COURTS Probate Courts: Amend Provisions to Provide That Certain Cash Bonds Shall Be Transferred into Interest-bearing Trust Accounts; Provide That Interest From Such Funds Shall Be Remitted to the Georgia Indigent Defense Council for Distribution to the Counties; Provide for the Remittance of Certain Information

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Peach Sheet

Abstract

The Act provides that when a sheriff transfers cash bonds to a probate court clerk pursuant to Code section 15-16-27, the clerk must deposit the funds into interest-bearing trust accounts. The Act also requires that the interest from those funds be remitted to the Georgia Indigent Defense Council in accordance with subsections (c) through (g) of Code Section 15-6-76.1. The Act provides that the Georgia Indigent Defense Council must allocate all interest received from such funds in accordance with Code Section 15-6-76.1(e).

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Jackie Volk, COURTS Probate Courts: Amend Provisions to Provide That Certain Cash Bonds Shall Be Transferred into Interest-bearing Trust Accounts; Provide That Interest From Such Funds Shall Be Remitted to the Georgia Indigent Defense Council for Distribution to the Counties; Provide for the Remittance of Certain Information, 17 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (2000).
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