O.C.G.A. § 15-21-7 (2019)
Report by county treasurer to grand jury as to fines
and bond forfeitures received and disbursed; compensation of treasurer; effect of Code section upon local laws.
(a) The county treasurer shall report to the grand jury the amounts of fines and bond forfeitures received by him and to whom disbursed for the period of six months preceding the report and shall receive as his compensation 2 1⁄2 percent on the amounts paid out by him.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this Code section shall affect the distribution of funds arising from fines and bond forfeitures or the compensation of county treasurers as regulated by any local law.
History
(Ga. L. 1876, p. 108, § 5; Code 1882, §§ 4655f, 4655g; Penal Code 1895, §§ 1094, 1095; Penal Code 1910, §§ 1121, 1122; Code 1933, §§ 27-2907, 27-2908; Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 3-32/HB 233.)
Annotations
Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 4-1/HB 233, not codified by the General
Assembly, provides: ‘‘This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2015, and shall apply to seizures of property for forfeiture that occur on or after that date. Any such seizure that occurs before July 1, 2015, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such seizure.’’
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Lumpkin County v. Davis, 185 Ga. 393, 195 S.E. 169 (1938); Cooper v. Lunsford, 203 Ga. 166, 45 S.E.2d 395
(1947); Banks County v. Stark, 88 Ga. App. 368, 77 S.E.2d 33 (1953).
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 36 Am. Jur. 2d, Forfeitures and Penalties, § 15 et seq. C.J.S. - 36A C.J.S., Fines, §§ 3, 6, 8,
13. 37 C.J.S., Forfeitures, §§ 1, 6, 7, 8, 10 et seq., 39, 41. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 296, 297, 318 et seq.