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AR Code § 23-115-611 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 115 - Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act|Subchapter 6 - Retailers|§ 23-115-611. Revocation and suspension of business license

 (a) The closure of a business under this subchapter shall be grounds for cancellation, suspension, revocation, or termination of a retailer license under § 23-115-604.  (b) The closure of a business under this subchapter shall be grounds for the suspension or revocation of any business license granted under the laws of the State of Arkansas, excluding professional licenses.  (c) After the decision to close the retailer's business becomes final, the Director of the Office of the Arkansas Lottery shall contact the appropriate administrative body responsible for granting licenses to operate the business and report the closure of the business.
AR Code § 23-115-612 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 115 - Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act|Subchapter 6 - Retailers|§ 23-115-612. Authority to promulgate rules

 The Office of the Arkansas Lottery may promulgate rules necessary for the implementation and enforcement of this subchapter.
AR Code § 23-115-701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 115 - Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act|Subchapter 7 - Procurements|§ 23-115-701. Procurements — Major procurement contracts — Competitive bidding

 (a)  (1) The Office of the Arkansas Lottery may purchase, lease, or lease-purchase goods or services as necessary for effectuating the purposes of this chapter.  (2) The office may make procurements that integrate functions, including without limitation:  (A) Lottery design;  (B) Ticket distribution to retailers;  (C) Supply of goods and services; and  (D) Advertising.    (3) In all procurement decisions, the office shall:  (A) Take into account the particularly sensitive nature of lotteries; and  (B) Act to promote and ensure:  (i) Security, honesty, fairness, and integrity in the operation and administration of lotteries; and  (ii) The objectives of raising net proceeds for the benefit of scholarships and grants.        (b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, the office shall comply with the Arkansas Procurement Law, § 19-11-201 et seq.  (c)  (1) The office shall adopt rules concerning the procurement process for major procurement contracts.  (2) The office shall arrange for the solicitation and receipt of competitive bids for major procurement contracts.  (3) Except for printing, stationery, and supplies under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 54, the office is not required to accept the lowest responsible bid for major procurement contracts but shall select a bid that provides the greatest long-term benefit to the state, the greatest integrity for the office, and the best service and products for the public.    (d) In any bidding process, the office may administer its own bidding and procurement or may utilize the services of the Department of Finance and Administration.  (e)  (1) Each proposed major procurement contract and each amendment or modification to a proposed or executed major procurement contract shall be filed with the Legislative Council for review at least thirty (30) days before the execution date of the major procurement contract or the amendment or modification to a proposed or executed major procurement contract.  (2) The Legislative Council, or if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee, shall provide the office with its review as to the propriety of the major procurement contract and each amendment or modification to a proposed or executed major procurement contract within thirty (30) days after receipt of the proposed major procurement contract or the amendment or modification to a proposed or executed major procurement contract.
AR Code § 23-115-802 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 115 - Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act|Subchapter 8 - Lottery Proceeds|§ 23-115-802. Scholarship Shortfall Reserve Trust Account

 (a) The Office of the Arkansas Lottery shall maintain a Scholarship Shortfall Reserve Trust Account.  (b)  (1) An amount equal to four percent (4%) of the total amount of net proceeds disbursed during the preceding fiscal year in the form of scholarships and grants for higher education shall be deposited from lottery proceeds each year until the amount in the account equals twenty million dollars ($20,000,000).  (2)  (A) Thereafter, only the amount necessary to maintain the account in an amount equal to twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) shall be deposited into the account after the repayment of any loan made from the Executive Discretionary Division Section 3(d) of the General Improvement Distribution Act of 2015, identical Acts 2015, Nos. 1146 and 1147, before June 30, 2016, to the Division of Higher Education for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program — Part 2 has been satisfied.  (B) A loan made from the Executive Discretionary Division Section 3(d) of the General Improvement Distribution Act of 2015, identical Acts 2015, Nos. 1146 and 1147, to the division for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program — Part 2 shall not exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000).    (3) Any amount in the account exceeding twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) shall be considered net proceeds and shall be deposited annually into one (1) or more trust accounts at one (1) or more financial institutions by July 1 of each year.    (c)  (1) Except as provided in subdivision (c)(2) of this section, if net proceeds in any year are not sufficient to meet the amount allocated for higher education scholarships, the account may be drawn upon to meet the deficiency.  (2) The account shall not be drawn upon to fund Arkansas Workforce Challenge Scholarships under the Arkansas Workforce Challenge Scholarship Program, § 6-85-301 et seq., or Arkansas Concurrent Challenge Scholarships under the Arkansas Concurrent Challenge Scholarship Program, § 6-85-401 et seq.
AR Code § 23-115-803 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 115 - Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act|Subchapter 8 - Lottery Proceeds|§ 23-115-803. Disposition of funds — Definition

 (a)  (1) To effectuate the purposes of the Office of the Arkansas Lottery, the office may borrow moneys from the State of Arkansas or accept and expend moneys from the State of Arkansas and shall repay any sums borrowed from the state as soon as practicable.  (2) As used in this section, “purposes” includes without limitation the payment of the initial expenses of initiation, administration, and operation of the office and lotteries.  (3) The office shall not issue bonds for any purpose.    (b)  (1) The office shall be self-sustaining and self-funded.  (2)  (A) Except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, moneys in the General Revenue Fund Account of the State Apportionment Fund shall not be used or obligated to pay the expenses of the office or prizes of a lottery.  (B) A claim for the payment of an expense of a lottery or prizes of a lottery shall not be made against any moneys other than moneys credited to the office's operating account.
AR Code § 23-115-901 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 115 - Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act|Subchapter 9 - Penalties|§ 23-115-901. Sale of ticket or share to person under 18 years of age prohibited — Penalty

 (a) A retailer who knowingly sells a ticket or share to a person under eighteen (18) years of age or permits a person under eighteen (18) years of age to play a lottery is guilty of a violation and subject to the following penalties:  (1) A fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for a first violation;  (2) For a second violation within a forty-eight-month period:  (A) A fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500); and  (B) Suspension of the retailer license issued under § 23-115-601 et seq. for a period not to exceed two (2) days;    (3) For a third violation within a forty-eight-month period:  (A) A fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000); and  (B) Suspension of the retailer license issued under § 23-115-601 et seq. for a period not to exceed seven (7) days;    (4) For a fourth or subsequent violation within a forty-eight-month period:  (A) A fine not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000); and  (B) Suspension of the retailer license issued under § 23-115-601 et seq. for a period not to exceed fourteen (14) days; and    (5) For a fifth or subsequent violation within a forty-eight-month period, the retailer license issued under § 23-115-601 et seq. may be revoked.    (b) An employee of a retailer who violates this section is subject to a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per violation.  (c) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this section that the retailer reasonably and in good faith relied upon representation of proof of age in making the sale.  (d) A person convicted of violating any provision of this section whose retailer license is suspended or revoked upon conviction shall surrender to the court his or her retailer license, and the court shall transmit the retailer license to the Office of the Arkansas Lottery and instruct the office:  (1) To suspend or revoke the person's retailer license or to not renew the license; and  (2) Not to issue any new retailer license to that person for the period of time determined by the court in accordance with this section.
AR Code § 23-115-902 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 115 - Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act|Subchapter 9 - Penalties|§ 23-115-902. Fraud — Penalty

 The offense of lottery fraud and penalties for a conviction of lottery fraud are provided under § 5-55-501.
AR Code § 23-115-903 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 115 - Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act|Subchapter 9 - Penalties|§ 23-115-903. False statement on license application — Penalty

 (a) A person shall not knowingly make:  (1) A material false statement in an application for a license or proposal to conduct a lottery; or  (2) A material false entry in any book or record that is compiled, maintained, or submitted to or for the benefit of the Office of the Arkansas Lottery.    (b)  (1) A person who violates this section is guilty of a Class D felony.  (2) A person convicted for violating subsection (a) of this section is subject to an additional fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or the dollar amount of the material false entry or material false statement, whichever is greater.
AR Code § 23-115-904 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 115 - Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act|Subchapter 9 - Penalties|§ 23-115-904. Inconsistent statutes inapplicable

 (a) Section 5-66-101 et seq. and all other laws and parts of laws inconsistent with this chapter are expressly declared not to apply to any person engaged in, conducting, or otherwise participating in lotteries.  (b) A person is not guilty of any criminal offense set forth in § 5-66-101 et seq. or any other law relating to illegal gambling to the extent the person relied on any rule, order, finding, or other determination by the Arkansas Lottery Commission [abolished] or the Office of the Arkansas Lottery that the activity was authorized by this chapter during the time that the rule, order, finding, or other determination was in effect.
AR Code § 23-115-1001 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 115 - Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act|Subchapter 10 - Debtors Owing Money to the State|§ 23-115-1001. Legislative intent

 (a) The purposes of this subchapter are to establish:  (1) A policy and to provide a system whereby all claimant agencies of this state in conjunction with the Office of the Arkansas Lottery shall cooperate in identifying debtors who owe money to the state through its various claimant agencies or to persons on whose behalf the state and its claimant agencies act and who qualify for lottery prizes under this chapter from the office; and  (2) Procedures for setting off against any prize the sum of any debt owed to the state or to persons on whose behalf the state and its claimant agencies act.    (b) This subchapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes stated in subsection (a) of this section.
AR Code § 23-115-1002 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 115 - Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act|Subchapter 10 - Debtors Owing Money to the State|§ 23-115-1002. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Claimant agency” means a state agency, department, board, bureau, commission, or authority:  (A) To which a person owes a debt; or  (B) That acts on behalf of a person to collect a debt;    (2) “Debt” means a:  (A) Liquidated sum due and owing any claimant agency when the sum has accrued through contract, subrogation, tort, or operation of law regardless of whether there is an outstanding judgment for the sum; or  (B) Sum that is due and owing any person and is enforceable by the state;    (3) “Debtor” means an individual owing money to or having a delinquent account with a claimant agency when the obligation has not been:  (A) Adjudicated as satisfied by court order;  (B) Set aside by court order; or  (C) Discharged in bankruptcy; and    (4) “Prize” means the proceeds of any lottery prize awarded under this chapter.
AR Code § 23-115-1003 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 115 - Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act|Subchapter 10 - Debtors Owing Money to the State|§ 23-115-1003. Collection remedy not exclusive

 The collection remedy authorized by this subchapter is in addition to and not in substitution for any other remedy available by law.
AR Code § 23-115-1004 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 115 - Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act|Subchapter 10 - Debtors Owing Money to the State|§ 23-115-1004. List of debtors — Withholding winnings — Ranking of liens

 (a)  (1) A claimant agency may submit to the Office of the Arkansas Lottery a list of the names of all debtors owing in excess of one hundred dollars ($100) to the claimant agency or to persons on whose behalf the claimant agency is acting.  (2) The full amount of the debt is collectible from any prize without regard to limitations on the amounts that may be collectible in increments through garnishment or other proceedings.  (3) The list shall constitute a valid lien upon and claim of lien against the prize of any debtor named in the list.  (4) The list shall contain:  (A) The name of each debtor;  (B) The Social Security number of each debtor if available; and  (C) Any other information that would assist the office in identifying each debtor named in the list.      (b)  (1) The office shall withhold any prizes subject to the lien created by this section and send notice to the winner by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the action and the reason the prizes were withheld.  (2)  (A) However, if the winner appears and claims prizes in person, the office shall notify the winner at that time by hand delivery of the action.  (B) If the debtor does not protest the withholding of the prizes in writing within thirty (30) days of receipt of the notice, the office shall pay the prizes subject to the lien to the claimant agency.  (C) If the debtor protests the withholding of the prizes subject to the lien within thirty (30) days of receipt of the notice, the office shall:  (i) File an action in interpleader in the circuit court of the county where the debtor resides;  (ii) Pay the disputed sum into the registry of the circuit court; and  (iii) Give notice to the claimant agency and debtor of the initiation of the action.        (c) The liens created by this section are ranked by priority as follows:  (1) Taxes due the state;  (2) Delinquent child support; and  (3) All other judgments and liens in order of the date entered or perfected.    (d) The office is not required to deduct claimed debts from prizes paid out by retailers or entities other than the office.  (e) Any list of debt provided under this section shall be provided periodically as the office shall provide by rule, and the office is not obligated to retain the lists or deduct debts appearing on the lists beyond the period determined by the rules.  (f) The office may prescribe forms and promulgate rules it deems necessary to implement this section.  (g) The office and any claimant agency shall incur no civil or criminal liability for good faith adherence to this section.  (h) The claimant agency shall pay the office for all costs incurred by the office in setting off debts in the manner provided in this subchapter.
AR Code § 23-115-1005 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 115 - Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act|Subchapter 10 - Debtors Owing Money to the State|§ 23-115-1005. Confidential information

 (a)  (1) Notwithstanding any other confidentiality statute, the Office of the Arkansas Lottery may provide to a claimant agency all information necessary to accomplish and effectuate the intent of this subchapter.  (2) Information shall be used by a claimant agency only in the pursuit of its debt collection duties and practices.    (b) Confidential information obtained by a claimant agency from the office under this section shall retain its confidentiality.  (c) An employee or prior employee of a claimant agency who unlawfully discloses any information for any other purpose, except as otherwise specifically authorized by law, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
AR Code § 23-115-1006 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 115 - Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act|Subchapter 10 - Debtors Owing Money to the State|§ 23-115-1006. Applicability

 This subchapter only applies to prizes of more than five hundred dollars ($500).
AR Code § 23-115-1101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 115 - Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act|Subchapter 11 - Arkansas Lottery Legislative Oversight|§ 23-115-1101. Duties of Legislative Council

 (a) The Legislative Council shall:  (1) Review whether expenditures of lottery proceeds have been in accordance with this chapter;  (2) Review and approve proposed rules of the Office of the Arkansas Lottery under § 10-3-309;  (3)  (A) Review proposed contracts of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or more before the execution of the contracts.  (B) The office shall provide a list of all contracts less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to the Legislative Council on a monthly basis;    (4) Review reports filed with the Legislative Council by the Division of Higher Education, including without limitation reports filed under §§ 6-85-205 and 6-85-220;  (5) Perform its duties under § 6-85-220; and  (6) Study other lottery matters as the Legislative Council considers necessary to fulfill its mandate.    (b)  (1) Annually by December 15, the Legislative Council shall provide to the General Assembly:  (A) Any analysis or findings resulting from its activities under this section that the Legislative Council deems relevant; and  (B) Its recommendations for any changes to the:  (i) Scholarship award amounts;  (ii) Number or type of scholarships; and  (iii) Scholarship eligibility requirements.      (2) The Legislative Council may make interim reports to the General Assembly regarding the expenditure of net lottery revenues.    (c)  (1) During a regular, fiscal, or extraordinary session of the General Assembly, the Joint Budget Committee shall perform the functions assigned to the Legislative Council under:  (A) This chapter;  (B) Section 6-60-902;  (C) Section 6-60-903;  (D) Section 6-85-205;  (E) Section 6-85-212;  (F) Section 6-85-216;  (G) Section 6-85-219;  (H) Section 6-85-220; and  (I) Section 19-10-212.    (2) This subsection does not limit the authority of the Legislative Council to meet during a recess as authorized by § 10-2-223 or § 10-3-211.    (d) The Legislative Council and the Joint Budget Committee may:  (1) Establish or utilize one (1) or more subcommittees to assist in their duties under this chapter;  (2) Assign information filed with the Legislative Council under this subchapter to one (1) or more subcommittees of the Legislative Council, including without limitation a subcommittee created under subdivision (d)(1) of this section; and  (3) Delegate their duties under this chapter to one (1) or more subcommittees of the Legislative Council, subject to the final approval of the Legislative Council or the Joint Budget Committee.
AR Code § 26-3-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 26 - Taxation|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 3 - Property Subject to Taxation and Exemptions|Subchapter 2 - Taxable Property|§ 26-3-201. Property subject to taxes generally

 All property, whether real or personal, in this state; all moneys, credits, investments in bonds, stocks, joint-stock companies, or otherwise, of persons residing therein; the property of corporations; and the property of all banks or banking companies and of all bankers and brokers shall be subject to taxation. Such property, moneys, credits, investments in bonds, stocks, joint-stock companies, or otherwise, or the value thereof, shall be entered on the list of taxable property for that purpose.
AR Code § 26-3-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 26 - Taxation|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 3 - Property Subject to Taxation and Exemptions|Subchapter 2 - Taxable Property|§ 26-3-202. Money

 (a) All circulation notes of national banking associations, United States legal tender notes, all other notes and certificates of the United States payable on demand and circulating or intended to circulate, as currency, and gold, silver, or other coin held or owned by any citizen or resident of the State of Arkansas are made taxable for all state, county, school, and municipal purposes.  (b) Each person in the state required by law to list property shall make out and deliver to the county assessor, verified by the property owner's oath or affirmation, a list of all moneys, certificates, and circulating notes described in this section in his or her possession or under his or her control on January 1 of each year, which he or she is required to list for taxation, either as holder or owner thereof, or as guardian, parent, spouse, executor, administrator, receiver, accounting officer, partner, agent, or factor.