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House Bill 174 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By: Representatives Ballard of the 147
th
and Jones of the 143
rd
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To authorize the Municipal Court of the City of Centerville to charge a technology fee; to
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identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for related matters; to repeal2
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:4
SECTION 1.5
(a) The clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Centerville shall be entitled to charge and6
collect a technology fee as a surcharge to each criminal and quasi-criminal fine paid. The7
technology fee shall be set by order of the judge of the court, provided that the fee shall not8
exceed $5.00.9
(b) The fee authorized by subsection (a) of this section shall be used exclusively to provide10
for the following technological needs of the court and the city's police department: 11
(1) The purchase, lease, maintenance, and installation of computer hardware and12
software; and13
(2) The purchase, lease, maintenance, and installation of equipment and software used14
for imaging, scanning, facsimile, communications, projections, and printing.15
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(c) All funds collected pursuant to this Act shall be maintained in a segregated account by
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the chief financial officer of the city and clerk of court, separate from other funds of the city,17
and shall be expended only for the authorized purposes provided in this section upon18
direction of the city manager. The funds may be used to reimburse the city's information19
technology department for services provided to the court or police department.20
SECTION 2.21
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.22
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