15-16-20.1. Additional salary for court coverage.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

In addition to the minimum salary provided in Code Section 15-16-20, the sheriff of any county who performs the duties of a sheriff for a state court, probate court, magistrate court, juvenile court, or county recorder’s court under any applicable general or local law of this state shall receive for his or her services in such court or courts a salary of not less than $385.90 per month, to be paid from the funds of the county. A sheriff who serves in more than one such court shall receive such salary for up to two courts. Such salaries shall not be eligible for increase for any state cost-of-living or general performance based increases.

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, § 15-16-20.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 783, § 2; Ga. L. 1985, p. 430, § 2; Ga. L. 1986, p. 837, § 2; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 15; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1159, § 15; Ga. L. 2001, p. 902, § 13; Ga. L. 2006, p. 568, § 9/SB 450; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1015, § 7/SB 171; Ga. L. 2024, p. 502, § 1/SB 37, effective July 1, 2024.

Amendments

The 2019 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, substituted “$385.90 per month” for “$323.59 per month” near the end of the first sentence of this Code section. The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, in the second sentence, deleted “only one” following “receive” and added “for up to two courts” at the end and added the third sentence.

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Text read from t15-ch12-25-(v13a)-pdf.pdf, Volume V13A, 2015 edition, 2025 supplement, page 49; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 0e20c65a2dee.

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