§ 15-21-94 - Assessment and collection of sums; deposit into county jail fund; failure to remit sums - Georgia Statutes

O.C.G.A. 15-21-94 (2010)
15-21-94. Assessment and collection of sums; deposit into county jail fund; failure to remit sums

(a) The sums provided for in Code Section 15-21-93 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 county in which the court is located or, in the case of a municipality which has contracted for jail services, to the governing authority of the county with which the municipality has contracted 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 "county jail fund."

(b) Any person whose duty it is to collect and remit the sums provided for in this article who fails or refuses to remit such sums by the date required by this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.