There shall be a state-wide business court as provided for in Article VI of the Constitution of this state to be known as the Georgia State-wide Business Court. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude a superior court from creating or continuing an existing business court division for its circuit on or after May 7, 2019, or preclude a state court from creating or continuing an existing business court division on or after May 7, 2019, in the manner provided by law.
History. Code 1981, § 15-5A-1 , enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 845, § 1-1/HB 239; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 15/SB 429.
The 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “on or after May 7, 2019” for “on or after the May 7, 2019” near the end of the second sentence of this Code section.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2019, “May 7, 2019,” was substituted for “the effective date of this chapter” in two places in the second sentence.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 5A - State-Wide Business Court
§ 15-5A-2. Terms of Court; Location; Presiding Judge; Venue; Transferring of Case
§ 15-5A-4. Process for Bringing a Claim Before Court; Filings
§ 15-5A-5. Filing Fees; Fees Submitted to State Treasury
§ 15-5A-6. Number of Judges and Divisions; Operational Date; Qualifications for Judge
§ 15-5A-7. Appointment of Judges; Initial Appointment and Term; Service Area
§ 15-5A-8. Judicial Oath and Supplemental Oath
§ 15-5A-9. Salary and Compensation of Judges
§ 15-5A-11. Clerk; Appointment; Term; Compensation
§ 15-5A-12. Location of Offices; Designation of Electronic Filing System
§ 15-5A-13. Appointment of Law Assistants; Role
§ 15-5A-14. Employment and Compensation of Other Personnel
§ 15-5A-15. Purchasing of Supplies
§ 15-5A-16. Assignment for Budgetary and Administrative Purposes