TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 21. Payment and Disposition of Fines and Forfeitures, 15-21-1 through 15-21-209.

ARTICLE 11 SAFE HARBOR FOR SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILDREN FUND

15-21-208. Financial penalty; collection.

1. In every case in which any court in this state shall impose a fine, which shall be construed to include costs, for trafficking a person for sexual servitude in violation of Code Section 16-5-46 or any violation of Code Section 16-6-10, 16-6-11, 16-6-12, 16-6-14, 16-6-15, 16-6-16, or 16-12-100, there shall be imposed an additional penalty of $2,500.00 if the defendant was 18 years of age or older at the time of the offense.
2. 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.
3. The sums provided for in this Code section shall be assessed and collected by the clerk or court officer charged with the duty of collecting moneys arising from fines and shall be paid over by the last day of the following month to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority for remittance to the Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund Commission, to be deposited into the Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund.
4. Any person whose duty it is to collect or remit the sums provided for in this Code section who intentionally refuses to collect or remit such sums shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Code 1981, §15-21-208, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 675, § 3-1/SB 8.)