§ 15-5-908 — Withholding general revenue turnback

(a) Should any city, town, county, or political subdivision receiving general revenue turnback funds, as defined in the Revenue Stabilization Law, § 19-5-101 et seq., fail, neglect, or refuse to pay any installment of principal, interest, or financing fee for a period of more than ninety (90) calendar days past the due date in accordance with the written instrument for the repayment of its bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness purchased with moneys in the Construction Assistance Revolving Loan Fund Account, the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, after notification to the city, town, county, or political subdivision, may certify to the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State the name of the city, town, county, or political subdivision, the amount of deficiencies ninety (90) days or more past due. (b) Upon certification, the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State are directed to withhold from the city's, town's, county's, or other political subdivision's share of general revenue turnback, as the share is defined in the Revenue Stabilization Law, § 19-5-101 et seq., the amount certified as due and to transfer the amount to the Construction Assistance Revolving Loan Fund Account and the Construction Assistance Administrative Account as follows: (1) Amounts withheld as fees shall be transferred to the Construction Assistance Administrative Account; and (2) Amounts withheld as principal and interest shall be transferred to the Construction Assistance Revolving Loan Fund Account.

Legislative History

Acts 2003, No. 548, § 3; 2009, No. 458, § 8.