Opinion No.

The Honorable Nick Wilson State Senator P.O. Box 525 Pocahontas, AR 72455

Dear Senator Wilson:

This is in response to your request for an opinion concerning the deposit of a city's portion of its county sales tax to a special account for the construction of a county jail.1 You state that Stone County has been depositing a percentage of its sales tax in the account on a monthly basis for the purpose of constructing a new jail. The county has requested that the City of Mountain View deposit a portion of its county sales tax in the account. Your specific question is as follows:

Can the City of…