(a) There is created on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a special revenue fund to be known as the “State Aid Street Fund”.
(b) The fund shall consist of one cent (1¢) per gallon tax from revenue distributed under the Arkansas Highway Revenue Distribution Law, § 27-70-201 et seq., from the proceeds derived from existing motor fuel taxes and distillate fuel taxes.
(c) The fund shall be used for construction, reconstruction, and improvements of the state aid street system under the State Aid Streets Law, § 27-72-401 et seq.
(d)
(1) All revenues deposited into the fund shall be apportioned to the municipalities as prescribed in § 27-72-413 for the distribution on the state aid street system among the various municipalities.
(2) The apportioned funds shall remain for a period of two (2) years from the date they are apportioned.
(3) Any unused funds shall be returned to the fund for redistribution in accordance with § 27-72-413.
(4)
(A) For a municipality to receive these funds, the municipality shall be matched in the ratio of ninety percent (90%) of moneys from the fund to not less than ten percent (10%) municipal matching funds for all municipalities with a population in excess of twenty-five thousand (25,000) residents.
(B) For all other municipalities, the state aid street system shall be funded at one hundred percent (100%), and all municipalities receiving moneys from the fund shall comply with the State Aid Streets Law, § 27-72-401 et seq.