§ 26-75-502 - Authority to levy. - Arkansas Statutes

26-75-502. Authority to levy.

(a) Any city of the first class or city of the second class having a population of not more than forty thousand (40,000) persons according to the most recent federal census and that has been or may in the future be designated as a model city under the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, 42 U.S.C. 3301 et seq., by an ordinance passed by its governing body, may levy a tax for the benefit of the city of not to exceed one percent (1%) on gross proceeds or gross receipts derived from sales, as such sales and gross proceeds or gross receipts are defined in the Arkansas Gross Receipts Act of 1941, 26-52-101 et seq., and the Arkansas Compensating Tax Act of 1949, 26-53-101 et seq.

(b) Rules and regulations promulgated by the Director of the Department of Finance and Administration for the State of Arkansas in connection with the collection and administration of the state gross receipts tax shall be equally applicable with respect to any tax levied under this subchapter.

(c) The ordinance authorizing the levy of the tax shall set the rate of the tax within the limits authorized in this subchapter.

(d) The operation of any ordinance levying the tax shall be subject to approval of the voters as required in 26-75-503.

(e) After initial adoption of the tax as provided in this subchapter, that tax rate may be increased by the city under the same procedure but not to exceed the maximum prescribed in this subchapter.