Bill Text: GA SB352 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prosecuting Attorneys; provide; probate courts, municipal courts, and courts exercising municipal court jurisdiction; process of such employment

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-04-11 - Effective Date [SB352 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-SB352-Introduced.html

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12 LC 29 5031

Senate Bill 352

By: Senator Crosby of the 13th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prosecuting attorneys, so as to provide for prosecuting attorneys in probate courts, municipal courts, and courts exercising municipal court jurisdiction; to provide for the process of such employment; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prosecuting attorneys, is amended by adding a new Article 5 to read as follows:

"ARTICLE 5

15-18-90.

(a) Probate courts, municipal courts, and courts exercising municipal court jurisdiction shall be authorized to employ full-time or part-time prosecuting attorneys to represent the jurisdiction in criminal proceedings in such court. The decision to employ prosecuting attorneys and the length and nature of each prosecuting attorney's employment shall be vested in the respective governing authority of the county or city served by such court. Any costs associated with creating an office for a prosecuting attorney, including approving personnel needs, shall be borne by the respective governing authority of the county or city served by such court.

(b) A prosecuting attorney in a probate court, municipal court, or court exercising municipal court jurisdiction may be known as the 'Solicitor of the ______ Court of _______.'

(c) Except as otherwise provided by local law or a city charter, a prosecuting attorney in a probate court, municipal court, or court exercising municipal court jurisdiction shall have the same duties and authority a state court solicitor-general has as set forth in Code Section 15-18-66."

SECTION 2.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.