§ 19-5-906 — Ad Valorem Tax Fund

(a) (1) There is established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a trust fund to be known as the "Ad Valorem Tax Fund". (2) The Ad Valorem Tax Fund shall consist of those trust revenues derived from the ad valorem taxes as authorized by §§ 26-26-1614 - 26-26-1616 and § 26-26-1701 et seq. (3) The Ad Valorem Tax Fund shall be used to reimburse the State Central Services Fund on account of expenditures made for local audits by Arkansas Legislative Audit and to the appropriate fund or fund account from which the Tax Division of the Arkansas Public Service Commission and the Assessment Coordination Department derive their support, there to be used to reimburse such fund or fund account for expenditures made by Arkansas Legislative Audit, the Tax Division of the Arkansas Public Service Commission, and the Assessment Coordination Department each fiscal year. (b) All ad valorem tax moneys transferred to the appropriate fund or fund account from which the department derives its support, as required by subsection (a) of this section, remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund or fund account and shall be carried forward and made available to the department in the following fiscal year. (c) In the event there are insufficient moneys available in the Ad Valorem Tax Fund to fully reimburse the appropriate funds or fund accounts, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall transfer to each fund an amount based upon the following: (1) Eighty percent (80%) to the State Central Services Fund for local audits by Arkansas Legislative Audit; (2) Five percent (5%) to the appropriate fund or fund account from which the Tax Division of the Arkansas Public Service Commission derives its support; and (3) Fifteen percent (15%) to the appropriate fund or fund account from which the Assessment Coordination Department derives its support. (d) (1) Any moneys that may be available after reimbursing the various funds or fund accounts as provided in this section shall be transferred annually to the County Aid Fund by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State. (2) Thereafter the Treasurer of State shall transmit the moneys to the respective county treasurers, as provided by §§ 26-26-1616 , 26-26-1701 , and 26-26-1707 .

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2013, No. 1165,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2013. Acts 1973, No. 750, § 8; 1975 (Extended Sess., 1976), No. 1020, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 13-531; reen. Acts 1987, No. 861, § 1; 2005, No. 2090, § 8; 2007, No. 1032, § 13; 2007, No. 1201, § 13.