| 3 | 3 | | By: Representatives Anderson of the 10 |
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| 5 | 5 | | and Erwin of the 32 |
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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, collection, and distribution of a technology fee by the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Magistrate Court of Habersham County; to identify the authorized uses of such technology2 |
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| 13 | 13 | | fee; to provide for the maintenance of such technology fee funds; to provide for the3 |
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| 14 | 14 | | termination of such technology fee and dedication of residual funds to technology uses; to4 |
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| 15 | 15 | | provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal a specific Act; to repeal5 |
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| 16 | 16 | | conflicting laws; and for other purposes.6 |
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| 17 | 17 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:7 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1.8 |
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| 19 | 19 | | (a) The clerk of the Magistrate Court of Habersham County shall be entitled to charge and9 |
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| 20 | 20 | | collect a technology fee to be set by the chief magistrate in an amount not to exceed $10.0010 |
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| 21 | 21 | | for the filing of each civil action or proceeding with the court and not to exceed $10.00 as11 |
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| 22 | 22 | | a surcharge upon each fine assessed by the court. Such technology fees shall be used12 |
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| 23 | 23 | | exclusively to provide for the technological needs of the Magistrate Court of Habersham13 |
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| 24 | 24 | | County. Such uses shall include only the following:14 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) Computer hardware and software purchases;15 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) Lease, maintenance, and installation of computer hardware and software;16 |
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| 27 | 27 | | H. B. 39 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (3) Purchase, lease, maintenance, and installation of audio-visual, imaging, scanning, |
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| 31 | 31 | | facsimile, communications, recording, projection, and printing equipment and software;18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (4) Purchase or lease of data storage;19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (5) Purchase of local or remote technological support services and equipment which may20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | be used to connect to cellular radio systems, remote internet, and any other remote access21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | system;22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (6) Lease, purchase, maintenance, and installation of platforms, user agreements, and23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | licenses for online, remote or cloud based document storage platforms; and24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (7) Cybersecurity insurance.25 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (b) The funds collected pursuant to this section shall be maintained in a segregated account26 |
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| 40 | 40 | | by the clerk of the Magistrate Court of Habersham County and shall be used only for the27 |
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| 41 | 41 | | purposes authorized in this section.28 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (c) The authority to assess a technology fee pursuant to this section shall terminate on July 1,29 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2044, and any funds remaining in the fund established by this section shall remain dedicated30 |
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| 44 | 44 | | to general Habersham County technology uses.31 |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 2.32 |
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| 46 | 46 | | This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law33 |
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| 47 | 47 | | without such approval.34 |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 3.35 |
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| 49 | 49 | | An Act to authorize the assessment, collection, and distribution of a technology fee by the36 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Magistrate Court of Habersham County, approved April 22, 2024 (Ga. L. 2024, p. 3614), is37 |
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| 51 | 51 | | hereby repealed in its entirety.38 |
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| 52 | 52 | | SECTION 4.39 |
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| 53 | 53 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.40 |
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| 54 | 54 | | H. B. 39 |
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