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# Ga. Const. Art. VI, Sec. I, Para. X. Authorization for pilot projects.

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The General Assembly may by general law approved by a two-thirds’ majority of the members of each house enact legislation providing for, as pilot programs of limited duration, courts which are not uniform within their classes in jurisdiction, powers, rules of practice and procedure, and selection, qualifications, terms, and discipline of judges for such pilot courts and other matters relative thereto. Such legislation shall name the political subdivision, judicial circuit, and existing courts affected and may, in addition to any other power, grant to such court created as a pilot program the power to issue process in the nature of mandamus, prohibition, specific performance, quo warranto, and injunction. The General Assembly shall provide by general law for a procedure for submitting proposed legislation relating to such pilot programs to the Judicial Council of Georgia or its successor. Legislation enacted pursuant to this Paragraph shall not deny equal protection of the laws to any person in violation of Article I, Section I, Paragraph II of this Constitution. (Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, § 1, Para. X, approved by Ga. L. 1994, p. 2020, § 1/HR 712.)

## Editor's Notes

The constitutional amendment (Ga. L. 1994, p. 2020, § 1) authorizing the General Assembly to enact general legislation providing for, as pilot programs of limited duration, courts which are not uniform within their classes in jurisdiction, powers, rules of practice and procedure, and selection, qualifications, terms, and discipline of judges was approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting at the general election held on November 8, 1994.