(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 miscellaneous fund to be known as the “County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund”.
(b) The fund shall consist of such special or general revenues or other moneys that may be deposited into the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund as provided by the General Assembly, to be used for the purpose of providing financial assistance to counties in the manner provided in this section, for the establishment, expansion, maintenance, and operation of county solid waste collection and disposal systems.
(c) As used in this section:(1) “County solid waste collection and disposal system” or “county solid waste management system” means:(A) A county-owned and operated solid waste management and disposal system funded by moneys appropriated by the quorum court;(B) A municipally owned and operated solid waste management and disposal system located within the county or adjoining counties, operated under contract with the county whereby the county is provided access thereto, and the quorum court appropriates funds to defray the county's share of the cost of operating such facility;(C) A privately owned solid waste management and disposal system located within the county, or an adjoining county, in which the county has entered into a contract providing access and services of the facility for the use and benefit of the county under the terms of which the county's share of the operating cost is funded by an appropriation made by the quorum court of the county; or(D) A solid waste collection and disposal system operated by two (2) or more counties, or by one (1) or more counties and one (1) or more municipalities, or operated by a private owner, under a compact or agreement whereby each of the participating counties and municipalities has access to the facility and appropriates, through its governing body, funds to defray their respective shares of the cost of the facility; and(2) “Solid waste management system” means the entire process of storage, collection, transportation, processing, treatment, and disposal of solid waste.
(1) “County solid waste collection and disposal system” or “county solid waste management system” means:(A) A county-owned and operated solid waste management and disposal system funded by moneys appropriated by the quorum court;(B) A municipally owned and operated solid waste management and disposal system located within the county or adjoining counties, operated under contract with the county whereby the county is provided access thereto, and the quorum court appropriates funds to defray the county's share of the cost of operating such facility;(C) A privately owned solid waste management and disposal system located within the county, or an adjoining county, in which the county has entered into a contract providing access and services of the facility for the use and benefit of the county under the terms of which the county's share of the operating cost is funded by an appropriation made by the quorum court of the county; or(D) A solid waste collection and disposal system operated by two (2) or more counties, or by one (1) or more counties and one (1) or more municipalities, or operated by a private owner, under a compact or agreement whereby each of the participating counties and municipalities has access to the facility and appropriates, through its governing body, funds to defray their respective shares of the cost of the facility; and
(A) A county-owned and operated solid waste management and disposal system funded by moneys appropriated by the quorum court;
(B) A municipally owned and operated solid waste management and disposal system located within the county or adjoining counties, operated under contract with the county whereby the county is provided access thereto, and the quorum court appropriates funds to defray the county's share of the cost of operating such facility;
(C) A privately owned solid waste management and disposal system located within the county, or an adjoining county, in which the county has entered into a contract providing access and services of the facility for the use and benefit of the county under the terms of which the county's share of the operating cost is funded by an appropriation made by the quorum court of the county; or
(D) A solid waste collection and disposal system operated by two (2) or more counties, or by one (1) or more counties and one (1) or more municipalities, or operated by a private owner, under a compact or agreement whereby each of the participating counties and municipalities has access to the facility and appropriates, through its governing body, funds to defray their respective shares of the cost of the facility; and
(2) “Solid waste management system” means the entire process of storage, collection, transportation, processing, treatment, and disposal of solid waste.
(d) All of the general revenues and special revenues and other funds deposited into the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund during each fiscal year shall be allocated by the Treasurer of State to each of the counties in the state, to be distributed to the counties only as provided in this section, on the basis of seventy-five percent (75%) divided equally among the seventy-five (75) counties of the state and twenty-five percent (25%) on the basis of population according to the most recent federal decennial census, with each county to receive an allocation of the funds in the proportion that its population bears to the total population of the state.
(e) (1) Before any county is eligible to receive its portion of the moneys in the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund during any fiscal year, the county, on or before the first day of the fiscal year, shall furnish the Treasurer of State the following information on forms to be developed by the Treasurer of State:(A) Proof that the county operates, or is in the process of establishing, a solid waste management system for that county and that the solid waste management system is available to serve the residents of the county and may be available for service to various cities and towns within the counties through interlocal agreements, compacts, or authorities;(B) That the quorum court of the county has established and approved a budget for the operation of the county solid waste management system for the fiscal year and has appropriated funds for it in an amount sufficient to support not less than fifty percent (50%) of the costs of operating the solid waste management system and that the funds appropriated for this purpose will be used solely for the cost of establishing, operating, and maintaining the solid waste management system, and for the hiring of personnel and for the acquisition of equipment and land required to operate the solid waste management system; and(C) That the amount of funds allocated to the county for the year under this section shall be used exclusively for establishing, operating, and maintaining the solid waste management system, meeting the requirements of this section, including the acquisition of land, and acquisition, maintenance, repair, and operation of equipment used in connection with the operation of the solid waste management system.(2) (A) If any county fails, during any fiscal year, to expend an amount of county funds equal to at least fifty percent (50%) of the cost of operating its solid waste management system, or uses any of the state funds allocated under this section for any purpose other than as intended by it, the county shall be ineligible to receive moneys during the next-following fiscal year from the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund.(B) However, the quorum court may make reapplication for state assistance funds during the year thereafter, upon offering the appropriate assurances in writing that it will meet the full requirements of the intent and purposes of this section in the use of the funds.
(1) Before any county is eligible to receive its portion of the moneys in the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund during any fiscal year, the county, on or before the first day of the fiscal year, shall furnish the Treasurer of State the following information on forms to be developed by the Treasurer of State:(A) Proof that the county operates, or is in the process of establishing, a solid waste management system for that county and that the solid waste management system is available to serve the residents of the county and may be available for service to various cities and towns within the counties through interlocal agreements, compacts, or authorities;(B) That the quorum court of the county has established and approved a budget for the operation of the county solid waste management system for the fiscal year and has appropriated funds for it in an amount sufficient to support not less than fifty percent (50%) of the costs of operating the solid waste management system and that the funds appropriated for this purpose will be used solely for the cost of establishing, operating, and maintaining the solid waste management system, and for the hiring of personnel and for the acquisition of equipment and land required to operate the solid waste management system; and(C) That the amount of funds allocated to the county for the year under this section shall be used exclusively for establishing, operating, and maintaining the solid waste management system, meeting the requirements of this section, including the acquisition of land, and acquisition, maintenance, repair, and operation of equipment used in connection with the operation of the solid waste management system.
(A) Proof that the county operates, or is in the process of establishing, a solid waste management system for that county and that the solid waste management system is available to serve the residents of the county and may be available for service to various cities and towns within the counties through interlocal agreements, compacts, or authorities;
(B) That the quorum court of the county has established and approved a budget for the operation of the county solid waste management system for the fiscal year and has appropriated funds for it in an amount sufficient to support not less than fifty percent (50%) of the costs of operating the solid waste management system and that the funds appropriated for this purpose will be used solely for the cost of establishing, operating, and maintaining the solid waste management system, and for the hiring of personnel and for the acquisition of equipment and land required to operate the solid waste management system; and
(C) That the amount of funds allocated to the county for the year under this section shall be used exclusively for establishing, operating, and maintaining the solid waste management system, meeting the requirements of this section, including the acquisition of land, and acquisition, maintenance, repair, and operation of equipment used in connection with the operation of the solid waste management system.
(2) (A) If any county fails, during any fiscal year, to expend an amount of county funds equal to at least fifty percent (50%) of the cost of operating its solid waste management system, or uses any of the state funds allocated under this section for any purpose other than as intended by it, the county shall be ineligible to receive moneys during the next-following fiscal year from the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund.(B) However, the quorum court may make reapplication for state assistance funds during the year thereafter, upon offering the appropriate assurances in writing that it will meet the full requirements of the intent and purposes of this section in the use of the funds.
(A) If any county fails, during any fiscal year, to expend an amount of county funds equal to at least fifty percent (50%) of the cost of operating its solid waste management system, or uses any of the state funds allocated under this section for any purpose other than as intended by it, the county shall be ineligible to receive moneys during the next-following fiscal year from the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund.
(B) However, the quorum court may make reapplication for state assistance funds during the year thereafter, upon offering the appropriate assurances in writing that it will meet the full requirements of the intent and purposes of this section in the use of the funds.
(f) (1) The moneys saved from legislation enacted by the Seventy-Fifth General Assembly that reduced contributions made by the state for state employees who are employed by a state agency funded, in whole or in part, with general revenues shall be set aside and implemented by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and the Treasurer of State in the amount and in accordance with procedures set forth in this subsection:(A) Beginning the month after the month in which the reductions in retirement contributions occur, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall determine the amount of the general revenue savings, by fund or fund account, based upon the previous month's payroll deductions for retirement contributions to the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System;(B) During each fiscal year, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall cause to be transferred on the books and those of the Treasurer of State the amount of the monthly general revenue savings from each affected fund or fund account to the Revenue Holding Fund Account before the close of business on the last day of each month until an aggregate of five million dollars ($5,000,000) of the general revenue savings during a fiscal year has been transferred to the Revenue Holding Fund Account from those sources. Monthly transfers of the general revenue savings to the Revenue Holding Fund Account shall then cease for the remainder of the fiscal year; and(C) After providing for the distribution of general revenues available for distribution, the Treasurer of State shall transfer the total amount of the general revenue savings as certified to the Treasurer of State by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State from the Revenue Holding Fund Account to the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund. This amount shall be used to make monthly distributions from the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund in the manner provided by law to the respective counties of this state to be used for the support of the county solid waste management system as provided in this section.(2) (A) If any county fails to qualify for its proportionate share of the moneys in the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund during any fiscal year, the moneys shall be reapportioned among various counties that qualify to receive their proportionate shares of the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund moneys during the fiscal year, in accordance with the distribution formula set forth in subsection (d) of this section.(B) The Treasurer of State shall monthly distribute moneys to the eligible counties as authorized in this section in the same manner as other county aid funds are distributed, and the moneys shall be credited and used solely for the support and operation of the county solid waste management system.
(1) The moneys saved from legislation enacted by the Seventy-Fifth General Assembly that reduced contributions made by the state for state employees who are employed by a state agency funded, in whole or in part, with general revenues shall be set aside and implemented by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and the Treasurer of State in the amount and in accordance with procedures set forth in this subsection:(A) Beginning the month after the month in which the reductions in retirement contributions occur, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall determine the amount of the general revenue savings, by fund or fund account, based upon the previous month's payroll deductions for retirement contributions to the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System;(B) During each fiscal year, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall cause to be transferred on the books and those of the Treasurer of State the amount of the monthly general revenue savings from each affected fund or fund account to the Revenue Holding Fund Account before the close of business on the last day of each month until an aggregate of five million dollars ($5,000,000) of the general revenue savings during a fiscal year has been transferred to the Revenue Holding Fund Account from those sources. Monthly transfers of the general revenue savings to the Revenue Holding Fund Account shall then cease for the remainder of the fiscal year; and(C) After providing for the distribution of general revenues available for distribution, the Treasurer of State shall transfer the total amount of the general revenue savings as certified to the Treasurer of State by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State from the Revenue Holding Fund Account to the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund. This amount shall be used to make monthly distributions from the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund in the manner provided by law to the respective counties of this state to be used for the support of the county solid waste management system as provided in this section.
(A) Beginning the month after the month in which the reductions in retirement contributions occur, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall determine the amount of the general revenue savings, by fund or fund account, based upon the previous month's payroll deductions for retirement contributions to the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System;
(B) During each fiscal year, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall cause to be transferred on the books and those of the Treasurer of State the amount of the monthly general revenue savings from each affected fund or fund account to the Revenue Holding Fund Account before the close of business on the last day of each month until an aggregate of five million dollars ($5,000,000) of the general revenue savings during a fiscal year has been transferred to the Revenue Holding Fund Account from those sources. Monthly transfers of the general revenue savings to the Revenue Holding Fund Account shall then cease for the remainder of the fiscal year; and
(C) After providing for the distribution of general revenues available for distribution, the Treasurer of State shall transfer the total amount of the general revenue savings as certified to the Treasurer of State by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State from the Revenue Holding Fund Account to the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund. This amount shall be used to make monthly distributions from the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund in the manner provided by law to the respective counties of this state to be used for the support of the county solid waste management system as provided in this section.
(2) (A) If any county fails to qualify for its proportionate share of the moneys in the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund during any fiscal year, the moneys shall be reapportioned among various counties that qualify to receive their proportionate shares of the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund moneys during the fiscal year, in accordance with the distribution formula set forth in subsection (d) of this section.(B) The Treasurer of State shall monthly distribute moneys to the eligible counties as authorized in this section in the same manner as other county aid funds are distributed, and the moneys shall be credited and used solely for the support and operation of the county solid waste management system.
(A) If any county fails to qualify for its proportionate share of the moneys in the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund during any fiscal year, the moneys shall be reapportioned among various counties that qualify to receive their proportionate shares of the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund moneys during the fiscal year, in accordance with the distribution formula set forth in subsection (d) of this section.
(B) The Treasurer of State shall monthly distribute moneys to the eligible counties as authorized in this section in the same manner as other county aid funds are distributed, and the moneys shall be credited and used solely for the support and operation of the county solid waste management system.