15-1-13. Prior removal from judicial office as affecting qualification for judicial office.

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(a)
In addition to any other qualification for judicial office, if a person has been removed from any judicial office upon order of the Supreme Court after review, that person shall not be eligible to be elected or appointed to any judicial office in this state until seven years have elapsed from the time of such removal.#
(b)
This Code section shall not apply with respect to any removal from office in which the order of the Supreme Court was entered prior to April 9, 1996.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 15-1-13, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 747, § 1.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, ‘‘April 9, 1996’’ was substituted for ‘‘the effective date of this Code section’’ at the end of subsection (b). Both Ga. L. 1996, p. 747 and Ga. L. 1996, p. 748 enacted a Code Section 15-1-13. Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, Code Section 15-1-13 as enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 748, was redesignated as Code Section 15-13-36.

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Text read from t15-ch1-11a-(v13)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volume V13, 2020 edition, page 101; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 1f1f034443c3.