Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 15-18-10. Compensation of District Attorneys; Private Practice of Law Prohibited

History. Code 1933, § 24-2905, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 1257, § 2; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1319, § 3; Ga. L. 2015, p. 919, § 1-5/HB 279.
The 2015 amendment, substituted “Code Sections 15-18-10.1 and 15-18-19” for “Code Section 15-18-19” at the end of subsection (a); and deleted the former first sentence of subsection (c), which read: “All fees, fines, forfeitures, costs, and commissions formerly allowed district attorneys for their services as district attorney or as solicitor of any other court shall become the property of the county in which the services of the district attorney were rendered.” See editor’s note for effective date.
Cross references.
Compensation and allowances of district attorneys, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. VIII, Para. I.
Annual salary of district attorneys, § 45-7-4(a)(21).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2015, p. 919, § 4-1(b)(1) and (2)/HB 279, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “(b)(1) Part I of this Act shall become effective only if funds are appropriated for purposes of Part I of this Act in an appropriations Act enacted at the 2015 regular session of the General Assembly.
“(2) If funds are so appropriated, then Part I of this Act shall become effective on July 1, 2015, for purposes of making the initial appointments of the Court of Appeals Judges created by Part I of this Act, and for all other purposes, Part I of this Act shall become effective on January 1, 2016.” Funds were appropriated at the 2015 session of the General Assembly.
Law reviews.
For article, “Annual Survey of Georgia Law: June 1, 2015 — May 31, 2016: Special Contribution: Open Chambers Revisited: Demystifying the Inner Workings and Culture of the Georgia Court of Appeals,” see 68 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (2016).

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