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GA SB551

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/23/2022

Primary Sponsor

Blake Tillery

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Origin

Senate

2021-2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Imposes a financial penalty on clerks of superior court who are 60 or more days late in transmitting required information to the Georgia Crime Information Center under Code Section 35-3-33
  • Redirects the $5.00 per-fee amounts normally collected by the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority to the state general fund for the calendar month following the 60th day of delinquency
  • Applies the penalty regardless of whether the transmittal delay is caused by the individual superior court clerk or by the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority
  • Requires the Cooperative Authority to pay the redirected sums to the state treasurer within 30 days following the close of the collection period in which the penalty is triggered
  • Requires clerks to remit their standard fees to the Cooperative Authority no later than the 10th day of the month following collection

Legislative Description

Superior Courts; penalty for the failure of clerks of the superior court to timely transmit certain required information to the Georgia Crime Information Center; provide

Last Action

Senate Read and Referred

2/24/2022

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/24/2022

Full Bill Text

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