O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 15-21-179 (2019)

(Repealed effective June 30, 2016) Additional penalty for violation of traffic laws or ordinances

✓ 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 or bond payment, which shall be construed to include costs, for any violation of the traffic laws of this state or for violations of ordinances of political subdivisions which have adopted by reference the traffic laws of this state, there shall be imposed as an additional penalty a sum equal to 1.5 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 article.

(c) This Code section shall be repealed in its entirety on June 30, 2016, unless extended by an Act of the General Assembly.

History

(Code 1981, § 15-21-179, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 1461, § 2/SB 226; Ga. L. 2008, p. 846, § 13/HB 1245; Ga. L. 2013, p. 741, § 1/SB 231.)

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Applicability. - Additional penalty imposed by O.C.G.A. § 15-21-179 applies, unless there is a specific exception, when a court imposes a fine for a violation of any

traffic law and is not limited to violations of those laws that are set forth in O.C.G.A. Ch. 6, T. 40. 2005 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 2005-4.