Senate Bill 209

Chair's Name: Wendell Willard

Committee: Judiciary

Senate Sponsor: Jim Whitehead

House Sponsor: Barry Fleming

SB 209 authorizes Columbia County to pay an additional salary supplement to their Superior Court Judges. This bill was a local bill in the Senate and was inadvertently treated as a general bill in the House.

This bill received a Do Pass recommendation from the Judiciary Committee and comes to the House Floor under the Open Rule. 

Chairman Willard�s opinion of this legislation:

WHAT PROBLEM/OPPORTUNITY DOES THIS LEGISLATION ADDRESS?

This bill will help retain and attract high quality judges in the Augusta Judicial Circuit by providing a local supplement of $20,000.00 from Columbia County.

WHAT IS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THIS LEGISLATION?

A desire by the Columbia County community to provide a supplement to the Superior Court Judges in their Circuit.