As used in this chapter, the term:
History. Code 1981, § 15-12-1 , enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-5/HB 415; Ga. L. 2014, p. 451, § 3/HB 776; Ga. L. 2014, p. 862, § 1/HB 1078.
The 2014 amendments. —
The first 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, substituted “Code Section 15-12-12” for “subsection (b) of Code Section 15-12-23” in paragraph (3); substituted “The Council” for “the Council” in paragraph (4); deleted former paragraph (9), which read: “ ‘Jury commissioner’ means a member of a county board of jury commissioners.”; and redesignated former paragraphs (10) and (11) as present paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively. The second 2014 amendment, effective April 29, 2014, inserted “trial or grand” near the end of paragraphs (5), (10) (now paragraph (9)) and (11) (now paragraph (10)).
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.’ ”
Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-5/HB 415, effective July 1, 2011, redesignated former Code Section 15-12-1 as present Code Section 15-12-1.1.
Structure Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 15-12-1.1. Exemptions From Jury Duty
§ 15-12-2. Legislators Excused
§ 15-12-3. Term of Service on Jury
§ 15-12-4. Eligibility of Person to Serve as a Trial or Grand Juror
§ 15-12-5. Service at Next Term When Term Not Held
§ 15-12-6. Fees of Special Criminal Bailiffs
§ 15-12-7. Compensation of Court Bailiffs and Expense Allowance for Trial or Grand Jurors
§ 15-12-8. Expense Allowance When No Grand Jury Impaneled
§ 15-12-9. Expense Allowance of Persons Who Appear but Are Not Sworn as Trial or Grand Juror
§ 15-12-10. Juror’s Failure to Appear or Unauthorized Absence; Contempt