§ 20-78-219 — Fines and penalties - Disposition of funds

(a) If any licensee fails to pay any monetary fine imposed as a civil penalty within sixty (60) days of the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education's decision imposing the penalty, the amount of the fine shall be considered to be a debt owed the State of Arkansas and may be collected by civil action. (b) (1) All fines and penalties collected under the provisions of this subchapter shall be special revenues to be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of a special fund to be known as the "Child Care Fund", to be used by the division to meet the costs of conducting the statewide criminal records checks required under § 20-78-606 or to provide grants to childcare facilities for enhancement of the childcare facility or for training of personnel in childcare facilities under the direction of the division. (2) Subject to those rules as may be implemented by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the disbursing officer for the Department of Human Services is authorized to transfer all unexpended funds relative to the fines and penalties collected from childcare facilities as certified by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, to be carried forward and made available for expenditures for the same purpose for any following fiscal year.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2293, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 1987, No. 856, § 1; 1997, No. 1132, § 18; 2009, No. 762, § 9.