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 Hartwell
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

  § 1-14. Court costs; fees; warrants; technology surcharge.

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  • (a)

    Upon conviction of the violation of a municipal ordinance in the city municipal court the defendant shall be obligated to pay any and all surcharges and costs provided by this section, and all costs accruing by the court for the prosecution of the case. The municipal court judge shall determine the costs, surcharges and costs of prosecution and such costs shall be a lien against the property of the person so convicted.

    (b)

    Upon conviction, a five percent surcharge shall be added to the costs of prosecution.

    (c)

    The cost of a warrant for the violation of a municipal ordinance issued by the municipal court judge, a magistrate or other city official authorized to issue warrants shall be $10.00.

    (d)

    In addition to all other fees imposed by the municipal court, this Code or applicable law, there shall be imposed by the municipal court a technology surcharge in the amount of $15.00 per offense for all offenses, except those offenses contained in O.C.G.A. § 40-8-76.

    (1)

    All revenue derived from the technology surcharge shall be utilized by the city to provide technology support for the city's law enforcement and municipal court functions. Two-thirds of the technology surcharge fees actually collected shall be allocated to and made available to the police department and one-third of the surcharge fees actually collected shall be allocated to and made available to the finance department.

    (2)

    As used in this section, the term "technology support" means computer hardware, computer software and other machinery or equipment which will be used to improve the efficiency or safety of sessions of the municipal court, or the performance of other tasks directly related to municipal court operations.

(Code 1989, § 1-12; Ord. of 7-1-1991; Ord. No. 2004-03, § 2, 7-6-2004)

State law reference

Maximum penalties that may be imposed by municipalities, O.C.G.A. §§ 36-35-6, 36-32-1, 36-32-5; additional penalties and bond in certain criminal and traffic cases, O.C.G.A. § 15-21-73; authority to impose community service as punishment, O.C.G.A. § 17-10-1; alternative sentences by municipal courts, O.C.G.A. § 36-32-5; powers of municipal court judges in criminal cases, O.C.G.A. § 36-32-3; jurisdiction of municipal court, O.C.G.A. § 36-32-6 et seq.