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

O.C.G.A. § 15-21-91 (2019)

Implementation of constitutional provision

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This article is enacted pursuant to Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI of the Constitution of Georgia, which provision authorizes additional penalty assessments in criminal and traffic cases and cases involving violations of ordinances of political subdivisions and provides that the proceeds derived therefrom may be used for constructing, operating, and staffing of jails, correctional institutions, and detention facilities by counties.

History

(Code 1981, § 15-21-91, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1753, § 1.)