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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-7-49. Remittance of interest from interest-bearing trust accounts.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-7-49. Remittance of interest from interest-bearing trust accounts.

When funds are paid into the court registry, the clerk shall deposit such funds in interest-bearing trust accounts, and the interest from those funds shall be remitted to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority in accordance with the provisions of subsections (c) through (i) of Code Section 15-6-76.1 for distribution to the Georgia Public Defender Council.

## History

Code 1981, § 15-7-49, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 982, § 4; Ga. L. 2003, p. 191, § 3; Ga. L. 2008, p. 846, § 6/HB 1245; Ga. L. 2015, p. 519, § 8-3/HB 328.

## Law Reviews

For note on the 2003 amendment to this Code section, see 20 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 105 (2003).

## Administrative Rules and Regulations

Local Indigent Defense Assistance Grant Program, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Grants of Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Grant Programs, Rule 294-1-.01.