§ 19-5-502 - Loans from fund. - Arkansas Statutes

19-5-502. Loans from fund.

(a) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall be guided by the following limitations and procedures in making loans from the Budget Stabilization Trust Fund for the respective purposes for which the loans may be made, as established in this subsection:

(1) State agencies supported solely from special revenues shall not be eligible to make applications for or receive loans from the Budget Stabilization Trust Fund; and

(2) Moneys deposited in the Budget Stabilization Trust Fund shall not be used to make loans to any state agency without the state agency first submitting proof of the need for the moneys and submitting justification therefor verifying that other funds or resources are not available to the agency or cannot be obtained by the agency from other funds belonging to or available to the agency. In no event shall any loan from the Budget Stabilization Trust Fund be made to a state-supported institution of higher learning in an amount equal to or exceeding eighty-five percent (85%) of its monthly guarantee of general revenues estimated to be available for distribution to the agency during the month.

(b) Any official or employee knowingly submitting false information to the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State in support of any loan from the Budget Stabilization Trust Fund shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of misfeasance in office and shall be removed from the office or position of employment;

(c) The Department of Education shall have no authority to request loans from the Budget Stabilization Trust Fund to provide moneys for distribution to public school districts in this state, nor to write warrants payable from any funds borrowed from the Budget Stabilization Trust Fund, for making monthly payments to school districts in this state earlier than the fifth day prior to the end of the month.