36-6-12. Compensation and fees.

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

County treasurers are entitled to receive the following fees:
(1)
For receiving and paying out county funds:#
1. (A)
  Two and one-half percent for receiving all sums up to $10,000.00.#
2. (B)
  Two and one-half percent for paying out all sums up to $10,000.00.#
3. (C)
  One and one-fourth percent for receiving the excess of any sum over $10,000.00.#
4. (D)
  One and one-fourth percent for paying out the excess of any sum over $10,000.00.#
(2)
For making his returns to the grand jury, $1.00.#
(3)
For making his returns to the judge of the probate court, $1.00. However, in no case shall the compensation of a county treasurer exceed the sum of $3,000.00 per annum, unless within the sole discretion of the proper governing authority of the county the compensation is increased to a sum not to exceed $3,600.00 per annum.#

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

Orig. Code 1863, § 3627; Code 1868, § 3652; Code 1873, § 3703; Ga. L. 1874, p. 20, § 1; Code 1882, § 3703; Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 76, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 472; Civil Code 1910, § 588; Code 1933, § 23-1013; Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 176, § 1.

Cross references

Compensation of county officers generally, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. IX, Sec. I, Para. III. Authority of General Assembly to fix compensation of county treasurers, § 36-6-1.

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

Text read from t35-t36-ch1-59-(v27)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V27, 2025 edition, pages 402 to 403; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 6c7b6bcea397.