--- title: HB 1460. Muscogee County; State Court; salaries of the solicitor-general, the chief assistant solicitor-general, and other assistant solicitors-general; modify provisions collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hb1460 cite_as: HB 1460, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1460 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1460.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1460/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73663 date: 2026-03-19 status: engrossed corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1459.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1461.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 473 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1460.md?full=1 bill_number: HB 1460 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: bill status_date: 2026-03-18 last_action: Senate Read and Referred sponsors: - Teddy Reese - Carolyn Hugley - Debbie Buckner text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HB1460/2025 upstream_id: 2124786 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - Muscogee County - state court - prosecutor salaries - local government law - Georgia courts --- # HB 1460. Muscogee County; State Court; salaries of the solicitor-general, the chief assistant solicitor-general, and other assistant solicitors-general; modify provisions ## Text House Bill 1460 By: Representatives Reese of the 140th, Hugley of the 141st, and Buckner of the 137th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend An Act establishing the State Court of Muscogee County, approved December 20, 1884 (Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 455), as amended, so as to modify provisions relating to the salaries of the solicitor-general, the chief assistant solicitor-general, and other assistant solicitors-general; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION 1. An Act establishing the State Court of Muscogee County, approved December 20, 1884 (Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 455), as amended, is amended by revising subsection (b) of Section 3A as follows: "(b) The annual salary of the solicitor-general of the State Court of Muscogee County shall be not less than 90 percent of the salary, including the base salary and any local supplement, for a junior judge of the State Court of Muscogee County. Such salary shall be paid in at least monthly installments from the funds of Muscogee County. The solicitor-general shall devote his or her full time to the duties of the office and shall not engage in the private practice of law." SECTION 2. Said Act is further amended by revising Section 3C as follows: "SECTION 3C. (a) The solicitor-general may appoint a chief assistant solicitor-general who shall serve at the pleasure of the solicitor-general. (b) The chief assistant solicitor-general shall have been admitted to the State Bar of Georgia and shall devote his or her full time to the duties of the office and shall not engage in the private practice of law. (c) The annual salary for the chief assistant solicitor-general shall be not less than 80 percent of the salary of the solicitor-general. Such salary shall be paid in at least monthly installments from the funds of Muscogee County. (d) The solicitor-general may designate any assistant solicitor-general who has a minimum of five years experience in the active practice of law as a senior assistant solicitor-general. (e) The annual salary for an assistant solicitor-general or a senior assistant solicitor-general shall be fixed by the solicitor-general and shall be consistent with the salaries of other attorneys employed by the county or state. Such salary shall be paid in at least monthly installments from the funds of Muscogee County." SECTION 3. This Act shall become effective on the first day of the month following the month in which it is approved by the Governor or becomes law without such approval. SECTION 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the bill. Quote the text, not the summary. A House bill would set new minimum salaries for the solicitor-general, chief assistant solicitor-general, and other prosecutors in the State Court of Muscogee County, tying pay to a percentage of judicial and top prosecutor salaries. ### Plain-language summary This bill changes the local law that created the State Court of Muscogee County by rewriting how the county's prosecuting officials get paid. Currently the law sets pay rules for the solicitor-general (the elected prosecutor in state court) and assistant solicitors-general, and this bill updates those formulas. Under the bill, the solicitor-general's annual salary must be at least 90 percent of what a junior judge of the State Court of Muscogee County earns, including base pay and any local supplement, paid at least monthly from county funds. The chief assistant solicitor-general, appointed by the solicitor-general, must earn at least 80 percent of the solicitor-general's salary. Other assistant and senior assistant solicitors-general have their pay set by the solicitor-general, in line with similarly employed county or state attorneys. The law would take effect the first day of the month after the Governor signs it or it becomes law without a signature. ### What it does - Sets the solicitor-general's minimum annual salary at 90 percent of a junior judge's total salary, including base pay and local supplement. - Requires the solicitor-general's salary to be paid at least monthly from Muscogee County funds and bars the solicitor-general from private law practice. - Sets the chief assistant solicitor-general's minimum salary at 80 percent of the solicitor-general's salary and requires full-time service with no private practice. - Allows the solicitor-general to designate an assistant solicitor-general with five or more years of active law practice as a senior assistant solicitor-general. - Requires assistant and senior assistant solicitors-general salaries to be set by the solicitor-general in line with pay for other county or state attorneys. - Sets the effective date as the first day of the month after the Governor signs the bill or it becomes law without signature. ### Who it affects This bill affects the solicitor-general, chief assistant solicitor-general, and assistant solicitors-general of the State Court of Muscogee County, as well as Muscogee County government, which pays these salaries from county funds. ### Why it matters The bill changes how much Muscogee County must pay its state court prosecutors, tying their salaries to judicial pay levels rather than fixed amounts. This affects the county budget and could raise or adjust compensation for these prosecuting attorneys going forward. ### Key provisions - Section 1 revises subsection (b) of Section 3A to require the solicitor-general's salary to be at least 90 percent of a junior judge's salary, including local supplements. - Section 1 requires the solicitor-general to work full time and prohibits private legal practice while serving. - Section 2 revises Section 3C, letting the solicitor-general appoint a chief assistant solicitor-general who serves at the solicitor-general's pleasure. - Section 2 sets the chief assistant solicitor-general's minimum salary at 80 percent of the solicitor-general's salary and requires State Bar of Georgia admission. - Section 2 allows designation of a senior assistant solicitor-general for those with five years of active law practice experience. - Section 2 requires other assistant and senior assistant solicitors-general salaries to be set by the solicitor-general, consistent with comparable county or state attorney pay. - Section 3 sets the effective date as the first day of the month following the Governor's approval or the law taking effect without approval. ## Status - Status: Engrossed (2026-03-18) - Last action: Senate Read and Referred (2026-03-19) - Sponsors: Teddy Reese, Carolyn Hugley, Debbie Buckner - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73663 > The history, votes, and amendments (473 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1460.md?full=1