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Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 21. PAYMENT AND DISPOSITION OF FINES AND FORFEITURES · Article 6. COUNTY DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT AND EDUCATION FUND

15-21-100. Imposition of additional penalty for certain offenses.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)
    1. (1)

      In every case in which any court shall impose a fine, which shall be construed to include costs, for any offense prohibited by Code Section 16-13-30, 16-13-30.1, 16-13-30.2, 16-13-30.3, 16-13-30.5, 16-13-31, 16-13-31.1, 16-13-32, 16-13-32.1, 16-13-32.2, 16-13-32.3, 16-13-32.4, 16-13-32.5, or 16-13-32.6, there shall be imposed as an additional penalty a sum equal to 50 percent of the original fine. The additional 50 percent penalty shall also be imposed in every case in which a fine is imposed for violation of:#

      1. (A)

        Code Section 3-3-23.1;#

      2. (B)

        Code Section 40-6-391;#

      3. (C)

        Code Section 40-6-393 or 40-6-394 if the offender was also charged with a violation of Code Section 40-6-391; or#

      4. (D)

        Code Section 52-7-12.#

    2. (2)

      If no fine is provided for in the applicable Code section, and the judge places the defendant on probation, the fine authorized by Code Section 17-10-8 shall be applicable.#

  2. (b)

    The sums required by subsection (a) of this Code section shall be in addition to the amount required by Code Section 47-17-60 to be paid into the Peace Officers’ Annuity and Benefit Fund or Code Section 47-11-51 concerning the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 15-21-100, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2018, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 15; Ga. L. 2012, p. 899, § 2-4/HB 1176; Ga. L. 2016, p. 443, § 1-10/SB 367.

Amendments

The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, designated the existing provisions of subsection (a) as paragraph (a)(1); redesignated former paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) as present subparagraphs (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B), respectively; deleted “or” at the end of present subparagraph (a)(1)(B); redesignated former paragraph (a)(3) as present subparagraph (a)(1)(C); substituted “; or” for a period at the end of present subparagraph (a)(1)(C); added subparagraph (a)(1)(D); and designated the ending undesignated paragraph as paragraph (a)(2).

Law reviews

For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 139 (2016). For note, “Give It to Me, I’m Worth It: The Need to Amend Georgia’s Record Re-striction Statute to Provide Ex-Offenders with a Second Chance in the Employment Sector,” see 52 Ga. L. Rev. 267 (2017).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

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