§ 2-16-105 — Fire Ant Poison Cost Sharing Program

(a) (1) There is hereby established a program to be known as the "Fire Ant Poison Cost Sharing Program". (2) This program shall be administered by the State Plant Board; which shall have the authority to establish the necessary rules and procedures for the administration of the program. (b) (1) The board shall purchase the necessary chemicals for the eradication of fire ants and distribute such chemicals to the various counties of the state based upon the requests received from eligible purchasers in the county. (2) The chemicals made available by the board shall become the responsibility of the county judge who shall oversee the safe storage and distribution of such chemicals under the direction of the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service. (c) (1) It shall be the duty of the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service to collect moneys received from the distribution and sale of such fire ant poison chemicals as determined by the board, and remit such moneys to the board on a monthly basis. (2) The moneys generated from the sale of fire ant poison chemicals and received by the board from the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Plant Board Fund as a nonrevenue receipt refund to expenditure, there to be used by the board to purchase additional fire ant poison chemicals for distribution to the various counties of the state for fire ant control.

Legislative History

Acts 1993, No. 1262, § 2.