creating the Civil Court of Richmond County, approved August 28, 1931 (Ga. L. 1931, p. 270), as amended, particularly but not exclusively by an Act approved March 31, 1971 (Ga. L. 1971, p. 2745), by an Act approved March 21, 1974 (Ga. L. 1974, p. 2410), and by an Act approved March 13, 1978 (Ga. L. 1978, p. 3341), so as to provide for the personnel of sa~d court; to provide for the salary of the marshal of such court; to - change from appointment to election of the marshal; to p,rovide. for" powers pf the marshal; to provide for related' mattersJ to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION 1. An Act creating the Civil Court of Richmond County, approved August 28', 19 ~'1 (Ga:. L. 1:931, p. '2,70), as.am.ended, particularly but not exclusively by an Act approved March ~1( I97~.(9ff. L. 1971, p. 2745), by an Act approyed .March 21, 1974 (Ga. L. 1974, p. 2410), and by. an Act approved March 13, 1978 (Ga. L. 1978, p. 3341), is amended by inserting "appointed or elected" immediately preceding "Marshal" in Section 5. SECTION 2. Said Act is further amended by adding a new Section 9C to read as follows: "SECTION 9C. The provisions of Section 9 of this Act or any other provision of law notwithstanding, on and after January 1, 2000, the salary of the marshal of the Civil Court of Richmond County, Georgia, shall be $60,000.00 per annum." SECTION 3. Said Act is further amended by adding a new Section lOA to read as follows: H. B. No. 360 -1- -. '1- .. I "SECTION lOA. The provisions provision of marshal of the I, 1999, shall of Section 10 of this Act or any other law notwithstanding, the person serving as Civil Court of Richmond County on January continue to serve as such for the remainder of a term expiring January 1, 2002; except in case of vacancy created by death, resignation, or disqualification, in which event a special election to fill such vacancy for the remainder of such term may be called and held as provided by general law. The marshal of the Civil Court of Richmond County shall be el~c~ed at the generai munl~i~al electio~ held in No~e~ber, 2001, and quadrennially thereafter by the qualified voters of Richmond County for a term of office of four years beginning January ~ f~llowing such _e~~ction and until the e~ection and qualification of a successor. All elections under this section shall be conducted on a nonpartisan basis, without a primary, and as provided by Chapter 2 of Jitle 21 0; the O.C.G.A. All persons elect~dto the of~ice of marshal of. the Civil Court of Richmond coun~y under the provisio~s of this section shall -be elefted by plurality vo~e as defined by Cod~ Section 21-2-2 of the O:C:G.A. Any other provision ot' law notwithstanding, ~ll persons serving as marshal of said court under the provisions of this section shall have the authority to manage the affairs of said office and to name their deputies who shall hold said office at the pleasure of the marshal." " SECTION 4. This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval, except that Section. 2 of this Act shalL become effective on January 1, 2000. SECTION 5. All laws. and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed. ., 1 I H. B. No. 360 -2- ~ ~'._~'fI .-......... 7 ;. :-to II 'I :' ....... ItOTICI ~ ,11ft,"'" ',"looUCI LOCAL. L..tlI.ATIO. ....a .. ..,.., ......- ewt ..... win &. .. ~ at ..,... "'" .....,. .. Gefttir. . .....".,.,., 0-... 1111 .. ~ __ Act CNGI.. ... c..., c-l of 1__ c-... 0....10 ....CMId A..... .. tn1 (0& \AWl tnl. .. 170). CD ....... tw aft Act ~ Morcft JI. lf1'j Co.. UliWl 1,". .. De) .0 ~ to. to ....,_ lOr ttw ~ ot_ ... Court:....., -- .....-. . TNl1Itft.Y ., ~. "". 101lN W'LUAMS .I~-.-'-- ,. ... ..... . :;GEORGIA. FULTON COUNTI' u . . -. . . !Personally appeared 'befoteme. the Undersigned auth~rity; dUly ~thorized to ::administer oaths. Robin Williams . who on oath I deposes and says that he is the Representative from the 1 1 4 t h District and further depose~ and says as follows: _ (1) 'That .tl1~ attached Notice of Intehtion- t9 Introduce Local Legislation was :publisbed in the . Auqusta Chronicle which is the official <?rgan of R~_ctunon~: Co4hty on,the folloWir1gdCrte: ., . ". ~ariua ~v;'.15,.,,- 19 9 9 . " .~ :(2t That tpe laWs req)Jiring n9,?C::E:!:of locaUegi~lation wer:~ fu,rther'cqij1plieqwith. in the m~er checked be1bw:.. - . .' . A copy of the notice of intention was muiled. 'transInit1ed by facsimi1~.or, otherwise provided to the' governing aUthority C?f any-county. municiPality. or consolidated government whose charter or enabling Act is amended. as reqUired by subsection (b) of Code Section 28-1-14. The notice reqUirement of subsection (b) of Code Section 28-1.14 does not apply because the bill was requested by resolution or other written notification of the governing authority of the affected county. municipality. or consolidated government and a copy of such resolution or other written notlli..Pdfion is attached hereto. /' The notice requirement of subsection {b) of Code Section 28-1-14 does not apply because the bill does not amend the charter of a municipality or the enabling Att 9fa county or consolidated goveinmentor the bill.afIects a localsch()Ol system. Th.e notice requirement of subsection (b) of Code Section 28-1-14 does not apply because the bill is an annexation bill and a copy of the bill was provided to the county governing authority within which the area proposed to be annexed is located crt the time the notice was published. as required by Code Section 28-1-14.1. Q\~ s/ R~~~nV_.AMS 1 14thDistrict Sworn to and subscribed before me. this ;1 25th day of January ~ I i19~. --. . .-.. . *-......-. .... APppn'/r.n ~(2J/)- IYIV (zs .. s/Teresa Adkins ,i ........, ...., a..,.. '-'0'. Gooo;Ia ..~ e.p...-. 50 BlO' (SEAL) B. B. No. 360- . ~~ ".#II("~.:..~.~.~.,. , 1 I I I i I I' ,! --~ ff8 J (I ",. . . BY.~