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O.C.G.A. § 40-13-50 (2019)

Establishment

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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.

History

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

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Traffic violation pending, which tolled limitations period. - Summary judgment in favor of the defendant was reversed because the plaintiff met the plaintiff's burden of producing evidence that the two year limitation period applicable to the plaintiff's tort suit had not run because the statute was tolled as the plaintiff established that the prosecution of the defendant for the traffic violation remained pending in municipal court until November 18, 2014, which was less than two years before the lawsuit was filed. Williams v. Durden, 347 Ga. App. 363, 819 S.E.2d 524 (2018).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1984–2018 · leading case: Geng v. State, 578 S.E.2d 115 (Ga. 2003).
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Geng v. State, 578 S.E.2d 115 (Ga. 2003). · cites it 16× “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…”
Williams v. Durden., 819 S.E.2d 524 (Ga. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “See OCGA § 40-13-50. It is simply unclear from the record whether OCGA § 40-13-58 applies here.”
McCants v. State, 564 S.E.2d 532 (Ga. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 4× “The prosecuting attorney who signed the stipulation in these cases also represents the State on appeal, and he has stated in his appellate brief that he agreed to the stipulation under a mistaken belief as to its meaning.”
Gregg v. State, 558 S.E.2d 729 (Ga. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “1 Speeding, which is a violation of OCGA § 40-6-181, is a misdemeanor 2 unless the local court has established a traffic violations bureau pursuant to OCGA § 40-13-50. 3 As no evidence shows the establishment of a traffic violations bureau in Whitfield County, speeding is…”
State v. Gerbert, 467 S.E.2d 177 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 4× “Included in the record is a document regarding the Rockdale County State Court which states that "pursuant to Section 40-13-50, *180 et seq. of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated it is hereby Ordered that a Traffic Violations Bureau be established as a division of the State…”
Ritchie v. State, 570 S.E.2d 435 (Ga. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “Ritchie filed a motion to quash, alleging that the accusation violated the Traffic Violations Bureau Act, OCGA § 40-13-50 et seq. The trial court granted the motion and transferred the case back to the traffic violations bureau, where it was ultimately heard.”
State v. Rish, 476 S.E.2d 50 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “” 2 Some of these procedures instituted by the trial court were similar to those authorized in a traffic violations bureau, OCGA § 40-13-50 et seq. 3 Effective July 1, 1996, the legislature comprehensively revised the law regarding the office of state court solicitor, renaming…”
Keller v. State, 359 S.E.2d 714 (Ga. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “zone, *718 an offense falling within the jurisdiction of the Traffic Violations Bureau of Cobb County as created pursuant to OCGA § 40-13-50 et seq. On April 23, 1986 appellant filed in the Traffic Violations Bureau of Cobb County a demand for speedy trial by jury, identifying…”
Daniel v. State, 314 S.E.2d 737 (Ga. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “It is undisputed that the State Court of Cobb County has created a Traffic Violation Bureau in accordance with the authority set forth in OCGA § 40-13-50 et seq. (Code Ann. § 24-301a) and that improper parking is among the offenses within the jurisdiction of that bureau.”
Doris Williams v. Juanita Durden, No. A18A1543 (Ga. Ct. App. Sept. 21, 2018). · cites it 2× “But, that statute applies in the circumstance where a defendant posts a cash bond “according to the schedule set up by court order,” and the statute is found in Article 3 of Chapter 13 of Title 40, which pertains to “traffic violations bureaus” established by courts with…”
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