HB 1499 — Sumter County; duties of district attorney of judicial circuit; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of Sumter County, approved November 22, 1900 (Ga. L. 1900, p. 93), as amended, so as to provide that on and after January 1, 2007, the district attorney of the judicial circuit within which Sumter County is located shall represent the state in all criminal prosecutions brought in the State Court of Sumter County and shall perform the duties of the office of solicitor-general of the state court; to provide for the powers, duties, and responsibilities of said district attorney in such state court; to authorize the establishment of a state court division by said district attorney; to provide for the assignment, appointment, and compensation of personnel by said district attorney; to provide for annual budgets; to provide for definitions and references; to provide for submission to the Justice Department for preclearance; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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