State disbursing add'l city and county turnbacks Tuesday

The 86th General Assembly appropriated a supplemental and additional $12 million to cities and $12 million to counties using a portion of the General Improvement Fund. The reasons for doing so were well publicized and debated during the session: (a) special and local appropriations are prohibited by the Constitution (buttressed by Wilson v. Weiss); (b) worthy local projects can be funded by local governments; (c) local governments have not had a one-time increase in decades; and (d) we had the resources to distribute funds to local governments, many which have been cash-strapped while the state has enjoyed a surplus. The funds will be distributed according to the normal turnback formula (Ark. Code Ann. §§ 19-5-601, 602) and will be released Tuesday, September 4, 2007.

Here are approximate amounts for my district:
Miller County: $165,383.78
City of Texarkana: $181,384.56

By contrast:
Largest county: Pulaski: $525,634.02; smallest county: Calhoun: $126,445.72
Largest city: Little Rock: $1,255,955.02; smallest city: Gilbert (Pop. 33) $226.32

Here are links to the Acts authorizing these disbursements:
Act 1202
Act 1753
Act 1093