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# O.C.G.A. § 36-32-21. Definitions.

As used in this article, the term:

(1) “Certified municipal judge” means a municipal judge who has the appropriate required certificate of training issued by the council and on file with the council.

(2) “Council” means the Georgia Municipal Courts Training Council.

(3) “Municipal court” means and includes any municipal court as defined in subsection (a) of Code Section 36-32-1.

(4) “Municipal judge” means a judge of a municipal court.

(5) “School” means any school, college, university, academy, or training program approved by the council and the Judicial Council of Georgia which offers basic, in-service, advanced, specialized, or continuing judicial training or a combination thereof, and includes within its meaning a combination of course curriculum, instructors, and facilities which meet the standards required by the council.

## History

Code 1981, § 36-32-21, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 882, § 2; Ga. L. 1991, p. 326, § 1.