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Arkansas House Bill HB1087

Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

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2-Act 181 of the Regular Session
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43 State of Arkansas 1
54 95th General Assembly A Bill 2
65 Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1087 3
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87 By: Joint Budget Committee 5
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109 For An Act To Be Entitled 7
1110 AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 8
1211 AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 9
1312 AND ENVIRONMENT - OIL AND GAS COMMISSION FOR THE 10
1413 FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; AND FOR OTHER 11
1514 PURPOSES. 12
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1716 14
1817 Subtitle 15
1918 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND 16
2019 ENVIRONMENT - OIL AND GAS COMMISSION 17
2120 APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025 -2026 FISCAL 18
2221 YEAR. 19
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2524 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22
2625 23
2726 SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - OIL AND GAS COMMISSION . There is hereby 24
2827 established for the Department of Energy and Environment - Oil and Gas 25
2928 Commission for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of 26
3029 regular employees. 27
3130 28
3231 Maximum Annual 29
3332 Maximum Salary Rate 30
3433 Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 31
3534 No. Code Title Employees 2025-2026 32
3635 (1) U045U OIL & GAS DIRECTOR 1 GRADE SE01 33
3736 (2) D015C STATE NETWORK ENGINEER 1 GRADE IT07 34
3837 (3) D040C GIS ANALYST 1 GRADE IT06 35
3938 (4) D052C SOFTWARE SUPPORT ANALYST 1 GRADE IT05 36 HB1087
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4241 (5) D071C COMPUTER SUPPORT ANALYST 1 GRADE IT03 1
4342 (6) G032C E&E ENERGY OPERATIONS MANAGER 2 GRADE GS12 2
4443 (7) B014N SENIOR PETROLEUM GEOLOGIST 3 GRADE GS11 3
4544 (8) G076C ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES MANAGER 1 GRADE GS10 4
4645 (9) G063C E&E BRANCH MANAGER 2 GRADE GS10 5
4746 (10) B050C E&E INSPECTOR SUPERVISOR II 1 GRADE GS08 6
4847 (11) C037C ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 3 GRADE GS06 7
4948 (12) X082C E&E INSPECTOR II 9 GRADE GS06 8
5049 (13) C056C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST III 4 GRADE GS04 9
5150 (14) X098C OIL & GAS TECHNICIAN 1 GRADE GS04 10
5251 (15) C073C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST II 2 GRADE GS03 11
5352 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 33 12
5453 13
5554 SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - OIL AND GAS COMMISSION . There is hereby 14
5655 authorized, for the Department of Energy and Environment - Oil and Gas 15
5756 Commission for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of 16
5857 part-time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from 17
5958 funds appropriated herein for such purposes: six (6) temporary or part-time 18
6059 employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the 19
6160 Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act 20
6261 for the appropriate classification. 21
6362 22
6463 SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - OIL AND GAS COMMISSION - OPERATIONS. There 23
6564 is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment , to be 24
6665 payable from the Oil and Gas Commission Fund , for personal services and 25
6766 operating expenses of the Department of Energy and Environment - Oil and Gas 26
6867 Commission - Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 27
6968 following: 28
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7170 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 30
7271 NO. 2025-2026 31
7372 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,910,320 32
7473 (02) EXTRA HELP 60,000 33
7574 (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 705,017 34
7675 (04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 35
7776 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 887,197 36 HB1087
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8079 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 40,000 1
8180 (C) PROF. FEES 25,000 2
8281 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 200,000 3
8382 (E) DATA PROC. 0 4
8483 (05) POLLUTION CONTROL 275,000 5
8584 (06) REFUNDS/REIMBURSEMENTS 100,000 6
8685 (07) DATA PROCESSING SERVICES 348,217 7
8786 (08) INTERSTATE OIL COMPACT 35,000 8
8887 (09) UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL 100,000 9
8988 (10) GROUNDWATER PROTECTION 12,500 10
9089 (11) ENERGY EDUCATION 30,000 11
9190 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $4,728,251 12
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9392 SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - OIL AND GAS COMMISSION - REFUNDS AND 14
9493 REIMBURSEMENTS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy 15
9594 and Environment, to be payable from cash funds as defined by Arkansas Code 16
9695 ยง19-4-801, for refunds and reimbursements of the Department of Energy and 17
9796 Environment - Oil and Gas Commission - Refunds and Reimbursements for the 18
9897 fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 19
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10099 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 21
101100 NO. 2025-2026 22
102101 (01) REFUNDS/REIMBURSEMENTS $200,000 23
103102 24
104103 SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - OIL AND GAS COMMISSION - WELL PLUGGING 25
105104 PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and 26
106105 Environment, to be payable from the Abandoned and Orphaned Well Plugging 27
107106 Fund, for well plugging program expenses of the Department of Energy and 28
108107 Environment - Oil and Gas Commission - Well Plugging Program for the fiscal 29
109108 year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 30
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111110 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 32
112111 NO. 2025-2026 33
113112 (01) WELL PLUGGING EXPENSES $12,500,000 34
114113 35
115114 SECTION 6. REGULAR SALARIES - OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST . There is 36 HB1087
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118117 hereby established for the Department of Energy and Environment - Office of 1
119118 the State Geologist for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum 2
120119 number of regular employees. 3
121120 4
122121 Maximum Annual 5
123122 Maximum Salary Rate 6
124123 Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 7
125124 No. Code Title Employees 2025-2026 8
126125 (1) U039U STATE GEOLOGIST 1 GRADE SE01 9
127126 (2) D040C GIS ANALYST 1 GRADE IT06 10
128127 (3) D044C SYSTEMS ANALYST 1 GRADE IT05 11
129128 (4) D062C DATABASE ANALYST 1 GRADE IT04 12
130129 (5) D078C GIS TECHNICIAN 2 GRADE IT02 13
131130 (6) B013N ASST STATE GEOLOGIST 1 GRADE GS12 14
132131 (7) B014N SENIOR PETROLEUM GEOLOGIST 1 GRADE GS11 15
133132 (8) B035C GEOLOGY SUPERVISOR 5 GRADE GS09 16
134133 (9) B043C PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGIST 4 GRADE GS08 17
135134 (10) B051C GEOLOGIST 1 GRADE GS07 18
136135 (11) C022C BUSINESS OPERATIONS SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS05 19
137136 (12) C056C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST III 1 GRADE GS04 20
138137 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 20 21
139138 22
140139 SECTION 7. EXTRA HELP - OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST . There is hereby 23
141140 authorized, for the Department of Energy and Environment - Office of the 24
142141 State Geologist for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number 25
143142 of part-time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable 26
144143 from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: eight (8) temporary or 27
145144 part-time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those 28
146145 provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its 29
147146 successor, or this act for the appropriate classification. 30
148147 31
149148 SECTION 8. APPROPRIATION - OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST - OPERATIONS. 32
150149 There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment , to 33
151150 be payable from the Oil and Gas Commission Fund , for personal services and 34
152151 operating expenses of the Department of Energy and Environment - Office of 35
153152 the State Geologist - Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, 36 HB1087
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156155 the following: 1
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158157 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 3
159158 NO. 2025-2026 4
160159 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,199,871 5
161160 (02) EXTRA HELP 45,000 6
162161 (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 429,343 7
163162 (04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 8
164163 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 257,047 9
165164 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 8,000 10
166165 (C) PROF. FEES 0 11
167166 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 40,000 12
168167 (E) DATA PROC. 0 13
169168 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,979,261 14
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171170 SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION - OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST - MAP RESALE 16
172171 PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and 17
173172 Environment, to be payable from the Geology Map Resale Revolving Fund , for 18
174173 operating expenses of the Department of Energy and Environment - Office of 19
175174 the State Geologist - Map Resale Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 20
176175 2026, the following: 21
177176 22
178177 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 23
179178 NO. 2025-2026 24
180179 (01) RESALE REVOLVING FUND $49,000 25
181180 26
182181 SECTION 10. REGULAR SALARIES - OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST - STATE 27
183182 GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM . There is hereby established for the Department of 28
184183 Energy and Environment - Office of the State Geologist - State Geologic 29
185184 Mapping Program for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number 30
186185 of regular employees. 31
187186 32
188187 Maximum Annual 33
189188 Maximum Salary Rate 34
190189 Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 35
191190 No. Code Title Employees 2025-2026 36 HB1087
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194193 (1) B051C GEOLOGIST 1 GRADE GS07 1
195194 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 1 2
196195 3
197196 SECTION 11. EXTRA HELP - OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST - STATE GEOLOGIC 4
198197 MAPPING PROGRAM. There is hereby authorized, for the Department of Energy 5
199198 and Environment - Office of the State Geologist - State Geologic Mapping 6
200199 Program for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part -7
201200 time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds 8
202201 appropriated herein for such purposes: six (6) temporary or part-time 9
203202 employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the 10
204203 Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act 11
205204 for the appropriate classification. 12
206205 13
207206 SECTION 12. APPROPRIATION - OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST - STATE 14
208207 GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM . There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 15
209208 Energy and Environment , to be payable from the federal funds as designated by 16
210209 the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for personal services and operating 17
211210 expenses of the Department of Energy and Environment - Office of the State 18
212211 Geologist - State Geologic Mapping Program for the fiscal year ending June 19
213212 30, 2026, the following: 20
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215214 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 22
216215 NO. 2025-2026 23
217216 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $43,660 24
218217 (02) EXTRA HELP 48,779 25
219218 (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 21,681 26
220219 (04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 27
221220 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 77,742 28
222221 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 29
223222 (C) PROF. FEES 0 30
224223 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 31
225224 (E) DATA PROC. 0 32
226225 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $191,862 33
227226 34
228227 SECTION 13. APPROPRIATION - OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST - GEOLOGY 35
229228 MUSEUM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and 36 HB1087
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232231 Environment, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury 1
233232 as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for museum expenses 2
234233 of the Department of Energy and Environment - Office of the State Geologist - 3
235234 Geology Museum for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 4
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237236 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 6
238237 NO. 2025-2026 7
239238 (01) MUSEUM EXPENSES $1,125 8
240239 9
241240 SECTION 14. REGULAR SALARIES - OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST - 10
242241 GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH - LANDSLIDE/SINKHOLE. There is hereby established for 11
243242 the Department of Energy and Environment - Office of the State Geologist - 12
244243 Geological Research - Landslide/Sinkhole for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the 13
245244 following maximum number of regular employees. 14
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247246 Maximum Annual 16
248247 Maximum Salary Rate 17
249248 Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 18
250249 No. Code Title Employees 2025-2026 19
251250 (1) B043C PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGIST 1 GRADE GS08 20
252251 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 1 21
253252 22
254253 SECTION 15. EXTRA HELP - OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST - GEOLOGICAL 23
255254 RESEARCH - LANDSLIDE/SINKHOLE. There is hereby authorized, for the 24
256255 Department of Energy and Environment - Office of the State Geologist - 25
257256 Geological Research - Landslide/Sinkhole for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the 26
258257 following maximum number of part -time or temporary employees, to be known as 27
259258 "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: two 28
260259 (2) temporary or part-time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to 29
261260 exceed those provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or 30
262261 its successor, or this act for the appropriate classification. 31
263262 32
264263 SECTION 16. APPROPRIATION - OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST - GEOLOGICAL 33
265264 RESEARCH - LANDSLIDE/SINKHOLE. There is hereby appropriated, to the 34
266265 Department of Energy and Environment , to be payable from the cash fund 35
267266 deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 36 HB1087
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270269 the State, for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of 1
271270 Energy and Environment - Office of the State Geologist - Geological Research 2
272271 - Landslide/Sinkhole for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 3
273272 4
274273 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 5
275274 NO. 2025-2026 6
276275 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $49,011 7
277276 (02) EXTRA HELP 27,328 8
278277 (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 21,268 9
279278 (04) GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH 143,762 10
280279 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $241,369 11
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282281 SECTION 17. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 13
283282 authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 14
284283 and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 15
285284 the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 16
286285 Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 17
287286 Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 18
288287 control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 19
289288 the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 20
290289 strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 21
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292291 SECTION 18. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 23
293292 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 24
294293 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 25
295294 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 26
296295 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 27
297296 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 28
298297 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 29
299298 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 30
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301300 SECTION 19. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 32
302301 General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 33
303302 the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 34
304303 effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of 35
305304 the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 36 HB1087
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308307 the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 1
309308 effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm 2
310309 upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 3
311310 programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 4
312311 being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 5
313312 and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025. 6
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