History. Code 1981, § 42-9-90 , enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 477, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 5-91/HB 310; Ga. L. 2016, p. 608, § 5/SB 270.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted “The department and the State Board of Pardons and Paroles shall be” for “The Department of Corrections and the State Board of Pardons and Paroles are” at the beginning of subsection (b). See Editor’s notes for applicability.
The 2016 amendment, effective May 3, 2016, substituted “pay a $100.00” for “pay a $25.00” near the middle of subsection (b).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 6-1/HB 310, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall become effective July 1, 2015, and shall apply to sentences entered on or after such date.”
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For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 231 (2015).