Section 21. Payment and Disposition of Fines and Forfeitures, 15-21-1 through 15-21-209.
ARTICLE 5
JAIL CONSTRUCTION AND STAFFING
15-21-94. Assessment and collection of sums; deposit into county jail fund; failure to remit sums.
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The sums provided for in Code Section 15-21-93 shall be assessed and collected by the clerk or court officer charged with the duty of collecting moneys arising from fines and forfeited bonds and shall be paid over to the governing authority of the county in which the court is located or, in the case of a municipality which has contracted for jail services, to the governing authority of the county with which the municipality has contracted by the tenth day of the month following the month in which such sums are collected. Such sums paid over to the governing authority shall be deposited by the governing authority into a special account to be known as the "county jail fund."
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Any person whose duty it is to collect and remit the sums provided for in this article who fails or refuses to remit such sums by the date required by this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Code 1981, §15-21-94, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1753, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 994, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2065, § 1.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Priority of disbursement.
- In the event of partial or installment payments of funds, the payments must be allocated proportionally between money attributable to the fine and to the surcharges, and the amount applicable to the surcharges allocated proportionally to the fund. 1996 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U96-8.
