Nothing in this article shall affect the validity of any special or local Act or Act affecting only a specific county dealing with the fines and bond forfeitures in any court or courts in any particular county or city in this state.
(Ga. L. 1949, p. 1168, § 9; Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 3-32/HB 233.)
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted "fines and bond forfeitures" for "fines and forfeitures" in the middle of this Code section. See editor's note for applicability.
Editor's notes.- Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 4-1/HB 233, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2015, and shall apply to seizures of property for forfeiture that occur on or after that date. Any such seizure that occurs before July 1, 2015, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such seizure."
Law reviews.- For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2015).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Cited in Ivestor v. Mozeley, 89 Ga. App. 578, 80 S.E.2d 197 (1954).
ARTICLE 4 PEACE OFFICER, PROSECUTOR, AND INDIGENT DEFENSE FUNDING
Law reviews.
- For article, "Courts: Juvenile Justice Reform," see 30 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 63 (2013). For article, "Symposium Protect and Serve: Perspectives on 21st Century Policing January 20, 2017: Urban Policing and Public Policy - The Prosecutor's Role," see 51 Ga. L. Rev. 1179 (2017). For article, "Raising the Bar: Indigent Defense and the Right to a Partisan Lawyer," see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 697 (2018). For article, "The Politics of Ethics," see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 753 (2018). For article, "Privileging Public Defense Research," see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 771 (2018).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Game and Fish Code prosecutions.
- O.C.G.A. Art. 4, Ch. 21, T. 15 applies to cases prosecuted under the Georgia Game and Fish Code, O.C.G.A. T. 27. 1985 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U85-19.
Implementation of article.
- O.C.G.A. § 48-2-12, which authorizes the commissioner of revenue to adopt rules and regulations for the enforcement of the revenue title and, with respect to other statutes outside of the revenue title, to prescribe forms which "he deems necessary for the administration and enforcement of . . . any law which it is his duty to administer," would permit the commissioner to prescribe forms to be used to administer and enforce that part of O.C.G.A. Art. 4, Ch. 21, T. 15 which requires that moneys collected pursuant to that article be paid to the commissioner and that part which requires the department to pay those funds into the general treasury and make reports to the Office of Planning and Budget and the Legislative Budget Office. 1983 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 83-80.
Since the Supreme Court may through the court's rules regulate the practice of law and the court's own operations and procedures and is also required by Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. IX, Para. I to "adopt and publish uniform court rules and record-keeping rules which shall provide for the speedy, efficient, and inexpensive resolution of disputes and prosecutions," it is feasible that the Supreme Court might under this authority adopt rules to implement O.C.G.A. Art. 4, Ch. 21, T. 15. 1983 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 83-80.