2021 Georgia Code
Title 15 - Courts
Chapter 5 - Administration of Courts of Record Generally
Article 2 - Judicial Council
§ 15-5-20. Judicial Council of Georgia; Powers and Duties; Membership
- The Supreme Court shall create a Judicial Council of Georgia, which council shall have such powers, duties, and responsibilities as may be provided by law or as may be provided by rule of the Supreme Court.
- Members of the council and their terms shall be as provided by the Supreme Court. The members of the council shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as members of the council.
(Ga. L. 1945, p. 155, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1973, p. 288, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1983, p. 956, § 6; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 15.)
Cross references.- Powers and duties of Judicial Council regarding regulation of practice of court reporting, § 15-14-20 et seq.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Judicial Council of Georgia and Board of Court Reporting were part of the judiciary and therefore excluded from coverage.
- Judicial Council of Georgia and the Board of Court Reporting of the Judicial Council of Georgia fell within "the judiciary," as that term was used in O.C.G.A. § 50-13-2(1) of the Administrative Procedure Act, O.C.G.A. § 50-13-1 et seq., and therefore were exempt from the coverage of the Act and immune from a suit challenging a court reporter ethics rule the board adopted. Judicial Council v. Brown & Gallo, LLC, 288 Ga. 294, 702 S.E.2d 894 (2010).
Cited in Wallace v. Wallace, 225 Ga. 102, 166 S.E.2d 718 (1969).
