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Título 15. COURTS · Capítulo 21. PAYMENT AND DISPOSITION OF FINES AND FORFEITURES · Artículo 6. COUNTY DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT AND EDUCATION FUND

15-21-101. Collection of fines and authorized expenditures of funds from County Drug Abuse Treatment and Education Fund.

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

  1. (a)

    The sums provided for in Code Section 15-21-100 shall be collected by the clerk or court officer charged with the duty of collecting moneys arising from fines and forfeited bonds and shall be paid over to the governing authority of the county in which the court is located upon receipt of the fine and assessment if paid in full at the time of sentencing or upon receipt of the final payment if the fine is paid in installments. Those sums paid over to the governing authority shall be deposited thereby into a special account to be known as the “County Drug Abuse Treatment and Education Fund.”#

  2. (b)

    Moneys collected pursuant to this article and placed in the “County Drug Abuse Treatment and Education Fund” shall be expended by the governing authority of the county for which the fund is established solely and exclusively:#

    1. (1)

      For drug abuse treatment and education programs relating to controlled substances, alcohol, and marijuana for adults and children;#

    2. (2)

      If a drug court division has been established in the county under Code Section 15-1-15, for purposes of the drug court division;#

    3. (3)

      If an operating under the influence court division has been established in the county under Code Section 15-1-19, for the purposes of the operating under the influence court division;#

    4. (4)

      If a family treatment court division has been established in the county under Code Section 15-11-70, for the purposes of the family treatment court division; and#

    5. (5)

      If a mental health court division has been established in the county under Code Section 15-1-16 that also serves participants with co-occurring substance use disorders, for the purposes of the mental health court division.#

  3. (c)

    This article shall not preclude the appropriation or expenditure of other funds by the governing authority of any county or by the General Assembly for the purpose of drug abuse treatment or education programs, drug court divisions, operating under the influence court divisions, or family treatment court divisions.#

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History

Code 1981, § 15-21-101, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2018, § 1; Ga. L. 2012, p. 899, § 2-4/HB 1176; Ga. L. 2016, p. 443, § 1-11/SB 367; Ga. L. 2022, p. 26, § 4-2/HB 1013.

Amendments

The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, in subsection (b), deleted “and” at the end of paragraph (b)(1), substituted a semicolon for a period at the end of paragraph (b)(2), added paragraphs (b)(3) and (b)(4); designated the ending undesignated paragraph as subsection (c); and substituted “programs, drug court divisions, operating under the influence court divisions, or family treatment court divisions” for “programs or drug court divisions” near the end of present subsection (c). The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, added “for adults and children” at the end of paragraph (b)(1), deleted “and” from the end of paragraph (b)(3), substituted “; and” for the existing period at the end of paragraph (b)(4), and added paragraph (b)(5).

Law reviews

For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 139 (2016). For article, “HB 1013: Georgia Mental Health Parity Act,” see 39 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 145 (2022).

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Texto leído de t15-ch12-25-(v13a)-pdf.pdf, Volumen V13A, edición 2015, suplemento de 2025, páginas 87 a 88; acción de fusión: replaced; SHA-256 del archivo 0e20c65a2dee.