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title: O.C.G.A. § 47-8-61. Term of office as senior judge; power of Governor to call upon senior judges to serve as superior court judges.
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# O.C.G.A. § 47-8-61. Term of office as senior judge; power of Governor to call upon senior judges to serve as superior court judges.

All persons appointed as senior judges under this chapter shall hold such office for life. The Governor may call upon such judges to serve as judges of the superior courts when the regular judge for some reason is unable to serve. Such judges are also authorized to serve in the superior courts as may be otherwise provided by law.

## History

Ga. L. 1945, p. 363, § 5; Ga. L. 1951, p. 493, § 1; Ga. L. 1958, p. 318, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 911, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 722, § 1.