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GA Code § 15-21A-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 21A - Judicial Accounting|§ 15-21A-5. Retention of Funds by Authority; Remittance to General Fund of State Treasury; Accumulation of Interest

  The authority shall be entitled to retain from the funds received by the authority under Code Sections 15-21A-3 and 15-21A-6 an amount equal to 1 percent of such funds, but in no event more than $500,000.00 per fiscal year, to reimburse the authority for its costs in administering this chapter. The net proceeds, after deduction of such administrative costs, from the funds received by the authority under Code Section 15-21A-3 shall be remitted by the authority as follows:   The net proceeds received pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Code Section 15-21A-3 shall be remitted to the general fund of the state treasury;   The net proceeds received pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Code Section 15-21A-3 shall be remitted to the general fund of the state treasury;   The net proceeds received pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Code Section 15-21A-3 shall be remitted to the Georgia Crime Victims Compensation Board to be deposited into the Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund;   The net proceeds received pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection (b) of Code Section 15-21A-3 shall be remitted to the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission for deposit into the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund;   The net proceeds received pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (b) of Code Section 15-21A-3 shall be remitted to the general fund of the state treasury; and   The net proceeds received pursuant to paragraph (6) of subsection (b) of Code Section 15-21A-3 shall be remitted pursuant to Code Section 15-21-132 for local victim assistance.     The net proceeds received pursuant to Code Section 15-21A-6 shall be remitted to the general fund of the state treasury.   Any interest earned on funds subject to this chapter while in the custody of the authority shall be remitted to the general fund of the state treasury.     (Code 1981, §15-21A-5, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, Ex. Sess., p. ES3, § 10/HB 1EX; Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 15/HB 95.)
GA Code § 15-21A-6.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 21A - Judicial Accounting|§ 15-21A-6.1. Judicial Operations Fund Fee; Collection and Reporting Procedure

  In addition to all other legal costs, there shall be charged to the filing party and collected by the clerk an additional filing fee of $125.00, to be known as a judicial operations fund fee, in each civil action or case filed in a superior court except that the state, including, but not limited to, its departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, commissions, public corporations, and authorities, municipalities, counties, and political subdivisions shall be exempt from such fee. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such fee shall apply to all adoptions, certiorari, trade name registrations, applications for change of name, and all other proceedings of a civil nature. Any matter which is docketed upon the official dockets of the superior court and to which a number is assigned shall be subject to such fee, whether such matter is contested or not; provided, however, that the judicial operations fund fee shall not apply to the issuance of certificates of appointment and reappointment of notaries public.   Each superior court clerk shall collect the fees provided in this Code section and the moneys shall be paid over to the authority by the last day of the month after the month of collection, to be deposited by the authority into the general fund of the state treasury.   The authority shall, on a quarterly basis, make a report and accounting of all funds collected pursuant to this Code section and shall submit such report and accounting to the Office of Planning and Budget, the House Budget and Research Office, and the Senate Budget and Evaluation Office no later than 60 days after the last day of the preceding quarter.     (Code 1981, §15-21A-6.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-44/HB 1055; Ga. L. 2011, p. 24, § 3/HB 41; Ga. L. 2014, p. 866, § 15/SB 340.)    The 2014 amendment,  effective April 29, 2014, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted "House Budget and Research Office" for "House Budget Office" and substituted "Senate Budget and Evaluation Office" for "Senate Budget Office" near the end of subsection (c).   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2011, p. 24, § 4/HB 41, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that: "This Act shall apply retroactively to all cases for which fees have not been assessed."   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Application to clerks of superior court.    - Judicial operations fund fee imposed by O.C.G.A. § 15-21A-6.1(a) applies to the fee to be remitted to clerks of superior court for the issuance of certificates of appointment and reappointment to notaries public. 2010 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 10-3.
GA Code § 15-21A-6.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 21A - Judicial Accounting|§ 15-21A-6.2. Exemption From Judicial Operations Fund Fee; Collection and Reporting Procedures

  In addition to all other legal costs, there shall be charged to the filing party and collected by the clerk an additional filing fee of $125.00, to be known as a judicial operations fund fee, in each civil action or case filed in a state court except that the state, including, but not limited to, its departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, commissions, public corporations, and authorities, municipalities, counties, and political subdivisions shall be exempt from such fee. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such fee shall apply to any matter which is docketed upon the official dockets of the state court and to which a number is assigned, whether such matter is contested or not.   Each state court clerk shall collect the fees provided in this Code section and the moneys due the authority shall be paid over to the authority by the last day of the month after the month of collection with $75.00 of these moneys paid to the authority to be deposited by the authority into the general fund of the state treasury and $50.00 of these moneys shall be retained by the local governing authority.   The authority shall, on a quarterly basis, make a report and accounting of all funds collected pursuant to this Code section and shall submit such report and accounting to the Office of Planning and Budget, the House Budget and Research Office, and the Senate Budget and Evaluation Office no later than 60 days after the last day of the preceding quarter.     (Code 1981, §15-21A-6.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-44/HB 1055; Ga. L. 2014, p. 866, § 15/SB 340.)    The 2014 amendment,  effective April 29, 2014, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted "House Budget and Research Office" for "House Budget Office" and substituted "Senate Budget and Evaluation Office" for "Senate Budget Office" near the end of subsection (c).
GA Code § 15-21A-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 21A - Judicial Accounting|§ 15-21A-8. Penalty for Failure to Remit Funds

 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.    (Code 1981, §15-21A-8, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, Ex. Sess., p. ES3, § 10/HB 1EX.)
GA Code § 15-22-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 22 - Judicial, District Attorney, and Circuit Public Defender Compensation Commission|§ 15-22-1. Through 15-22-5

 Reserved. Repealed pursuant to its own terms, effective June 30, 2020.   Editor's notes.   - This chapter consisted of Code Sections 15-22-1 through 15-22-5, relating to the Judicial, District Attorney, and Circuit Public Defender Compensation Commission, and was based on Ga. L. 2015, p. 919, § 3-1/HB 279   A former Chapter 22 consisted of Code Sections 15-22-1 through 15-22-8, relating to compensation of judges of courts of limited jurisdiction, was based on Ga. L. 1982, p. 1737 and Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 12, and was repealed by Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 7-1, effective June 30, 1983.   Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 15(2)/HB 497, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, reserved the designation of this chapter, effective May 10, 2021.
GA Code § 15-23-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Court-Connected Alternative Dispute Resolution|§ 15-23-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Court-connected Alternative Dispute Resolution Act.”    (Code 1981, §15-23-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1529, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 874, § 1.)   Law reviews.   - For comment, "Victim Offender Mediation: When Divergent Paths and Destroyed Lives Come Together for Healing,” see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 577 (2016).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - Resolving Real Estate Disputes through Arbitration, 27 Am. Jur. Trials 621.   Alternative Dispute Resolution: Commercial Arbitration, 44 Am. Jur. Trials 507.   Alternative Dispute Resolution for Banks and Other Financial Institutions, 46 Am. Jur. Trials 231.   Alternative Dispute Resolution: Construction Industry, 52 Am. Jur. Trials 209.   The Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Intellectual Property, Technology-Related, or Innovation-Based Disputes, 55 Am. Jur. Trials 483.   Alternative Dispute Resolution: Employment Law, 57 Am. Jur. Trials 255.   Mediation as a Trial Alternative: Effective Use of ADR Rules, 57 Am. Jur Trials 555.   Trials Over Arbitration Clauses in Securities Broker Contracts, 61 Am. Jur. Trials 357.   Arbitration Evidence: Putting Your Best Foot Forward, 76 Am. Jur. Trials 1.   Arbitrating International Claims - At Home and Abroad, 81 Am. Jur. Trials 1.   Arbitration Highways to the Courthouse - A Litigator's Roadmap, 86 Am. Jur. Trials 111.   Resolving Real Estate Brokers' Disputes, 88 Am. Jur. Trials 321.   Arbitrating Securities Industry Disputes, 89 Am. Jur. Trials 55.   Appealing Adverse Arbitration Awards, 94 Am. Jur. Trials 211.   Construction Dispute Resolution - Arbitration and Beyond, 100 Am. Jur. Trials 45.
GA Code § 15-23-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Court-Connected Alternative Dispute Resolution|§ 15-23-2. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Alternative dispute resolution" or "ADR" refers to any method other than litigation for resolution of disputes. Alternative dispute resolution methods include mediation, arbitration, early case evaluation or early neutral evaluation, summary jury trial, and minitrial.   "Board" means the board of trustees of a Fund for the Administration of Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs created by Code Section 15-23-3.   "Fund" means one or more funds created pursuant to Code Section 15-23-8.     (Code 1981, §15-23-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1529, § 1.)
GA Code § 15-23-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Court-Connected Alternative Dispute Resolution|§ 15-23-3. Board of Trustees of County Fund for the Administration of Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs

  There is created in each county in this state a board to be known as the Board of Trustees of the __________________ County Fund for the Administration of Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs. The board shall consist of:   The chief judge of the superior court of the circuit in which the county is located, or the superior court judge with the longest service if there is no chief judge, or a superior court judge designated by the chief judge or the judge with the longest service;   The chief judge of the state court, if any, or the state court judge with the longest service if there is no chief judge, or a state court judge designated by the chief judge or the judge with the longest service;   The judge of the probate court;   The presiding judge of the juvenile court, if any, or a juvenile court judge designated by that judge;   The chief magistrate or a magistrate designated by the chief magistrate;   The clerk of the superior court; and   One practicing attorney appointed by other members of the board.     The superior court judge on the board shall serve as chairperson of the board. The member who is the practicing attorney shall serve at the pleasure of the other members of the board. All members shall serve without compensation. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business that may come before the board.   A member who represents a court which does not participate in the alternative dispute resolution program and against whose litigants the additional costs authorized by this chapter are not assessed may attend all meetings but will be a nonvoting member of the board. The presence of such a member shall not be counted in determining the constitution of a quorum.   Members of any board of trustees of any county fund and other personnel acting in a policy-making capacity shall be immune from any action arising from any act, statement, decision, or omission relating to the implementation of the purposes of this chapter unless the act, statement, decision, or omission is:   Grossly negligent and made with malice; or   In willful disregard of the safety or property of any party to the alternative dispute process.       (Code 1981, §15-23-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1529, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 874, § 2.)
GA Code § 15-23-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Court-Connected Alternative Dispute Resolution|§ 15-23-4. Secretary-Treasurers of Boards; Creation of Office; Duties

 There is created an office to be known as secretary-treasurer of the board of trustees of the County Fund for the Administration of Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs in each county.The secretary-treasurer shall be selected and appointed by the board and shall serve at the pleasure of the board.The board may appoint one of its own members as secretary-treasurer or, in its discretion, may designate some other person to act as secretary-treasurer of the board.The secretary-treasurer of the board shall perform the duties provided for the treasurer in this chapter.    (Code 1981, §15-23-4, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1529, § 1.)
GA Code § 15-23-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Court-Connected Alternative Dispute Resolution|§ 15-23-5. Secretary-Treasurers of Boards; Surety Bonds

 The secretary-treasurer of the board shall give a good and sufficient surety bond, payable to the fund in such an amount as may be determined by the board, to account faithfully for all funds received and disbursed by him or her. The premium on the bond shall be paid out of the fund in such county. A secretary-treasurer who is designated by a combined board of several counties as provided by Code Section 15-23-12 may satisfy the bonding requirement with one bond. If the secretary-treasurer is already bonded by virtue of being a state employee, such a bond as a state employee will satisfy the bonding requirement.    (Code 1981, §15-23-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1529, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 874, § 3.)
GA Code § 15-23-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Court-Connected Alternative Dispute Resolution|§ 15-23-6. Powers and Duties of Boards

  The board is given the following powers and duties:   To provide for the collection of all money provided for in this chapter;   To manage, control, and direct such fund and the expenditures made therefrom;   To distribute the moneys coming into the fund in such manner and subject to such terms and limitations as the board, in its discretion, shall determine will best meet the purpose of this chapter in promoting the alternative resolution of disputes and the efficient administration of justice;   To contract for the investment, pooling, and expenditure of funds;   To adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to manage such fund and provide for such programs;   To keep records of all its meetings and proceedings; and   To exercise all other powers necessary for the proper administration of the funding mechanism provided for in this chapter.     In addition to the powers and duties listed in subsection (a) of this Code section, the board is authorized in its discretion to create a nonprofit corporation for the purpose of administering an alternative dispute resolution program and soliciting funding for such a program from any lawful source. The trustees or directors of any such nonprofit corporation shall be appointed by the board for terms not to exceed three years.     (Code 1981, §15-23-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1529, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 874, § 4.)
GA Code § 15-23-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Court-Connected Alternative Dispute Resolution|§ 15-23-8. Funds Deposited Into Special Account; Expenditure and Investment; Audits

 (a) The board shall have control of the funds provided for in this chapter. All funds received shall be deposited in a special account to be known as the _____________ County Fund for the Administration of Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs. The board shall have authority to expend the funds in accordance with this chapter and to invest any of the funds so received in any investments which are legal investments for fiduciaries in this state.   Boards shall comply with and be subject to the audit requirements of Code Section 36-81-7.    (Code 1981, §15-23-8, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1529, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 874, § 4.)
GA Code § 15-23-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Court-Connected Alternative Dispute Resolution|§ 15-23-9. Acceptance of Things of Value by Board for Holding or Investment on Behalf of Program

 The board may take, by gift, grant, devise, or bequest, any money, real or personal property, or other thing of value and may hold or invest the same for the uses and purposes of the provision and operation of alternative dispute resolution programs.    (Code 1981, §15-23-9, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1529, § 1.)
GA Code § 15-23-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Court-Connected Alternative Dispute Resolution|§ 15-23-10. Determination of Need as Prerequisite to Establishment of Program

 No alternative dispute resolution program shall be established for any court unless the judge or a majority of the judges of such court determine that there is a need for such program in that court. The funding mechanism set forth in this chapter shall be available to any court, including the juvenile court, which, having determined that a court-annexed or court-referred alternative dispute resolution program would make a positive contribution to the ends of justice in that court, has developed a program meeting the standards of the Supreme Court of Georgia Alternative Dispute Resolution Rules and appendices. Pursuant to the standards set forth in the Supreme Court of Georgia Alternative Dispute Resolution Rules and appendices, the funding mechanism set forth in this chapter shall be available to court programs in which cases are screened by the judge or by the program director under the supervision of the judge on a case-by-case basis to determine whether:    The case is appropriate for the process;   The parties are able to compensate the neutral if compensation is required; and   A need for emergency relief makes referral inappropriate until the request for relief is heard by the court.     (Code 1981, §15-23-10, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1529, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 874, § 5; Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 4-6/HB 242.)    The 2013 amendment,  effective January 1, 2014, in the second sentence of the introductory language, inserted ", including the juvenile court," near the beginning and substituted "Supreme Court of Georgia Alternative Dispute Resolution Rules and appendices" for "Georgia Supreme Court's Uniform Rule for Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs" in the second and third sentences. See editor's note for applicability.   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1997, "case-by-case" was substituted for "case-by-base" at the end of the introductory paragraph.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 5-1/HB 242, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2014, and shall apply to all offenses which occur and juvenile proceedings commenced on and after such date. Any offense occurring before January 1, 2014, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such offense and shall be considered a prior adjudication for the purpose of imposing a disposition that provides for a different penalty for subsequent adjudications, of whatever class, pursuant to this Act. The enactment of this Act shall not affect any prosecutions for acts occurring before January 1, 2014, and shall not act as an abatement of any such prosecutions."
GA Code § 15-23-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Court-Connected Alternative Dispute Resolution|§ 15-23-11. Compensation of Nonvolunteer Neutrals by the Parties

  Under guidelines promulgated by the Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution, a court may set an hourly rate for compensation of nonvolunteer neutrals by the parties.Such costs shall be predicated upon the complexity of the litigation, the skill level needed by the neutral, and the litigants' ability to pay.   Under guidelines promulgated by the Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution, a court may set a user's fee for alternative dispute resolution processes.     (Code 1981, §15-23-11, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1529, § 1.)
GA Code § 15-23-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Court-Connected Alternative Dispute Resolution|§ 15-23-12. Contracting by Boards of Several Counties to Combine Funds; Secretary-Treasurer for Combined Fund; Chairperson

 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the board of trustees of each county fund is authorized by contract to combine such fund with the fund of any other county or counties within the same judicial circuit, within the same administrative district, or in any other combination which would foster an efficient use of available resources. Any such combined fund created by any such contract shall be administered by a board of trustees which shall be composed of the judicial members and the clerks who are members of the boards of trustees of each participating county fund without the participating attorney members thereof but with one practicing attorney appointed by the members of the combined board.In the event two or more county funds are combined, the board of trustees of the combined fund may appoint a secretary-treasurer for the combined fund who shall perform such duties as may be provided by the combined board of trustees and who shall give bond in the same manner as provided by Code Section 15-23-5.The combined board shall be chaired by the chairperson of one of the constituent county boards elected by the combined board as provided by contract. In the event two or more boards combine as provided in this Code section, the judges of the courts within such combined territory are authorized to combine programs for such courts to provide for the most efficient use of available resources in providing alternative dispute resolution programs.    (Code 1981, §15-23-12, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1529, § 1.)   Law reviews.   - For comment, "Victim Offender Mediation: When Divergent Paths and Destroyed Lives Come Together for Healing," see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 577 (2016).