Functions, powers, and responsibilities

The council is vested with the following functions, powers, and responsibilities: (1) To make all the necessary rules and regulations to carry out this article; (2) To cooperate with and secure the cooperation of every department, agency, or instrumentality of the state government or its political subdivisions in furtherance of the purposes of this article; 539 36-32-27 (3) To approve schools and to prescribe minimum qualifications for instructors at approved schools; (4) To issue a certification to any municipal court judge satisfactorily complying with an approved training program established; (5) To do any and all things necessary or convenient to enable it wholly and adequately to perform its duties and to exercise the power granted to it; and (6) To prescribe, by rules and regulations, the minimum requirements for curricula and standards composing the initial in-service, advanced, specialized, and continuing training courses for certification. History. — Code 1981, § 36-32-26, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 882, § 2. 36-32-27. Mandatory training of municipal judges.