(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 Taxes".
(B)
(i) Money reported as local sales and use taxes which was collected in local taxing jurisdictions which are not immediately identifiable and money collected in local jurisdictions which have no tax shall be deposited into the Identification Pending Trust Fund for Local Sales and Use Taxes.
(ii) When a local tax jurisdiction is identified for money which has been deposited into the Identification Pending Trust Fund for Local Sales and Use Taxes, the money shall be transferred to the Local Sales and Use Tax Trust Fund.
(iii) When the total amount in the Identification Pending Trust Fund for Local Sales and Use Taxes exceeds fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the Treasurer of State shall transfer any amount in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to general revenues.
(C)
(i) Money reported as local sales and use taxes, which was collected by an out-of-state vendor and which is not identifiable, shall be deposited into the Identification Pending Trust Fund for Local Sales and Use Taxes. Any such funds so deposited shall not be included for computation of transfer to general revenue in subdivision (a)(2)(B) of this section.
(ii) The Treasurer of State shall distribute unidentified local sales and use taxes collected by out-of-state vendors to the county treasurers and city treasurers as determined by their proportionate share of distribution from the Local Sales and Use Tax Trust Fund on a monthly basis.
(b)
(1) The Treasurer of State, as the administrator of the Local Sales and Use Tax Trust Fund shall review the flow of moneys through the Local Sales and Use Tax Trust Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of estimating the amount of the moneys as may be surplus to the immediate requirements of the Local Sales and Use Tax Trust Fund.
(2) After making the estimate, the administrator shall invest the estimated surplus amount in certificates of deposit issued by any financial institution located in the State of Arkansas. All interest income derived from the certificates of deposit shall be credited as trust fund income to the Local Sales and Use Tax Trust Fund.
(3) The Treasurer of State shall monthly transmit to the county treasurers and city treasurers their proportionate share of the interest derived from investment of the Local Sales and Use Tax Fund.
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