§ 19-5-983 — Land Reclamation Fund

(a) There is established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a fund to be known as the "Land Reclamation Fund". (b) (1) The fund shall consist of open-cut mining civil penalties and bond forfeiture amounts, quarry operation reclamation, operation, and safe closure fees, fines, and bond forfeitures, gifts, grants, donations, and such other funds as may be made available by the General Assembly, including all interest earned on moneys in the fund. (2) The fund shall be used for the reclamation of affected lands as administered by the Division of Environmental Quality as set out in The Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act, § 15-57-301 et seq., and for contract awards for affected lands as required by the Arkansas Quarry Operation, Reclamation, and Safe Closure Act, § 15-57-401 et seq.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 3191, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1993, No. 1073, § 11; 1999, No. 1164, § 164; 1999, No. 1463, § 15.