Georgia § 15-21-179 - (Repealed effective June 30, 2022) Additional penalty for violation of traffic laws or ordinances.
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§ 15-21-179. (Repealed effective June 30, 2022) Additional penalty for violation of traffic laws or ordinances.
In every case in which any court in this state shall impose a fine or bond payment, which shall be construed to include costs, for any violation of the traffic laws of this state or for violations of ordinances of political subdivisions which have adopted by reference the traffic laws of this state, there shall be imposed as an additional penalty a sum equal to 1.5 percent of the original fine. Such sums shall be in addition to any amount required to be paid into any pension, annuity, or retirement fund under Title 47 or any other law and in addition to any other amounts provided for in this article. This Code section shall be repealed in its entirety on June 30, 2022, unless extended by an Act of the General Assembly. (Code 1981, § 15-21-179 , enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 1461, § 2/SB 226; Ga. L. 2008, p. 846, § 13/HB 1245; Ga. L. 2013, p. 741, § 1/SB 231; Ga. L. 2016, p. 385, § 2/HB 806; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1028, § 1/HB 226.) The 2013 amendment, effective May 6, 2013, substituted "1.5 percent" for "5 percent" in the last sentence of subsection (a) and substituted "June 30, 2016" for "June 30, 2013" in the middle of subsection (c). The 2016 amendment, effective April 26, 2016, substituted "June 30, 2019" for "June 30, 2016" in the middle of subsection (c). The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted "2022" for "2019" in subsection (c).
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