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26-75-210. Abolishment of tax.
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26-75-210. Abolishment of tax.
(a)(1) Except as set forth in subsection (b) of this section, in any city in which a city sales and use tax has been adopted in the manner provided in this subchapter, and subsequent to the adoption of the city tax the county where the city is located enacts a county sales and use tax, then the city may abolish its sales and use tax:
(A) By a roll call of two-thirds (2/3) of all the members elected to the governing body of the city, excluding the mayor; or
(B) After an election called by:
(i) Action of the governing body of the city; or
(ii) A petition of the qualified voters in the city.
(2) In all other cases, except under subsection (b) of this section, the city may abolish all or a portion of the sales and use tax by:
(A) 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
(B) After an election called by:
(i) Action of the governing body of the city; or
(ii) A petition of the qualified voters in the city.
(3) 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 this subsection and the calling and holding of an election concerning the abolishment of the tax.
(4) The governing body of the city may call for an election under this subsection according to the procedures set forth in this subchapter for the calling of the initial election on such question.
(5)(A) The ballot title for use in any election under this subsection shall be substantially the same as indicated in § 26-75-208(b
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 26-75-210
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26-75-210. Abolishment of tax.
(a)(1) Except as set forth in subsection (b) of this section, in any city in which a city sales and use tax has been adopted in the manner provided in this subchapter, and subsequent to the adoption of the city tax the county where the city is located enacts a county sales and use tax, then the city may abolish its sales and use tax:
(A) By a roll call of two-thirds (2/3) of all the members elected to the governing body of the city, excluding the mayor; or
(B) After an election called by:
(i) Action of the governing body of the city; or
(ii) A petition of the qualified voters in the city.
(2) In all other cases, except under subsection (b) of this section, the city may abolish all or a portion of the sales and use tax by:
(A) 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
(B) After an election called by:
(i) Action of the governing body of the city; or
(ii) A petition of the qualified voters in the city.
(3) 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 this subsection and the calling and holding of an election concerning the abolishment of the tax.
(4) The governing body of the city may call for an election under this subsection according to the procedures set forth in this subchapter for the calling of the initial election on such question.
(5)(A) The ballot title for use in any election under this subsection shall be substantially the same as indicated in § 26-75-208(b), except that the word “ABOLITION” shall be substituted for the word “ADOPTION” as it appears in the ballot title set forth in § 26-75-208(b).
(B) 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 subdivision (a)(5).
(b)(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 repealed, abolished, or reduced so long as the lease is in effect or any of the bonds are outstanding.
(2) The bonds shall not be deemed outstanding to the extent that sufficient tax collections have been set aside to pay the bonds when due.
(c) The effective date of any affirmative vote of the qualified voters to abolish the tax under subsection (a) of this section shall correspond to the dates indicated in § 26-75-209 for the initial effective date of the tax.
(d)(1) The effective date of any affirmative vote by the governing body of the city to abolish the tax under subsection (a) 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 Secretary 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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26-75-208. Special election required.
(a)(1) On the date of the filing of a petition described in § 26-75-207(b) or on the date of adoption of an ordinance levying a local sales and use tax for the benefit of the city, or within thirty (30) days following the filing of the petition described in § 26-75-207(b) or adoption of the ordinance, the city by ordinance shall provide for the calling of a special election on the question in accordance with § 7-11-201 et seq.
(2) The special election shall be called for a date no later than one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of action of the governing body in establishing the date of the special election.
(3) The date for the special election may be the same as the date for the next regular municipal election if the next regular municipal election is to be held within the one-hundred-twenty-day period.
(4) The governing body of the city shall notify the county board of election commissioners that the question has been referred to the vote of the people and shall submit a copy of the ballot title to the county board of election commissioners.
(5) The election shall be conducted in the manner provided by law for all other municipal elections unless otherwise provided in this subchapter.
(b)(1) The ballot title to be used at such election shall be substantially in the following form:
“[ ] FOR adoption of a percent ( %) local sales and use tax within (name of city).”
“[ ] AGAINST adoption of a percent ( %) local sales and use tax within (name of city).”
(2) If an expiration date as described in § 26-75-207(c) for the local sales and use tax has been provided for by the governing body of the city in the levying ordinance or the petition described in § 26-75-207(b), the ballot title shall
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 26-75-208
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 26-75-208. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
26-75-209. Effective date of ordinance.
In order to provide time for the preparations for election set forth in this subchapter and to provide for the accomplishment of the administrative duties of the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration, the following effective dates are applicable with reference to any such ordinance levying such tax:
(1)(A) The ordinance or petition described in § 26-75-207 levying the tax shall not be effective until after the election has been held.
(B) Following the election, the mayor of the city shall issue his or her proclamation of the results of the election with reference to the local sales and use tax, and the proclamation shall be published one (1) time in a newspaper having general circulation in the city.
(C) Any person desiring to challenge the results of the election as published in the proclamation shall file the challenge in the circuit court of the county where the city is located within thirty (30) days of the date of publication of the proclamation.
(D)(i) The mayor of the city shall notify the secretary of the rate change after publication of the proclamation has occurred and ninety (90) days before the effective date of the tax.
(ii) If an election challenge is not filed within the thirty-day challenge period, the ordinance or petition described in § 26-75-207 shall become effective on the first day of the first month of the calendar quarter after a minimum of sixty (60) days' notice by the secretary to sellers and after the expiration of the full thirty-day period of challenge.
(iii) The effective date of the ordinance or petition may be delayed under § 26-75-207(d).
(E) The rate change shall become applicable on the first day of a quarter after one hundred twenty (120) days' notice by the s
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 26-75-209
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 26-75-209. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.