Georgia legislature passed HB 1055 requiring annual licensing fees for providers beginning in July 2010 based upon licensed capacity size.
( SECTION 1-46.)
On and after the effective date of this paragraph, the following annual fees shall
apply to applications for licensure, registration, or commission as a day-care center, child care learning center, group day-care home, or family day-care home:
Fees based upon license capacity
Capacity of fewer than 25 children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 50.00
Capacity of 26 to 50 children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100.00
Capacity of 51 to 100 children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150.00
Capacity of 101 to 200 children.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 200.00
Capacity of more than 200 children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250.00
The department shall refuse to issue a license, registration, or commission upon a
showing of:
(1) Noncompliance with the rules and regulations for day-care centers, family day-care homes, group day-care homes, or child care learning centers which are designated in writing to the facilities as being related to children's health and safety;
(2) Flagrant and continued operation of an unlicensed, unregistered, or un- commissioned facility in contravention of the law; or
(3) Prior license, registration, or commission denial or revocation within one year of application; or
(4) Failure to pay the annual fee for licensure, registration, or commission of early care and education programs."
If abuses, derelictions, or deficiencies are found in the operation and management of any early care and education program, including failure to pay the annual fee for licensure, registration, or commission, they shall be brought immediately to the attention of the management of such program; and if correctable, but not corrected within a reasonable time, the department shall revoke the license, registration, or commission of such program in the manner prescribed in this Code section.