HB 1782 Summary

• Adds Arkansas Code § 16-10-141 to authorize district court judges presiding over Supreme Court-approved specialty court programs to order offenders to pay court costs, treatment costs, drug testing, supervision fees, GPS monitoring, and continuous alcohol monitoring fees.

• Requires district court judges to establish payment schedules and allows treatment providers to set their own costs while judges set local specialty court program user fees.

• Creates the District Court Specialty Court Program Fund to receive court costs and user fees, with remittance to county or city treasurers by the tenth day of each month depending on the court's funding source.

• Designates Fund expenditures exclusively for specialty court program support, administration, training, travel, program incentives, graduation costs, and supplies, requiring approval from the presiding district court judge.

• Allows courts to waive fees or costs in whole or in part if the offender is determined to be indigent.