HB1539: HB1539 Ware County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee

26 LC 61 0358/AP House Bill 1539 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) By: Representative Burchett of the 176th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court of Ware1 County; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for the termination2 of such technology fee and dedication of residual funds; to pro vide for related matters; to3 repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:5 SECTION 1.6 (a) The clerk of the Probate Court of Ware County is hereby authorized to charge and collect7 a technology fee to be set by the judge of the probate court in an amount not to8 exceed $10.00 for the filing of each civil action with the court and not to exceed $10.00 as9 a surcharge upon each fine assessed by the court. Such technol ogy fees shall be used10 exclusively to provide for technological needs of the Probate Court of Ware County. Such11 uses shall include only the following:12 (1) Computer hardware and software purchases;13 (2) Lease, maintenance, and installation of computer hardware and software; and14 (3) Purchase, lease, maintenance, and installation of imaging, scanning, facsimile,15 communications, projection, and printing equipment and software.16 H. B. 1539 - 1 - 26 LC 61 0358/AP (b) Funds collected pursuant to this section shall be maintained in a segregated account by17 the clerk of the probate court and shall be used only for the p urposes authorized in this18 section.19 (c) The authority to assess the technology fee pursuant to thi s Act shall terminate on20 July 1, 2036, and any residual funds remaining in the account established by subsection (b)21 of this section shall remain dedicated to general Ware County t echnology uses at the22 discretion of the Ware County Board of Commissioners.23 SECTION 2.24 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.25 H. B. 1539 - 2 -