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GA SB430
Bill
Status
Engrossed
3/13/2014
Primary Sponsor
Gail Davenport
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AI Summary
- Amends the Act creating the State Court of Clayton County to authorize a technology fee of up to $10.00 on each civil filing and as an additional penalty in criminal/traffic cases, with the fee amount set by the chief judge
- Requires 50% of collected technology fees to fund the technological needs of the state court and its support offices, and the remaining 50% to be disbursed to the Clayton County Finance Department exclusively for the Clayton County Police Department's technological needs
- Eligible technology expenditures include purchase, lease, installation, and maintenance of computer, imaging, scanning, facsimile, communications, projection, information storage, and printing hardware/software, as well as consultation and training
- On July 1, 2019, the fee structure automatically reverts: the maximum technology fee drops to $5.00, and 100% of collections revert exclusively to the state court's technological needs, eliminating the police department allocation
- Takes effect upon the Governor's approval or upon becoming law without such approval, except for the reversion provisions in Section 2, which take effect July 1, 2019
Legislative Description
State Court of Clayton County; provide for imposition and collection of fee to be used for fulfilling the technological needs of the county police dept.
Last Action
House Second Readers
3/20/2014
Full Bill Text
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