Arkansas Code Annotated

Ark. Code Ann. § 9-30-109 (2026)

Children's Trust Fund

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There is created on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a special trust fund to be known as the “Children's Trust Fund”.
All county clerks in this state shall charge a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) in addition to all other fees prescribed by law for each marriage license issued, and the clerks shall transmit the ten-dollar fee to the Treasurer of State who shall deposit it into the trust fund as special revenues.
1. Until the balance of the trust fund reaches ten million dollars ($10,000,000), not more than eighty percent (80%) of the money credited to the trust fund during any fiscal year shall be disbursed during that fiscal year.
2. When the balance in the trust fund reaches ten million dollars ($10,000,000), disbursements from the trust fund shall be limited to the amount in excess of ten million dollars ($10,000,000).
The Treasurer of State shall credit to the trust fund all moneys earned on the trust fund balance.
No more than twenty percent (20%) of the revenues derived from the marriage license fees during any fiscal year shall be used to cover the administrative costs of the trust fund.
The twenty-percent limitation does not apply to capital expenditures.

History. Acts 1987, No. 397, § 6; 1991, No. 694, § 1; 1993, No. 174, § 1; 2003, No. 1224, § 2; 2017, No. 897, § 11.

Amendments. The 2017 amendment deleted “and the operation of the State Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board” at the end of (e).

Cross References. Children's Trust Fund, § 19-5-949.

County offices defined, § 14-14-603.

Distribution of powers, § 14-14-502.

Research References

U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev.

Survey of Legislation, 2003 Arkansas General Assembly, Family Law, Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention, 26 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 418.

Chapter 31 Youth Services

Subchapter 1 — General Provisions

[Reserved.]

Subchapter 2 — ADEPT Program

A.C.R.C. Notes. The term “ADEPT” refers to the Assessment, Diagnosis, Evaluation, Placement, and Treatment Program of the Department of Human Services.

As enacted, Acts 1994 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 23, § 2 began: “The department shall award a contract for the establishment of an ADEPT program.”

Effective Dates. Acts 1994 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 23, § 6: Aug. 23, 1994. Emergency clause provided: “It is hereby found and determined by the Seventy-Ninth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas meeting in the Second Extraordinary Session of 1994 that there is a serious shortage of treatment programs for non-adjudicated and adjudicated juveniles and their families; that additional treatment programs are needed immediately in order to curb the unprecedented growth of juvenile crime. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.”

Acts 2019, No. 910, § 6346(b): July 1, 2019. Emergency clause provided: “It is found and determined by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that this act revises the duties of certain state entities; that this act establishes new departments of the state; that these revisions impact the expenses and operations of state government; and that the sections of this act other than the two uncodified sections of this act preceding the emergency clause titled ‘Funding and classification of cabinet-level department secretaries’ and ‘Transformation and Efficiencies Act transition team’ should become effective at the beginning of the fiscal year to allow for implementation of the new provisions at the beginning of the fiscal year. Therefore, an emergency is declared to exist, and Sections 1 through 6343 of this act being necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, and safety shall become effective on July 1, 2019.”