History. Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 20; Code 1933, § 60-304; Ga. L. 1943, p. 326, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 44; Ga. L. 2016, p. 883, § 3-10/HB 927.
The 2016 amendment, effective January 1, 2017, in subsection (e), deleted “to the Supreme Court” following “right of appeal”; and, in subsection (f), in the first sentence, substituted “he or she may on his or her” for “he may on his”, and, in the second sentence, substituted “When” for “Where”, substituted “when the appellate court” for “where the Supreme Court”, substituted “the judge may” for “he may” and inserted “or her” following “his”. See Editor’s notes for applicability.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2016, p. 883, § 1-1/HB 927, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Appellate Jurisdiction Reform Act of 2016.’ ”
Ga. L. 2016, p. 883, § 6-1/HB 927, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that: “Part III of this Act shall become effective on January 1, 2017, and shall apply to cases in which a notice of appeal or application to appeal is filed on or after such date.”
Law reviews.
For survey article on local government law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 285 (2007).
For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Georgia St. U. L. Rev. 205 (2016).
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