(a) Each year, the first eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000) of the pari-mutuel tax revenue derived from § 23-111-505(a) shall be remitted directly to Arkansas State University Mid-South and shall be used by the college for facilities, programming, and personnel in the support of a nursing program.
(b) The revenue received by the college under this section shall be considered local taxes for the purposes of § 6-61-601.