Bill Text: GA SB50 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Courts; add certain fees for funding of local victim assistance programs
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-07-01 - Effective Date [SB50 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SB50-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Courts; add certain fees for funding of local victim assistance programs
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-07-01 - Effective Date [SB50 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SB50-Comm_Sub.html
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The
House Committee on Judiciary offers the following substitute to SB
50:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to clerks of superior courts, so as to change the priorities
of distribution of fines, forfeitures, surcharges, additional fees, and costs in
cases of partial payments into the court; to add certain fees to the list of
priorities; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for
other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
2 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to clerks of superior courts, is amended by revising Code Section 15-6-95,
relating to priorities of distribution of fines, forfeitures, surcharges,
additional fees, and costs in cases of partial payments into the court, as
follows:
"15-6-95.
Notwithstanding
any law to the contrary, a clerk of any superior court of this state who
receives partial payments, as ordered by the court, of criminal fines,
forfeitures, or costs shall distribute said sums in the order of priority set
forth below:
(1)
The amount provided for in Chapter 17 of Title 47 for the Peace Officers'
Annuity and Benefit Fund;
(2)
The amount provided for in Chapter 14 of Title 47 for the Superior Court Clerks'
Retirement Fund of Georgia;
(3)
The amount provided for in
Chapter 16
of Title 47 for the Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of
Georgia
Code Section
36-15-9 for county law
libraries;
(4)
The amounts provided under subparagraphs (a)(1)(A) and (a)(2)(A) of Code Section
15-21-73;
(5)
The amounts provided for under subparagraphs (a)(1)(B) and (a)(2)(B) of Code
Section 15-21-73;
(6)
The amount as may be provided in Chapter 15 of Title 36 for county law
libraries;
(7)(6)
The
surcharge
amounts
provided for in
Chapter 21
of this title
Code Section
15-21-93 for jail construction and
staffing;
(7)
The amounts provided for in subsection (d) of Code Section 42-8-34;
(8)
The amount provided for Code Section 15-21-131 for funding local victim
assistance programs;
(8)(9)
The
surcharge
amount
provided for in cases of driving under the influence for purposes of
state crime
victim compensation
the Georgia
Crime Victims Emergency Fund under Code
Section 15-21-112;
(9)(10)
The application fee provided for in subsection (c)
or
(e) of Code Section 15-21A-6;
(10)(11)
The balance of the fine
shall be
paid
owed
to the county;
and
(12)
The amount provided for in cases of driving under the influence for purposes of
the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund under Code Section
15-11-149;
(11)(13)
The amount provided for in Code Section
15-21-100
After the
final partial or installment payment, the surcharge provided for in Code
Sections 15-21-100 and 15-21-101 for the
Drug Abuse Treatment and Education
Fund;
and
(14)
The amount provided for in Chapter 16 of Title 47 for the Sheriffs' Retirement
Fund of Georgia."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.