2006 Georgia Code - 15-19-2

15-19-2. (a) It shall be the duty of the Justices of the Supreme Court to appoint and fix the number, terms, and compensation of the Board of Bar Examiners, whose powers and duties shall be as set forth by the Supreme Court by rule. All salaries, fees, and other expenses incurred in administering the Board of Bar Examiners and the examinations conducted by the board shall be paid by the Supreme Court from an appropriation made to the Supreme Court for that purpose. (b) All fees paid by applicants for admission to the bar by examination shall be paid into the general funds of the treasury. The Supreme Court, upon recommendation by the board, shall by rule set the amount of the examination fee to be paid by the applicants for admission to the bar by examination and shall direct to whom and when the fee shall be paid. The examination fee shall be reasonable and shall be determined in such a manner that the total amount of the fees charged and collected by the board in each fiscal year shall approximate the direct and indirect costs to the state of administering the examination. The amount of the fee to be paid by the applicant shall not exceed $90.00.

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