Ark. revenues again fall below predictions (UALR Public Radio) - Arkansas finance officials said Tuesday that the state collected $17.8 million less than expected last month, as state agencies prepared to detail their plans for cutting budgets.

Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration Director Richard Weiss said it was too soon to tell whether the state would need to cut its budget again after seeing another drop in individual, sales and corporate income tax collections. Gov. Mike Beebe last month ordered a $100 million cut in the state's budget.

Tuesday is the deadline for state agencies to detail how they plan on making the cuts Beebe ordered last month. The Board of Correction this week voted to cut the state prison budget by $6.3 million by not filling open positions, reducing its supplies and delaying the expansion of a unit for prisoners with special medical needs.

Beebe has said he didn't expect any layoffs from the round of budget cuts and expected many of the reductions would come from not filling vacant positions. Beebe's office said the governor was continuing to watch the revenue figures.

"There's no plan to revisit the cuts over the next few months," Beebe spokesman Matt DeCample said.

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