Section 15-21-208 - Financial penalty; collection(a) In every case in which any court in this state shall impose a fine, which shall be construed to include costs, for trafficking a person for sexual servitude in violation of Code Section 16-5-46 or any violation of Code Section 16-6-10, 16-6-11, 16-6-12, 16-6-15, 16-6-16, or 16-12-100, there shall be imposed an additional penalty of $2,500.00 if the defendant was 18 years of age or older at the time of the offense.(b) 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.(c) The sums provided for in 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 Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund Commission, to be deposited into the Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund.(d) Any person whose duty it is to collect or remit the sums provided for in this Code section who intentionally refuses to collect or remit such sums shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.Amended by 2019 Ga. Laws 30,§ 2-2, eff. 7/1/2019.Added by 2015 Ga. Laws 95,§ 3-1, eff. 1/1/2017.