2021 Georgia Code
Title 15 - Courts
Chapter 6 - Superior Courts
Article 2 - Clerks of Superior Courts
§ 15-6-89. Additional Remuneration for Certain Services
In addition to the minimum salary provided in Code Section 15-6-88 or any other salary provided by any applicable general or local law, each clerk of superior court of any county who also serves as clerk of a state court, court classified as a municipal court but funded through appropriations of the county governing authority, juvenile court, or civil court under any applicable general or local law of this state or who performs duties pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Code Section 15-12-1.1 shall receive for his or her services in such other court a salary of not less than $385.90 per month, to be paid from the funds of the county. In the event any such court for which a clerk of superior court is serving as clerk is abolished, the clerk of superior court shall not be entitled to any salary heretofore received for service in such court.
(Ga. L. 1973, p. 256, § 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1180, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 3-12; Ga. L. 1984, p. 436, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 15; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1159, § 8; Ga. L. 2001, p. 902, § 3; Ga. L. 2002, p. 468, § 2; Ga. L. 2006, p. 568, § 2/SB 450; Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-4/HB 415; Ga. L. 2012, p. 173, § 1-24/HB 665; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1015, § 2/SB 171.)
The 2019 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, inserted "or" following "juvenile court," and substituted "$385.90 per month" for "$323.59 per month" in the first sentence.
Editor's notes.- Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-1/HB 415, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Jury Composition Reform Act of 2011.'"
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Salary for person both superior and state court clerk.
- Legislature intended that minimum salary of person serving as both superior court clerk and state court clerk be the sum of the amounts fixed by Ga. L. 1973, p. 256, §§ 1 and 2 (see now O.C.G.A. §§ 15-6-88 and15-6-89). 1973 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U73-42.
Additional compensation for clerks whose salary is set by local act.
- Clerk of the superior court, whose salary is set by local act, is entitled to an additional compensation of at least $200.00 per month for each enumerated court under O.C.G.A. § 15-6-89 in which the clerk performs the duties of clerk. 1984 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U84-52 (holding that, owing to the 1984 changes to this section, 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U81-46 is no longer valid).
Additional compensation for clerk totally on fee system.- Clerk of the superior court who is totally on a fee system of compensation is not entitled to additional remuneration for service as a juvenile court clerk. 1985 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U85-31.
Supplement to clerks serving as magistrate court clerks.
- Superior court clerks also serving as magistrate court clerks are entitled to a minimum supplement of $200.00 pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 15-10-105(b) but are not entitled to an additional supplement under O.C.G.A. § 15-6-89, which grants to superior court clerks a minimum salary supplement for additional service as clerk of one of several enumerated courts including "county" and "civil" courts, but which does not enumerate magistrate courts. 1984 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U84-42.
Superior court clerk who serves as juvenile court clerk is not entitled to additional compensation for juvenile court duties. 1977 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U77-11, but see annotation below to Op. Att'y Gen. No. U84-35.)
Additional compensation for service of juvenile court clerk.- When the clerk of superior court serves as a juvenile court clerk, additional compensation for such service is not less than $200.00 per month. 1984 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U84-35.
