Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 11. JUVENILE CODE · Article 2. JUVENILE COURT ADMINISTRATION

15-11-56. Simultaneous service by judges.

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(a)
No person who is serving as a full-time juvenile court judge shall at the same time hold the office of judge of any other class of court of this state.#
(b)
No person serving as a juvenile court judge after being elected juvenile court judge pursuant to a local law authorized by a constitutional amendment shall at the same time hold the office of judge of any other class of court of this state.#
(c)
Nothing in this Code section shall prevent any duly appointed or elected juvenile court judge from sitting by designation as a superior court judge pursuant to Code Section 15-1-9.1.#

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.

Code 1981, § 15-11-56, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.

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