§ 16-13-326 - Fee -- Disposition of funds. - Arkansas Statutes

16-13-326. Fee -- Disposition of funds.

(a) (1) The judge of the juvenile division of circuit court may charge a juvenile a fee, not to exceed twenty dollars ($20.00) per month, for services provided to juveniles by the court.

(2) The court shall have the authority to direct that the fee shall be collected by either the juvenile officer, the sheriff, or the clerk of the juvenile division of circuit court for the county in which the fee is charged.

(b) (1) The officer designated by the court to collect juvenile fees shall deposit the fees weekly in the county treasury of the county where the fees are collected in which probation services are provided.

(2) (A) However, in judicial districts having more than one (1) county, the judge may designate the treasurer of one (1) of the counties in the district as the depository of all juvenile and diversion fees collected in the district.

(B) The treasurer so designated by the court shall maintain a separate account of the juvenile and diversion fees collected in each county in the district.

(C) Money remaining at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund but shall carry over to the next fiscal year.

(c) The funds derived from the collection of juvenile fees shall be used by agreement of the judge or judges of the circuit court designated to hear juvenile cases in the district plan under Supreme Court Administrative Order Number 14, originally issued April 6, 2001, and the quorum court of the county to provide services and supplies to juveniles at the discretion of the juvenile division of circuit court.