SB618: SB618 Municipal Court of the City of Decatur; the assessment and collection of a technology fee; authorize

26 LC 47 3914 Senate Bill 618 By: Senator Parent of the 44th AS PASSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Municipal Court of the1 City of Decatur; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for related2 matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.3 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:5 SECTION 1.6 (a) The clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Decatur shall be authorized to charge and7 collect a technology fee as a surcharge to each criminal and qu asi-criminal fine levied or8 charged by said court. The rate of such technology fee shall b e set by the governing9 authority of the City of Decatur, and may be amended by the sam e from time to time;10 provided, however, that such fee shall not exceed $15.00 and that the judge of the municipal11 court shall be authorized to waive such fee on a case-by-case basis. Such fee shall be used12 exclusively to provide for the following technological needs of the court and the City of13 Decatur police department:14 (1) The purchase, lease, maintenance, and installation of computer hardware and software; 15 (2) The purchase, lease, maintenance, and installation of equipment and software used for16 imaging, scanning, facsimile, communications, projections, and printing; and 17 S. B. 618 - 1 - 26 LC 47 3914 (3) Police department hardware and software, including, but no t limited to, associated18 equipment for body-worn, mobile, stationary, or vehicle mounted cameras, drones and19 operations of 9-1-1 emergency response through its dedicated public safety answering point20 system.21 (b) Funds collected pursuant to this section shall be maintained in a segregated account by22 the clerk of the municipal court and the chief financial officer of the city, separate from other23 funds of the city, and shall be expended only for authorized purposes upon direction of the24 city manager. The funds may be used to reimburse the city's in formation technology25 department for services provided to the court or police department.26 SECTION 2.27 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.28 S. B. 618 - 2 -