§ 27-115-110 - Disposition of funds.
27-115-110. Disposition of funds.
(a) All revenues derived from the levying of the Arkansas Gross Receipts Tax, as amended, 26-52-101 et seq., upon aircraft and aviation fuel, aviation services, aircraft parts and accessories, and other gross receipts taxes remitted by aircraft dealers, airports, and flying fields shall be reported to the Director of the Department of Finance and Administration in a manner and on forms as he shall direct.
(b) The Arkansas Department of Aeronautics is authorized to accept donations and grants of all property, whether real or personal.
(c) Tax proceeds and grants and donations of money shall be special revenues and shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Arkansas Department of Aeronautics Fund to be used for constructing and improving airports, civil airways, and other air navigation facilities and for preserving the history of aviation in the state.
(d) The department shall administer the funds so deposited and shall use the funds for the sole purpose of building airports, civil airways, and other air navigation facilities in this state in those cities or towns as the department, in coordination with the Arkansas Economic Development Council, shall determine would attract the greatest volume of industry to this state.
(e) The funds may also be used for the purpose of:
(1) Matching funds with any federal funds made available for the purpose of this section;
(2) Establishing an aviation museum to preserve the history of aviation in the state. Assistance for the establishment of an aviation museum shall not exceed a total of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).
(f) (1) All revenues derived from the levying of the compensating use tax under the Arkansas Compensating Tax Act of 1949, 26-53-101 et seq., upon aircraft and aviation fuel, aviation services, and aircraft parts and accessories remitted by aircraft dealers, airports, and flying fields shall be reported to the director in a manner and on forms as he shall direct.
(2) The first eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000) of the state use tax collected after June 30, 1997, and collected through June 30, 1998, shall be deposited in the State Treasury as general revenues. The remainder of the revenues collected during this period shall be special revenues and shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the fund, to be used for the purposes set forth in this subsection.
(3) The first eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000) of the state use tax collected after June 30, 1998, and collected through June 30, 1999, shall be deposited in the State Treasury as general revenues. The remainder of the revenues collected during this period shall be special revenues and shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the fund, to be used for the purposes set forth in this subsection.
(4) The first four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) of the state use tax collected after June 30, 1999, and collected through June 30, 2000, shall be deposited in the State Treasury as general revenues. The remainder of the revenues collected during this period shall be special revenues and shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the fund, to be used for the purposes set forth in this subsection.
(5) The first two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) of the state use tax collected after June 30, 2000, and collected through June 30, 2001, shall be deposited in the State Treasury as general revenues. The remainder of the revenues collected during this period shall be special revenues and shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the fund, to be used for the purposes set forth in this subsection.
(6) Beginning July 1, 2001, all state use tax derived shall be special revenues and shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the fund, to be used for the purposes set forth in this subsection.