Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 1646 - Bryan County; state court; terms

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1. Purcell  147th         2. Barnard  154th


House Comm: LLeg       /                Senate Comm: SLGO       /                                   
House Vote: Yeas 91    Nays 6           Senate Vote: Yeas 44  Nays 0                                
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               House          Action         Senate                                                 
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              2/9/96   Read 1st Time         2/14/96                                                
              2/12/96  Read 2nd Time                                                                
              2/13/96  Favorably Reported    2/21/96                                                
              2/13/96  Read 3rd Time                                                                
              2/13/96  Passed/Adopted        2/21/96                                                
              4/3/96   Sent to Governor                                                             
              4/9/96   Signed by Governor                                                           
              896      Act/Veto Number                                                              
              4/9/96   Effective Date                                                               
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Code Sections amended:                                                                              


HB 1646                                            LC 21 3104






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend an Act establishing the State Court of Bryan County
  1- 2  (formerly the City Court of Pembroke), approved January 10,
  1- 3  1938 (Ga. L. 1938, Ex. Sess., p. 714), as amended,
  1- 4  particularly by an Act approved February 20, 1953 (Ga. L.
  1- 5  1953, p. 2511), so as to change the terms of court; to
  1- 6  repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 7       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 8  An Act establishing the State Court of Bryan County
  1- 9  (formerly the City Court of Pembroke), approved January 10,
  1-10  1938 (Ga. L. 1938, Ex. Sess., p. 714), as amended,
  1-11  particularly by an Act approved February 20, 1953 (Ga. L.
  1-12  1953, p. 2511), is amended by striking from Section 11 the
  1-13  words 'city court' and 'on the third (3rd) Monday of each
  1-14  month' and inserting in lieu thereof, respectively, the
  1-15  words 'court' and the words 'on the second Monday of each
  1-16  month,' so that said section when amended shall read as
  1-17  follows:

                        "SECTION 11.

  1-18    The terms of said court shall be monthly for the trial and
  1-19    disposition of as criminal and civil business of whatever
  1-20    kind or nature of which said court has jurisdiction under
  1-21    the laws and Constitution of the State of Georgia.  The
  1-22    time of holding said court shall be on the second Monday
  1-23    of each month; at the January, April, July, and October
  1-24    terms a jury shall be summoned, and a jury may be summoned
  1-25    at such other times as in the discretion of the judge it
  1-26    may become necessary for the trial of cases pending in
  1-27    said court."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-28  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-29  repealed.




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