Arkansas § 27-101-111 Distribution of funds

Arkansas Statutes

§ 27-101-111 — Distribution of funds

Arkansas § 27-101-111

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Ark. Code Ann. § 27-101-111 (2026).

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(a)On or before the fifth of the month next following the month during which the funds shall have been received by him or her, the Treasurer of State shall distribute the funds in the manner provided in this section:

(1)Three percent (3%) of the amount to the Constitutional Officers Fund and the State Central Services Fund to be used for defraying the necessary expenses of the state government; and (2) Ninety-seven percent (97%) of the amount as follows:

(A)Eight percent (8%) to the Constitutional Officers Fund and the State Central Services Fund;

(B)Thirty-four percent (34%) to the Game Protection Fund for use by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission as provided by law;

(C)Thirty-four percent (34%) to the County Aid Fund, which, on or before the tenth of the month following the

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(a) On or before the fifth of the month next following the month during which the funds shall have been received by him or her, the Treasurer of State shall distribute the funds in the manner provided in this section: (1) Three percent (3%) of the amount to the Constitutional Officers Fund and the State Central Services Fund to be used for defraying the necessary expenses of the state government; and (2) Ninety-seven percent (97%) of the amount as follows: (A) Eight percent (8%) to the Constitutional Officers Fund and the State Central Services Fund; (B) Thirty-four percent (34%) to the Game Protection Fund for use by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission as provided by law; (C) Thirty-four percent (34%) to the County Aid Fund, which, on or before the tenth of the month following the end of each calendar quarter, shall be remitted by state warrants to the various county treasurers in the proportions thereof as between the respective counties that the total of the fees produced from each county bears to the total of the fees produced from all counties as certified by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration to the Treasurer of State; and (D) Twenty-four percent (24%) to the Marine Sanitation Fund for use by the Department of Health to administer a marine sanitation program. (b) Upon receipt of any fees, each county treasurer shall deposit them into the county treasury to the credit of the boating safety and enforcement fund, if the county sheriff of that county has established a patrol on the waterways within the county. (c) (1) In the event the county sheriff has not established a patrol on the waterways within the county and if either the county or any city or town within a county, or both, has established an emergency rescue service, each county treasurer shall deposit his or her county's share of the total fees collected into the county emergency rescue fund for use exclusively by either the county or the cities within the county, or both, for operating and maintaining emergency rescue services within the county and cities within the county. After the county treasurer receives the funds, he or she shall divide the funds in the county emergency rescue fund equally among the county and the cities within the county, if any, having emergency rescue services. (2) Otherwise, the fees shall be deposited into the Game Protection Fund for use by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.