--- title: HB 1452. Mableton, City of; Municipal Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hb1452 cite_as: HB 1452, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1452 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1452.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1452/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73625 date: 2026-05-12 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. 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Mableton, City of; Municipal Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee ## Text House Bill 1452 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) By: Representatives Cummings of the 39th, McQueen of the 61st, and Sanchez of the 42nd A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Municipal Court of the City of Mableton; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION 1. (a) The clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Mableton is hereby authorized to charge and collect a technology fee to be set by the judge of the municipal court in an amount not to exceed $10.00 as a surcharge to each criminal and quasi-criminal fine paid to the court. Such technology fees shall be used exclusively to provide for technological needs of the Municipal Court of the City of Mableton and the city's police department. Such uses shall include only the following: (1) The purchase, lease, maintenance, and installation of computer hardware and software; (2) The purchase, lease, maintenance, and installation of equipment and software used for imaging, scanning, facsimile, communications, projections, and printing; and (3) Police department hardware and software, including, but not limited to, associated equipment for body-worn, mobile, stationary, or vehicle mounted cameras; drones; and operations of 9-1-1 emergency response through its dedicated public safety answering point system. (b) Funds collected pursuant to this section shall be maintained in a segregated account by the clerk of the municipal court and the chief financial officer of the city, subject to audit by an auditor approved by the governing authority of the City of Mableton, and shall be used only for the purposes authorized in this section. Such funds may be used to reimburse the city's information technology department for services provided to the court or police department. SECTION 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the bill. Quote the text, not the summary. A Georgia House bill would let the Municipal Court of the City of Mableton charge up to a $10 technology fee on criminal and quasi-criminal fines, with the money earmarked for court and police technology. ### Plain-language summary This bill gives the Municipal Court of the City of Mableton new authority to add a technology fee, set by the judge but capped at $10, on top of criminal and quasi-criminal fines people pay to the court. The money cannot go into the city's general fund for any purpose; it must be spent only on technology needs for the municipal court and the Mableton Police Department. The bill lists what the fee can pay for: computer hardware and software, imaging and communications equipment like scanners and fax machines, and police technology such as body cameras, dashboard and vehicle-mounted cameras, drones, and the city's 9-1-1 emergency dispatch system. Collected funds must be kept in a separate account managed by the court clerk and the city's chief financial officer and are subject to audit. The funds can also reimburse the city's information technology department for work it does for the court or police. ### What it does - Authorizes the Municipal Court of the City of Mableton to charge a technology fee, set by the judge, of up to $10.00 on each criminal and quasi-criminal fine. - Restricts use of the collected fee money exclusively to technology needs of the municipal court and the city's police department. - Lists specific allowed uses, including computer hardware and software, imaging and communications equipment, body and vehicle cameras, drones, and 9-1-1 dispatch operations. - Requires the fee revenue to be kept in a separate account managed by the court clerk and the city's chief financial officer, subject to outside audit. - Allows the funds to reimburse the city's information technology department for services it provides to the court or police department. ### Who it affects People convicted or fined in the Municipal Court of the City of Mableton for criminal or quasi-criminal offenses, the court's clerk and staff, the city's chief financial officer, the Mableton Police Department, and the city's information technology department. ### Why it matters Defendants paying fines in Mableton's municipal court would pay up to $10 more per fine, while the city gains a dedicated funding stream for court and police technology, including body cameras, drones, and 9-1-1 systems, without drawing on general city funds. ### Key provisions - Section 1(a) sets the technology fee cap at $10.00 per criminal or quasi-criminal fine, with the exact amount set by the municipal court judge. - Section 1(a) limits fee use to technology needs of the municipal court and police department, listing computer, imaging, and communications equipment as allowed purchases. - Section 1(a)(3) specifically allows funding for police body-worn and vehicle cameras, drones, and the 9-1-1 emergency answering system. - Section 1(b) requires funds to be held in a segregated account overseen by the court clerk and chief financial officer and subject to audit. - Section 1(b) permits using the funds to reimburse the city's information technology department for services to the court or police. - Section 2 repeals any conflicting laws. ## Status - Status: Passed (2026-05-12) - Last action: Effective Date 2026-05-12 (2026-05-12) - Sponsors: Terry Cummings, Mekyah McQueen, Gabriel Sanchez - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73625 > The history, votes, and amendments (887 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1452.md?full=1