Popular name and ballot title; Repeal of Act 456 of 1985 (gasoline tax, etc.)

STATE OF ARKANSAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL JUSTICE BUILDING, LITTLE ROCK 72201 STEVE CLARK (501) 371-2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION NO. 85-109 May 14, 1985 Ms. Sandra Peters Route 1, Box 516 Austin, Arkansas 72007 Dear Ms. Peters: I acknowledge receipt of your proposed: Petition for Referendum against Act 456 of 1985. . . The Popular Name and Ballot Title of the Referendum Petition submitted “is believed to be insufficient and the following is hereby, substituted: POPULAR NAME FOR REPEAL OF ACT 456 of 1985. BALLOT ‘TITLE FOR REPEAL OF ACT 456 OF 1985 WHICH LEVIES AN EXCISE TAX OF .04¢ PER GALLON UPON ALL MOTOR FUEL AND LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM . GAS AND .02¢ PER GALLON UPON ALL DISTILLATE SPECIAL MOTOR FUELS AUTHORIZING THE LEVYING OF ADDITIONAL FEES ON CLASSES OF VEHICLES USING LIQUIFIED GAS SPECIAL FUEL AND POSSESSING LIQUIFIED GAS SPECIAL FUEL USERS PERMITS, BOTH FOR NON-FARM VERICLES AND FARM ~~ VEHICLES; INSTRUCTING THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUES, RECEIVING ALL TAXES, INTEREST, PENALTIES, AND COSTS, WHICH ARE TO BE CLASSIFIED AS "SPECIAL REVENUES", “TO DEPOSIT SAME IN THE STATE TREASURY AND TRANSFER ON 'THE LAST BUSINESS DAY OF EACH MONTH TO THE COUNTY AID FUND (15%), MUNICIPAL AID FUND (15%) AND 70% ‘TO THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT FUND; REQUIRING THE HIGHWAY COMMISSION T0 PROVIDE TO MEMBERS OF THE CENERAL ASSEMBLY, ANNUALLY, REPORTS ON THE EXPENDITURE OF SAID MONIZS AND A LIST OF THE ROADS WORKED ON; THE SAME BEING ACT 456 OF 1985. The substituted Popular Name and Ballot Title is hereby approved and certified as sufficient. a I call your attention to Ark. Stat. Ann, §2~205 which requires that to every ’ Petition for Referendum shail be attached a full and correct copy of the measure upon which the referendum is ordered, Likewise, Ark. Stat. Ann. §2-206 requires ~ each Referendum Petition to contain Instructions to Canvassers and Signers over the signature of the Attorney General. . Sandra Peters May 14, 1985 Page 2 The foregoing opinion, which I hereby approve, was prepared by Chief Deputy Attorney General Rodney Parham. STEVE C Attorney General SC:RP:lm