Section 48-5-143. Monthly remittance of state taxes to commissioner

   (a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this Code section, the tax collector or tax commissioner of each county shall pay over to the commissioner at least once a month all state taxes which he has collected. Each monthly payment shall be made on or before the fifteenth day of each calendar month.

(b) A tax collector or tax commissioner may pay over state taxes which he has collected on a more frequent basis than once a month when he so desires.

Ga. L. 1925, p. 79, § 2; Code 1933, § 92-4912; Ga. L. 1977, p. 1162, § 3; Code 1933, § 91A-1342, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2.