| 3 | 3 | | By: Representatives Gambill of the 15 |
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| 5 | 5 | | and Scoggins of the 14 |
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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 amend an Act to reincorporate the City of Cartersville in the County of Bartow, approved |
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| 12 | 12 | | March 28, 1974 (Ga. L. 1974, p. 3697), as amended, so as to provide for a finance director;2 |
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| 13 | 13 | | to remove the duties of an ex officio treasurer from the city clerk; to authorize the Municipal3 |
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| 14 | 14 | | Court of the City of Cartersville to charge a technology fee; to identify the authorized uses4 |
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| 15 | 15 | | of such technology fee; to provide for the termination of such technology fee; to provide for5 |
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| 16 | 16 | | related matters; to repeal 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 | | An Act to reincorporate the City of Cartersville in the County of Bartow, approved9 |
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| 20 | 20 | | March 28, 1974 (Ga. L. 1974, p. 3697), as amended, is amended by revising Section 3.08 as10 |
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| 21 | 21 | | follows:11 |
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| 22 | 22 | | H. B. 587 |
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| 24 | 24 | | "SECTION 3.08. |
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| 25 | 25 | | 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | City clerk.13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (a) The mayor and council shall appoint a city clerk. He or she shall be responsible for14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | keeping and preserving the city seal and all records of council, attending meetings of the15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | council and keeping a journal of its proceedings at such meetings, including the names of16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | members present and absent, the vote of each member on each question, each motion17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | considered, a proper index of such proceedings, and the title of each resolution or18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ordinance considered; preparing and certifying copies of official records in his or her19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | office, for which fees may be prescribed by ordinance; and performing such other duties20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | as may be required by the city council.21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) The city council shall require the clerk, before entering upon the discharge of his or her22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | duties, to give a good and sufficient bond in an amount to be decided by the city council,23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | but not less than $100,000.00, said bond payable to the City of Cartersville, for the faithful24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | performance of his or her duties and to secure against corruption, malfeasance,25 |
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| 39 | 39 | | misappropriations, or unlawful expenditures. Said surety bond shall be obtained from a26 |
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| 40 | 40 | | surety company licensed to do business in the State of Georgia, City of Cartersville, and27 |
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| 41 | 41 | | the premium thereon shall be paid by the city.28 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (c) The city council shall also appoint a deputy city clerk, who shall discharge the duties29 |
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| 43 | 43 | | of the city clerk in his or her absence, and shall have other such duties as may be30 |
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| 44 | 44 | | designated by the city council."31 |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 2.32 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Said Act is further amended by adding a new section to read as follows:33 |
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| 47 | 47 | | H. B. 587 |
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| 49 | 49 | | "SECTION 3.13. |
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| 51 | 51 | | Finance director.35 |
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| 52 | 52 | | The mayor and city council shall approve the appointment of the finance director in the36 |
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| 53 | 53 | | same manner as for all other city department heads. The finance director shall be the ex37 |
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| 54 | 54 | | officio treasurer and shall also keep a true and accurate account of the receipts and38 |
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| 55 | 55 | | expenditures of the city. The city council shall require the finance director, before entering39 |
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| 56 | 56 | | upon the discharge of his or her duties, to give a good and sufficient bond in an amount to40 |
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| 57 | 57 | | be decided by the city council, but not less than $100,000.00, said bond payable to the City41 |
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| 58 | 58 | | of Cartersville, for the faithful performance of his or her duties and to secure against42 |
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| 59 | 59 | | corruption, malfeasance, misappropriations, or unlawful expenditures. Said surety bond43 |
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| 60 | 60 | | shall be obtained from a surety company licensed to do business in the State of Georgia,44 |
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| 61 | 61 | | City of Cartersville, and the premium thereon shall be paid by the city."45 |
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| 62 | 62 | | SECTION 3.46 |
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| 63 | 63 | | Said Act is further amended by adding a new section to read as follows:47 |
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| 64 | 64 | | "SECTION 6.08.48 |
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| 65 | 65 | | Technology fee.49 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (a) The clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Cartersville is hereby authorized to50 |
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| 67 | 67 | | charge and collect a technology fee as a surcharge to each criminal and quasi-criminal fine51 |
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| 68 | 68 | | paid. The technology fee shall be set by order of the judge of the court, provided that the52 |
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| 69 | 69 | | fee shall not exceed $20.00.53 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (b) The fee authorized by subsection (a) of this section shall be used exclusively to provide54 |
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| 71 | 71 | | for the following technological needs of the court and the city's police department:55 |
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| 72 | 72 | | H. B. 587 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (1) The purchase, lease, maintenance, and installation of computer hardware and |
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| 76 | 76 | | software;57 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (2) The purchase, lease, maintenance, and installation of equipment and software used58 |
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| 78 | 78 | | for imaging, scanning, facsimile, communications, projections, and printing; and59 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (3) The purchase of body-worn cameras.60 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (c) All funds collected pursuant to this Act shall be maintained in a segregated account by61 |
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| 81 | 81 | | the chief financial officer of the city and clerk of court, separate from other funds of the62 |
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| 82 | 82 | | city, and shall be expended only for the authorized purposes provided in this section upon63 |
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| 83 | 83 | | direction of the city manager. The funds may be used to reimburse the city's information64 |
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| 84 | 84 | | technology department for services provided to the court or police department.65 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (d) The authorization in subsection (a) of this Act to charge and collect a technology fee66 |
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| 86 | 86 | | shall expire on July 1, 2030, unless prior to such date the governing authority of the City67 |
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| 87 | 87 | | of Cartersville enacts an ordinance renewing such authorization for a further five-year68 |
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| 88 | 88 | | period. The governing authority of the City of Cartersville may further renew such69 |
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| 89 | 89 | | authorization for subsequent five-year periods through the adoption of subsequent70 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ordinances."71 |
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| 91 | 91 | | SECTION 4.72 |
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| 92 | 92 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.73 |
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| 93 | 93 | | H. B. 587 |
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