1. (a) The additional costs incurred by a county for an annual school election that is held in conjunction with a state-funded election are not reimbursable by the State Board of Election Commissioners.

2. (b)

   1. (1) Any request for reimbursement filed pursuant to the Rules for Reimbursement of Expenses for State-Funded Elections, 7 CAR pt. 70, that requests that the additional cost of a school election be included in that reimbursement or fails to document the calculation required by 7 CAR § 71-108 may result in the withholding of state funding pursuant to 7 CAR § 70-104.
   2. (2) A county submitting a request for reimbursement must calculate the additional cost of the school election as defined under this part.

   3. (3) The requesting county must document those calculations in a manner sufficient for the board to distinguish the:

      1. (A) Additional cost of the school election; and
      2. (B) Reimbursable costs of the state-funded election.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules contained a footnote to 7 CAR § 71-103(a) as follows: "Ark. Code Ann. § 7-4-101(f)(11)".