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Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 21. PAYMENT AND DISPOSITION OF FINES AND FORFEITURES · Article 10. GEORGIA DRIVER’S EDUCATION COMMISSION

15-21-179. Additional penalty assessed for violations of traffic laws or ordinances.

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

  1. (a)

    In each case in which a court in this state imposes a fine or bond payment, which shall be construed to include costs, for a violation of the traffic laws of this state or for violations of an ordinance of any political subdivisions that have adopted by reference the traffic laws of this state, there shall be imposed as an additional penalty a sum equal to 3 percent of the original fine.#

  2. (b)

    The additional penalty sum provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be in addition to any amount required to be paid into any pension, annuity, or retirement fund under Title 47 or any other law of this state and in addition to any other amounts provided for in this article.#

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, § 15-21-179, enacted by Ga. L. 2023, p. 572, § 1/HB 242, effective July 1, 2023.

Effective date

This Code section became effective July 1, 2023. See Editor’s notes for applicability.

Editor's notes

This Code section formerly pertained to additional penalties for violation of traffic laws or ordinances. The former Code section was based on Ga. L. 2005, p. 1461, § 2/SB 226; Ga. L. 2008, p. 846, § 13/HB 1245; Ga. L. 2013, p. 741, § 1/SB 231; Ga. L. 2016, p. 385, § 2/HB 806; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1028, § 1/HB 226, and was repealed by Ga. L. 2019, p. 1028, § 1/HB 226, effective June 30, 2022. Ga. L. 2023, p. 572, § 2/HB 242, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Code section shall apply to offenses committed on or after July 1, 2023. Ga. L. 2023, p. 730, § 8(e)/HB 475, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “In the event of a conflict between a provision in Sections 1 through 7 of this Act and a provision of another Act enacted at the 2023 regular session of the General Assembly, the provision of such other Act shall control over the conflicting provision in Sections 1 through 7 of this Act to the extent of such conflict.” Accordingly, the amendment to this Code section by Ga. L. 2023, p. 730, § 7(4)/HB 475, was not given effect.

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

Text read from t15-ch12-25-(v13a)-pdf.pdf, Volume V13A, 2015 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 90 to 91; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 0e20c65a2dee.