Title 36 — Title 36
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O.C.G.A. § 36-32-1.1 Municipal court judges; qualifications to serve
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Municipal court judges shall be licensed to practice law in the State of Georgia and an active member in good standing of the State Bar of Georgia; provided, however, that any judge serving on June 30, 2011, who does not meet the qualifications required by this Code section may s…
O.C.G.A. § 36-32-10.2 Trial upon citation, summons, or accusation
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Notwithstanding any other contrary provision of law, in municipal courts which have jurisdiction over misdemeanor offenses or ordinance violations, such offenses or violations may be tried upon a uniform traffic citation, summons, citation, or an accusation. History. — Code 1981,…
O.C.G.A. § 36-32-10.3 Jurisdiction over littering offenses
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(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this Code section, in addition to any other jurisdiction vested in the municipal courts, such courts shall have the right and power to conduct trials, receive pleas of guilty, and impose sentence upon defendants for violating any…
O.C.G.A. § 36-32-11 Required training for judges
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(a) All judges of the municipal courts, and all judges of courts exercising municipal court jurisdiction, shall periodically satisfactorily complete a training course as provided in Article 2 of this chapter. (b) The Georgia Municipal Courts Training Council shall keep records of…
O.C.G.A. § 36-32-12 Municipal court held outside municipality
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Notwithstanding any other contrary provision of law, local or general, sessions of a municipal court may be held outside the municipality for which the municipal court is established if such sessions are held within a county in which the municipality is located or has its legal s…
O.C.G.A. § 36-32-2 Appointment of judges
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any general or local Act, the governing authority of each municipal corporation within this state having a municipal court, as provided by the Act incorporating the municipal corporation or any amendments thereto, is auth…
O.C.G.A. § 36-32-2.1 Removal of judges
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(a) As used in this Code section, the term ‘‘judge’’ means an individual serving as an appointed municipal court judge. (b)(1) A judge may be removed during his or her term of office by a two-thirds’ vote of the entire membership of the governing authority of the municipal corpor…
O.C.G.A. § 36-32-20 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as ‘‘The Georgia Municipal Courts Training Council Act.’’ History. — Code 1981, § 36-32-20, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 882, § 2. 36-32-21. Definitions.
O.C.G.A. § 36-32-21 Definitions
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As used in this article, the term: (1) ‘‘Certified municipal judge’’ means a municipal judge who has the appropriate required certificate of training issued by the council and on file with the council. 537 36-32-23 (2) ‘‘Council’’ means the Georgia Municipal Courts Training Counc…
O.C.G.A. § 36-32-23 Oath of office
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Immediately and before entering upon the duties of office, the members of the Georgia Municipal Courts Training Council shall take 538 36-32-26 the oath of office and shall file the same in the office of the Judicial Council of Georgia, which, upon receiving the oath of office, s…
O.C.G.A. § 36-32-25 Remuneration
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The members of the council shall receive no salary but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their functions; provided, however, that such expenses shall not exceed those allowed to members of the General Assembly.…
O.C.G.A. § 36-32-26 Functions, powers, and responsibilities
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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 governmen…
O.C.G.A. § 36-32-27 Mandatory training of municipal judges
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(a) Any person who becomes a municipal judge on or after January 1, 1991, shall satisfactorily complete 20 hours of training in the performance of his or her duties within one year after the date of his or her election or appointment in order to become certified under this articl…
O.C.G.A. § 36-32-3 Powers of judges
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All judges of all municipal courts in this state shall have and are given the same powers and authorities as magistrates in the matter of and pertaining to criminal cases of whatever nature in the several courts of this state. 525 36-32-4 History. — Ga. L. 1935, p. 458, § 1; Ga. …
O.C.G.A. § 36-32-5 Sentences and fines which may be imposed
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All municipal courts having authority to try offenses against the laws of the municipal corporations in which such courts are located shall have the power and authority: (1) To impose fines upon persons convicted of such offenses, with the alternative of other punishment allowed …
O.C.G.A. § 36-32-8 Code Commission notes
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— Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1992, ‘‘for’’ was deleted preceding ‘‘responsible’’ in the first sentence of subsection (g) (now subsection (i)). Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1998, ‘‘Code Sections 12-9-45 and 12-9-48’’ was substituted for ‘‘Code Section 12-9-45 1093 1…