Ark. Code Ann. § 8-6-607 (2026)

1. On or before January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15 of each year, each landfill permittee and each solid waste transporter shall:
   1. Submit to the Division of Environmental Quality a quarterly report that accurately states the total weight or volume of solid waste received at the landfill or transported out of state during the quarter just completed; and
   2. Pay to the division the full amount of disposal and transportation fees imposed and collected under this subchapter for the preceding quarter.
2. 1. Except as provided in subdivisions (b)(2) and (3) of this section, the disposal and transportation fees collected under this section shall be special revenues and deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Solid Waste Management and Recycling Fund for administrative support of the Compliance Advisory Panel.
   2. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the disposal fees collected under subsection (a) of this section from landfills in which a private industry bears the expense of operating and maintaining the landfill solely for the disposal of wastes generated by the private industry shall be deposited quarterly into the Marketing Recyclables Program Fund.
   3. Except for the disposal fees deposited into the Marketing Recyclables Program Fund under subdivision (b)(2) of this section, before disbursing moneys to the regional solid waste management boards, the division shall deposit the following moneys into the following funds each fiscal year:
      1. One hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) into the Crime Information System Fund to be used exclusively for the scrap metal logbook program; and
      2. Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) into the Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program Fund.

History. Acts 1989, No. 849, § 7; 1989, No. 934, § 7; 1991, No. 755, § 2; 1993, No. 1127, § 3; 1995, No. 511, § 2; 2012, No. 283, § 10; 2013, No. 1202, § 45; 2017, No. 1067, § 2; 2019, No. 695, § 1; 2019, No. 910, §§ 2634, 2635.

A.C.R.C. Notes. Acts 2019, No. 695, § 3, provided: “This act applies to annual disbursements under § 8-6-607 beginning in fiscal year 2020.”

Acts 2019, No. 910, § 2635, amended subdivision (4)(B) of this section to replace “department” with “division”. However, Acts 2019, No 695, § 1, specifically repealed this subdivision.

Amendments. The 2012 amendment substituted “under” for “pursuant to” in the introductory language and in (3); substituted “subdivisions (4) and (5)” for “subdivision (4)” in (3); and added (5).

The 2013 amendment rewrote (5).

The 2017 amendment substituted “Compliance Advisory Panel” for “State Marketing Board for Recyclables” at the end of (3); substituted “Marketing Recyclables Program Fund” for “Marketing Board Fund” throughout (4) and (5); and, in (4)(B), substituted “panel” for “board” and “panel's” for “board's”.

The 2019 amendment by No. 695 rewrote the section.

The 2019 amendment by No. 910 substituted “Division of Environmental Quality” for “Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality” in (1); and substituted “division” for “department” in (2) and (4)(B).

Cross References. Crime Information System Fund, § 19-5-1011.

Marketing Recyclables Program Fund, § 19-6-471.