§ 8-6-307 — Transfer of funds - Exemption

(a) The moneys saved from Acts 1985, No. 994, which reduced contributions made by the state for state employees who are employed by a state agency funded, in whole or in part, with general revenues, shall be set aside and implemented by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and the Treasurer of State in the amount and in accordance with procedures set forth in this section. (b) (1) Beginning the month after the month in which such reductions in retirement contributions occur, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall determine the amount of the general revenue savings, by fund or fund account, based upon the previous month's payroll deductions for retirement contributions to the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System. (2) During each fiscal year, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall cause to be transferred on his or her books and those of the Treasurer of State the amount of the monthly general revenue savings from each affected fund or fund account to the Revenue Holding Fund Account before the close of business on the last day of each month until an aggregate of five million dollars ($5,000,000) of general revenue savings during each fiscal year has been transferred to the Revenue Holding Fund Account from those sources, and monthly transfers of the general revenue savings to the Revenue Holding Fund Account shall cease for the remainder of that fiscal year. (c) The Treasurer of State shall, after providing for the distribution of general revenues available for distribution, transfer the total amount of such general revenue savings as certified to the Treasurer of State by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State from the Revenue Holding Fund Account to the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund, to be used to make monthly distributions therefrom in the manner provided by law to the respective counties of this state to be used for the support of the county solid waste management system as provided in this subchapter. (d) The Division of Correction is exempt from the provisions of this section.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 688, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1985, No. 986, § 4; 1985 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 5, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 13-567; Acts 1987, No. 551, § 4.