Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 21. PAYMENT AND DISPOSITION OF FINES AND FORFEITURES · Article 8. FUNDING FOR LOCAL VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

15-21-131. Imposition of additional fines.

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(a)
In every case in which any court of this state or any municipality or political subdivision of this state shall impose a fine, which shall be construed to include costs, for any criminal offense or any criminal ordinance violation, there shall be imposed as an additional penalty a sum equal to 5 percent of the original fine.#
(b)
Such sums shall be in addition to any amount required by Code Section 47-17-60 to be paid into the Peace Officers’ Annuity and Benefit Fund and in addition to any other amounts provided for in this chapter.#

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.

Code 1981, § 15-21-131, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 260, § 3; Ga. L. 1997, p. 551, § 1.

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