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§ 26-75-310. Abolishment of tax

AR Code § 26-75-310 (2018) (N/A)
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(a)

(1) In any city in which a local sales and use tax has been adopted in the manner provided for in this subchapter and all or any portion pledged to secure the payment of lease rentals or bonds as authorized by this subchapter, that portion of the tax pledged to lease rentals or bonds shall not be abolished so long as the lease is effective or any of the bonds are outstanding.

(2) The bonds shall not be deemed outstanding to the extent that there are sufficient tax collections set aside to pay the bonds when due.

(b) The city may abolish all or that portion of the sales and use tax that is not pledged to lease rentals during which the lease is effective or to outstanding bonds:

(1) By a roll call vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all members elected to the governing body of the city, excluding the mayor, if the governing body of the city has determined that the purposes of the tax cannot be fulfilled or cannot continue to be fulfilled; or

(2) After an election called by:

(A) Action of the city's governing body; or

(B) A petition of the qualified voters in the city.

(c) The initiative procedures in Arkansas Constitution, Article 5, § 1, and any ordinances of the city's governing initiative procedures shall govern the petition of the qualified voters under subsection (b) of this section and the calling and holding of an election concerning the abolishment of the tax.

(d) The governing body of the city may call for an election under subsection (b) of this section according to the procedures set forth in this subchapter for the calling of the initial election on the question.

(e)

(1) The ballot title for use in the election under subsection (b) of this section shall be substantially the same as indicated in § 26-75-308(b), except that the word "ABOLITION" shall be substituted for the word "ADOPTION" as it appears in the ballot title set forth in § 26-75-308(b).

(2) A ballot title that contains a question for qualified voters on whether to continue the levy of a local sales and use tax complies with this subsection.

(f) The effective dates of any affirmative vote by the qualified voters to abolish the tax under subsection (b) of this section shall correspond to the dates indicated in § 26-75-309 for the initial effective date of the tax.

(g)

(1) The effective date of any affirmative vote by the governing body of the city to abolish the tax under subsection (b) of this section shall be on the first day of the calendar quarter after the expiration of ninety (90) days from the date a written statement signed by the chief executive officer of the city abolishing the tax is filed with the Director of the Department of Finance and Administration certifying that the governing body of the city has adopted an ordinance abolishing the tax.

(2) A copy of the ordinance shall be attached to the certificate.

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§ 26-75-310. Abolishment of tax