GA HB837

Amends Georgia's probation services law (Title 42, Chapter 8, Article 6) to clarify that county and municipal courts have full authority to impose, suspend, toll, revoke, or otherwise manage probation for misdemeanor and ordinance offenders supervised by county, municipal, or private probation officers

Establishes detailed conditions courts may impose on probationers, including electronic monitoring/GPS tracking, drug and alcohol detection devices, substance abuse or mental health treatment programs, restitution, community service, and drug screening, with associated fees collectible by probation officers

Creates a formal sentence-tolling process allowing courts to pause the running of a probated sentence when a probationer fails to report or fails to appear for a revocation hearing, with tolled time excluded from creditable time served

Requires a mandatory probation supervision fee as a condition of probation, which courts may waive, amend, or convert to community service based on undue hardship or inability to pay; fees must be waived for probationers incarcerated in facilities that prohibit employment

Grants probationers the right to inspect and copy their own probation files (excluding supervision case notes) upon written request, with the first request per calendar year provided at no charge and requests limited to once per calendar quarter