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title: Floor Amendment AM 61 0018 to HB 750
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id: amendment:2025-2026/hb750/239174
cite_as: HB 750, Floor Amendment AM 61 0018
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date: 2026-09-25
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# Floor Amendment AM 61 0018 to HB 750

ADOPTED
Representative Cox of the 28th et al. offer the following amendment:
Amend the Senate substitute to HB 750 (LC 61 0261S) by replacing lines 1 through the end
with the following:
To amend an Act to create the State Court of Forsyth County, approved April 15, 1996 (Ga.
L. 1996, p. 4558), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 1, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002,
p. 5579), so as to add a judge to the court; 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 to create the State Court of Forsyth County, approved April 15, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996,
p. 4558), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 1, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 5579),
is amended by revising subsection (a) of and adding a new subsection to Section 3 to read
as follows:
"(a) Effective July 1, 2026, there shall be three judges of the State Court of Forsyth County
who shall be selected as provided in this section."
"(e) The third judge of the State Court of Forsyth County shall be appointed by the
Governor for an initial term of office beginning on July 1, 2026, and continuing through
December 31, 2028, and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. All future
successors to said judge shall be elected by the qualified voters of Forsyth County at a
nonpartisan election to be held and conducted jointly with the general primary in 2028 and
quadrennially thereafter pursuant to Code Section 21-2-138 of the O.C.G.A. The judge
thus elected shall serve a four-year term and until his or her successor is elected and
qualified."
SECTION 2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.