{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-21-151","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-21-151","heading":"Additional fine for reckless driving; disposition.","body":"(a) In every case in which any court in this state shall impose a fine, which shall be construed to include costs, for any violation of Code Section 40-6-390, relating to reckless driving, or for violations of ordinances of political subdivisions which have adopted by reference Code Section 40-6-390, there shall be imposed as an additional penalty a sum equal to 10 percent of the original fine. Such sums shall be in addition to any amount required to be paid into any pension, annuity, or retirement fund under Title 47 or any other law and in addition to any other amounts provided for in this chapter.\n(b) The sums provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be assessed and collected by the clerk or court officer charged with the duty of collecting moneys arising from fines and shall be paid over by the last day of the following month to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority for remittance to the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission created in Code Section 15-21-142, to be deposited into the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund.","path":["TITLE 15 Courts","CHAPTER 21 Payment and Disposition of Fines and Forfeitures","Article 9 Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.15.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"96bb5827750774c30f63908361815afc906a936299116f2d973aeaebd6c8f501","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-21-150","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-21-152"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}