Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB304: Local government; Georgia Municipal Court Clerks' Council; create
Status: Signed into law, May 12, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 32 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to municipal courts, so as to create the Georgia Municipal Court Clerks' Council; to provide for definitions; to provide for the membership, powers, and duties of the council; to provide for funding of the council; to provide for the status of the council and its members; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend Chapter 32 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to municipal courts, so as to provide for the office of senior municipal court judge; to provide for qualifications, application and approval procedures, and amenities and privileges of such judges; to preserve local actions establishing senior judges for particular municipal courts; to create the Georgia Municipal Court Clerks' Council; to provide for definitions; to provide for the membership, powers, and duties of the council; to provide for funding of the council…
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED To amend Chapter 32 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to municipal courts, so as to provide for the office of senior municipal court judge; to provide for qualifications, application and approval procedures, and amenities and privileges of such judges; to preserve local actions establishing senior judges for particular municipal courts; to create the Georgia Municipal Court Clerks' Council; to provide for definitions; to provide for the membership, powers, and duties of the council; to provide for funding of the council; to provide for the status of the council and its members; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION 1. Chapter 32 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to municipal courts, is amended in Code Section 36-32-40, relating to creation of council, membership and organization, purpose, expenses, contracts, assistance to council, members not ineligible to hold office of judge and notifications, by revising subsection (a) as follows: "(a) There is created a council of municipal court judges to be known as the 'Council of Municipal Court Judges of Georgia.' The council shall be composed of the judges of the LC 47 3598S municipal courts of this state together with …