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AR Code § 27-69-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 69 - Mississippi River Parkway (Great River Road)|Subchapter 2 - Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas|§ 27-69-202. Members

 (a)  (1) The Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas shall be composed of ten (10) members appointed by the Governor:  (A) One (1) member shall be a resident of Mississippi County;  (B) One (1) member shall be a resident of Crittenden County;  (C) One (1) member shall be a resident of St. Francis County;  (D) One (1) member shall be a resident of Lee County;  (E) One (1) member shall be a resident of Phillips County;  (F) One (1) member shall be a resident of Monroe County;  (G) One (1) member shall be a resident of Arkansas County;  (H) One (1) member shall be a resident of Desha County;  (I) One (1) member shall be a resident of Drew County; and  (J) One (1) member shall be a resident of Chicot County.    (2) All members shall be appointed for terms of five (5) years.    (b)  (1) Any person who has served, is now serving, or serves in the future as a member of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas, as established by this subchapter, who has served or serves twenty (20) years as a member of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas, and as pilot or president of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission, shall, from and after February 3, 1983, be known and designated as a “commissioner emeritus”.  (2) A commissioner emeritus shall serve as a member of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas for the remainder of his or her life and shall be notified of all Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas meetings and is entitled to the same expenses and other allowances for attending Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas meetings as is provided by law for other Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas members.  (3) The Governor of the State of Arkansas shall cause an appropriate commission to be prepared and issued to each commissioner emeritus of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas, who shall file it with the Secretary of State and take the official oath of office before entering upon his or her duties as a commissioner emeritus of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas.    (c) Immediately upon making any appointment to the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas, the Governor making the appointment shall notify the Mississippi River Parkway Planning Commission, hereinafter called the national commission, giving the names and addresses of the member or members so appointed.  (d)  (1) Members of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas shall not receive compensation for their services but may receive expense reimbursement as provided in § 25-16-901 et seq.  (2) These expenses shall be paid upon claims for reimbursement approved by the chair of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas.
AR Code § 27-69-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 69 - Mississippi River Parkway (Great River Road)|Subchapter 2 - Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas|§ 27-69-203. Organization and meetings

 (a) At the first meeting of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission and annually thereafter, the members shall select a Chair of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission and a secretary from the membership.  (b) Meetings of the commission shall be called by motion of the chair or on request of any five (5) members.  (c) Except in the case of an emergency, notice of the time and place of each meeting shall be given to each member at least five (5) days prior to the date of the meeting.  (d) Every meeting of the commission shall be held at some suitable place in one of the ten (10) counties in which the Great River Road is situated, except that any meeting may be held at any other suitable place upon majority vote of the members of the commission.  (e) Any four (4) members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting any business of the commission.
AR Code § 27-69-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 69 - Mississippi River Parkway (Great River Road)|Subchapter 2 - Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas|§ 27-69-204. National affiliation — Advisory capacity

 (a) The Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas created herein shall be an affiliate of the National Mississippi River Parkway Commission and shall cooperate with and assist the national commission in promoting interest in, and the development and use of, the Great River Road as designated by the Federal Highway Administration. It shall also serve in an advisory capacity to the Arkansas Department of Transportation in regard to the exercise of the powers and duties granted the department by § 27-69-101 et seq.  (b) The Chair of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas shall be the Arkansas representative on the National Mississippi River Parkway Commission.
AR Code § 27-69-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 69 - Mississippi River Parkway (Great River Road)|Subchapter 2 - Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas|§ 27-69-205. Advisors and assistants

 The Director of State Highways and Transportation shall designate one (1) employee of the Arkansas Department of Transportation who is an engineer or who has engineering experience, and the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism shall appoint one (1) member of his or her staff, who shall advise and assist the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas in carrying out its functions and duties under this subchapter.
AR Code § 27-69-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 69 - Mississippi River Parkway (Great River Road)|Subchapter 2 - Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas|§ 27-69-206. Standard road signs

 (a) The State Highway Commission is authorized and directed to erect and maintain signs designating the route of the Great River Road through Arkansas.  (b) The signs used to designate the route shall be the standard marker developed and approved for the Great River Road by the national commission.
AR Code § 27-69-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 69 - Mississippi River Parkway (Great River Road)|Subchapter 2 - Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas|§ 27-69-207. Funds

 (a) The State Highway Commission is authorized to:  (1) Expend from its regular appropriation for any fiscal year, in addition to the other purposes enumerated in the appropriation act, funds to cover the state's pro rata share, as a participating member, of the costs in the activities and work of the Mississippi River Parkway Planning Commission; and  (2) Match any federal-aid apportionment for the planning and coordination of the Great River Road, also called the Mississippi River Parkway.    (b) The authorizations made for expenditures from the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund in subsection (a) of this section shall be made by the State Highway Commission as it deems in the best interests of the State of Arkansas and shall be limited to expenditures not exceeding seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) for fees, dues, and other expenses during any one (1) fiscal year.
AR Code § 27-70-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 70 - Highway Revenue Distribution|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 27-70-101. Certification of vouchers, etc

 (a) The designated disbursing officers for the Arkansas Department of Transportation are hereby authorized to complete and sign one (1) certification for each state voucher or other designated document that authorizes the Auditor of State, or other official, to draw a state warrant or check on a fund administered by the Arkansas Department of Transportation.  (b) The voucher or other authorizing document can consist of one (1) or more pages and in the event that more than one (1) page is used, then the designated disbursing officer is to manually sign the last page only, and any certification is to be so worded that it will apply to all pages of the document.
AR Code § 27-70-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 70 - Highway Revenue Distribution|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 27-70-102. Certification of amounts due — Distribution

 (a) The Arkansas Department of Transportation, through the Director of State Highways and Transportation, is authorized to certify to the Treasurer of State, Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State any amount that is due the department from a city or county of this state.  (b) Upon certification, the Treasurer of State, Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall record and transfer the amount so certified from the funds next to be distributed to the designated city or county, under the provisions of the Arkansas Highway Revenue Distribution Law, § 27-70-201 et seq., to the fund designated by the department. The amount may be a lump sum or in installments, as instructed by the department.
AR Code § 27-70-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 70 - Highway Revenue Distribution|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 27-70-103. State Highway Special Construction Account

 (a) All taxes, penalties, and other amounts collected pursuant to the additional taxes and fees levied in §§ 26-55-205(b) and 26-56-201(a)(2) shall be classified as special revenues.  (b) After deducting therefrom the three percent (3%) for credit to the Constitutional Officers Fund and the State Central Services Fund as required by § 27-70-206(1), the Treasurer of State shall transfer the net amount remaining to the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund to be set aside in a special account therein to be known as the State Highway Special Construction Account to be used solely and exclusively by the State Highway Commission:  (1) For construction of roads and highways on the state highway system; and  (2) To provide funds for transfer to the State Aid Road Fund as may be provided by law.    (c) None of these funds shall be used for the construction of highway buildings, for the payment of salaries, for the purchase of supplies and materials, for highway maintenance, or any other purpose other than the construction of state highways.  (d) All taxes, penalties, and other amounts collected pursuant to §§ 26-55-205(b) and 26-56-201(a)(2) shall be distributed solely and exclusively for the purposes set forth in this section. None of the amounts shall be distributed as provided by § 27-70-206(2) and (3).
AR Code § 27-70-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 70 - Highway Revenue Distribution|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 27-70-104. Federal excise tax on motor fuels

 (a) Should the Congress of the United States extend an option to the State of Arkansas to collect all or part of the existing excise tax on motor fuels imposed by the Internal Revenue Code, Chapter 31, Retailers Excise Tax, §§ 4041 and 4081, it is declared that the option is executed.  (b) Further, if the federal excise tax is reduced in any amount, the amount of the reduction will continue to be collected as state highway user revenues.  (c) Any increase in the federal excise tax, accompanied by state option, shall be disbursed as set forth in subsection (d) of this section.  (d) Any revenues derived under subsection (a) of this section will be classified as special revenues and shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the State Apportionment Fund for distribution under the Arkansas Highway Revenue Distribution Law, there to be used for the construction of state highways, county roads, and municipal streets.
AR Code § 27-70-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 70 - Highway Revenue Distribution|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Highway Revenue Distribution Law|§ 27-70-201. Title

 This subchapter may be referred to and cited as the “Arkansas Highway Revenue Distribution Law”.
AR Code § 27-70-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 70 - Highway Revenue Distribution|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Highway Revenue Distribution Law|§ 27-70-202. Definition

 (a) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “highway revenues” means and includes the following special revenues:  (1) Fees for the registration and licensing of motor vehicles, levied and collected under §§ 27-14-305, 27-14-601, 27-14-603, 27-14-605, 27-14-702, 27-14-704, 27-14-709, 27-14-716, 27-14-717, 27-14-914, 27-14-915, §§ 27-14-501 et seq., 27-14-1101 et seq., 27-14-1201 et seq., 27-14-1301 et seq., 27-14-1401 et seq., 27-14-1501 et seq., 27-14-1801 et seq., 27-14-1901 et seq., and 27-14-2101 et seq., and § 27-15-101 et seq., except motor vehicle in-transit taxes and drive-out tag fees levied, respectively, under §§ 27-14-1805 and 27-14-2104;  (2) Taxes levied and collected under the Motor Fuel Tax Law, § 26-55-201 et seq., and the Special Motor Fuels Tax Law, § 26-56-101 et seq., commonly referred to, and denominated by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration for tax distribution purposes, as the “gasoline tax”; and  (3) Ninety-five percent (95%) of the severance tax levied and collected on natural gas under § 26-58-111(5).    (b) For the purposes of this section, any penalties, fines, charges, or other amounts paid in connection with or in lieu of any of the foregoing enumeration shall be deemed, unless otherwise expressly provided for by law, to be highway revenues and shall be added to and considered as a part of the particular foregoing enumeration to which it shall respectively belong.
AR Code § 27-70-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 70 - Highway Revenue Distribution|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Highway Revenue Distribution Law|§ 27-70-203. Deposit in State Apportionment Fund

 All highway revenues shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the State Apportionment Fund. After deducting the amount of uncollected checks and reserving the amount as shall be required to liquidate claims for taxes erroneously paid, the Treasurer of State shall, on the last business day of each month, transfer these highway revenues in the amounts or proportions, and to the State Treasury funds, specified in § 27-70-206.
AR Code § 27-70-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 70 - Highway Revenue Distribution|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Highway Revenue Distribution Law|§ 27-70-204. Interest on funds of Arkansas Department of Transportation

 (a) On the second business day that the State Treasury is open after the twenty-fifth day of the month, the Treasurer of State shall compute the balance of the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund, including all internal accounts and funds, including, but not limited to, the State Highway Special Construction Account, the State Aid Road Fund, the State Aid Street Fund, the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund, and any other funds administered by the Arkansas Department of Transportation during the preceding month and shall transfer on that day to the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund interest on the balance to be computed as authorized under § 19-3-518(d)(4), excluding the interest rate paid on open account deposits, during the preceding month.  (b)  (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b)(2) of this section, interest earned on the accounts described in subsection (a) of this section shall be classified as special revenues to be used as authorized under § 19-6-405.  (2) Interest income generated from the Arkansas Four-Lane Highway Construction and Improvement Bond Account shall be distributed as required under § 27-70-206.
AR Code § 27-70-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 70 - Highway Revenue Distribution|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Highway Revenue Distribution Law|§ 27-70-205. Federal Revenue Sharing State Highway Trust Fund Account

 Commencing with the federal funds received by the State of Arkansas under the provisions of the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, Public Law 92-512, as amended, commonly and hereinafter referred to as “federal revenue-sharing funds”, all federal revenue sharing funds received each fiscal year by the State of Arkansas for the use and benefit of the State of Arkansas shall be transferred to and allocated to a special trust fund to be established in the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund, to be known as the Federal Revenue Sharing State Highway Trust Fund Account, to be set aside and used by the State Highway Commission solely and exclusively for construction of highways on the state highway system and the state aid street system. All funds shall be administered and the controls and accounting thereof shall be in accordance with the provisions of the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, Public Law 92-512, as amended, and all regulations promulgated thereunder, and in accordance with the laws of this state governing the advertising and awarding contracts for, and payment of, construction contracts to be awarded by the commission.
AR Code § 27-70-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 70 - Highway Revenue Distribution|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Highway Revenue Distribution Law|§ 27-70-206. Distribution to state funds

 Excluding the interest income classified as special revenue under § 27-70-204(b)(1), all highway revenues which are available for distribution during each fiscal year shall be transferred to the following State Treasury funds, and in the order specified, with transfers to be made monthly until all available revenues have been transferred:   (1) First, except as provided by § 19-5-207, three percent (3%) of the amount thereof to the Constitutional Officers Fund and the State Central Services Fund, there to be used for the purposes specified for each fund by the Revenue Stabilization Law, § 19-5-101 et seq.;  (2) Next, to the Gasoline Tax Refund Fund, such amount as the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall, from time to time, certify to the Treasurer of State as being necessary to pay approved gasoline tax refund claims under the provisions of §§ 26-55-301 — 26-55-321 [Repealed] and 26-55-401 — 26-55-408, or other applicable law. However, the aggregate total amount of all transfers under this paragraph shall not exceed two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) during any fiscal year; and  (3) After meeting the requirements set out in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this section, all remaining highway revenues which are available for distribution during each fiscal year shall be transferred in the following manner: Fifteen percent (15%) of the amount thereof to the County Aid Fund; fifteen percent (15%) of the amount thereof to the Municipal Aid Fund; and seventy percent (70%) of the amount thereof to the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund.
AR Code § 27-70-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 70 - Highway Revenue Distribution|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Highway Revenue Distribution Law|§ 27-70-208. Disposition of gross receipts taxes on gasohol

 The gross receipts taxes levied and collected on gasohol shall be used by the Arkansas Department of Transportation to defray, in whole or in part, the cost of constructing, widening, reconstructing, maintaining, resurfacing, or repairing the public highways, and retiring highway indebtedness of this state. These taxes shall be remitted to the department in accordance with this subchapter.
AR Code § 27-72-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 72 - Highway Revenues for Local Aid|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 27-72-101. Plans and engineering services for county federal-aid secondary road projects

 (a) The Arkansas Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to furnish, without cost to counties, all plans and engineering services necessary in connection with all county negotiated contracts for federal-aid secondary road projects in all counties of this state.  (b) The cost of plans and engineering services shall be included in the cost of projects but shall not be chargeable to the county.
AR Code § 27-72-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 72 - Highway Revenues for Local Aid|Subchapter 2 - Violations of Federal-Aid Agreements|§ 27-72-201. Funds to be withheld

 Where any political subdivision of the State of Arkansas has entered into an agreement with the United States Government, any agency or subdivision thereof, or the State Highway Commission to maintain projects constructed off the state highway system by the commission, with the use of United States governmental funds, upon written notice to the commission from the Federal Highway Administration that projects are being maintained insufficiently according to the agreement, the commission is authorized, ordered, and empowered to instruct the Treasurer of State to withhold payment from the County Aid Fund, which is payable or to be payable to the various political subdivisions of the State of Arkansas, if the commission, after investigation, finds the political subdivisions have failed to live up to the agreement.
AR Code § 27-72-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 72 - Highway Revenues for Local Aid|Subchapter 2 - Violations of Federal-Aid Agreements|§ 27-72-202. Duties of commission and Treasurer of State

 (a) The State Highway Commission, upon receipt of written notice from the Federal Highway Administration to the effect that political subdivisions have violated the agreement set out in § 27-72-201, shall immediately proceed to investigate the report and shall make a final determination of the amount of money necessary to maintain the projects properly.  (b) After this determination, the commission shall, by resolution, inform the Treasurer of State of the facts.  (c) The Treasurer of State shall immediately withhold payment as set out in § 27-72-201 and transmit his warrants as funds accrue from time to time to the commission until the amount determined by the commission is fully satisfied.  (d) In the event the amount of the County Aid Fund payable or to be payable to the respective political subdivisions is over and above the amount determined by the commission, then after being informed by the commission, the Treasurer of State shall release and transmit his warrant for the remainder to the proper authorities of the respective counties who have violated the agreement.
AR Code § 27-72-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 72 - Highway Revenues for Local Aid|Subchapter 2 - Violations of Federal-Aid Agreements|§ 27-72-203. Project maintenance — Application of funds

 (a) Upon receipt of the warrant or warrants from the Treasurer of State, the State Highway Commission shall apply such funds to the maintenance of the project or projects on which agreements have been violated for the amount or amounts pro rata as the commission shall deem best.  (b) In the event the commission has expended its own funds for maintenance of the projects, then the amounts so expended from state maintenance funds shall be replaced by funds from the warrants received from the Treasurer of State in the amount expended.