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To authorize the Magistrate Court of Seminole County to establish and charge a law library fee pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter 10 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide that funds shall be used for the maintenance of the Seminole County law library; to provide that funds collected shall be remitted to the county treasury; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

The Magistrate Court of Seminole County shall be authorized to charge a sum not to exceed $5.00, in addition to all other legal costs, in each action or case, either civil or criminal, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all hearings on applications for and the issuance of arrest and search warrants, issuance of warrants, and related proceedings as provided in Article 4 of Chapter 6 of Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to bonds for good behavior and bonds to keep the peace, the holding of courts of inquiry, trials of charges of violations of county ordinances and penal ordinances of state authorities, trials of civil claims including garnishment and attachment, the issuance of summonses, trials of issues, and issuance of writs and judgments in dispossessory proceedings and distress warrant proceedings as provided in Articles 3 and 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the O.C.G.A., punishment of contempt, all other proceedings of a civil or criminal nature, and for such other matters as are committed to their jurisdiction by other general law.

The funds collected by the Magistrate Court of Seminole County shall be paid into the general county treasury of Seminole County and shall be used for the lawful purposes of maintaining the Seminole County law library, including the purchase of books, reports, texts, periodicals, supplies, desks, and equipment for the maintenance, upkeep, and operation of the law library, including the services of a librarian. No law library fund shall be established by this Act.