HB 1235 Summary

• Amends Arkansas Code § 5-4-907 to add fees determined under § 12-27-125(b)(17)(B) or § 16-93-104(a)(1) as a cost that pre-adjudication probation judges may order offenders to pay to the Department of Community Correction, with mandatory payment authority added in new subsection (b).

• Amends Arkansas Code § 16-98-304 to add the same Department of Community Correction fees to drug court cost and fee provisions, establishing mandatory payment authority and renumbering existing fee categories.

• Amends Arkansas Code § 16-100-209 to add Department of Community Correction fees to mental health specialty court cost and fee provisions, with similar mandatory payment requirements and fee category renumbering.

• Creates new waiver provisions in § 16-100-209 allowing mental health specialty courts to fully or partially waive all costs and fees upon a showing of indigency.

• Reorganizes and renumbers subsections across all three sections to accommodate new Department of Community Correction fee language while maintaining existing payment schedules, provider payment arrangements, and court monitoring obligations.