Kansas Statutes § 75-7710 License fees; day care facilities and child care resource and referral agencies licensing fee fund.

75-7710. License fees; day care facilities and child care resource and referral agencies licensing fee fund. (a) The annual fee for a license to conduct a day care facility or child care resource and referral agency shall be fixed by the director of the Kansas office of early childhood by rules and regulations in an amount not to exceed the following: (1) For a child care resource and referral agency, $150; and (2) for any day care facility subject to this act, there shall be no annual fee for a license to conduct a day care facility. (b) The license fee shall be paid to the director of the Kansas office of early childhood when the license is applied for and annually thereafter. The fee shall not be refundable. Fees in effect under subsection (a) immediately prior to July 1, 2026, shall continue in effect on and after July 1, 2026, until a different fee is established by the director of the Kansas office of early childhood by rules and regulations. (c) Any licensee who fails to renew such license within 30 days after the expiration of the license shall pay to the director the renewal fee plus a late fee in an amount of $75 or an amount equal to the fee for the renewal of a license, whichever is greater. (d) Any licensee applying for an amended license shall pay to the director of the Kansas office of early childhood a fee established by rules and regulations of the director in an amount of not to exceed $35. (e) There is hereby created the day care facilities and child care resource and referral agencies licensing fee fund. The director of the Kansas office of early childhood shall remit all moneys received by the director from fees under this section to the state treasurer in accordance with K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the day care facilities and child care resource and referral agencies licensing fee fund. All expenditures from the day care facilities and child care resource and referral agencies licensing fee fund shall be made only for the purposes of this act in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the director of the Kansas office of early childhood or by the director's designee. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no moneys shall be transferred or otherwise revert from this fund to the state general fund by appropriation act or other act of the legislature. Moneys available under this section by the creation of the day care facilities or child care resource and referral agencies licensing fee fund shall not be substituted for or used to reduce or eliminate moneys available to the Kansas office of early childhood to administer this act. Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize a reduction or elimination of moneys made available by the state to local units of government for the purposes of this act. (f) This section shall take effect on and after July 1, 2026. History: L. 2025, ch. 118, § 18; July 1.