GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 15. COURTS |
Chapter 21. PAYMENT AND DISPOSITION OF FINES AND FORFEITURES |
Article 7. COMPENSATION TO VICTIMS OF VIOLATORS OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE STATUTE |
Section 15-21-112. Additional penalty for violation of Code Section 40-6-391
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- (a) In every case in which any state court; probate court; juvenile court; municipal court, whether known as mayor's, recorder's, or police court; or superior court in this state shall impose a fine, which shall be construed to include costs, for a violation of Code Section 40-6-391, relating to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or a violation of an ordinance of a political subdivision of this state which has adopted by reference Code Section 40-6-391 pursuant to Article 14 of Chapter 6 of Title 40, there shall be imposed as an additional penalty a sum equal to the lesser of $26.00 or 11 percent of the original fine.
(b) Such sums shall be in addition to that amount required by Code Section 47-17-60 to be paid into the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund or Code Section 47-11-51 concerning the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia.
Code 1981, § 15-21-112, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1836, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1800, § 8; Ga. L. 2004, p. 709, § 2.