Section 48-5-141. Periodic payment to proper officials of money collected by tax collector or commissioner, sheriff, or constable

   (a) The tax collector or tax commissioner, sheriff, and constables in each county having a population of 30,000 or more shall each week pay over to the proper county officials as required by law the county taxes including, but not limited to, any interest, penalties, or other amounts due the county which they have collected during the week. Such payment shall be made at the same time as the report required by Code Section 48-5-142 and shall be for the period covered by the report.

(b) The tax collector or tax commissioner, sheriff, and constables in each county having a population of less than 30,000 shall every two weeks pay over to the proper county officials as required by law the county taxes including, but not limited to, any interest, penalties, or other amounts due the county which they have collected during the two weeks. Such payment shall be made at the same time as the report required by Code Section 48-5-142 and shall be for the period covered by the report.

Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 105, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 955; Civil Code 1910, § 1222; Ga. L. 1925, p. 81, § 3; Code 1933, §§ 92-4910, 92-4913; Code 1933, § 91A-1340, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Ga. L. 1984, p. 962, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 10, § 48.