51 chapters · 1,912 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-404 Conduct of election and results — Challenges
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(a) The election shall be conducted in the manner provided by law for all other county elections unless otherwise specified in this subchapter. (b) When the election results have been certified, the county court shall immediately issue a proclamation declaring the results of the …
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-405 Resubmission of question of levy
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When the question of the levy of a county sales and use tax is submitted to the electors and the proposition is defeated, the question shall not again be submitted to the electors by ordinance of the quorum court of the county at a special or general election for a period of one …
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-406 Notification of results
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(a) Within ten (10) days after the certification of the votes of any election resulting in the adoption of a tax levied pursuant to this subchapter and ninety (90) days before the effective date of the rate change, the county court shall notify the Secretary of the Department of …
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-407 Applicability of tax
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A county sales tax levied pursuant to the authority granted in this subchapter or in § 26-74-301 et seq. shall be applicable to sales of items and services sold by a business and shall be administered under the Arkansas Gross Receipts Act of 1941, § 26-52-101 et seq., and the Ark…
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-408 Rebates
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(a) A county shall provide in its ordinance authorized by this subchapter a rebate from the county for taxes collected pursuant to this subchapter in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) of the gross receipts, gross proceeds, or sales price on the sale of a:(1) Mo…
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-409 Disposition of funds
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(a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall maintain a record of the total amount of tax collected pursuant to this subchapter and all other subchapters authorizing a county sales and use tax in each county and shall deposit all such revenues with …
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-410 Rules
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The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may promulgate reasonable rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this subchapter to implement the administration, collection, enforcement, and operation of the taxes authorized in this subchapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-411 Procedures and penalties for enforcement
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(a) The procedures and penalties used by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration in enforcing any local tax imposed pursuant to this subchapter shall be the same as for the state gross receipts tax and compensating tax, as set out in the Arkansas Tax Procedu…
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-412 Maximum tax limitation
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(a) (1) (A) Any county general sales or use tax levied pursuant to this subchapter shall be levied and collected only on the first two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) of gross receipts, gross proceeds, or sales price on the sale of a:(i) Motor vehicle;(ii) Aircraft;(iii) W…
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-413 Administration of Local Sales and Use Tax Trust Fund
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(a) (1) There is created a trust fund for the remittance of local sales and use taxes which shall be known as the “Local Sales and Use Tax Trust Fund”.(2) (A) There is also created a trust fund which shall be known as the “Identification Pending Trust Fund for Local Sales and Use…
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-414 Limit on combined total sales and use tax levy
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(a) Notwithstanding any other laws granting counties authority to levy sales and use taxes, no county levying a tax pursuant to this subchapter shall have authority to levy combined total sales and use taxes at a rate greater than two percent (2%). (b) If any county levying a one…
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-501 Levy of tax
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(1) Any county that does not levy a tax under § 14-20-112 and in which there is not located a city that levies a tax under § 26-75-602 or § 26-75-701, by either an ordinance of the county quorum court under § 26-74-502(a) or through petition under § 26-74-502(b) may levy a tax in…
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-502 Voter approval of levy or increase of tax — Petitions requesting election
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(a) (1) (A) If a county quorum court enacts an ordinance levying or increasing a tax under § 26-74-501, the county quorum court shall submit the question of the levying or increase of the tax to the electors at the earliest date permitted for a special election under § 7-11-205.(…
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-503 Collection of tax by advertising and promotion commission
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(a) (1) In any county levying a tax as authorized in this subchapter, the tax so levied shall be paid by the persons, firms, and corporations liable therefor and shall be collected by the advertising and promotion commission of the levying county or by a designated agent of the a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-504 Pledge of revenues
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Revenues produced from the tax levied under this subchapter are hereby pledged to the payment of principal of and interest on bonds issued or other indebtedness incurred by the county public facilities board for the purpose of providing all or part of the funds for the constructi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-505 Cessation of tax levy
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Any tax levied under this subchapter shall cease to be collected when the indebtedness has been paid or redeemed. It is recognized that the tax cannot practically be stopped at the exact time the indebtedness is paid or redeemed, so nominal excess may result. Therefore, any surpl…
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-601 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Calendar quarter” means the three-month period beginning on January 1, April 1, July 1, or October 1;(2) “District” means any community college district formed pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 52, and applicable law and composed of …
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-602 Dissolution of district
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(a) As an alternative to the method for dissolution of a district set forth in § 6-61-519(b), the question of dissolving the district and repealing the millage tax may be authorized by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the local board of the community college a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-603 Call for tax election
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(a) Any eligible county may by ordinance of its quorum court levy a countywide sales and use tax in the amount of one-eighth of one percent (0.125%), one-fourth of one percent (0.25%), one-half of one percent (0.5%), three-fourths of one percent (0.75%), or one percent (1%) to pr…
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-604 Form of ballot
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(a) The ballot for an election called under § 26-74-603(b) shall be substantially in the form and of the content determined by the quorum court of the eligible county. (b) In addition to the question of the levy of the tax, the ballot for the election called under § 26-74-603(b) …
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-605 Conduct of election and results — Challenges
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(a) An election called under § 26-74-603 shall be conducted in the manner provided by law for all other county elections unless otherwise specified in this subchapter. (b) (1) Notice of the election shall be given by the county clerk by one (1) publication in a newspaper having a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-606 Abolishment of tax
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(a) Subject to the restriction on the ballot for the levy of the tax as set forth in § 26-74-604, the tax shall expire only after a majority of electors voting on the question have approved the abolishment of the tax. (b) The termination date shall be the last day of a calendar q…
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-607 Notification of results
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Within ten (10) days after the certification of the votes of any election resulting in the adoption or abolition of a tax levied pursuant to this subchapter and ninety (90) days before the effective date of the tax, the county judge shall notify the Secretary of the Department of…
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-608 Applicability of tax
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(a) A tax levied pursuant to the authority granted in this subchapter shall be applicable to sales of items and services sold by a business, and the tax shall be administered under the Arkansas Gross Receipts Act of 1941, § 26-52-101 et seq., and the Arkansas Compensating Tax Act…
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-609 Disposition of funds
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(a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall maintain a record of the total amount of tax collected pursuant to this subchapter and all other subchapters authorizing a county sales and use tax in each eligible county and shall deposit all such reven…
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-610 Rules
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The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may promulgate reasonable rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this subchapter to implement the administration, collection, enforcement, and operation of the taxes authorized in this subchapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-611 Procedures and penalties for enforcement
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(a) The procedures and penalties used by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration in enforcing any tax imposed pursuant to this subchapter shall be the same as for the state gross receipts tax and the state compensating tax, as set out in the Arkansas Tax Pro…
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-612 Maximum tax limitation
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(a) (1) Any county general sales or use tax levied pursuant to this subchapter shall be levied and collected only on the first two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) of gross receipts, gross proceeds, or sales price on the sale of a:(A) Motor vehicle;(B) Aircraft;(C) Watercra…
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-613 Administration of Local Sales and Use Tax Trust Fund
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(a) (1) 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 for the remittance of local sales and use taxes that shall be known as the “Local Sales and Use Tax Trust Fund”.(2) (A) There is also crea…
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-614 Limit on combined total sales and use tax levy
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Notwithstanding any other law granting a county authority to levy sales and use taxes, no eligible county levying a tax pursuant to this subchapter shall have authority to levy such a tax if the effect of the levy of the tax is to cause the rate of the combined total sales and us…
Ark. Code Ann. § 26-74-615 Supplemental nature of the subchapter
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This subchapter shall be supplemental to all other laws authorizing counties to levy sales and use taxes to operate and maintain and provide capital improvements for public institutions of higher education.