Number of judges

The number of judges for each of the superior courts for each of the judicial circuits shall be as follows: (1) Alapaha Circuit .................................................... 2 (2) Alcovy Circuit ...................................................... 5 (2.1) Appalachian Circuit ............................................ 3 (3) Atlanta Circuit ..................................................... 20 (4) Atlantic Circuit .................................................... 4 (5) Augusta Circuit .................................................... 8 (5.1) Bell-Forsyth Circuit ............................................ 3 (6) Blue Ridge Circuit ................................................ 3 (7) Brunswick Circuit ................................................. 5 (8) Chattahoochee Circuit ............................................ 7 (9) Cherokee Circuit .................................................. 4 (10) Clayton Circuit ................................................... 5 (11) (For effective date, see note.) Cobb Circuit ................. 11 (12) Conasauga Circuit ............................................... 4 (13) Cordele Circuit ................................................... 3 (14) Coweta Circuit ................................................... 7 (15) Dougherty Circuit ............................................... 3 (15.1) Douglas Circuit ................................................ 3 (16) Dublin Circuit .................................................... 3 (17) Eastern Circuit ................................................... 6 (17.1) Enotah Circuit ................................................. 3 (18) (For effective date, see note.) Flint Circuit ................. 4 (19) Griffin Circuit .................................................... 5 (20) Gwinnett Circuit ................................................. 11 (21) Houston Circuit .................................................. 3 (22) Lookout Mountain Circuit ..................................... 4 (23) Macon Circuit .................................................... 5 (24) Middle Circuit .................................................... 2 (25) Mountain Circuit ................................................ 2 (26) Northeastern Circuit ............................................ 5 (27) Northern Circuit ................................................. 3 (28) Ocmulgee Circuit ................................................ 5 (29) Oconee Circuit .................................................... 3 (30) (For effective date, see note.) Ogeechee Circuit ........... 4 (31) Pataula Circuit ................................................... 2 (31.1) Paulding Circuit ............................................... 3 (32) Piedmont Circuit ................................................. 4 (32.1) Rockdale Circuit ............................................... 2 (33) Rome Circuit ...................................................... 4 (34) South Georgia Circuit ........................................... 2 (35) Southern Circuit ................................................. 5 (36) Southwestern Circuit ........................................... 3 (37) Stone Mountain Circuit ........................................ 10 (38) Tallapoosa Circuit ............................................... 2 (39) Tifton Circuit ..................................................... 2 (40) Toombs Circuit ................................................... 2 (40.1) Towaliga Circuit ............................................... 2 (41) Waycross Circuit ................................................. 4 (42) Western Circuit .................................................. 4 History. — Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 15; Ga. L. 1982, p. 428, §§ 1, 5; Ga. L. 1982, p. 434, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 436, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 439, §§ 1, 4; Ga. L. 1982, p. 501, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1983, p. 761, § 3; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 15; Ga. L. 1984, p. 434, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 451, § 5; Ga. L. 1984, p. 469, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 472, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 160, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 163, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 417, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 423, § 4; Ga. L. 1987, p. 279, § 9; Ga. L. 1987, p. 331, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 410, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1145, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 223, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 234, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 180, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 188, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 196, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 200, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 203, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 205, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 471, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 474, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 489, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 497, § 2; Ga. L. 1991, p. 276, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 278, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 280, §§ 1, 12; Ga. L. 1991, p. 288, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 328, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1668, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1786, § 3; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2067, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2776, §§ 1, 12; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1077, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 220, §§ 2, 3; Ga. L. 1999, p. 40, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 49, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 67, §§ 13, 14; Ga. L. 2000, p. 205, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1060, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 2002, p. 405, §§ 3-2, 3-3; Ga. L. 2002, p. 851, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 964, § 1-1/HB 97; Ga. L. 2006, p. 1024, § 1-1/HB 1073; Ga. L. 2007, p. 695, § 1-1/HB 118; Ga. L. 2008, p. 491, § 1-1/HB 1163; Ga. L. 2012, p. 166, § 1-1/SB 356; Ga. L. 2013, p. 570, §§ 1-1, 2-1/HB 451; Ga. L. 2014, p. 189, §§ 1-1, 2-1/HB 742; Ga. L. 2015, p. 919, § 2-2/HB 279; Ga. L. 2016, p. 183, § 1/HB 804; Ga. L. 2017, p. 191, § 1/HB 138; Ga. L. 2019, p. 4, § 1/HB 21; Ga. L. 2019, p. 504, § 1/HB 28; Ga. L. 2020, p. 338, § 1-1/HB 786. Delayed effective date. — Paragraphs (11), (18), and (30), as set out above, become effective January 1, 2022. For versions of paragraphs (11), (18), and (30) in effect until January 1, 2022, see the 2020 amendment note. The 2019 amendments. — The first 2019 amendment, effective April 2, 2019, for purposes of making the initial appointments of the judges to fill the superior court judgeships created by this Act, and effective January 1, 2020, for all other purposes, substituted ‘‘11’’ for ‘‘10’’ at the end of paragraph (20). The second 2019 amendment, effective May 6, 2019, for purposes of making the initial appointments of the judges to fill the superior court judgeships created by this Act, and effective January 1, 2020, for all other purposes, substituted ‘‘5’’ for ‘‘4’’ at the end of paragraph (19). The 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, for purposes of making the initial appointments of the judges to fill the superior court judgeships created by this Act, and effective January 1, 2022, for all other purposes, substituted ‘‘11’’ for ‘‘10’’ in paragraph (11), substituted ‘‘4’’ for ‘‘3’’ in paragraph (18), and substituted ‘‘4’’ for ‘‘3’’ in paragraph (30).