Senate Bill 613
By: Senators Davenport of the 17th, Wicks of the 34th and Parent of the 44th
AS PASSED
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend an Act placing the sheriff and clerk of the Superior Court of Clayton County on
an annual salary, approved February 25, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1910), as amended,
particularly by an Act approved May 3, 2018 (Ga. L. 2018, p. 3573), so as to change the
compensation of the sheriff; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
An Act placing the sheriff and clerk of the Superior Court of Clayton County on an annual
salary, approved February 25, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1910), as amended, particularly by an
Act approved May 3, 2018 (Ga. L. 2018, p. 3573), is amended by revising subsection (b) of
Section 1 as follows:
"(b) The sheriff of Clayton County shall be paid $185,000.00 per year in equal monthly
installments from the funds of Clayton County."
SECTION 2.
This Act shall become effective on the first day of the month following the month in which
the Sheriff of Clayton County fully complies with the county-wide audits of Clayton County
for years 2024, 2025, and 2026 required pursuant to subsection (c.1) of Code
Section 36-81-7.
SECTION 3.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.