GA SB317

Authorizes Clinch County's governing authority to impose a technology fee of up to $5.00 on civil action filings, estate filings, convictions, fines, and affidavits (excluding affidavits of indigency) in the Magistrate Court of Clinch County

Limits the fee to one assessment per party within any single action or proceeding

Restricts fund usage exclusively to court technology needs including computer hardware/software, imaging and scanning equipment, communications systems, and digitization of court records for public access

Requires the magistrate court clerk to collect fees monthly and remit them to the county governing authority, which must maintain funds in a separate segregated account subject to annual audit

Permits consolidation of magistrate and probate court technology fees into a joint account when the judges serve in a consolidated role