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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-12-137.1. Jury service by members of electric membership corporation.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-12-137.1. Jury service by members of electric membership corporation.

A member of an electric membership corporation shall not be incompetent, based solely on such membership, to serve as a juror in a case in which the electric membership corporation is a party or is interested; provided, however, that if the judge in such case finds that the nature of the case or that the circumstances surrounding a potential juror’s membership in an electric membership corporation may cause a potential juror to have a bias or prejudice for or against the electric membership corporation in that case, the judge may grant a party’s motion to disqualify such member for cause.

## History

Code 1981, § 15-12-137.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 641, § 1/HB 195.

## Law Reviews

For annual survey on trial practice and procedure, see 61 Mercer L. Rev. 363 (2009).