Ark. Code Ann. § 19-5-1247 (2026)

1. There is established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a fund to be known as the “County Voting System Grant Fund”.
2. The Secretary of State shall periodically remit to the Treasurer of State the fees the Secretary of State collects associated with the Uniform Commercial Code activity under §§ 4-9-525(a)(1), 4-9-525(a)(3), and 4-9-525(b)-(d), and the Treasurer of State shall deposit those funds into the County Voting System Grant Fund.
3. The County Voting System Grant Fund shall be used by the Secretary of State to provide grants to counties to purchase voting system equipment, programming, and maintenance.
4. A county that receives a grant from the County Voting System Grant Fund shall establish on the books of the county treasurer a fund to be known as the “voting system grant fund” into which grants from the Secretary of State shall be paid under this section.
5. The County Voting System Grant Fund may be used by the Secretary of State to issue refunds and reimbursements of fees collected for the grant program described in § 7-5-301(d)(2).

History. Acts 2011, No. 1189, § 3; 2013, No. 1311, § 1; 2015, No. 1028, § 2.

Amendments. The 2013 amendment substituted “the fees the Secretary of State collects associated with Uniform Commercial Code activity under §§ 4-9-525(a)(1), 4-9-525(a)(3), and 4-9-525(b)-(d)” for “twelve dollars ($12.00) of each fee for filling and indexing the initial financing statement and termination statements collected under § 4-9-525(a)(1)” in (b).

The 2015 amendment added (e).