Arkansas Code
Subchapter 6 - Solid Waste Management and Recycling Fund Act
§ 8-6-615. Distribution of funds to regional solid waste management districts — Reporting requirements

(a)
(1) Funds collected under this subchapter and deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Solid Waste Management and Recycling Fund, less up to twenty percent (20%) for administrative support for the Division of Environmental Quality, shall be allocated annually to each of the approved regional solid waste management districts utilizing a combination of the two (2) methods stated in subsections (b) and (c) of this section.
(2) Fifty percent (50%) of the funds shall be determined using the method provided in subsection (b) of this section, and fifty percent (50%) shall be determined using the method provided in subsection (c) of this section.
(3) The total figures obtained from each method shall be combined to arrive at each regional solid waste management district's fund distribution.

(b)
(1)
(A) The division shall determine the amount of funds within each planning and development district organized under § 14-166-201 et seq., and recognized by the Governor, based on the same distribution as general revenue support is distributed to the planning and development districts in the current fiscal year.
(B) The division shall adjust the distribution described in subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section within the planning and development districts to coincide with the boundaries of the regional solid waste management districts by determining each county's share of the funds available within each planning and development district.
(C) Each county's share shall be based on the proportion that each county's population bears to the total population in the planning and development district to which the county is assigned, multiplied by the amount of funds determined to be available within the planning and development district.
(D) The county's proportional share as determined under this subdivision (b)(1) shall be added to all other counties' shares within the same regional solid waste management district.

(2) The formula to be used under this subsection is as follows:
(A) Divide fifty percent (50%) of the total remaining funds equally by the eight (8) regional planning and development districts;
(B) Multiply the quotient obtained under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section by the most recent federal decennial census population of each county; and
(C)
(i) Divide the product obtained under subdivision (b)(2)(B) of this section by the planning and development district population in which the county is located to determine the portion per county.
(ii) Individual county portions are grouped and totaled by each new regional solid waste management district to determine each regional solid waste management district's allocation.

(c)
(1) The remaining fifty percent (50%) of the funds shall be based on the ratio of the district's 2010 or current decennial census population divided by the most recent federal decennial census state population.
(2) The formula to be used under this subsection is as follows:
(A) Divide each solid waste management district's total population by the state's most recent federal decennial census population; and
(B) Multiply the quotient obtained under subdivision (c)(2)(A) of this section by the total remaining funds to determine each regional solid waste management district's allocation.

(d)
(1) For each fiscal year, each regional solid waste management board that receives funds under this section shall provide a report by November 1 to the division that explains how the board spent the funding received under this section in the previous fiscal year.
(2) The report under this subsection shall include the following information concerning the amount of expenditures in the previous fiscal year from the funds received under this section for:
(A) Equipment and material purchases; and
(B) Operation costs.

(3) The report shall be in a spreadsheet form as prescribed by the division.
(4) The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission may promulgate rules necessary for funding and program reporting, accountability, and oversight under this subsection.