§ 19-5-302 - Arkansas Statutes

Second of 2 versions of this section

19-5-302. State General Government Fund. [Effective July 1, 2010.]

The State General Government Fund shall consist of the following fund accounts and funds made available for the support of the various departments of government as set out below and shall be used for the same purposes as set out for the following fund accounts:

(1) (A) Department of Correction Inmate Care and Custody Fund Account. The Department of Correction Inmate Care and Custody Fund Account shall be used for the maintenance, operation, and improvement of the Department of Correction required in carrying out those powers, functions, and duties relating to nonfarm or crop-producing programs as established by law.

(B) The Department of Correction Inmate Care and Custody Fund Account shall consist of:

(i) Those general revenues as may be provided by law;

(ii) Nonrevenue income derived from services provided by the inmate care and custody program;

(iii) Excess farm profits as may be provided by law; and

(iv) Any other funds provided by law;

(2) (A) State Military Department Fund Account. The State Military Department Fund Account shall be used for the maintenance, operation, and improvement of the State Military Department required in carrying out the powers, functions, and duties as set out in 12-60-101 et seq., or other duties imposed by law upon the State Militia, State Military Department, and the Arkansas Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, which was separated from the Department of Public Safety by Acts 1981, No. 45, 4, 5.

(B) The State Military Department Fund Account shall consist of:

(i) Those general revenues as may be provided by law;

(ii) Nonrevenue income derived from services provided by the department; and

(iii) Any other funds as may be provided by law.

(C) Federal reimbursement funds received on account of eligible expenditures by the State Militia or the State Military Department shall be deposited in the Special Military Fund established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, there to be used as may be provided by law;

(3) (A) Parks and Tourism Fund Account. The Parks and Tourism Fund Account shall be used for the maintenance, operation, and improvement required by the Department of Parks and Tourism as created by 25-13-101, or other duties imposed by law upon the Department of Parks and Tourism, the State Parks, Recreation, and Travel Commission, the Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park Advisory Commission, the Arkansas History Commission, or upon any state park of Arkansas.

(B) The Parks and Tourism Fund Account shall consist of:

(i) Those general revenues as may be provided by law;

(ii) Nonrevenue income derived from services provided by the various divisions of the Department of Parks and Tourism; and

(iii) Any other funds that may be provided by law.

(C) Funds received by the various state parks under the direction of the Department of Parks and Tourism which are not required to be deposited in the State Treasury shall be deposited in banks, there to be disbursed as may be appropriated by the General Assembly or to be used as may be otherwise provided by law;

(4) (A) Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Fund Account. The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Fund Account shall be used for the maintenance, operation, and improvement required by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality in carrying out the powers, functions, and duties as set out in Title 8, Chapters 1-10, or other duties imposed by law upon the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission which were transferred to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality under the provisions of 25-14-101.

(B) The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Fund Account shall consist of:

(i) Those general revenues as may be provided by law;

(ii) Such funds received from the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission and from the Oil and Gas Commission as may be provided by law;

(iii) Nonrevenue income derived from services provided by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality; and

(iv) Any other funds provided by law;

(5) (A) Department of Economic Development Fund Account. The Department of Economic Development Fund Account shall be used for the maintenance, operation, and improvement required by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission and the Arkansas Economic Development Council in carrying out the powers, functions, and duties as set out in 15-4-101, 15-4-102, 15-4-201 -- 15-4-204, 15-4-206, 15-4-209 -- 15-4-212, 15-4-501 -- 15-4-524, and 15-10-201 -- 15-10-206, or other duties imposed by law upon the Arkansas Economic Development Commission or the Arkansas Energy Office.

(B) The Department of Economic Development Fund Account shall consist of:

(i) Those general revenues as may be provided by law;

(ii) Nonrevenue income derived from services performed by the various divisions of the Arkansas Economic Development Council; and

(iii) Any other funds that may be provided by law;

(6) (A) Department of Higher Education Fund Account. The Department of Higher Education Fund Account shall be used for the maintenance, operation, and improvement required by the Department of Higher Education in carrying out the duties imposed by law upon the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board or the Commission on Coordination of Educational Finance, which was transferred to the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board and to the Department of Higher Education, under the provisions of 25-7-101.

(B) The Department of Higher Education Fund Account shall consist of:

(i) Those general revenues as may be provided by law;

(ii) Federal reimbursement on account of eligible expenditures made by the Department of Higher Education;

(iii) Nonrevenue income derived from services provided by the Department of Higher Education; and

(iv) Any other funds provided by law;

(7) (A) Department of Labor Fund Account. The Department of Labor Fund Account shall be used for the maintenance, operation, and improvement required by the Department of Labor in carrying out those powers, functions, and duties imposed by law upon the Director of the Department of Labor or the Department of Labor, or upon the State Mine Inspector as set out in 11-7-201 et seq., or any other duties that may be imposed by law upon the Department of Labor which was transferred to the Department of Labor by 25-12-101.

(B) The Department of Labor Fund Account shall consist of:

(i) Those general revenues as may be provided by law; and

(ii) Any other funds as may be provided by law, including federal reimbursement received on account of eligible expenditures by the various programs of the Department of Labor operating from and having appropriations made payable from the fund account;

(8) (A) Livestock and Poultry Fund Account. The Livestock and Poultry Fund Account shall be used for the maintenance, operation, and improvement of the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission, which was separated from the Department of Commerce by Acts 1981, No. 867, 1, in carrying out the functions, powers, and duties as set out in 2-33-101 et seq., or other duties imposed by law upon the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission.

(B) The Livestock and Poultry Fund Account shall consist of:

(i) Those general revenues as may be provided by law; and

(ii) Any other funds provided by law;

(9) (A) Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account. The Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account may be used for the state's membership in regional or national associations, grants to certain organizations, and maintenance, operations, and improvements of appropriation units as may be authorized by the General Assembly.

(B) The Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account shall consist of:

(i) Those general revenues as may be provided by law;

(ii) Nonrevenue income derived from services provided by the various agencies and programs funded from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account;

(iii) Federal reimbursement received on account of eligible expenditures of the various agencies and programs receiving primary support from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account;

(iv) Those special revenues as specified in subdivision (233) and that portion of subdivision (201) in 19-6-301 of the Revenue Classification Law, 19-6-101 et seq.; and

(v) That portion of forfeited registration fees for beer kegs sold for off-site consumption.

(C) If there are not sufficient funds available in the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account to support the amounts appropriated from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall determine the amount of moneys to be made available for each of the appropriations made from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, after having first provided full funding for all national and regional association dues and ensured that the appropriations made for the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department for road and bridge repair and maintenance are funded pursuant to the maximum funding allocation provided by law;

(10) Department of Arkansas Heritage Fund Account. The Department of Arkansas Heritage Fund Account shall consist of those general revenues as provided by law for the Department of Arkansas Heritage and shall be used for the maintenance, operation, and improvement of the Department of Arkansas Heritage;

(11) (A) Higher Education Grants Fund Account. The Higher Education Grants Fund Account shall be used for the:

(i) State's contribution for tuition support for Arkansas students attending out-of-state schools in dentistry, optometry, veterinary, podiatry, osteopathy, and chiropractic; and

(ii) Disbursement of funds for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program, and other various scholarship, loan, and grant programs as authorized by law and administered by the Department of Higher Education or other state agencies made disbursing agents by the General Assembly from the Higher Education Grants Fund Account.

(B) The Higher Education Grants Fund Account shall consist of those general revenues and any other funds as may be provided by law;

(12) (A) Department of Community Correction Fund Account. The Department of Community Correction Fund Account shall be used for the maintenance, operation, and improvement of the Department of Community Correction required in carrying out those powers, functions, and duties as established by law.

(B) The Department of Community Correction Fund Account shall consist of:

(i) Those general revenues as may be provided by law;

(ii) Nonrevenue income derived from services provided by the probation, parole, and community correction program; and

(iii) Any other funds provided by law;

(13) (A) Higher Education Salary Distribution Fund Account. The Higher Education Salary Distribution Fund Account shall be used for the distribution of salary and cost-of-living adjustments to the various institutions of higher education.

(B) The Higher Education Salary Distribution Fund Account shall consist of those general revenues and any other funds as may be provided by law;

(14) (A) Arkansas Agriculture Department Fund Account. The Arkansas Agriculture Department Fund Account shall be used for the maintenance, operation, and improvement required by the Arkansas Agriculture Department in carrying out those powers, functions, and duties imposed by law upon the Secretary of the Arkansas Agriculture Department as set out in Title 25, Chapter 38, or any other duties that may be imposed by law upon the Arkansas Agriculture Department which were transferred to the Arkansas Agriculture Department under the provisions of 25-38-204 -- 25-38-206.

(B) The Arkansas Agriculture Department Fund Account shall consist of:

(i) Those general revenues as may be provided by law;

(ii) Nonrevenue income derived from services provided by the various divisions of the Arkansas Agriculture Department;

(iii) Federal reimbursement received on account of eligible expenditures by the various programs of the Arkansas Agriculture Department operating from and having appropriations made payable from the fund account; and

(iv) Any other funds as may be provided by law.