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Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 5. ADMINISTRATION OF COURTS OF RECORD GENERALLY · Article 1. JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION

15-5-4. Election of district administrative judge; term; removal.

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

  1. The judges of each district council shall elect a superior court judge or a senior judge of the superior court to serve for a two-year term as an ‘‘administrative judge’’ within the district. The district administrative judge shall serve until his successor is elected and qualified; provided, however, that the district administrative judge may be removed at any time by a two-thirds’ vote of all judges comprising the district council. The duties of the administrative judge shall be additional duties which shall not be construed to diminish his other responsibilities.

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

Ga. L. 1976, p. 782, § 4; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 15.

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Text read from t15-ch1-11a-(v13)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volume V13, 2020 edition, pages 172 to 173; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 1f1f034443c3.