Bill Text: GA HB1177 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Cobb County; Magistrate Court; provide for collection of law library fees

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-05-01 - Effective Date [HB1177 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB1177-Introduced.html

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House Bill 1177 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)

By: Representatives Ehrhart of the 36th, Wilkerson of the 33rd, Evans of the 40th, Johnson of the 37th, Dollar of the 45th, and others

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act providing for the Magistrate Court of Cobb County, approved March 24, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 4451), as amended, so as to provide for the collection of law library fees; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

An Act providing for the Magistrate Court of Cobb County, approved March 24, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 4451), as amended, is amended by adding a new section to read as follows:

"Section 2A.

In addition to all other legal costs, a fee not to exceed $5.00 shall be charged and collected as law library fees for each case filed in the Magistrate Court of Cobb County. The chief magistrate or, if so designated by the chief magistrate, the clerk of the magistrate court shall collect the law library fees authorized by this section and shall remit such fees to the treasurer of the board of trustees of the Cobb County law library on or before the tenth day of the month immediately following the month in which such fees are collected. The amount of such fees shall be determined by the chief judge of the Superior Court of Cobb County. As used in this section, the term 'case' means any civil or criminal matter which is docketed upon the official docket of the Magistrate Court of Cobb County and to which a number is assigned whether such matter is consented or not."

SECTION 2.

This Act shall become effective on the first day of the month following the month in which it is approved by the Governor or becomes law without such approval.

SECTION 3.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.