There is created a judicial advisory committee with respect to the provisions of this article composed of one superior court judge designated by The Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia, one state court judge designated by The Council of State Court Judges of Georgia, one municipal court judge designated by the Council of Municipal Court Judges of Georgia, one probate court judge designated by The Council of Probate Court Judges of Georgia, one magistrate designated by the Council of Magistrate Court Judges, one attorney who specializes in criminal defense appointed by the Governor, one probation officer appointed by the Governor, and one private probation officer or individual with expertise in private probation services by virtue of his or her training or employment appointed by the Governor. The appointing authority shall determine the length of its appointee's term serving on such committee. The judicial advisory committee shall provide advice and consultation to the board and DCS on matters relating to this article. The judicial advisory committee shall elect a chairperson from among its membership and such other officers as it deems necessary.
(Code 1981, §42-8-101, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1135, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 3221, § 8; Ga. L. 1995, p. 396, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1107, §§ 3, 4; Ga. L. 1997, p. 692, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 727, § 2/SB 44; Code 1981, §42-8-106, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 3-2/HB 310; Ga. L. 2016, p. 443, § 7-7/SB 367.)
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, redesignated former Code Section 42-8-101 as present Code Section 42-8-106; and rewrote this Code section. See Editor's notes for applicability.
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, deleted the subsection (a) designation; substituted "a judicial advisory committee" for "an advisory council" at the beginning of the first sentence; substituted "committee" for "council" at the end of the second sentence; added the third sentence; substituted "The judicial advisory committee" for "The advisory council" at the beginning of the last sentence; and redesignated former subsection (b) as present Code Section 42-8-106.1.
Code Commission notes.- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1992, "The Council" was substituted for "the Council" three times in the first sentence and "of Georgia" was inserted three times in the first sentence of what is now subsection (a).
Editor's notes.- Ga. L. 1995, p. 396, § 4, not codified by the General Assembly, provides in subsection (b): "No local funds shall be used to implement Sections 1 and 2 of this Act without the consent of the local governing authority."
Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 6-1/HB 310, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall become effective July 1, 2015, and shall apply to sentences entered on or after such date."
Law reviews.- For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 231 (2015). For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 139 (2016).