06 LC 29
2187S
The
House Committee on Judiciary Non-civil offers the following
substitute
to HB 535:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
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 provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date
and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
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."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2006, and shall apply to all offenses
occurring on or after that date.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.