Bill Text: GA HB646 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Dooly County; Magistrate Court; law library fee; establish
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2009-05-11 - Effective Date [HB646 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HB646-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 646 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives James of the
135th
and Harden of the
147th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
authorize the Magistrate Court of Dooly County to establish and charge a law
library fee pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter 10 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A.; to
provide that funds shall be used for the maintenance of the Dooly County law
library; to provide that funds collected shall be remitted to the county
treasury; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
The
Magistrate Court of Dooly County shall be authorized to charge a sum not to
exceed $5.00, in addition to all other legal costs, in each action or case,
either civil or criminal, including without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, all hearings on applications for and the issuance of arrest and
search warrants, issuance of warrants, and related proceedings as provided in
Article 4 of Chapter 6 of Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to bonds for good
behavior and bonds to keep the peace, the holding of courts of inquiry, trials
of charges of violations of county ordinances and penal ordinances of state
authorities, trials of civil claims including garnishment and attachment, the
issuance of summonses, trials of issues, and issuance of writs and judgments in
dispossessory proceedings and distress warrant proceedings as provided in
Articles 3 and 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the O.C.G.A., punishment of
contempt, all other proceedings of a civil or criminal nature, and for such
other matters as are committed to their jurisdiction by other general
law.
SECTION
2.
The
funds collected by the Magistrate Court of Dooly County shall be paid into the
general county treasury of Dooly County and shall be used for the lawful
purposes of maintaining the Dooly County law library, including the purchase of
books, reports, texts, periodicals, supplies, desks, and equipment for the
maintenance, upkeep, and operation of the law library, including the services of
a librarian. No law library fund shall be established by this Act.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.