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Representatives
Cox of the 102nd et al. move to amend HB 186 by striking "To" from line 1 on
page 1 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"To
amend provisions of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to funds; to
amend Chapter 21A of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,
relating to judicial accounting, so as to remove the penalties for failure to
remit funds;
to".
By
inserting between lines 5 and 6 on page 1 the following:
"SECTION
1.
Chapter
21A of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to judicial
accounting, is amended by repealing Code Section 15-21A-8, relating to penalties
for failure to remit funds, which reads as follows:
'15-21A-8.
Any
clerk of court or any other officer or agent receiving any funds subject to this
chapter who knowingly fails to pay over any such funds to the authority as
required by this chapter, after receiving notice from the authority that such
funds are delinquent, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, except that if the
amount of funds knowingly not paid over is $10,000.00 or more then such person
shall be guilty of a felony and punished by imprisonment for not less than one
nor more than ten years. The offense created by this Code section shall not
merge with any other
offense.'"
By
renumbering Sections 1 and 2 as Sections 2 and 3,
respectively.
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ADOPTED
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ADOPTED