History. Code 1981, § 9-11-4.1 , enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 822, § 5/SB 491; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1065, § 1-1/SB 135; Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 9/HB 323.
The 2015 amendment, effective May 6, 2015, deleted former subsection (k), which read: “ Sunset and legislative review. This Code section shall be repealed effective July 1, 2015, unless continued in effect by the General Assembly prior to that date. At its 2013 regular session the General Assembly shall review this Code section to determine whether it should be continued in effect.”
The 2017 amendment, effective May 9, 2017, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, added a comma after “any county” in the first sentence of paragraph (h)(1).
Law reviews.
For annual survey of law on trial practice and procedure, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 339 (2010).
For annual survey on trial practice and procedure, see 64 Mercer L. Rev. 305 (2012).
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