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Columbia County Justice of the Peace warns commissioners of sweeping Justice Court rewrite in House Bill 2460

2660516 · February 26, 2025
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Judge Jim Gibson told the board he recently discovered House Bill 2460 would substantially change the Justice Court statute and could require the county to amend local ordinances and court operations.

Columbia County Justice of the Peace Jim Gibson used the visitor comment period on Feb. 26 to alert the Board of Commissioners to House Bill 2460, saying it is "pretty much a total rewrite of justice courts and how we function." Gibson said he learned of the bill only the day before the meeting and planned to contact the bill sponsors and local representatives to…

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