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 Atlanta
 Code of Ordinances
 Part I. CHARTER AND RELATED LAWS
 SubPart A. CHARTER
 Article 4. COURTS

  § 4-117. Additional penalty for municipal detention and prison facilities.  

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  • (a)

    (1)

    In every case in which the municipal court shall impose a fine, which shall be construed to include costs, for any offense against a criminal or traffic law of this state or any ordinance of the City of Atlanta, there shall be imposed as an additional penalty a sum equal to 15 percent of the original fine. Such additional penalties shall be paid over as provided in subsection (c) of this section. The penalty provided in this paragraph shall be in addition to any penalty or additional penalty provided for in any other provision of this charter.

    (2)

    At the time of posting bail or bond in any case involving a violation of a criminal or traffic law of this state or ordinance of the City of Atlanta, an additional sum equal to 15 percent of the original amount of bail or bond shall be posted. In every case in which such court shall order the forfeiture of bail or bond, the additional sum equal to 15 percent of the original bail or bond shall be paid over as provided in subsection (c) of this section. The additional sums provided for in this paragraph shall be in addition to any other sums provided by law.

    (b)

    Such sums required by subsection (a) of this section and Section 4-116 of this charter shall be in addition to that amount required by Code Section 47-17-60 of the O.C.G.A. to be paid into the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund or by Code Section 47-11-51 of the O.C.G.A. to be paid into the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia.

    (c)

    The sums provided for in subsection (a) of this section shall be assessed and 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 city by the tenth day of the month following the month in which such sums are collected. Such sums paid over to the governing authority shall be deposited by the governing authority into a special account to be known as the "city jail fund".

(S.B. 498/2004, § 7, 5-17-04)