Current with legislation from 2024 Fiscal and Special Sessions.
Section 15-31-113 - Legislative findings - Purpose(a) The General Assembly finds: (1) The Arkansas Forestry Commission enforces laws pertaining to wildland fires, timber theft, and unlawful dumping on forest land;(2) Under current law, fines resulting from violations of the wildland fire laws are deposited with local school districts; and(3) The law is silent on where to deposit fines resulting from violations of the dumping and timber theft laws.(b) The purpose of this section and § 15-31-114 is to establish that fines generated by law enforcement activities of the commission be deposited into the State Forestry Fund.Amended by Act 2017, No. 374,§ 36, eff. 8/1/2017.Acts 1997, No. 132, § 1; 2005, No. 1962, § 71.