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Arkansas Code Title 16. Practice, Procedure, and Courts § 16-93-1605. License required

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) In order to operate a transitional housing facility for criminal offenders who have been transferred, paroled, or placed on probation through the Arkansas criminal justice system, the operator shall obtain a license by facility type from the Division of Community Correction.

(b)(1) Operation of a transitional housing facility without a license issued by the division shall result in the imposition of civil penalties against the operator by the division.

(2) Civil penalties for operation of a transitional housing facility without a valid license shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per day for each day the violation continues.

(3) However, no civil penalty may be assessed until the person charged with the violation has been given the opportunity for a hearing on the violation.

(c) A criminal offender who has been transferred, paroled, or placed on probation through the Arkansas criminal justice system shall not be sent via court order to a transitional housing facility that is not properly licensed by the division.

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