| 3 | 3 | | By: Representatives Cannon of the 172 |
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| 5 | 5 | | and Ford of the 170 |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | To authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court of Cook |
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| 12 | 12 | | County; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for the termination2 |
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| 13 | 13 | | of such technology fee and dedication of residual funds; to provide for related matters; to3 |
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| 14 | 14 | | repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.4 |
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| 15 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:5 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 1.6 |
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| 17 | 17 | | (a) The clerk of the Probate Court of Cook County is hereby authorized to charge and collect7 |
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| 18 | 18 | | a technology fee to be set by the judge of the probate court in an amount not to exceed $5.008 |
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| 19 | 19 | | for the filing of each civil action with the court. Such technology fees shall be used9 |
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| 20 | 20 | | exclusively to provide for technological needs of the Probate Court of Cook County. Such10 |
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| 21 | 21 | | uses shall include only the following:11 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) Computer hardware and software purchases;12 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) Lease, maintenance, and installation of computer hardware; and13 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) Purchase, lease, maintenance, and installation of imaging, scanning, facsimile,14 |
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| 25 | 25 | | communications, projection, and printing equipment and software.15 |
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| 26 | 26 | | H. B. 32 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (b) Funds collected pursuant to this section shall be maintained in a segregated account by |
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| 30 | 30 | | the clerk of the probate court, subject to audit by an auditor approved by the governing17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | authority of Cook County, and shall be used only for the purposes authorized in this section.18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (c) The authority to assess the technology fee pursuant to this Act shall terminate on19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | July 1, 2030, and any residual funds remaining in the account established by subsection (b)20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | of this section shall remain dedicated to general Cook County technology uses; provided,21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | however, that, if the Probate Court of Cook County determines there to be a surplus of such22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | funds, the judge of said court may declare a surplus once a year and transfer such surplus to23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | the governing authority of Cook County.24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 2.25 |
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| 39 | 39 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.26 |
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| 40 | 40 | | H. B. 32 |
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