§ 19-6-839 — Arkansas Wine Grants 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 special revenue fund to be known as the "Arkansas Wine Grants Fund". (2) The Arkansas Wine Grants Fund shall consist of fees collected from grocery store wine permits under § 3-5-1802 and shall be administered by the Department of Finance and Administration. (b) Fifty percent (50%) of fees that are deposited into the Arkansas Wine Grants Fund under § 3-5-1802 shall be transferred to the Arkansas Agricultural Marketing Grants Fund to be used to make payments of grants under the grant program in § 3-5-901 et seq. (c) Fifty percent (50%) of fees that are deposited into the Arkansas Wine Grants Fund under § 3-5-1802 shall be transferred to the Tourism Development Trust Fund for the purpose of land acquisition, construction, lease, equipment acquisition, improvements, renovation, major maintenance, personal services, maintenance, operating and staffing a wine tourism facility and office space for the Arkansas Wine Producers Council within the tourism facility in Franklin County, Arkansas. (d) Any unused or undesignated fees at the end of the fiscal year shall be transferred to the Tourism Development Trust Fund.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2019, No. 1050,§ 5, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 721,§ 28, eff. 7/1/2019. Added by Act 2017, No. 508,§ 10, eff. 10/1/2017.