Texas Comptroller Manual of Accounts - Fiscal 2014
Revenue Object 3611 – Private Institutions License Fees – Child-Care Facility or Child-Placing Agency

Fees charged for licenses to operate as:

(1)	Child-care facility (initial)	$  35
(2)	Child-placing agency (initial)	$35
(3)	Child-care facility (provisional)	$35
(4)	Child-placing agency (provisional)	$35
(5)	Child-care facility (annual)	$35 + $1 per child
(6)	Child-placing agency (annual)	$100
(7)	Family home - registered (annual)	$35
(8)	Family home - listed (annual)	$20

Renewal fees are as follows:

	90 days or less	1 1/2 times annual fee
	91 days - 364 days	2 times the annual fee
	365 days or longer	may not renew,  must obtain original license

Department may charge a facility or family home for costs related to a corrective action plan.

(42.078) Department may impose an administrative penalty against a facility or family home and each day is a separate violation. Nonmonetary administrative sanctions shall be imposed when appropriate before administrative penalties except for violations related to criminal history checks as provided by 42.078 (a-2).

Amount of administrative penalty is based on the number of children in the facility and if the rule violation occurred in a residential child care facility. Administrative penalties may be in an amount NTE:
 

Number of children	Residential facility	Non-residential facility
20 or less	$100	$50
21 - 40	$150	$60
41 - 60	$200	$70
61 - 80	$250	$80
81 - 100	$375	$100
More than 100	$500	$150

Administrative penalties collected under Revenue Object 3770.

Before operating facility or agency, annual renewal on anniversary date.

Amended by the 70th Legislature, R.S., S.B. 298.
Items (1) and (2) are not refundable.
Items (7) and (8) amended by H.B. 155, 75th Leg., R.S.
Amended by H.B. 2482, S.B. 1539 and S.B. 359, 75th Leg., R.S.
Transferred to Agency 530 by H.B. 2292, 78th Leg., R.S.
Administrative penalties increased and split into residential and non-residential by S.B. 6, 79th Leg., R.S.
(42.078) Amended by S.B. 427, 83rd Leg., R.S. to specify that administrative penalties may be imposed before administration sanctions for certain criminal history check violations.