{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-2-36-101","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 2-36-101","heading":"Fair-funding program","body":"(a) There is created within the Department of Agriculture a fair-funding program that shall be used to provide fair-funding assistance to junior livestock shows, county fairs, district fairs, and the Arkansas State Fair and Livestock Show. (b) The department shall utilize a historical average of total fair funding provided by the State of Arkansas to previous fair-funding recipients in determining an equitable distribution of available funding appropriated by the General Assembly. (c) (1) (A) A recipient of fair funding under the fair-funding program under subsection (a) of this section shall: (i) Maintain records of expenditures; and (ii) Submit an annual financial report to the department and to Arkansas Legislative Audit by the end of each calendar year. (B) A recipient of fair funding is subject to a decrease in future funding if the recipient of fair funding does not: (i) Submit an annual financial report as required under subdivision (c)(1)(A)(ii) of this section; or (ii) Provide proof of yearly continuing education requirements under guidance adopted by the department. (2) A recipient of fair funding under the fair-funding program established under subsection (a) of this section is subject to audit by Arkansas Legislative Audit. Amended by Act 2021, No. 700,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1032, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1973, No. 317, §§ 6, 7; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 78-1615, 78-1616; Acts 1999, No. 1323, § 1; 2011, No. 776, § 2.\n\n(a) There is created within the Department of Agriculture a fair-funding program that shall be used to provide fair-funding assistance to junior livestock shows, county fairs, district fairs, and the Arkansas State Fair and Livestock Show.\n\n(b) The department shall utilize a historical average of total fair funding provided by the State of Arkansas to previous fair-funding recipients in determining an equitable distribution of available funding appropriated by the General Assembly.\n\n(c) (1) (A) A recipient of fair funding under the fair-funding program under subsection (a) of this section shall: (i) Maintain records of expenditures; and (ii) Submit an annual financial report to the department and to Arkansas Legislative Audit by the end of each calendar year. (B) A recipient of fair funding is subject to a decrease in future funding if the recipient of fair funding does not: (i) Submit an annual financial report as required under subdivision (c)(1)(A)(ii) of this section; or (ii) Provide proof of yearly continuing education requirements under guidance adopted by the department. (2) A recipient of fair funding under the fair-funding program established under subsection (a) of this section is subject to audit by Arkansas Legislative Audit.\n\n(1) (A) A recipient of fair funding under the fair-funding program under subsection (a) of this section shall: (i) Maintain records of expenditures; and (ii) Submit an annual financial report to the department and to Arkansas Legislative Audit by the end of each calendar year. (B) A recipient of fair funding is subject to a decrease in future funding if the recipient of fair funding does not: (i) Submit an annual financial report as required under subdivision (c)(1)(A)(ii) of this section; or (ii) Provide proof of yearly continuing education requirements under guidance adopted by the department.\n\n(A) A recipient of fair funding under the fair-funding program under subsection (a) of this section shall: (i) Maintain records of expenditures; and (ii) Submit an annual financial report to the department and to Arkansas Legislative Audit by the end of each calendar year.\nof this section; or (ii) Provide proof of yearly continuing education requirements under guidance adopted by the department.\n\n(A) A recipient of fair funding under the fair-funding program under subsection (a) of this section shall: (i) Maintain records of expenditures; and (ii) Submit an annual financial report to the department and to Arkansas Legislative Audit by the end of each calendar year.\n\n(i) Maintain records of expenditures; and\n\n(ii) Submit an annual financial report to the department and to Arkansas Legislative Audit by the end of each calendar year.\n\n(B) A recipient of fair funding is subject to a decrease in future funding if the recipient of fair funding does not: (i) Submit an annual financial report as required under subdivision (c)(1)(A)(ii) of this section; or (ii) Provide proof of yearly continuing education requirements under guidance adopted by the department.\n\n(i) Submit an annual financial report as required under subdivision (c)(1)(A)(ii) of this section; or\n\n(ii) Provide proof of yearly continuing education requirements under guidance adopted by the department.\n\n(2) A recipient of fair funding under the fair-funding program established under subsection (a) of this section is subject to audit by Arkansas Legislative Audit.","path":["AR Code","Title 2","Chapter 36","Subchapter 1"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"3c05b23088e499cbce9a4f46c64ecd5624cd8078225ec55b63b6f56ba9aa6601","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-2-35-407","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-2-36-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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