Fulton clerk reports $150,010 in first-quarter passport fees and declines further disclosure

The Fulton County clerk of superior court reported $150,010 in passport application fees for the first quarter of 2025 but declined to provide additional details beyond what Georgia law requires, telling commissioners she will ‘‘strictly comply with the law’s quarterly reporting requirements’’ and will not answer further questions about disposition of that income.

Vice Chair Bob Ellis placed the item on the board agenda after public commenters and commissioners raised questions about how passport-processing revenue is handled. Under the recent state law (Senate Bill 19), clerks of superior court must disclose quarterly the total amount of passport application or processing fees received; the statute does not require further accounting of how…