Private Acts of 1988 Chapter 136

SECTION 1. Chapter 201 of the Private Acts of 1980 and all Acts amendatory thereto is amended relative to the duties of the county court clerk in juvenile matters as follows: Effective July 1, 1988, the clerk of the circuit court of Washington County who acts as the clerk of the court of general sessions of Washington County shall be responsible for all duties relative to juvenile matters previously performed by the county clerk of Washington County.

SECTION 2. The county clerk of Washington County shall have until thirty (30) days after the effective date of this act to transfer all records relative to juvenile matters to the clerk of the circuit court of Washington County who acts as the clerk of the general sessions court of Washington County.

SECTION 3. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (⅔) vote of the county legislative body of Washington County. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the county legislative body and certified by him to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 4. For purposes of approving or rejecting the provisions of this act, it shall be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, it shall become effective as provided in Section 3.
PASSED: February 18, 1988.