Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law. Act 542 of the Regular Session *JAP009* 03-18-2025 16:40:39 JAP009 State of Arkansas As Engrossed: H3/18/25 1 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1124 3 4 By: Joint Budget Committee 5 6 7 For An Act To Be Entitled 8 AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 9 AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE 10 AND ADMINISTRATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 11 30, 2026; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12 13 14 Subtitle 15 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND 16 ADMINISTRATION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 17 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. 18 19 20 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21 22 SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - SHARED SERVICES. There is hereby 23 established for the Department of Finance and Administration - Shared 24 Services for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of 25 regular employees. 26 27 Maximum Annual 28 Maximum Salary Rate 29 Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 30 No. Code Title Employees 2025 -2026 31 (1) SC006 SECRETARY OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION 1 GRADE SE05 32 (2) U002U DFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND CHIEF OF STAFF 1 GRADE SE04 33 (3) N033N DFA ADMINISTRATIVE SVCS ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE SE02 34 (4) G001C DFA ASSISTANT ADMIN SVCS ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE GS15 35 (5) P006N DFA DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS 1 GRADE GS15 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1124 2 03-18-2025 16:40:39 JAP009 (6) G332C STATE INFRASTRUCTURE COORDINATOR 1 GRADE GS15 1 (7) A003C DFA REVENUE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE GS14 2 (8) R040C DFA STATEWIDE PROGRAM MANAGER 1 GRADE GS13 3 (9) A027C ACCOUNTING OPERATIONS MANAGER 1 GRADE GS11 4 (10) R013C AGENCY HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER 1 GRADE GS11 5 (11) R041C DFA STATEWIDE PROGRAM COORDINATOR 3 GRADE GS11 6 (12) A082C ACCOUNTANT II 1 GRADE GS08 7 (13) R021C BUDGET ANALYST 1 GRADE GS08 8 (14) E023C TRAINING PROJECT MANAGER 1 GRADE GS08 9 (15) A089C ACCOUNTANT I 1 GRADE GS07 10 (16) V008C BUYER SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE GS07 11 (17) G132C DFA PROGRAM MANAGER 2 GRADE GS07 12 (18) C010C EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR 1 GRADE GS07 13 (19) C037C ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 5 GRADE GS06 14 (20) R022C BENEFITS COORDINATOR 1 GRADE GS06 15 (21) V010C DFA BUYER 4 GRADE GS06 16 (22) C018C DFA EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CMSNR 1 GRADE GS06 17 (23) R025C HUMAN RESOURCES ANALYST 9 GRADE GS06 18 (24) G179C LEGAL SERVICES SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS06 19 (25) C022C BUSINESS OPERATIONS SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS05 20 (26) A091C FISCAL SUPPORT ANALYST 2 GRADE GS05 21 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 45 22 23 SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - SHARED SERVICES. There is hereby authorized, 24 for the Department of Finance and Administration - Shared Services for the 25 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part -time or temporary 26 employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated 27 herein for such purposes: twenty (20) temporary or part -time employees, when 28 needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform 29 Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the 30 appropriate classification. 31 32 SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - SHARED SERVICES. There is hereby 33 appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration, to be payable 34 from the State Central Services Fund, for personal services and operating 35 expenses of the Department of Finance and Administration - Shared Services 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1124 3 03-18-2025 16:40:39 JAP009 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 1 2 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 3 NO. 2025 -2026 4 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $3,006,694 5 (02) EXTRA HELP 60,000 6 (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 1,049,119 7 (04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 8 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 418,450 9 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 41,368 10 (C) PROF. FEES 154,000 11 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 12 (E) DATA PROC. 0 13 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $4,729,631 14 15 SECTION 4. REGULAR SALARIES - BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES. There is 16 hereby established for the Department of Finance and Administration - Budget 17 and Management Services Division for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the following 18 maximum number of regular employees. 19 20 Maximum Annual 21 Maximum Salary Rate 22 Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 23 No. Code Title Employees 2025 -2026 24 (1) N012N DFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND CONTROLLER 2 GRADE SE03 25 (2) D004N DFA INTERGOVERNMENTAL SVCS ADMIN 1 GRADE SE02 26 (3) N038N DFA BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE SE02 27 (4) N011N DFA CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 1 GRADE SE02 28 (5) N042N DFA TAX RESEARCH ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE SE02 29 (6) D005N DFA IT TECHNICAL SPECIALIST 7 GRADE IT11 30 (7) D002C DFA OIS ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE IT10 31 (8) D011C DFA ERP SYSTEM MANAGER 4 GRADE IT09 32 (9) D021C DFA ERP GROUP LEAD 6 GRADE IT08 33 (10) D007C INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGER 2 GRADE IT08 34 (11) D030C INFORMATION SYSTEMS COORDINATOR 1 GRADE IT07 35 (12) D028C SENIOR SOFTWARE SUPPORT SPECIALIST 3 GRADE IT07 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1124 4 03-18-2025 16:40:39 JAP009 (13) D033C DFA ERP ANALYST 32 GRADE IT06 1 (14) D039C NETWORK SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE IT06 2 (15) D038C SENIOR SOFTWARE SUPPORT ANALYST 5 GRADE IT06 3 (16) D016C SENIOR TECHNOLOGY ANALYST 4 GRADE IT06 4 (17) D054C COMPUTER SUPPORT COORDINATOR 1 GRADE IT05 5 (18) D063C COMPUTER SUPPORT SPECIALIST 2 GRADE IT05 6 (19) D061C INFORMATION SYSTEMS COORDINATION SPEC 1 GRADE IT05 7 (20) D052C SOFTWARE SUPPORT ANALYST 8 GRADE IT05 8 (21) D056C SYSTEMS COORDINATION ANALYST 1 GRADE IT05 9 (22) D058C COMPUTER OPERATIONS COORDINATOR 1 GRADE IT04 10 (23) D065C NETWORK SUPPORT ANALYST 6 GRADE IT04 11 (24) D064C WEBSITE DEVELOPER 2 GRADE IT04 12 (25) D071C COMPUTER SUPPORT ANALYST 5 GRADE IT03 13 (26) D084C COMPUTER OPERATOR 2 GRADE IT02 14 (27) D079C COMPUTER SUPPORT TECHNICIAN 3 GRADE IT02 15 (28) A002C DFA ASSISTANT ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATOR 3 GRADE GS15 16 (29) R002C DFA ASSISTANT BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR 2 GRADE GS15 17 (30) A001C DFA ASSISTANT TAX RESEARCH ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE GS14 18 (31) A006C DFA REVENUE TAX DIVISION MANAGER 1 GRADE GS13 19 (32) R040C DFA STATEWIDE PROGRAM MANAGER 7 GRADE GS13 20 (33) A021C AGENCY CONTROLLER I 2 GRADE GS12 21 (34) A025C DFA ACCOUNTING ACFR COORDINATOR 5 GRADE GS12 22 (35) G002C DFA ASSISTANT IGS ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE GS12 23 (36) A007C AUDIT MANAGER 1 GRADE GS11 24 (37) R041C DFA STATEWIDE PROGRAM COORDINATOR 28 GRADE GS11 25 (38) R043C DFA STATEWIDE PROGRAM SPECIALIST 4 GRADE GS09 26 (39) G109C GRANTS MANAGER 3 GRADE GS09 27 (40) A082C ACCOUNTANT II 1 GRADE GS08 28 (41) A047C FINANCIAL ANALYST II 1 GRADE GS08 29 (42) A089C ACCOUNTANT I 7 GRADE GS07 30 (43) G133C DFA DIVISION MANAGER I 1 GRADE GS07 31 (44) G132C DFA PROGRAM MANAGER 3 GRADE GS07 32 (45) G147C GRANTS COORDINATOR 5 GRADE GS07 33 (46) A065C PAYROLL SERVICES COORDINATOR 1 GRADE GS07 34 (47) C037C ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 5 GRADE GS06 35 (48) A074C FISCAL SUPPORT SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE GS06 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1124 5 03-18-2025 16:40:39 JAP009 (49) G180C GRANTS ANALYST 9 GRADE GS06 1 (50) A091C FISCAL SUPPORT ANALYST 1 GRADE GS05 2 (51) D077C HELP DESK SPECIALIST 4 GRADE GS05 3 (52) E051C STAFF DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS05 4 (53) A098C FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 5 GRADE GS04 5 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 207 6 7 SECTION 5. EXTRA HELP - BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES. There is 8 hereby authorized, for the Department of Finance and Administration - Budget 9 and Management Services Division for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the following 10 maximum number of part -time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra 11 Help", payable from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: twelve (12) 12 temporary or part-time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed 13 those provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its 14 successor, or this act for the appropriate classification. 15 16 SECTION 6. APPROPRIATION - BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES - OPERATIONS. 17 There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 18 Administration, to be payable from the State Central Services Fund, for 19 personal services and operating expenses of the Department of Finance and 20 Administration - Budget and Management Services Division for the fiscal year 21 ending June 30, 2026, the following: 22 23 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 24 NO. 2025 -2026 25 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $14,002,675 26 (02) EXTRA HELP 130,000 27 (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 4,716,355 28 (04) OVERTIME 5,000 29 (05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 30 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 1,500,000 31 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 75,000 32 (C) PROF. FEES 211,000 33 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 100,000 34 (E) DATA PROC. 0 35 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $20,740,030 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1124 6 03-18-2025 16:40:39 JAP009 1 SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES - 2 MISCELLANEOUS CASH. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 3 Finance and Administration, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 4 State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 5 operating expenses of the Department of Finance and Administration - Budget 6 and Management Services Division for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, 7 the following: 8 9 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 10 NO. 2025 -2026 11 (01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 12 (A) OPER. EXPENSE $35,000 13 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 14 (C) PROF. FEES 5,000 15 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 16 (E) DATA PROC. 0 17 (02) REFUNDS/REIMBURSEMENTS 300,000 18 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $340,000 19 20 SECTION 8. EXTRA HELP - BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES - VICTIMS OF 21 CRIME JUSTICE ASSISTANCE - FEDERAL. There is hereby authorized, for the 22 Department of Finance and Administration - Budget and Management Services 23 Division for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part -24 time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds 25 appropriated herein for such purposes: one (1) temporary or part -time 26 employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the 27 Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act 28 for the appropriate classification. 29 30 SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION - BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES - VICTIMS OF 31 CRIME JUSTICE ASSISTANCE - FEDERAL. There is hereby appropriated, to the 32 Department of Finance and Administration - Budget and Management Services 33 Division, to be payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief 34 Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services, operating expenses and 35 administration of federal funds received through the Federal Victims of Crime 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1124 7 03-18-2025 16:40:39 JAP009 Act, Stop Violence Against Women Act, and the Family Violence Prevention and 1 Services Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 2 3 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 4 NO. 2025 -2026 5 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $521,862 6 (02) EXTRA HELP 6,272 7 (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 212,388 8 (04) OVERTIME 2,500 9 (05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 10 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 150,000 11 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 13,000 12 (C) PROF. FEES 74,219 13 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 14 (E) DATA PROC. 0 15 (06) GRANTS AND AID - STATEWIDE VIOLENCE 16 PREVENTION ACTIVITIES 30,440,304 17 (07) REFUNDS/REIMBURSEMENTS 78,125 18 (08) GRANTS MGMT SYSTEM 200,000 19 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $31,698,670 20 21 SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION - BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES - VICTIMS OF 22 CRIME JUSTICE ASSISTANCE - STATE. There is hereby appropriated, to the 23 Department of Finance and Administration - Budget and Management Services 24 Division, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, for 25 grants-in-aid to state agencies, local governments, and nonprofit 26 organizations for matching funds to implement approved programs through the 27 Victims of Crime Justice Assistance Program for the fiscal year ending June 28 30, 2026, the following: 29 30 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 31 NO. 2025 -2026 32 (01) VICTIMS OF CRIME JUSTICE ASSISTANCE 33 PROGRAM MATCHING GRANTS $359,196 34 35 SECTION 11. APPROPRIATION - BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES - DEPARTMENT 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1124 8 03-18-2025 16:40:39 JAP009 OF JUSTICE NON-VICTIM ASSISTANCE GRANTS - FEDERAL. There is hereby 1 appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration - Budget and 2 Management Services Division, to be payable from the federal funds as 3 designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services, 4 operating expenses and distribution of federal funds to state agencies, local 5 governments and entities that support improvements in the State's criminal 6 justice system for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 7 8 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 9 NO. 2025 -2026 10 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $169,991 11 (02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 81,485 12 (03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 13 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 168,129 14 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 3,500 15 (C) PROF. FEES 205,000 16 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 17 (E) DATA PROC. 0 18 (04) GRANTS/AID - DEPT OF JUSTICE 19 NON-VICTIM ASSISTANCE MATCHING GRANTS 4,000,000 20 (05) REFUNDS/REIMBURSEMENTS 200,000 21 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $4,828,105 22 23 SECTION 12. APPROPRIATION - BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES - DEPARTMENT 24 OF JUSTICE NON-VICTIM ASSISTANCE GRANTS - STATE. There is hereby 25 appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration - Budget and 26 Management Services Division, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies 27 Fund Account, for grants and aid to state agencies and local governments for 28 matching funds and to implement or sustain approved drug law enforcement, 29 violent offender, substance abuse and other non -victim assistance program 30 grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 31 32 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 33 NO. 2025 -2026 34 (01) DEPT OF JUSTICE NON -VICTIM ASSISTANCE 35 MATCHING GRANTS $1,000,000 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1124 9 03-18-2025 16:40:39 JAP009 1 SECTION 13. APPROPRIATION - BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES - 2 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 3 Finance and Administration, to be payable from the State Central Services 4 Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of 5 Finance and Administration - Budget and Management Services Division for the 6 fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 7 8 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 9 NO. 2025 -2026 10 (01) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES $31,000,000 11 (02) AASIS BILLINGS 15,200,000 12 (03) IT APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM 150,000 13 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $46,350,000 14 15 SECTION 14. APPROPRIATION - BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES - STATEWIDE 16 PAYROLL PAYING. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance 17 and Administration - Budget and Management Services Division, to be payable 18 from the paying account as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the 19 State, for providing disbursement of personal services of the various state 20 agencies as a result of the consolidation to one federal identification 21 number for all state agencies in the State of Arkansas for the fiscal year 22 ending June 30, 2026, the following: 23 24 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 25 NO. 2025 -2026 26 (01) STATEWIDE PAYROLL PAYING $50,000 27 28 SECTION 15. APPROPRIATION - BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES - DOMESTIC 29 VIOLENCE SHELTER FUND. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 30 Finance and Administration, to be payable from the Domestic Violence Shelter 31 Fund, for statewide grants awarded to a statewide domestic violence entity 32 under the Arkansas Domestic Violence Shelter Act of the Department of Finance 33 and Administration - Budget and Management Services Division for the fiscal 34 year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 35 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1124 10 03-18-2025 16:40:39 JAP009 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 1 NO. 2025 -2026 2 (01) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER GRANTS $100,000 3 4 SECTION 16. APPROPRIATION - BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES - PROJECT 5 SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 6 Finance and Administration, to be payable from the federal funds as 7 designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services, 8 operating expenses, and grants and aid related to Project Safe Neighborhoods 9 of the Department of Finance and Administration - Budget and Management 10 Services Division for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 11 12 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 13 NO. 2025 -2026 14 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $27,467 15 (02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 13,976 16 (03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 17 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 4,946 18 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 11,320 19 (C) PROF. FEES 0 20 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 21 (E) DATA PROC. 0 22 (04) GRANTS & AID - PROJECT SAFE 23 NEIGHBORHOODS 349,550 24 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $407,259 25 26 SECTION 17. APPROPRIATION - BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES - 27 COMPREHENSIVE OPIOID ABUSE PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the 28 Department of Finance and Administration, to be payable from the federal 29 funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal 30 services, operating expenses, and grants and aid related to the Comprehensive 31 Opioid Abuse Program of the Department of Finance and Administration - Budget 32 and Management Services Division for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, 33 the following: 34 35 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1124 11 03-18-2025 16:40:39 JAP009 NO. 2025 -2026 1 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $158,475 2 (02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 112,291 3 (03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 4 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 295,597 5 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 74,902 6 (C) PROF. FEES 263,290 7 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 8 (E) DATA PROC. 0 9 (04) GRANTS & AID - COMPREHENSIVE OPIOID 10 ABUSE PROGRAM 6,955,800 11 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $7,860,355 12 13 SECTION 18. APPROPRIATION - CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT PROGRAMS. There is 14 hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration, to be 15 payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, for child abuse and 16 neglect expenses and grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 17 following: 18 19 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 20 NO. 2025 -2026 21 (01) CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT PROGRAM 22 EXPENSES $5,251,521 23 24 SECTION 19. APPROPRIATION - CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS OF ARKANSAS. 25 There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 26 Administration, to be payable from the Arkansas Children's Advocacy Center 27 Fund, for grants to children's advocacy centers in Arkansas for the fiscal 28 year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 29 30 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 31 NO. 2025 -2026 32 (01) CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS GRANTS $500,000 33 34 SECTION 20. REGULAR SALARIES - BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES - 35 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL. There is hereby established for 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1124 12 03-18-2025 16:40:39 JAP009 the Department of Finance and Administration - Budget and Management Services 1 Division for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of 2 regular employees. 3 4 Maximum Annual 5 Maximum Salary Rate 6 Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 7 No. Code Title Employees 2025 -2026 8 (1) U127U EXEC DIR DEVLPMTL DISABILITIES COUNCIL 1 GRADE GS11 9 (2) G109C GRANTS MANAGER 1 GRADE GS09 10 (3) G147C GRANTS COORDINATOR 2 GRADE GS07 11 (4) C022C BUSINESS OPERATIONS SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS05 12 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 5 13 14 SECTION 21. APPROPRIATION - BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES - 15 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL - STATE. There is hereby 16 appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration, to be payable 17 from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, for personal services of the 18 Department of Finance and Administration - Budget and Management Services 19 Division - Developmental Disabilities Planning Council - State for the fiscal 20 year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 21 22 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 23 NO. 2025 -2026 24 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $28,407 25 (02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 9,118 26 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $37,525 27 28 SECTION 22. APPROPRIATION - BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES - 29 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL - FEDERAL. There is hereby 30 appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration, to be payable 31 from the federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the 32 State, for personal services, operating experiences and grants and aid of the 33 Department of Finance and Administration - Budget and Management Services 34 Division - Developmental Disabilities Planning Council - Federal for the 35 fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1124 13 03-18-2025 16:40:39 JAP009 1 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 2 NO. 2025 -2026 3 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $282,710 4 (02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 103,389 5 (03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 6 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 259,025 7 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 10,843 8 (C) PROF. FEES 120,000 9 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 10 (E) DATA PROC. 0 11 (04) GRANTS AND AID 1,190,929 12 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,966,896 13 14 SECTION 23. REGULAR SALARIES - REVENUE SERVICES DIVISION. There is 15 hereby established for the Department of Finance and Administration - Revenue 16 Services Division for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number 17 of regular employees. 18 19 Maximum Annual 20 Maximum Salary Rate 21 Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 22 No. Code Title Employees 2025 -2026 23 (1) N003N DFA DEP DIR AND COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE 1 GRADE SE03 24 (2) N035N DFA MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE SE02 25 (3) N004N DFA REV ASST COMMISSIONER POLICY & LEGAL 1 GRADE SE02 26 (4) G002N DFA REVENUE CHIEF COUNSEL 1 GRADE SE02 27 (5) N030N DFA STATE REVENUE OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE SE02 28 (6) N029N DFA TAX ADMINISTRATOR 2 GRADE SE02 29 (7) N028N DFA TAX AUDIT ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE SE02 30 (8) D054C COMPUTER SUPPORT COORDINATOR 1 GRADE IT05 31 (9) D056C SYSTEMS COORDINATION ANALYST 1 GRADE IT05 32 (10) D084C COMPUTER OPERATOR 1 GRADE IT02 33 (11) A003C DFA REVENUE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR 12 GRADE GS14 34 (12) A006C DFA REVENUE TAX DIVISION MANAGER 11 GRADE GS13 35 (13) R040C DFA STATEWIDE PROGRAM MANAGER 1 GRADE GS13 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1124 14 03-18-2025 16:40:39 JAP009 (14) G004C MANAGING ATTORNEY 6 GRADE GS13 1 (15) G310C TAX APPEALS STAFF ATTORNEY 4 GRADE GS13 2 (16) G025C ATTORNEY SUPERVISOR 4 GRADE GS12 3 (17) G024C DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE 3 GRADE GS12 4 (18) A014C FISCAL DIVISION MANAGER 5 GRADE GS12 5 (19) G047C ATTORNEY SPECIALIST 12 GRADE GS11 6 (20) G044C DFA REVENUE PROBLEM RESOLUTION OFFICER 2 GRADE GS11 7 (21) R041C DFA STATEWIDE PROGRAM COORDINATOR 6 GRADE GS11 8 (22) A033C TAX AUDITOR SUPERVISOR 21 GRADE GS11 9 (23) G061C ACD DEPUTY DIRECTOR 1 GRADE GS10 10 (24) A049C DFA REVENUE OFFICE DISTRICT MANAGER 5 GRADE GS10 11 (25) G045C DFA DIVISION MANAGER III 10 GRADE GS09 12 (26) T106C DFA REVENUE SECURITY SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE GS09 13 (27) R043C DFA STATEWIDE PROGRAM SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS09 14 (28) P004C PUBLIC INFORMATION MANAGER 1 GRADE GS09 15 (29) A054C TAX AUDITOR II 172 GRADE GS09 16 (30) G084C DFA DIVISION MANAGER II 7 GRADE GS08 17 (31) G133C DFA DIVISION MANAGER I 18 GRADE GS07 18 (32) A069C DFA REVENUE OFFICE ASST DISTRICT MNGR 5 GRADE GS07 19 (33) T032C DFA REVENUE SECURITY COORDINATOR 4 GRADE GS07 20 (34) S017C MAINTENANCE COORDINATOR 2 GRADE GS07 21 (35) E040C STAFF DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR 1 GRADE GS07 22 (36) A059C TAX AUDITOR 2 GRADE GS07 23 (37) C037C ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 6 GRADE GS06 24 (38) A077C DFA LOCAL REVENUE OFFICE MANAGER 53 GRADE GS06 25 (39) E033C DFA ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SPEC 1 GRADE GS06 26 (40) A074C FISCAL SUPPORT SUPERVISOR 4 GRADE GS06 27 (41) C029C HEARING OFFICER 26 GRADE GS06 28 (42) G179C LEGAL SERVICES SPECIALIST 5 GRADE GS06 29 (43) B076C RESEARCH PROJECT ANALYST 2 GRADE GS06 30 (44) E046C TRAINING INSTRUCTOR 1 GRADE GS06 31 (45) S041C BOILER OPERATOR 6 GRADE GS05 32 (46) C022C BUSINESS OPERATIONS SPECIALIST 2 GRADE GS05 33 (47) A094C DFA LOCAL REVENUE OFFICE SUPERVISOR 88 GRADE GS05 34 (48) C042C DFA REVENUE SUPERVISOR 33 GRADE GS05 35 (49) A091C FISCAL SUPPORT ANALYST 20 GRADE GS05 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1124 15 03-18-2025 16:40:39 JAP009 (50) R032C HUMAN RESOURCES PROGRAM REPRESENTATIVE 1 GRADE GS05 1 (51) V015C PURCHASING SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS05 2 (52) C056C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST III 12 GRADE GS04 3 (53) C048C DFA SUPERVISOR 92 GRADE GS04 4 (54) A098C FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 2 GRADE GS04 5 (55) A102C FISCAL SUPPORT TECHNICIAN 6 GRADE GS04 6 (56) C046C LEGAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 2 GRADE GS04 7 (57) S046C MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN 1 GRADE GS04 8 (58) C073C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST II 28 GRADE GS03 9 (59) C059C DFA SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE 780 GRADE GS03 10 (60) S064C SKILLED TRADES HELPER 2 GRADE GS03 11 (61) X172C TAX INVESTIGATOR 33 GRADE GS03 12 (62) S087C INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES ASSISTANT 10 GRADE GS01 13 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 1,545 14 15 SECTION 24. EXTRA HELP - REVENUE SERVICES DIVISION. There is hereby 16 authorized, for the Department of Finance and Administration - Revenue 17 Services Division for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number 18 of part-time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable 19 from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: eighty (80) temporary or 20 part-time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those 21 provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its 22 successor, or this act for the appropriate classification. 23 24 SECTION 25. APPROPRIATION - REVENUE SERVICES DIVISION - OPERATIONS. 25 There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 26 Administration, to be payable from the State Central Services Fund, for 27 personal services and operating expenses of the Department of Finance and 28 Administration - Revenue Services Division for the fiscal year ending June 29 30, 2026, the following: 30 31 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 32 NO. 2025 -2026 33 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $68,627,649 34 (02) EXTRA HELP 400,000 35 (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 28,257,216 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1124 16 03-18-2025 16:40:39 JAP009 (04) OVERTIME 500,000 1 (05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 2 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 24,990,000 3 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 106,000 4 (C) PROF. FEES 100,000 5 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 600,000 6 (E) DATA PROC. 0 7 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $123,580,865 8 9 SECTION 26. APPROPRIATION REVENUE SERVICES DIVISION - DRIVER 10 SERVICES/MOTOR VEHICLES PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the 11 Department of Finance and Administration, to be payable from the Commercial 12 Driver License Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of the 13 Department of Finance and Administration - Revenue Services Division - Driver 14 Services/Motor Vehicles Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 15 following: 16 17 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 18 NO. 2025 -2026 19 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $330,510 20 (02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 152,309 21 (03) OVERTIME 30,000 22 (04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 23 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 5,352,352 24 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 25 (C) PROF. FEES 0 26 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 27 (E) DATA PROC. 0 28 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $5,865,171 29 30 SECTION 27. APPROPRIATION - REVENUE SERVICES DIVISION - INDIVIDUAL 31 INCOME TAX AND AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX REBATES. There is hereby 32 appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration - Revenue 33 Services Division, to be payable from the Individual Income Tax Withholding 34 Fund, for the purpose of making individual income tax refunds of taxes 35 withheld under the provisions of Arkansas Code beginning at 26 -51-901 and 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1124 17 03-18-2025 16:40:39 JAP009 property tax rebates under Amendment 79 of the Arkansas Constitution for the 1 fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 2 3 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 4 NO. 2025 -2026 5 (01) INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX & AD VALOREM 6 PROPERTY TAX REBATES - REFUND/REIMB $780,000,000 7 8 SECTION 28. APPROPRIATION - REVENUE SERVICES DIVISION - CORPORATE 9 INCOME TAX. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 10 Administration - Revenue Services Division, to be payable from the Corporate 11 Income Tax Withholding Fund, for the purpose of making corporate income tax 12 refunds of taxes withheld under the provisions of Arkansas Code 26 -51-901 for 13 the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 14 15 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 16 NO. 2025 -2026 17 (01) CORPORATE INCOME TAX - 18 REFUND/REIMBURSEMENTS $200,000,000 19 20 SECTION 29. APPROPRIATION - REVENUE SERVICES DIVISION - GASOLINE TAX 21 REFUNDS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 22 Administration - Revenue Services Division, to be payable from the Gasoline 23 Tax Refund Fund, for paying the valid gasoline tax refund claims of 24 agricultural users and bus drivers in the manner and to the extent provided 25 by law for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 26 27 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 28 NO. 2025 -2026 29 (01) GASOLINE TAX REFUND CLAIMS $1,500,000 30 31 SECTION 30. APPROPRIATION - REVENUE SERVICES DIVISION - INTERSTATE 32 MOTOR FUEL TAX REFUNDS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 33 Finance and Administration - Revenue Services Division, to be payable from 34 the Interstate Motor Fuel Tax Refund Fund, for paying refunds to interstate 35 users of motor fuels and special motor fuels as authorized by law for the 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1124 18 03-18-2025 16:40:39 JAP009 fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 1 2 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 3 NO. 2025 -2026 4 (01) INTERSTATE MOTOR FUEL TAX - 5 REFUND/REIMBURSEMENTS $10,000,000 6 7 SECTION 31. APPROPRIATION - REVENUE SERVICES DIVISION - MISCELLANEOUS 8 TAX REFUNDS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 9 Administration - Revenue Services Division, to be payable from the 10 Miscellaneous Revolving Fund, for making refunds of taxes erroneously paid 11 and for refunds of the gross receipts taxes paid upon tickets to athletic 12 events pursuant to Arkansas Code 26 -52-412 and for other purposes as 13 authorized by law for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 14 15 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 16 NO. 2025 -2026 17 (01) MISCELLANEOUS TAX - 18 REFUND/REIMBURSEMENTS $175,000,000 19 20 SECTION 32. APPROPRIATION - REVENUE SERVICES DIVISION - SPECIAL PLATES. 21 There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration 22 - Revenue Services Division, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in 23 the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, 24 for administrative and operating expenses of disbursing the Motor Vehicle 25 Special License Plate fees to the proper entities for the fiscal year ending 26 June 30, 2026, the following: 27 28 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 29 NO. 2025 -2026 30 (01) MV SPECIAL PLATES -ADMINISTRATIVE & 31 OPERATING EXPENSES $5,000,000 32 33 SECTION 33. APPROPRIATION - REVENUE SERVICES DIVISION - REVENUE 34 MISCELLANEOUS CASH. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 35 Finance and Administration - Revenue Services Division, to be payable from 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1124 19 03-18-2025 16:40:39 JAP009 the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief 1 Fiscal Officer of the State, for distribution of fees and service charges 2 collected on behalf of other entities and for other purposes as authorized by 3 law for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 4 5 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 6 NO. 2025 -2026 7 (01) DISTRIBUTION OF FEES / SERVICE CHARGES $100,000 8 9 SECTION 34. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 10 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. SHARED 11 SERVICES. (a)(1) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State may create a Shared 12 Services paying accounts on his or her books and on the books of the 13 Treasurer of State and the Auditor of State for the payment of personal 14 services and operating expenses in the Shared Services Paying Account 15 Appropriation by the Department of Finance and Administration. 16 (2) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall direct the transfer 17 of funds and appropriations to the Shared Services Paying Account 18 appropriation section of this act on the books of the Treasurer of State, the 19 Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State. 20 (3) The transfer authority provided to the department in 21 subdivision (a)(2) of this section may be used to make transfers only within 22 the department's appropriation act or between other appropriation acts 23 authorized for the department. 24 (4) The provisions of this section shall be in effect from the date of 25 passage through June 30, 2025 2026. 26 27 SECTION 35. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 28 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. BUDGET 29 AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE NON -VICTIM ASSISTANCE GRANTS. 30 The funds appropriated in this Act for Department of Justice Non -Victim 31 Assistance Matching Grants shall be used for matching funds for administering 32 the Federal Grants provided in this Act for the Department of Justice Non -33 Victim Assistance Grants. The Department of Finance and Administration - 34 Budget and Management Services Division is hereby authorized to call upon all 35 state agencies to assist in the implementation of the Department of Justice 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1124 20 03-18-2025 16:40:39 JAP009 Non-Victim Assistance Grants. However, if no Federal Grants are available to 1 be matched with these funds, the funding provided from the Miscellaneous 2 Agencies Fund Account may be used to provide funding for Drug Task Force 3 operations across the State. The funds appropriated in this Act for 4 Department of Justice Non -Victim Assistance Matching Grants may be used to 5 provide one hundred percent (100%) of the required matching funds for state 6 agencies and to provide up to sixty percent (60%) of the required matching 7 funds for local governments should Federal Grants be available. Such funds 8 and appropriation may be transferred to eligible state agencies or paid to 9 local governments to be used for matching federal funds for administration of 10 the Department of Justice Non -Victim Assistance Grants or paid to local 11 governments to be used to fund Drug Task Force operations in such amounts as 12 determined by the Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coordinating Council or 13 other oversight agency as designated by the Governor. Any unobligated 14 balances in funds in this Act for the Department of Justice Non -Victim 15 Assistance Grants may be used by state agencies as matching funds for other 16 U.S. Department of Justice Grants in an amount determined by the Chief Fiscal 17 Officer of the State. 18 Any unexpended balances in funds provided for Department of Justice Non -19 Victim Assistance Matching Grants in this act remaining on June 30, 2024 20 2025, may be carried forward and used for the same purpose during the fiscal 21 year ending June 30, 2025 2026. 22 The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 23 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 24 25 SECTION 36. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 26 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. REVENUE 27 SERVICES DIVISION - APPROPRIATION TRANSFERS. The Secretary of the Department 28 of Finance and Administration is authorized to transfer appropriation between 29 refund line item appropriations in this Act. The Secretary of the Department 30 of Finance and Administration shall immediately report any such transfers to 31 the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee. Such report 32 shall contain the amounts transferred and the reasons for the same. 33 The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 34 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 35 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1124 21 03-18-2025 16:40:39 JAP009 SECTION 37. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 1 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. REVENUE 2 SERVICES DIVISION - EXTRA HELP EXEMPTION. Extra Help positions authorized 3 herein are specifically exempt from limitation of hours, either by act or 4 regulation. Provided, however, when a temporary or part -time employee is 5 employed by the Department of Finance and Administration - Revenue Services 6 Division for a period of time exceeding seven (7) months, a report of such 7 shall be filed with the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget 8 Committee. 9 The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 10 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 11 12 SECTION 38. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 13 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. REVENUE 14 SERVICES DIVISION - AUTHORITY TO EMPLOY CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. 15 The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized 16 to employ certified law enforcement officers and specialized police personnel 17 as certified under § 12 -9-101 et seq. The certified law enforcement officers 18 and specialized police personnel employed under this section shall be 19 responsible for maintaining order and providing for the security, protection, 20 and safety of the Department of Finance and Administration buildings, 21 grounds, property, employees and customers. The certified law enforcement 22 officer shall have the powers, duties, privileges, and immunities of a 23 certified law enforcement officer. 24 The following two classifications shall be used by the agency for 25 security, protection, and safety personnel: 26 Maximum Salary Rate 27 Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 28 No. Code Title Employees 2024-2025 2025-2026 29 (1) T106C DFA REVENUE SECURITY SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE GS09 30 (2) T032C DFA REVENUE SECURITY COORDINATOR 4 GRADE GS07 31 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 5 32 33 Department of Finance and Administration Alcoholic Beverage Control 34 Enforcement Division will manage training and certification of the certified 35 law enforcement officers and specialized police personnel and maintain all 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1124 22 03-18-2025 16:40:39 JAP009 required documentation. 1 The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 2 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 3 4 SECTION 39. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 5 authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 6 and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 7 the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 8 Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 9 Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 10 control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 11 the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 12 strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 13 14 SECTION 40. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 15 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 16 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 17 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 18 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 19 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 20 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 21 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 22 23 SECTION 41. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 24 General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 25 the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 26 effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of 27 the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 28 the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 29 effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm 30 upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 31 programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 32 being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 33 and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025. 34 35 APPROVED: 4/10/25 36