| 5 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 6 | | To authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court of |
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| 9 | 8 | | Clinch County; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for the2 |
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| 10 | 9 | | administration of such technology fee and funds; to provide for related matters; to repeal3 |
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| 11 | 10 | | conflicting laws; and for other purposes.4 |
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| 12 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:5 |
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| 13 | 12 | | SECTION 1.6 |
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| 14 | 13 | | (a) The governing authority of Clinch County is authorized to adopt a resolution authorizing7 |
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| 15 | 14 | | the clerk of the Probate Court of Clinch County shall be authorized to charge and collect a8 |
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| 16 | 15 | | technology fee in an amount not to exceed $5.00, as set from time to time by the governing9 |
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| 17 | 16 | | authority by resolution, for the filing of on every civil action filed, every estate filed, as well10 |
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| 18 | 17 | | as a surcharge on each fine assessed by the probate court, each conviction, and each filing11 |
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| 19 | 18 | | of an affidavit, except for affidavits of indigency. The Probate Court Technology Fee shall12 |
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| 20 | 19 | | be assessed and collected not more than once per party within any one action or proceeding. 13 |
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| 21 | 20 | | Such technology fees shall be used exclusively to provide for technological needs of the14 |
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| 22 | 21 | | Probate Court of Clinch County. Such uses shall include only the following:15 |
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| 23 | 22 | | (1) Computer hardware, software, and accessory purchases;16 |
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| 24 | 23 | | S. B. 316 |
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| 25 | 24 | | - 1 - 25 LC 44 2994 |
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| 26 | 25 | | (2) Lease, maintenance, and installation of computer hardware; |
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| 28 | 27 | | (3) Purchase, lease, maintenance, and installation of imaging, scanning, facsimile,18 |
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| 29 | 28 | | communications, projection, and printing equipment and software; and19 |
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| 30 | 29 | | (4) Procurement of services or equipment for the conversion of court records and20 |
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| 31 | 30 | | archives to digital content for public access.21 |
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| 32 | 31 | | (b) Funds collected pursuant to this section shall be collected by the clerk of the probate22 |
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| 33 | 32 | | court and remitted to the governing authority of the county on a monthly basis. Such23 |
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| 34 | 33 | | proceeds shall be maintained by the governing authority of the county in a separate,24 |
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| 35 | 34 | | segregated account, provided however as long as the Probate Judge and Magistrate Judge are25 |
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| 36 | 35 | | consolidated, the Probate Court Technology Fee and Magistrate Court Technology Fee and26 |
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| 37 | 36 | | may be maintained in a joint consolidated account, and shall be expended solely for the27 |
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| 38 | 37 | | purposes enumerated in subsection (a) of this Act. Such account shall be audited by such28 |
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| 39 | 38 | | governing authority annually.29 |
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| 40 | 39 | | SECTION 2.30 |
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| 41 | 40 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.31 |
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| 42 | 41 | | S. B. 316 |
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| 43 | 42 | | - 2 - |
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