---
type: "Bill"
title: "Magistrate Court of Troup County; technology fee for conviction of traffic or ordinance violation; charge"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the Magistrate Court of Troup County to charge a technology fee for each conviction of a traffic or ordinance violation; to specify the uses to which said technology fee may be put; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 247"
citation: "Georgia SB 247 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Brass", "Randy Robertson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-19"
last_action: "2019-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/219db081-6103-4fa9-be15-dc76386432bf"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "bd05bf07e25185a63fa44e365275e8c778ce41d385974e3545de6e383a106385"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---

# Georgia SB 247 (2019_20) — Magistrate Court of Troup County; technology fee for conviction of traffic or ordinance violation; charge

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the Magistrate Court of Troup County to charge a technology fee for each conviction of a traffic or ordinance violation; to specify the uses to which said technology fee may be put; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced LC 47 0152** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185055.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186013.pdf)
3. **SB 247 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185056.pdf)
4. **SB 247/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187581.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-19** Senate Hopper
- **2019-03-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Act 202 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/219db081-6103-4fa9-be15-dc76386432bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).