§ 26-26-1616 - Disposition of taxes and penalties. - Arkansas Statutes

26-26-1616. Disposition of taxes and penalties.

(a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, all taxes and penalties collected under the provisions of 26-26-1614 shall be deposited into the State Treasury as trust fund income to the credit of the Ad Valorem Tax Fund.

(2) (A) The Treasurer of State shall annually transmit to the respective county treasurers of the several counties of this state the proportionate part of the Ad Valorem Tax Fund coming from the source that the improved state highway mileage in each county bears to the improved state highway mileage in all counties, the highway mileage figures to be furnished by the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department on request of the Treasurer of State.

(B) The respective county treasurers shall prorate the amount so received among the several county funds, school districts, and municipalities of the county in the same ratio that the taxes received from the millage levy by each bore to the total taxes from the millage levy received by all county funds, school districts, and municipalities, according to the local county collector's settlement for the particular assessment year.

(b) (1) So long as any agency of this state shall have the function or be charged with the duty of making audits of the records and accounts of the officers and employees of counties, municipalities, or school districts or so long as any agency of this state shall have the function or be charged with the duty of assessing the property referred to in this subchapter or so long as any agency of this state shall have the function or be charged with the duty of furnishing guidance, instruction, and assistance to the county assessor in the performance of his or her duties, then the aggregate total amount expended by this state in the performance and carrying out of the functions and duties indicated shall be a proper charge against the taxes and penalties credited to the Ad Valorem Tax Fund under subsection (a) of this section.

(2) It shall be the duty of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State to annually determine the amount of these costs and to certify to the Treasurer of State the amount that the aggregate of the taxes and penalties exceeds these costs in order that the excess may be transmitted to the respective county treasurers as provided in this section.

(c) (1) The first one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) collected in taxes and penalties under 26-26-1614 during each fiscal year shall be deposited into the State Treasury as nonrevenue receipts credited to the State Central Services Fund for use by the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration.

(2) No funds collected pursuant to 26-26-1614 shall be withheld by the state if those funds were collected under the authority of the Arkansas Constitution, Article 14, 3(b)(1).