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title: O.C.G.A. § 36-15-12. Applicability to city court of certain cities.
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# O.C.G.A. § 36-15-12. Applicability to city court of certain cities.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, this chapter shall not apply to a city court, which is authorized to try state traffic offenses, of any city of this state having a population of 300,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1980 or any future such census.

## History

Ga. L. 1982, p. 586, § 1; Code 1981, § 36-15-12, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 586, § 2.