Ark. Code § 19-5-1261

Current with legislation from 2024 Fiscal and Special Sessions.
Section 19-5-1261 - Human Trafficking Victim Support Fund - Definition
(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 "Human Trafficking Victim Support Fund".
(b) The fund shall consist of fees collected under § 5-5-501(d), 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 Attorney General.
(2) The Attorney General shall use the fund to provide:
(A) Grants to nonprofit, religious, and other third-party organizations that provide services and treatment, such as securing residential housing, health services, and social services for victims of human trafficking;
(B) Training and education related to human trafficking to law enforcement; and
(C) For the management and operation of the fund.
(d) As used in this section, "victim of human trafficking" means a person 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, 2017; or
(3) Engages in an act of prostitution under § 5-70-102 or sexual solicitation under § 5-70-103 or § 5-70-107.

Ark. Code § 19-5-1261

Amended by Act 2023, No. 722,§ 5, eff. 8/1/2023.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 722,§ 4, eff. 8/1/2023.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 327,§ 14, eff. 8/1/2023.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 327,§ 13, eff. 8/1/2023.
Added by Act 2017, No. 765,§ 4, eff. 8/1/2017.