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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-6-29.1. Accountability court supplement.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-6-29.1. Accountability court supplement.

(a) Whenever a circuit has implemented a drug court division, mental health court division, or veterans court division, then on and after January 1, 2016, the state shall pay each superior court judge in such circuit an annual accountability court supplement of $6,000.00. Such supplement shall be paid from state funds by The Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia in equal monthly installments as regular compensation.

(b) When a local law provides for a salary to be paid based on a percentage of, total compensation for, or similar mathematical relationship to a superior court judge’s salary, the accountability court salary supplement paid pursuant to this Code section shall not be included in the calculation of compensation to be paid by a county, municipality, or consolidated government.

## History

Code 1981, § 15-6-29.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 919, § 1-4/HB 279; Ga. L. 2025, p. 389, § 3/HB 85, effective July 1, 2025.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2025, p. 389, § 1/HB 85, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Superior Court Judicial Compensation Reform Act.’”

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, deleted subsection (c).