Environmental Settlement Trust Fund

Ark. Code Ann. § 19-26-288 — under Trust Funds.

Ark. Code Ann. § 19-26-288

(a) There is created on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, a trust fund to be known as the “Environmental Settlement Trust Fund”.

(b) The fund shall consist of:(1) Moneys received by the State of Arkansas pursuant to settlement agreements for environmental or natural resources damages;(2) Interest earnings; and(3) Any other moneys designated to be deposited into the fund.

(1) Moneys received by the State of Arkansas pursuant to settlement agreements for environmental or natural resources damages;

(2) Interest earnings; and

(3) Any other moneys designated to be deposited into the fund.

(c) The fund shall be administered by the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality.