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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1125 3
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By: Joint Budget Committee 5
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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
& ADMINISTRATION - REGULATORY DIVISION FOR THE FISCAL 11
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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Subtitle 15
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE & 16
ADMINISTRATION - REGULATORY DIVISION 17
APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025 -2026 FISCAL 18
YEAR. 19
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22
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SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - REGULATORY DIVISION. There is hereby 24
established for the Department of Finance and Administration - Alcoholic 25
Beverage Control Administration for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following 26
maximum number of regular employees. 27
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Maximum Annual 29
Maximum Salary Rate 30
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 31
No. Code Title Employees 2025-2026 32
(1) G305C DFA REGULATORY ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE SE02 33
(2) G279C DFA REG ASST ADMIN - ADMINISTRATION 1 GRADE GS15 34
(3) G280C DFA REG ASST ADMIN - ENFORCEMENT 1 GRADE GS15 35
(4) R040C DFA STATEWIDE PROGRAM MANAGER 1 GRADE GS13 36 HB1125
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(5) G047C ATTORNEY SPECIALIST 5 GRADE GS11 1
(6) A007C AUDIT MANAGER 1 GRADE GS11 2
(7) G246C DFA REGULATORY BRANCH MANAGER 1 GRADE GS10 3
(8) X229C DFA REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT AGENT III 3 GRADE GS10 4
(9) T108C DFA REGULATORY BRANCH SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE GS09 5
(10) X196C DFA SEN REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT AGENT 8 GRADE GS08 6
(11) A060C SENIOR AUDITOR 2 GRADE GS08 7
(12) A081C AUDITOR 1 GRADE GS07 8
(13) X131C DFA REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT AGENT 29 GRADE GS07 9
(14) C037C ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 4 GRADE GS06 10
(15) T061C SENIOR IA 1 GRADE GS06 11
(16) E046C TRAINING INSTRUCTOR 1 GRADE GS06 12
(17) C056C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST III 3 GRADE GS04 13
(18) R036C HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS04 14
(19) C046C LEGAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 4 GRADE GS04 15
(20) C073C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST II 2 GRADE GS03 16
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 71 17
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SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - REGULATORY DIVISION. There is hereby 19
authorized, for the Department of Finance & Administration - Regulatory 20
Division for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part -21
time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds 22
appropriated herein for such purposes: two (2) temporary or part-time 23
employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the 24
Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act 25
for the appropriate classification. 26
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SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - STATE OPERATIONS. 28
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 29
Administration, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account , 30
for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of Finance and 31
Administration - Alcoholic Beverage Control Administration for the fiscal 32
year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 33
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 35
NO. 2025-2026 36 HB1125
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(01) REGULAR SALARIES $708,544 1
(02) EXTRA HELP 7,000 2
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 258,466 3
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 4
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 122,009 5
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 9,986 6
(C) PROF. FEES 0 7
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 8
(E) DATA PROC. 0 9
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,106,005 10
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SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION. There is hereby 12
appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration , to be payable 13
from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account , for personal services and 14
operating expenses of the Department of Finance and Administration - 15
Regulatory Division for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 16
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 18
NO. 2025-2026 19
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $2,161,644 20
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 775,489 21
(03) OVERTIME 10,000 22
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 23
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 294,918 24
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 25,000 25
(C) PROF. FEES 5,000 26
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 27
(E) DATA PROC. 0 28
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $3,272,051 29
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SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - SALES TO MINORS 31
ENFORCEMENT - CASH. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 32
Finance and Administration , to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 33
State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for 34
personal services, operating expenses, and the purchase of promotional items 35
of the Department of Finance and Administration - Regulatory Division - Sales 36 HB1125
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to Minors Enforcement - Cash for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 1
following: 2
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 4
NO. 2025-2026 5
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $537,932 6
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 256,094 7
(03) OVERTIME 5,000 8
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 9
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 332,072 10
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 11
(C) PROF. FEES 1,700 12
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 13
(E) DATA PROC. 0 14
(05) PROMOTIONAL ITEMS 5,000 15
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,137,798 16
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SECTION 6. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - TOBACCO INSPECTION 18
PROGRAM - FEDERAL. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 19
Finance and Administration , to be payable from the federal funds as 20
designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for personal services 21
and operating expenses of the Department of Finance and Administration - 22
Regulatory Division - Tobacco Inspection Program - Federal for the fiscal 23
year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 24
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 26
NO. 2025-2026 27
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $310,705 28
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 128,339 29
(03) OVERTIME 17,041 30
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 31
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 180,000 32
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 5,000 33
(C) PROF. FEES 31,242 34
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 35
(E) DATA PROC. 0 36 HB1125
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TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $672,327 1
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SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - CIGARETTE FIRE SAFETY . 3
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 4
Administration, to be payable from the Cigarette Fire Safety Standard Fund , 5
for personal services and operating expenses to support fire safety and 6
prevention programs of the Department of Finance and Administration - 7
Regulatory Division - Cigarette Fire Safety for the fiscal year ending June 8
30, 2026, the following: 9
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 11
NO. 2025-2026 12
(01) FIRE SAFETY & PREVENTION $50,000 13
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SECTION 8. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - SPIRITUOUS AND VINOUS 15
BEVERAGES. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 16
Administration, to be payable from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Fund , for 17
promotion, education, training, alcohol safety awareness, enforcement 18
activities, equipment and vehicle purchases of the Department of Finance and 19
Administration - Regulatory Division for the fiscal year ending June 30, 20
2026, the following: 21
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 23
NO. 2025-2026 24
(01) PROMOTION, EDUCATION, TRAINING, SAFETY 25
AWARENESS ENROLLMENT $300,000 26
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SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - REVENUE ENFORCEMENT. 28
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration 29
- Regulatory Division - Revenue Enforcement, to be payable from the Arkansas 30
Tobacco Control Revenue Fund , for personal services and operating expenses 31
related to carrying out the purposes authorized in ACA 19 -6-831 for the 32
fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 33
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 35
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(01) REGULAR SALARIES $657,044 1
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 247,728 2
(03) OVERTIME 5,000 3
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 4
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 87,817 5
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 10,000 6
(C) PROF. FEES 500 7
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 50,000 8
(E) DATA PROC. 0 9
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,058,089 10
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SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - UNTAXED TOBACCO 12
FORFEITURE. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 13
Administration - Regulatory Division, to be payable from the cash fund 14
deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 15
the State, for operational expenses and expense associated with untaxed 16
tobacco forfeiture authorized in ACA 26 -57-247 for the fiscal year ending 17
June 30, 2026, the following: 18
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 20
NO. 2025-2026 21
(01) UNTAXED TOBACCO FORFEITURE $100,000 22
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SECTION 11. APPROPRIATION - MEDICAL MARIJUANA COMMISSION. There is 24
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration , to be 25
payable from the Medical Marijuana Commission Fund , for refunds and 26
reimbursements related to agency medical marijuana expenses of the Department 27
of Finance and Administration - Alcoholic Beverage Control Administration for 28
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 29
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 31
NO. 2025-2026 32
(01) REFUNDS/REIMBURSEMENTS $500,000 33
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SECTION 12. REGULAR SALARIES - RACING COMMISSION. There is hereby 35
established for the Department of Finance and Administration - Racing 36 HB1125
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Commission for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of 1
regular employees. 2
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Maximum Annual 4
Maximum Salary Rate 5
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 6
No. Code Title Employees 2025-2026 7
(1) B009N DFA DOG RACING VETERINARIAN 1 GRADE MP04 8
(2) G287C DFA REGULATORY ASST ADMIN - RACING 1 GRADE GS15 9
(3) X069C DFA RACING SUPERVISOR 3 GRADE GS09 10
(4) C037C ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 2 GRADE GS06 11
(5) X142C DFA RACING COMMISSION JUDGE 2 GRADE GS05 12
(6) A104C DFA RACING COMMISSION OFFICE AUDITOR 1 GRADE GS04 13
(7) B110C VETERINARIAN ASSISTANT 4 GRADE GS03 14
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 14 15
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SECTION 13. EXTRA HELP - RACING COMMISSION. There is hereby 17
authorized, for the Department of Finance and Administration - Racing 18
Commission for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of 19
part-time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from 20
funds appropriated herein for such purposes: thirty-one (31) temporary or 21
part-time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those 22
provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its 23
successor, or this act for the appropriate classification. 24
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SECTION 14. APPROPRIATION - RACING COMMISSION - STATE OPERATIONS. 26
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 27
Administration, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account , 28
for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of Finance and 29
Administration - Racing Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, 30
the following: 31
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 33
NO. 2025-2026 34
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $798,983 35
(02) EXTRA HELP 460,000 36 HB1125
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(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 330,361 1
(04) OVERTIME 10,000 2
(05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 3
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 290,914 4
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 7,500 5
(C) PROF. FEES 50,000 6
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 7
(E) DATA PROC. 0 8
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,947,758 9
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SECTION 15. APPROPRIATION - RACING COMMISSION - CASH OPERATIONS. There 11
is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration , to 12
be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined 13
by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for personal services and operating 14
expenses of the Department of Finance and Administration - Racing Commission 15
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 16
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 18
NO. 2025-2026 19
(01) EXTRA HELP $200,000 20
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 120,409 21
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 22
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 600,000 23
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 5,000 24
(C) PROF. FEES 50,000 25
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 26
(E) DATA PROC. 0 27
(04) REFUND/REIMBURSEMENTS 5,000 28
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $980,409 29
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SECTION 16. APPROPRIATION - RACING COMMISSION - PURSES AND AWARDS FUND. 31
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 32
Administration, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State 33
Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for 34
transfers to the Department of Finance and Administration - Racing Commission 35
- Purses and Awards Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 36 HB1125
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following: 1
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 3
NO. 2025-2026 4
(01) REFUNDS/INVESTMENTS/TRANSFERS $25,000,000 5
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SECTION 17. APPROPRIATION - RACING COMMISSION - COMPULSIVE GAMBLING 7
ADDICTION. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 8
Administration, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account , 9
for compulsive gambling disorder treatment and educational programs as 10
defined by Amendment 100 to the Arkansas Constitution by the Department of 11
Finance and Administration - Racing Commission for the fiscal year ending 12
June 30, 2026, the following: 13
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 15
NO. 2025-2026 16
(01) GAMBLING ADDICTION TREATMENT & 17
EDUCATION PROGRAMS $200,000 18
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SECTION 18. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 20
authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 21
and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 22
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 23
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 24
Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 25
control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 26
the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 27
strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 28
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SECTION 19. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 30
Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 31
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 32
which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 33
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 34
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 35
summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 36 HB1125
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Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 1
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SECTION 20. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 3
General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 4
the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 5
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of 6
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 7
the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 8
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm 9
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 10
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 11
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 12
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025. 13
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