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20-78-219. Fines and penalties — Disposition of funds.
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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.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-78-219
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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.
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20-78-606. Criminal history records checks required — Definitions.
(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Registry records check” means the review of one (1) or more database systems maintained by a state agency that contain information relative to a person's suitability for licensure or certification as a service provider or employment with a service provider to provide care as that term is defined in § 20-38-101; and
(2) “Service provider” means any of the following:
(A) A childcare facility as defined by § 20-78-202; and
(B) A church-exempt childcare facility as recognized under § 20-78-209.
(b) Beginning September 1, 2009, a service provider is subject to the requirements of this section and § 20-38-101 et seq. concerning criminal history records checks.
(c)(1) A person offered employment with a service provider on or after September 1, 2009, is subject to the requirements of this section and § 20-38-101 et seq., concerning criminal history records checks.
(2)(A) A person who was offered employment by a service provider before September 1, 2009, was subject to a criminal history records check under §§ 20-78-601 — 20-78-605 [repealed], and has continued to be employed by the service provider who initiated the criminal history records check may continue employment with the service provider based on the results of the criminal history records check process conducted under §§ 20-78-601 — 20-78-605 [repealed].
(B) When the person next undergoes a periodic criminal history records check, the person's continued employment with the service provider is contingent on the results of a criminal history records check under § 20-38-101 et seq.
(d)(1) The person who signs an application for licensure or certification as a service provider on or after September 1, 20
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-78-606
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 20-78-606. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.