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Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 21. PAYMENT AND DISPOSITION OF FINES AND FORFEITURES · Article 7. COMPENSATION TO VICTIMS OF VIOLATORS OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE STATUTE

15-21-112. Additional penalty for violation of Code Section 40-6-391.

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

  1. (a)

    In every case in which any state court; probate court; juvenile court; municipal court, whether known as mayor’s, recorder’s, or police court; or superior court in this state shall impose a fine, which shall be construed to include costs, for a violation of Code Section 40-6-391, relating to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or a violation of an ordinance of a political subdivision of this state which has adopted by reference Code Section 40-6-391 pursuant to Article 14 of Chapter 6 of Title 40, there shall be imposed as an additional penalty a sum equal to the lesser of $26.00 or 11 percent of the original fine.#

  2. (b)

    Such sums shall be in addition to that 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, § 15-21-112, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1836, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1800, § 8; Ga. L. 2004, p. 709, § 2.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2004, p. 709, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘The General Assembly declares that this Act is enacted pursuant to the provisions of Article III, Section VI, Paragraph VI(f) of the Constitution.’’

Law reviews

For note on the 1994 amendment of this Code section, see 11 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 166 (1994).

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

Text read from t15-ch12-24-(v13a)-2015-pdf.pdf, Volume V13A, 2015 edition, pages 477 to 478; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 3ead04cf60ab.