...circumstance, the administrative fee theoretically has the potential to reap $125,000 in new revenue for the county general fund in the next fiscal year. Under the current system, motorists pay registration fees at the treasurer's office...

...through the probation department, the court clerk's office, then the finance department, which adds it into the county general fund. Mr. Davis' father, Paul M. Davis Sr., who paid the fine, is the owner of Davis Appliance in Augusta. According...

...launch a cable system. While the Newnan municipal system does have separate crews and pays 5 percent to the city and county general fund in place of a franchise fee, it is ahead of revenue projections without using any tax funds. The city floated...

...proprietary department -- one that is supported by the fees it collects, instead of a supplemented budget out of the county general fund. "We didn't ride every day," Mr. Clayton said, adding that employees have only been sporadically checking...

...of the bond. But the money doesn't necessarily go back to the jails or sheriffs - it's transferred to the counties' general funds. In 2005, the Richmond County Sheriff's Office collected more than $50,000, said Capt. Gene Johnson...

...imprisonment, however, after Mr. Davis' father paid $70,000 in additional fines that went into the Columbia County general fund. The Augusta Chronicle first reported Oct. 31 about Mr. Davis' release. When Mr. Davis was indicted on the...

...Detention Center did not know how much money the jail collected but said "any money the jail generates goes into the county general fund." Officials at the Charleston County and Greenville County detention centers did not immediately know where their...