Effective date of article

This article shall become effective on January 1, 2005; provided, however, that the council and the circuit public defender selection panels shall be authorized to take administrative actions as may be 1317 17-12-40 necessary or appropriate to prepare for and phase-in full implementation of this article on or after December 31, 2003. History. — Code 1981, § 17-12-37, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 191, § 1. ARTICLE 3 ASSISTANCE BY THIRD-YEAR LAW STUDENTS OR STAFF INSTRUCTORS Editor’s notes. — Ga. L. 2003, p. 191, § 1, effective January 1, 2005, repealed the Code sections formerly codified as this article and enacted the current article. The former article consisted of Code Sections 17-12-60 through 17-12-62, relating to defense of indigents in capital cases, and was based on Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 478, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 17; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1963, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 18.