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Arkansas House Bill HB1002

Arkansas 2024 Regular Session

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65 State of Arkansas 1
76 94th General Assembly A Bill 2
87 Fiscal Session, 2024 HOUSE BILL 1002 3
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109 By: House Management 5
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1211 For An Act To Be Entitled 7
1312 AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 8
1413 AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE ARKANSAS HOUSE OF 9
1514 REPRESENTATIVES - STAFF FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 10
1615 JUNE 30, 2025; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 11
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1918 Subtitle 14
2019 AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS HOUSE OF 15
2120 REPRESENTATIVES - STAFF APPROPRIATION FOR 16
2221 THE 2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR. 17
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2524 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 20
2625 21
2726 SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - HOUSE STAFF. There is hereby established 22
2827 for the Arkansas House of Representatives for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the 23
2928 following maximum number of regular employees. 24
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3130 Maximum Annual 26
3231 Maximum Salary Rate 27
3332 Item No. of Fiscal Year 28
3433 No. Title Employees 2024 -2025 29
3534 (1) CHIEF OF STAFF 1 GRADE SE04 30
3635 (2) CHIEF COUNSEL/PARLIAMENTARIAN 1 GRADE SE03 31
3736 (3) COORD LEGISLATIVE SERV 1 GRADE SE01 32
3837 (4) CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 1 GRADE SE01 33
3938 (5) CHIEF CLERK/FISCAL OFFICER 1 GRADE SE01 34
4039 (6) DIRECTOR OF MEMBER SERVICES 1 GRADE SE01 35
4140 (7) ADMIN SPECIALIST/TRAVEL COORDINATOR 1 GRADE GS12 36 HB1002
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4645 (8) HOUSE PROPERTIES & FACILITIES MGR 1 GRADE GS12 1
4746 (9) DIRECTOR OF OPS/EXEC ADMIN TO THE SPEAK ER 1 GRADE GS12 2
4847 (10) ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS11 3
4948 (11) CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER/SERGEANT AT ARMS 1 GRADE GS11 4
5049 (12) ASST CHIEF CLERK/ASST FISCAL OFFICER 1 GRADE GS11 5
5150 (13) COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST/VIDEOGRAPHER 1 GRADE GS10 6
5251 (14) COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST/PHOTOGRAPHER 1 GRADE GS10 7
5352 (15) ADMINISTRATIVE RECEPTIONIST 2 GRADE GS07 8
5453 (16) ASST HOUSE PROPERTIES & FA CILITIES MGR 1 GRADE GS07 9
5554 (17) PRODUCTION ASSISTANT 1 GRADE GS06 10
5655 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 18 11
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5857 SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP. There is hereby authorized, for the Arkansas 13
5958 House of Representatives for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the following maximum 14
6059 number of part-time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", 15
6160 payable from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: seven (7) 16
6261 temporary or part-time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed 17
6362 those provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its 18
6463 successor, or this act for the appropriate classification. 19
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6665 SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - STAFF. There is hereby appropriated, to the 21
6766 Arkansas House of Representatives , to be payable from the State Central 22
6867 Services Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of the Arkansas 23
6968 House of Representatives for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, the 24
7069 following: 25
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7271 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 27
7372 NO. 2024 -2025 28
7473 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,662,250 29
7574 (02) EXTRA HELP 50,000 30
7675 (03) PERSONAL SERV MATCHING 449,602 31
7776 (04) MAINTENANCE & GENERAL OPERATIONS 100,000 32
7877 (05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 33
7978 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 0 34
8079 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 35
8180 (C) PROF. FEES 25,000 36 HB1002
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8685 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 1
8786 (E) DATA PROC. 0 2
8887 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $2,286,852 3
8988 4
9089 SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - INSTITUTE. There is hereby appropriated, to 5
9190 the Arkansas House of Representatives , to be payable from the Constitutional 6
9291 Officers Fund, for payment of per diem and mileage of members and newly 7
9392 elected members who attend the Institute of Legislative Procedure, House 8
9493 Legislative Orientation, and any other briefing meetings held prior to the 9
9594 convening of a Legislative Session of the General Assembly , the sum 10
9695 of................................................................... $50,000. 11
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9897 SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. There is hereby 13
9998 appropriated, to the Arkansas House of Representatives , to be payable from 14
10099 the State Central Services Fund , for operating expenses required in 15
101100 continuing the automating of the legislative process of the Arkansas House of 16
102101 Representatives for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, the following: 17
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104103 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 19
105104 NO. 2024 -2025 20
106105 (01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 21
107106 (A) OPER. EXPENSE $25,000 22
108107 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 23
109108 (C) PROF. FEES 0 24
110109 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 125,000 25
111110 (E) DATA PROC. 0 26
112111 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $150,000 27
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114113 SECTION 6. REGULAR SALARIES - MEMBER SERVICES. There is hereby 29
115114 established for the Arkansas House of Representatives - Member Services for 30
116115 the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 31
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118117 Maximum Annual 33
119118 Maximum Salary Rate 34
120119 Item No. of Fiscal Year 35
121120 No. Title Employees 2024 -2025 36 HB1002
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126125 (1) HOUSE LEGIS ANALYST/SESSION EMPLOYEE III 6 GRADE GS11 1
127126 (2) HOUSE SPECIAL PROJECTS/GRANTS COORDINATOR 1 GRADE GS11 2
128127 (3) HOUSE LEGIS ANALYST/SESSION EMPLOYEE II 3 GRADE GS09 3
129128 (4) HOUSE LEGIS ANALYS T/SESSION EMPLOYEE I 2 GRADE GS06 4
130129 (5) HOUSE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE SECRETARY 1 GRADE GS05 5
131130 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 13 6
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133132 SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - MEMBER SERVICES. There is hereby 8
134133 appropriated, to the Arkansas House of Representatives , to be payable from 9
135134 the State Central Services Fund , for personal services and operating expenses 10
136135 of the Arkansas House of Representatives - Member Services for the fiscal 11
137136 year ending June 30, 2025, the following: 12
138137 13
139138 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 14
140139 NO. 2024 -2025 15
141140 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $969,285 16
142141 (02) EXTRA HELP 25,000 17
143142 (03) PERSONAL SERV MATCHING 271,399 18
144143 (04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 19
145144 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 10,000 20
146145 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 21
147146 (C) PROF. FEES 0 22
148147 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 23
149148 (E) DATA PROC. 0 24
150149 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,275,684 25
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152151 SECTION 8. REGULAR SALARIES - SUPPLEMENTAL STAFFING. There is hereby 27
153152 established for the Arkansas House of Representatives - Supplemental Staffing 28
154153 for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular 29
155154 employees. 30
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157156 Maximum Annual 32
158157 Maximum Salary Rate 33
159158 Item No. of Fiscal Year 34
160159 No. Title Employees 2024 -2025 35
161160 (1) HOUSE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST II 5 GRADE GS09 36 HB1002
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166165 (2) HOUSE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST 2 GRADE GS06 1
167166 (3) MANAGEMENT PROJECT ANALYST 1 GRADE GS06 2
168167 (4) HOUSE LEGIS COMMITTEE SECRETARY 5 GRADE GS05 3
169168 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 13 4
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171170 SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION - SUPPLEMENTAL STAFFING. There is hereby 6
172171 appropriated, to the Arkansas House of Representatives , to be payable from 7
173172 the State Central Services Fund , for personal services and operating expenses 8
174173 of the Arkansas House of Representatives - Supplemental Staffing for the 9
175174 fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, the following: 10
176175 11
177176 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 12
178177 NO. 2024 -2025 13
179178 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $670,000 14
180179 (02) PERSONAL SERV MATCHING 174,000 15
181180 (03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 16
182181 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 0 17
183182 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 18
184183 (C) PROF. FEES 0 19
185184 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 20
186185 (E) DATA PROC. 0 21
187186 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $844,000 22
188187 23
189188 SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION - HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE EXPENSES. There is 24
190189 hereby appropriated, to the Arkansas House of Representatives , to be payable 25
191190 from the State Central Services Fund , for paying per diem, expenses and 26
192191 mileage to members of the House of Representatives at tending regular and 27
193192 special meetings and other committee related activities of the House Select 28
194193 Committees for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, the following: 29
195194 30
196195 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 31
197196 NO. 2024-2025 32
198197 (01) PER DIEM, EXPENSES AND MILEAGE FOR 33
199198 MEMBERS OF HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEES $50,000 34
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201200 SECTION 11. APPROPRIATION - REAPPROPRIATION - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS 36 HB1002
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206205 FUND. There is hereby appropriated, to the Arkansas House of Representatives , 1
207206 to be payable from the Constitutional Officers Fund , for the balance 2
208207 remaining on June 30, 2024 in the appropriations enacted t o defray any 3
209208 necessary expenses of the House of Representative of the Ninety -Fourth 4
210209 General Assembly, Section 2 of Act 1 of 2023, Sections 4 and 11 of Act 213 of 5
211210 2023, and HB1001 as introduced in the 2024 Fiscal Session, there to be used 6
212211 for the same purposes of the Arkansas House of Representative of the Ninety -7
213212 Fourth General Assembly, the sum in the aggregate not to exceed... $1,950,000. 8
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215214 SECTION 12. APPROPRIATION - REAPPROPRIATION - STATE CENTRAL SERVICES. 10
216215 There is hereby appropria ted, to the Arkansas House of Representatives , to be 11
217216 payable from the State Central Services Fund , for the balance remaining on 12
218217 June 30, 2024 in the appropriations enacted to defray any necessary expenses 13
219218 of the House of Representatives of the Ninety -Fourth General Assembly, 14
220219 Sections 3, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 12 of Act 213 of 2023, there to be used for the 15
221220 same purposes of the Arkansas House of Representatives of the Ninety -Fourth 16
222221 General Assembly, the sum in the aggregate not to exceed.......... $2,025,000. 17
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224223 SECTION 13. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 19
225224 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. USES OF 20
226225 FUNDS. The funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to defray the 21
227226 necessary expenses of the operation of the Office of the Speaker of the House 22
228227 of Representatives, the Office of the Chief of Staff, the Office of the 23
229228 Coordinator of House Legislative Services, the Office of Parliamentarian, the 24
230229 Chief Clerk's Office, House Member Services Office and other reasonable and 25
231230 necessary expenses of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly 26
232231 incurred during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 2025. Any balance 27
233232 remaining on June 30, 2023 2024 in the funds provided by this Act shall be 28
234233 made available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 2025 and for the same 29
235234 purposes. 30
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237236 SECTION 14. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 32
238237 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 33
239238 AUTHORITY. If the Speaker of the House and the Chief of Staff or his 34
240239 designee determine that any item or portion thereof appropriation herein for 35
241240 a specific purpose is not needed for such purpose, they may certify such fact 36 HB1002
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249248 SECTION 15. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 4
250249 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. SALARIES. 5
251250 In order that exceptionally well-qualified personnel may be recruited and 6
252251 retained, the House of Representatives may exceed the maximum salary levels 7
253252 by no more than twenty percent (20%) for no more than one -third (1/3) of the 8
254253 positions authorized in their operation appro priation act, may exceed the 9
255254 maximum salary levels for the purpose of merit adjustments for all positions, 10
256255 and may promote a maximum of two grades for no more than one -third (1/3) of 11
257256 the classified positions authorized in its operation appropriation act. 12
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259258 SECTION 16. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 14
260259 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 15
261260 AUDIO/VISUAL POLICY. The appropriations provided herein to produce audio or 16
262261 video materials by or under the direction of the House of Representatives 17
263262 shall not be used for the following: 18
264263 (a) A person may not use audio or video materials produced by or under the 19
265264 direction of the House of Representatives in political or campaign 20
266265 advertising. 21
267266 (b) A person may not use audio or video materials produced by or under 22
268267 the direction of the House of Representatives for a commercial purpose. 23
269268 (1) In this section, "commercial purpose" means a purpose that 24
270269 is intended to result in a profit or other tangible benefit. 25
271270 (c) The House Management Committee may give permission to an entity to use 26
272271 the audio or video materials for public education governmental 27
273272 broadcast which shall not conflict with subsection (b). 28
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275274 SECTION 17. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 30
276275 authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 31
277276 and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 32
278277 the restrictions of the State Procurement L aw, the General Accounting and 33
279278 Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 34
280279 Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 35
281280 control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 36 HB1002
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286285 the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 1
287286 strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 2
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289288 SECTION 18. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 4
290289 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 5
291290 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 6
292291 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 7
293292 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 8
294293 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 9
295294 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 10
296295 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 11
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298297 SECTION 19. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 13
299298 General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 14
300299 the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 15
301300 effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2024 is essential to the operation of 16
302301 the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 17
303302 the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 18
304303 effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2024 could work irreparable harm 19
305304 upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 20
306305 programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 21
307306 being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 22
308307 and safety shall be in full force an d effect from and after July 1, 2024. 23
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