(a) There is created within the executive branch of government the Georgia Tax Tribunal. The tribunal shall be assigned for administrative purposes only, as provided in Code Section 50-4-3, to the Department of Administrative Services and shall be funded through appropriations by the General Assembly to the Department of Administrative Services.
(b) The tribunal shall have a seal engraved with the words "Georgia Tax Tribunal." The tribunal shall authenticate all of its orders, records, and proceedings with the seal, and the courts of this state shall take judicial notice of the seal.