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# O.C.G.A. § 15-10-131. Definitions.

As used in this article, the term:

(1) ‘‘Certified magistrate’’ means a magistrate judge who has the appropriate required certificate of training issued by the council and on file with the council or a magistrate judge who is exempt from such training by subsection (d) of Code Section 15-10-137.

(2) ‘‘Council’’ means the Georgia Magistrate Courts Training Council.

(3) ‘‘School’’ means any school, college, university, academy, or training program approved by the council and the Judicial Council of Georgia which offers basic, in-service, advanced, specialized, or continuing judicial training or a combination thereof and includes within its meaning a combination of course curriculum, instructors, and facilities which meet the standards required by the council.

## History

Code 1981, § 15-10-131, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 2-1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1416, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 15.