SB 396 transfers the ministerial functions of the Department of Administrative Services relating to the payment of superior court judges and other state paid personnel to the Council of Superior Court Judges. It also authorizes the Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia to provide for or contract for administrative functions, services, and equipment necessary for the fulfillment of the responsibilities of the superior courts. It transfers administrative and salary paying functions for district attorneys and their staff to the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of the State of Georgia. The commissioner of administrative services is removed from the advisory council to the Georgia Courts Automation Commission. The judge or chief judge of each judicial circuit must certify to The Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia the names and addresses of all persons duly appointed as reporters for the superior courts in the judicial circuit, annually during the month of January.

Prior to September 1 of each year, the Office of Planning and Budget shall send all requests for new, expanded, relocated, or renovated rental real estate space to the State Properties Commission. The State Properties Commission shall return the evaluation to the Office of Planning and Budget prior to the Governor’s submission of the budget to the General Assembly.