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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-86-108

Penalty

Known as the Family Savings Initiative Act

The act spans §§ 20–20 (13 sections).

Acts 1999, No. 1217, § 8.

(1) If the fiduciary organization receives evidence that moneys withdrawn from individual development accounts are withdrawn under false pretenses or are used for purposes other than for the approved purposes indicated at the time of the withdrawal, the fiduciary organization shall make arrangements with the financial institution to impose a penalty of loss of matches and may, at its discretion, close the individual development account.

(2) All penalties collected by fiduciary organizations shall remain with the fiduciary organization to distribute as matching funds to other eligible individuals.

(3) The fiduciary organization shall establish a grievance committee and a procedure to hear, review, and decide in writing any grievance made by an individual development account holder who disputes a decision of the fiduciary organization that a withdrawal is subject to penalty.

(4) Each fiduciary organization shall establish such procedures as are necessary, including prohibiting eligibility for further matching funds, to ensure compliance with this section.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.