15-5A-1. Establishment.

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There shall be a state-wide business court as provided for in Article VI of the Constitution of this state to be known as the Georgia State-wide Business Court. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude a superior court from creating or continuing an existing business court division for its circuit on or after May 7, 2019, or preclude a state court from creating or continuing an existing business court division on or after May 7, 2019, in the manner provided by law.

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, § 15-5A-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 845, § 1-1/HB 239; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 15/SB 429. The 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted ‘‘on or after May 7, 2019’’ for ‘‘on or after the May 7, 2019’’ near the end of the second sentence of this Code section.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2019, ‘‘May 7, 2019,’’ was substituted for ‘‘the effective date of this chapter’’ in two places in the second sentence.

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Text read from t15-ch1-11a-(v13)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volume V13, 2020 edition, pages 187 to 188; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 1f1f034443c3.