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2018 Georgia Code 40-13-50 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 40-13-50 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 40-13-50

TITLE 40 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Section 13. Prosecution of Traffic Offenses, 40-13-1 through 40-13-64.

ARTICLE 3 TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BUREAUS

40-13-50. Establishment.

In every court of this state having jurisdiction over the violation of traffic laws or traffic ordinances, the judge, or the judges where there is more than one judge, may provide by written order for the establishment of a traffic violations bureau for the handling or disposition of certain traffic cases in substantial compliance with this article. The court shall promulgate and provide to the clerk of the traffic violations bureau a list of the traffic offenses which shall be handled and disposed of by the traffic violations bureau. However, nothing in this article shall authorize the judge of such court to employ any person or persons to administer this article.

(Ga. L. 1966, p. 381, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2785, § 29.)

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 40-13-50

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Geng v. State, 578 S.E.2d 115 (Ga. 2003).

Cited 7 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 10, 2003 | 276 Ga. 428, 2003 Fulton County D. Rep. 1324

...The sentencing order contained in the record on appeal also specified that upon default of such payment, a six-month period of incarceration is to be imposed. 1. Traffic violations bureau. The traffic violations bureau was established in the City Court of Atlanta, pursuant to the authority of OCGA § 40-13-50 et seq....
...Under that statutory scheme, the judges of a court of this state having jurisdiction over the violation of traffic laws or ordinances, may provide for the establishment of a traffic violations bureau for the disposition of certain traffic offenses, a list of which is to be determined by those judges. OCGA § 40-13-50....
...486, 277 S.E.2d 738 (1981) (a jury trial is required for violation of a county ordinance which is also a misdemeanor under state law). We agree with the State that the general statutory scheme creating and implementing traffic violations bureaus (OCGA § 40-13-50 et seq.) benefits our judicial system by allowing summary disposition of certain offenses thus freeing up resources in an overcrowded court system, and also benefits traffic violators by reducing the severity of their offenses....
...An offender may elect to have his case summarily disposed of in the traffic violations bureau; but one who files a proper demand for jury trial is guaranteed that right under our constitution. We therefore conclude that the offensive portion of OCGA § 40-13-60 may be severed, and the remainder of the Act (OCGA § 40-13-50 et seq.) as a whole is not void for any of the reasons urged by Geng....