TITLE 15 COURTS

21A. Judicial Accounting, 15-21A-1 through 15-21A-8.

ARTICLE 11 SAFE HARBOR FOR SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILDREN FUND

15-21A-8. Penalty for failure to remit funds.

Any clerk of court or any other officer or agent receiving any funds subject to this chapter who knowingly fails to pay over any such funds to the authority as required by this chapter, after receiving notice from the authority that such funds are delinquent, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, except that if the amount of funds knowingly not paid over is $10,000.00 or more then such person shall be guilty of a felony and punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years. The offense created by this Code section shall not merge with any other offense.

(Code 1981, §15-21A-8, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, Ex. Sess., p. ES3, § 10/HB 1EX.)