On or before December 1 of each year, it shall be the duty of the district attorney and the county attorney to make a written report to the governor of the state, stating the number of reports, provided for in section 14-7-101, received from the courts of the county or state and the nature and result of any action directed in this article by such officers respectively to recover from such parents the expenses of the care and maintenance of such children. If no action has been taken, such report shall detail the reason for the failure of the officer to take action. It is the duty of the county commissioners to pay any court costs or other expenses necessary for the prosecution of any suit provided for in this article. Nothing in this article shall be construed to repeal any law of this state concerning the responsibility of parents to support their children, or providing for the punishment of parents or other persons responsible for the delinquency or dependency of children, or providing for the punishment of any parents for the nonsupport of their children; and nothing in such law shall prevent proceedings under this article in any proper case.