O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 15-21-149 (2019)

Fines; penalties

✓ O.C.G.A.: 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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(a) In every case in which any court in this state shall impose a fine, which shall be construed to include costs, for any violation of Code Section 40-6-391, relating to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or for violations of ordinances of political subdivisions which have adopted by reference Code Section 40-6-391, there shall be imposed as an additional penalty a sum equal to 10 percent of the original fine.

(b) Such sums shall be in addition to any amount required to be paid into any pension, annuity, or retirement fund under Title 47 or any other law and in addition to any other amounts provided for in this chapter.

History

(Code 1981, § 15-21-149, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 667, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1652, § 1.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Fine improperly imposed. - Since no fine was imposed on the driving under the influence count, the $100 brain/spinal cord fee and the $25 driving under the influence victim surcharge should not have been imposed under O.C.G.A. §§ 15-21-149(a) and 15-21-150 because those fees were contingent upon the imposition of a fine. Johnson v. State, 282 Ga. App. 258, 638 S.E.2d 406 (2006).

Cited in Hannah v. State, 280 Ga. App. 230, 633 S.E.2d 800 (2006).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2006–2006 · leading case: Hannah v. State, 633 S.E.2d 800 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006).
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Hannah v. State, 633 S.E.2d 800 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “24 See OCGA §§ 15-21-149; 15-21-150 (regarding imposition of a fine upon DUI violator and providing that proceeds shall be remitted to the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission).”
Johnson v. State, 638 S.E.2d 406 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “SeeOCGA§§ 15-21-149; 15-21-150 (regarding imposition of a fine upon DUI violator and providing that proceeds shall be remitted to the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission).”
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