Courts; collection of a fee to defray costs for using electronic citations; provide
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 and Article 1 of Chapter 13 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts and the uniform traffic citation and complaint form, respectively, so as to provide for the collection of a fee to defray the costs associated with using electronic citations; to provide for the Electronic Citation Fund; to provide for procedure; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2014
Committee Review
Mar 2014
House Passage
Mar 2014
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2014
Last action Mar 10, 2014
Floor votes · House Mar 3, 2014
How they voted
85–37
Passed · 12 other
Total votes 134
Mar 3, 2014
D
Democratic45
80% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Nay
R
Republican88
55% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Mar 7, 2014
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
upper
Mar 4, 2014
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 3, 2014
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Feb 25, 2014
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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