ATLANTA – A Georgia House committee approved legislation Monday aimed at a court ruling late last year that blocked implementation of a new oversight board for local prosecutors the General Assembly created last year.
The bill, which cleared the House Judiciary Committee (Non-Civil), would allow the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission to set its own rules and regulations.
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