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Arkansas Code Title 19. Public Finance § 19-5-1252. Safe Harbor Fund for Sexually Exploited Children

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

(a) There is created on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a fund to be known as the “Safe Harbor Fund for Sexually Exploited Children”.

(b) The fund shall consist of fines collected under § 5-18-103(d), § 5-18-104(c), § 5-18-106(c), § 5-18-107(f), § 5-70-102(e), § 5-70-103(d), § 5-70-104(c), § 5-70-105(c), § 5-70-106(c), and § 5-70-107(e) and any other revenues authorized by law.

(c)(1) The fund shall be administered by the Department of Human Services.

(2) The department shall use the fund to provide:

(A) Services and treatment, such as securing residential housing, health services, and social services for sexually exploited children;

(B) Grants to service providers working with sexually exploited children; and

(C) For the management and operation of the fund.

(d) As used in this section, “sexually exploited child” means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age who has been subject to sexual exploitation because the person:

(1) Is a victim of trafficking of persons under § 5-18-103;

(2) Is a victim of child sex trafficking under 18 U.S.C. § 1591, as it existed on January 1, 2013; or

(3) Engages in an act of prostitution under § 5-70-102 or sexual solicitation under § 5-70-103 or § 5-70-107.

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