Ark. Code Ann. § 27-70-206 (2026)
Distribution to state funds
Excluding the interest income classified as special revenue under § 27-70-204(b)(1), all highway revenues which are available for distribution during each fiscal year shall be transferred to the following State Treasury funds, and in the order specified, with transfers to be made monthly until all available revenues have been transferred:
- First, except as provided by § 19-5-207, three percent (3%) of the amount thereof to the Constitutional Officers Fund and the State Central Services Fund, there to be used for the purposes specified for each fund by the Revenue Stabilization Law, § 19-5-101 et seq.;
- Next, to the Gasoline Tax Refund Fund, such amount as the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall, from time to time, certify to the Treasurer of State as being necessary to pay approved gasoline tax refund claims under the provisions of §§ 26-55-301 — 26-55-321 [Repealed] and 26-55-401 — 26-55-408, or other applicable law. However, the aggregate total amount of all transfers under this paragraph shall not exceed two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) during any fiscal year; and
- After meeting the requirements set out in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this section, all remaining highway revenues which are available for distribution during each fiscal year shall be transferred in the following manner: Fifteen percent (15%) of the amount thereof to the County Aid Fund; fifteen percent (15%) of the amount thereof to the Municipal Aid Fund; and seventy percent (70%) of the amount thereof to the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund.
History. Acts 1965 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 39, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-333; Acts 2016 (3rd Ex. Sess.), No. 1, § 18; 2017, No. 704, § 2; 2019, No. 910, § 4816.
A.C.R.C. Notes. Acts 2016 (3rd Ex. Sess.), No. 1, § 1, provided: “This act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Arkansas Highway Improvement Plan of 2016’.”
Amendments. The 2016 (3rd Ex. Sess.) amendment, in (1), inserted “except as provided by § 19-5-207” and made a stylistic change.
The 2017 amendment added “Excluding the interest income classified as special revenue under § 27-70-204(b)(1)” in the introductory language.
The 2019 amendment substituted “Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration” for “Director of the Department of Finance and Administration” in (2).
Effective Dates. Acts 2017, No. 704, § 3: Jan. 1, 2018.