| 8 | | - | granted and entered; to provide for review by chief judge of any judge with two uncontested4 |
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| 9 | | - | motions deemed granted on his or her docket; to provide for management reports regarding5 |
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| 10 | | - | each such review; to provide for statutory construction; to require that parties to a case6 |
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| 11 | | - | provide a copy of filed motions or notices to the judge assigned to such case; to provide for7 |
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| 12 | | - | instructions on how to provide such copies; to provide for related matters; to repeal8 |
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| 13 | | - | conflicting laws; and for other purposes.9 |
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| 14 | | - | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:10 |
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| 15 | | - | SECTION 1.11 |
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| 16 | | - | Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to12 |
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| 17 | | - | pleadings and motions, is amended by adding new Code sections to read as follows:13 |
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| 18 | | - | "9-11-16.1.14 |
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| 19 | | - | (a) In the event that a superior court judge or a state court judge fails to rule upon a15 |
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| 20 | | - | properly served pretrial motion before him or her to which no objection has been filed by16 |
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| 21 | | - | S. B. 173 (SUB) |
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| 22 | | - | - 1 - 25 LC 48 1612S |
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| 23 | | - | any party or any valid intervenor within 60 days of the filing of such motion, the moving17 |
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| 24 | | - | party may file a notice of uncontested motion with such judge.18 |
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| 25 | | - | (b) Should a judge continue to fail to rule upon a motion before him or her within seven19 |
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| 26 | | - | days of the filing of a notice of uncontested motion pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code20 |
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| 27 | | - | section, such motion shall thereafter be deemed granted and entered.21 |
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| 28 | | - | (c) The operation of subsection (a) or (b) of this Code section shall be tolled during any22 |
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| 29 | | - | period that a hearing on the motion is scheduled until the day after such hearing is held.23 |
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| 30 | | - | (d) In the event that a judge has a motion deemed granted and entered pursuant to24 |
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| 31 | | - | subsection (b) of this Code section in two or more cases before such judge within two25 |
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| 32 | | - | years, the chief judge of the court at issue may conduct a review of the docket management26 |
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| 33 | | - | techniques and procedures of such judge and may issue a report of his or her findings.27 |
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| 34 | | - | (e) Nothing in this Code section shall prohibit any court from conducting any review of28 |
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| 35 | | - | its own operations of its own initiative.29 |
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| 36 | | - | 9-11-16.2.30 |
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| 37 | | - | (a) Whenever a party to a case files a motion or notice with a court in this state pursuant31 |
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| 38 | | - | to the provisions of this chapter, the party shall cause a copy of such motion or notice to32 |
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| 39 | | - | be provided to the judge assigned to the case in which such motion or notice is filed or to33 |
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| 40 | | - | another designee as identified by such judge.34 |
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| 41 | | - | (b) Each judge of a court in which the provisions of this chapter apply shall, by the35 |
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| 42 | | - | issuance of a standing order or any other manner, provide instructions on how parties to36 |
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| 43 | | - | any case before such judge can provide copies of filed motions or notices to such judge37 |
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| 44 | | - | pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section."38 |
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| 45 | | - | SECTION 2.39 |
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| 46 | | - | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.40 |
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| 47 | | - | S. B. 173 (SUB) |
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| 12 | + | granted; to provide for review by chief judge of any judge with two uncontested motions4 |
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| 13 | + | deemed granted on his or her docket; to require management reports regarding each such5 |
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| 14 | + | review; to provide for construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws;6 |
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| 15 | + | and for other purposes.7 |
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| 16 | + | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:8 |
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| 17 | + | SECTION 1.9 |
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| 18 | + | Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to10 |
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| 19 | + | pleadings and motions, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:11 |
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| 20 | + | "9-11-16.1. |
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| 21 | + | 12 |
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| 22 | + | (a) In the event that a superior court judge or a state court judge fails to rule upon a13 |
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| 23 | + | properly served motion before him or her to which no objection has been filed by any party14 |
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| 24 | + | or any valid intervenor within 90 days of the filing of such motion, the moving party may15 |
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| 25 | + | file a notice of uncontested motion with such judge.16 |
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| 26 | + | S. B. 173 |
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| 27 | + | - 1 - 25 LC 55 0401 |
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| 28 | + | (b) Should a judge continue to fail to rule upon a motion before him or her within seven17 |
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| 29 | + | days of the filing of a notice of uncontested motion pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code18 |
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| 30 | + | section, such motion shall thereafter be deemed granted by such judge.19 |
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| 31 | + | (c) In the event that a judge has a motion deemed granted pursuant to subsection (b) of this20 |
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| 32 | + | Code section in a second matter before such judge, the chief judge of the jurisdiction at21 |
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| 33 | + | issue shall conduct a review of the docket management techniques and procedures of such22 |
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| 34 | + | judge and shall issue a report of his or her findings.23 |
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| 35 | + | (d) Nothing in this Code section shall prohibit any court from conducting any review of24 |
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| 36 | + | its own operations of its own initiative."25 |
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| 37 | + | SECTION 2.26 |
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| 38 | + | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.27 |
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| 39 | + | S. B. 173 |
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