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GA HB814
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/27/2020
Primary Sponsor
Andrew Welch
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AI Summary
- Adds a new exclusion to the Georgia State-wide Business Court's jurisdiction, prohibiting it from hearing actions or petitions for the appointment of a receiver
- Removes the administrative attachment of the Georgia State-wide Business Court from the Court of Appeals, making it a standalone budget unit under the state Budget Act
- Retains all existing jurisdictional exclusions, including claims involving personal injury, death, emotional harm, family law (Title 19), residential landlord-tenant disputes, foreclosures, individual consumer claims, and collections against family farm entities or individual farmers
- Preserves the Business Court's authority to hear mass actions and class actions involving individual consumer claims, even though individual consumer claims themselves remain excluded
Legislative Description
State-wide Business Court; remove administrative attachment from the Court of Appeals
Last Action
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
3/4/2020
Full Bill Text
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