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Committee backs bill to create senior municipal judge role and municipal court clerks council
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill to allow experienced judges to serve as senior municipal court judges and to create a Georgia Municipal Court Clerks Council and a clerk certification program, which supporters said will standardize operations across 389 municipal courts and impose no direct state cost.
Representative Yard presented House Bill 304 (LC 474248S), saying the bill restores language the panel considered last year to create an office of senior municipal court judge and to form a Georgia Municipal Court Clerks Council.
The bill would permit judges with 10 or more years of experience to serve as senior municipal court judges, subject to continuing certification under O.C.G.A.…
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