§ 19-12-105 - Creation and administration of Tobacco Settlement Debt Service Fund. - Arkansas Statutes

19-12-105. Creation and administration of Tobacco Settlement Debt Service Fund.

(a) There is hereby created and established a fund, designated as a cash fund and held separate and apart from the State Treasury, to be known as the "Tobacco Settlement Debt Service Fund", which Fund shall be administered by the State Board of Finance. All moneys deposited into the Tobacco Settlement Debt Service Fund are hereby designated cash funds pursuant to 19-6-103, restricted in their use and to be used solely as provided in this chapter.

(b) There shall be transferred from the Tobacco Settlement Cash Holding Fund to the Tobacco Settlement Debt Service Fund, the amount set forth for such transfer in 19-12-104(d). All amounts received into the Tobacco Settlement Debt Service Fund shall be held until needed to make payments on Debt Service Requirements. The State Board of Finance is authorized to invest any amounts held in the Tobacco Settlement Debt Service Fund in suitable investments maturing not later than when the moneys are needed to pay Debt Service Requirements, provided that such investments comply with 19-12-103(c), and further provided that the investment of such moneys may be further limited by the provisions of any trust indenture pursuant to which Bonds are issued or any related non-arbitrage certificate or tax regulatory agreement.

(c) Amounts held in the Tobacco Settlement Debt Service Fund shall be transferred to funds and accounts established and held by the trustee for the Bonds at such times and in such manner as may be specified in the trust indenture securing the Bonds. If so required by any trust indenture pursuant to which Bonds have been issued, amounts deposited into the Tobacco Settlement Debt Service Fund may be immediately deposited into funds or accounts established by such trust indenture and held by the trustee for the Bonds. The State Board of Finance is authorized to execute any consent, pledge, or other document, reasonably required pursuant to a trust indenture to affirm the pledge of amounts held in the Tobacco Settlement Debt Service Fund to secure Tobacco Settlement Revenue Bonds.

(d) On December 15 of each calendar year, any amounts held in the Tobacco Settlement Debt Service Fund, to the extent such amounts are not needed to pay Debt Service Requirements prior to the following April 15, shall be transferred to the Arkansas Healthy Century Trust Fund. At such time as there are no longer any Bonds outstanding, and all Debt Service Requirements and other contractual obligations have been paid in full, amounts remaining in the Tobacco Settlement Debt Service Fund shall be transferred to the Arkansas Healthy Century Trust Fund.