| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | To amend an Act creating the State Court of Turner County, approved April 18, 2002 |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1 |
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| 9 | 9 | | (Ga. L. 2002, p. 4074), so as to provide that on and after January 1, 2024, the district attorney2 |
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| 10 | 10 | | of the judicial circuit within which Turner County is located shall represent the state in all3 |
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| 11 | 11 | | criminal prosecutions brought in the State Court of Turner County and shall perform the4 |
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| 12 | 12 | | duties of the office of solicitor-general of the state court; to provide for the powers, duties,5 |
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| 13 | 13 | | and responsibilities of said district attorney in such state court; to authorize the establishment6 |
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| 14 | 14 | | of a state court division by said district attorney; to provide for the assignment, appointment,7 |
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| 15 | 15 | | and compensation of personnel by said district attorney; to provide for annual budgeting; to8 |
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| 16 | 16 | | provide for the transfer of books, papers, and other office property to said district attorney;9 |
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| 17 | 17 | | to provide that no election shall be held for the office of solicitor-general of the state court;10 |
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| 18 | 18 | | to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.11 |
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| 19 | 19 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:12 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1.13 |
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| 21 | 21 | | An Act creating the State Court of Turner County, approved April 18, 200214 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (Ga. L. 2002, p. 4074), is amended by revising Section 13 as follows:15 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Turner County is located shall represent the state in all criminal cases in the State Court of18 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Turner County as provided in subsection (c) of Code Section 15-18-60 of the O.C.G.A. and19 |
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| 30 | 30 | | shall have all of the duties, powers, and responsibilities of a solicitor-general as provided20 |
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| 31 | 31 | | by law. The district attorney of said circuit may establish a state court division and21 |
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| 32 | 32 | | designate assistant district attorneys to prosecute such cases in the State Court of Turner22 |
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| 33 | 33 | | County as provided in subsection (c) of Code Section 15-18-60 of the O.C.G.A.23 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (b) In addition to any other personnel which said district attorney is authorized to appoint24 |
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| 35 | 35 | | pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., the district attorney of said25 |
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| 36 | 36 | | circuit shall be authorized to appoint an assistant district attorney to assist in the26 |
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| 37 | 37 | | prosecution of criminal cases in the State Court of Turner County. Said assistant district27 |
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| 38 | 38 | | attorney shall be compensated in an amount determined in accordance with the provisions28 |
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| 39 | 39 | | of Code Section 15-18-20 of the O.C.G.A. In addition, the district attorney shall be29 |
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| 40 | 40 | | authorized to appoint at least one administrative, clerical, and paraprofessional personnel30 |
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| 41 | 41 | | to provide support for the state court division. The compensation and number of such31 |
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| 42 | 42 | | additional personnel shall be determined by the governing authority of Turner County as32 |
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| 43 | 43 | | part of the annual budget for said district attorney.33 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (c) No election shall be held for the office of solicitor-general of the State Court of Turner34 |
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| 45 | 45 | | County for the term of office that begins on or after January 1, 2025, and such office shall35 |
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| 46 | 46 | | stand abolished. On or after January 1, 2024, any reference in this Act or any other law of36 |
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| 47 | 47 | | this state to the solicitor-general of the State Court of Turner County shall be deemed to37 |
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| 48 | 48 | | mean and refer to the district attorney of the judicial circuit in which Turner County is38 |
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| 49 | 49 | | located. It shall be the duty of the solicitor-general of the State Court of Turner County to39 |
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| 50 | 50 | | deliver all books, papers, and other office property to the district attorney of such circuit40 |
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| 51 | 51 | | as provided by Code Section 45-6-7 of the O.C.G.A. on or before the end of the term of41 |
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