In traffic cases where a fine is imposed that includes costs, courts may charge an additional $5 fee, known as the electronic citation fee, if the "governing authority of the court" has adopted a resolution imposing the fee. The fee must be placed in the Electronic Citation Fund. Each year, the court clerk must provide an annual report and accounting of the fund to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks Cooperative Authority and to each governing authority that approved the resolution imposing the electronic citation fee. The resolution sunsets at the end of each fiscal year and governing authority must adopt a resolution on an annual basis to impose the fee. The Sunset was changed from 5 years from 2019 to 2023.

This legislation allows a commissioner who is appointed as a temporary replacement for another elected official who is suspended by the Governor to appoint someone to represent his or her district.

This legislation allows for the creation of veterans court divisions dedicated to address the specialized treatment needs of veterans and to facilitate a veteran's re-entry into society.  The passage of this legislation will enable local jurisdictions to access federal grant funds for the operation of the veterans courts.

This legislation creates a court technology fee to be assessed on criminal fines, ordinance violations and civil filings with the passage of a local resolution. The chief judge will control the fund and appoint members of the technology fund board. This legislation also repeals any local technology fee in place on July 1, 2014.