History. Ga. L. 1958, p. 185, § 16; Ga. L. 1959, p. 354, § 6; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1321, § 2; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1494, § 2; Ga. L. 2012, p. 677, § 1/HB 351.
The 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, in subsection (a), substituted the present provisions of subsection (a) for the former provisions, which read: “In every criminal and quasi-criminal case for violating state statutes or traffic laws, which case is before a judge of the probate court and in which case a fine is collected or a bond is forfeited, a sum based upon the scale set out below for each case shall be collected by the judge or other collecting authority. Such bond or fine shall be construed to include costs. Such sums shall be paid upon the following scale:
“For any fine or bond forfeiture of more than $4.00, but not more than $25.00 . . . . $ 1.00
“For any fine or bond forfeiture of more than $25.00, but not more than $50.00 . . . . $ 1.50
“For any fine or bond forfeiture of more than $50.00, but not more than $100.00 . . . . $ 2.00
“For any fine or bond forfeiture of more than $100.00 . . . . $ 2.50”; in paragraph (c)(1), inserted “clerk of court” in the second sentence; and, in paragraph (c)(3), deleted the former last sentence, which read: “All funds due on or before July 10, 1980, shall be delinquent 60 days after such date.