Young v. Lockhart

Weltner, Justice.

The City of Atlanta appeals from judgment determining that the clerks of the Traffic Court of the City of Atlanta are entitled to retain (as fees received in lieu of an increase in salary) twenty-five cents for each report filed by them in accordance with OCGA § 40-5-53 (b). The trial court noted that the city had no right to divert these fees into the city treasury.

OCGA § 40-5-53 (b) provides that “Every court having jurisdic*56tion over . . . [certain traffic offenses] shall forward to the department [of public safety], within ten days after the conviction of any person in…