§ 10-606. Judge generally; powers; compensation; working time.

(a)

The office of general sessions judge of the fourteenth division is hereby created. The first judge of the fourteenth division shall be elected by the board of commissioners of the county. In the regular August 1992 election some person, qualified by law, shall be elected judge of the fourteenth division, shall take office on September 1, 1992, and shall hold office until September 1, 1998. At the regular August election in 1998 some person, qualified by law, shall be elected judge of the fourteenth division for a full term of eight years and thereafter the office shall be filled at the same time, for the same term, and in the same manner as the other divisions of the general sessions court of the county.

(b)

The judge of such additional division shall exercise all of the powers and receive the same compensation as do the other general sessions judges of the county.

(c)

The judge of the fourteenth division shall devote all of his working time to the duties of his office and shall not engage in the practice of law during the tenure of his office.

(Pub. Acts 1991, ch. 426, § 3)