Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB1542: Worth County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee
Status: Signed into law, May 11, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Magistrate Court of Worth County; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for the termination of such technology fee and dedication of residual funds; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To authorize the assessment, collection, and distribution of a technology fee by the Magistrate Court of Worth County; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for the maintenance of such technology fee funds; to provide for the termination of such technology fee and dedication of residual funds to technology uses; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. AFFIDAVIT GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY I, Bill Yearta, Representative from District 152, state on oath as follows: (1) I am the author of.
From the introduced text:
a bill to authorize the assessment, collection, and distribution of a technology fee by the Magistrate Court of Worth County; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for the maintenance of such technology fee funds; to provide for the termination of such technology fee and dedication of residual funds to technology uses; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. AFFIDAVIT GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY I, Bill Yearta, Representative from District 152, state on oath as follows: (1) I am the author of the local bill to which this affidavit is attached. (2) In accordance with O.C.G.A. § 28-1-14, the notice requirements for the local bill to which this affidavit is attached have been satisfied, including but not limited to the following: (A) The Notice of Intention to Introduce Local Legislation which is attached to such local bill was published in the Sylvester Local News, which is the official organ of Worth County, on the 11th of February, 2026; and (B) If the local bill amends the charter of a municipality or the enabling Act of the governing authority of a county or consolidated government, then a copy of the Notice of Intention to Introduce Local Legislation was mailed, transmitted by facsimile, or otherwise provided to …