Arkansas Code Title 12. Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs § 12-12-1012. Fees--Dissemination for noncriminal justice purposes

(a)(1)(A) A fee may be charged for providing criminal history information for noncriminal justice purposes.

(B) However, the fee for providing criminal history information may be waived at the request of a:

(2)(A) The amount of the fee for electronic Internet submission will be determined jointly by the bureau and the central repository and shall not exceed twenty dollars ($20.00), exclusive of any third-party electronic processing fee charges.

(B) Effective July 1, 2005, the amount of the fee for providing information by means other than the Internet shall be determined jointly by the bureau and the central repository and shall not exceed thirty dollars ($30.00).

(A) Fifty percent (50%) to the Crime Information System Fund, there to be used for the continued operation and expansion of the automated criminal history system; and

(B) Fifty percent (50%) to the State Police Equipment Fund, there to be used for the continued operation and expansion of the automated fingerprint identification system.

(A) Ten dollars ($10.00) of each fee collected shall be credited to the Crime Information System Fund; and

(B) The portion of a collected fee that exceeds ten dollars ($10.00) shall be credited to the State Police Equipment Fund.

(4)(A) Special revenues deposited into the Crime Information System Fund and the State Police Equipment Fund may be used for personal services and operating expenses as provided by law and for conducting criminal background checks for noncriminal justice purposes.

(B) The special revenues unused at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward.