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Arkansas House Bill HB1125

Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

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11 Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
2-Act 495 of the Regular Session
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5-State of Arkansas As Engrossed: H3/18/25 1
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3+State of Arkansas 1
64 95th General Assembly A Bill 2
75 Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1125 3
86 4
97 By: Joint Budget Committee 5
108 6
119 7
1210 For An Act To Be Entitled 8
1311 AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 9
1412 AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE 10
1513 & ADMINISTRATION - REGULATORY DIVISION FOR THE FISCAL 11
1614 YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
1715 13
1816 14
1917 Subtitle 15
2018 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE & 16
2119 ADMINISTRATION - REGULATORY DIVISION 17
2220 APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025 -2026 FISCAL 18
2321 YEAR. 19
2422 20
2523 21
2624 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22
2725 23
2826 SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - REGULATORY DIVISION. There is hereby 24
2927 established for the Department of Finance and Administration - Alcoholic 25
3028 Beverage Control Administration for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following 26
3129 maximum number of regular employees. 27
3230 28
3331 Maximum Annual 29
3432 Maximum Salary Rate 30
3533 Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 31
3634 No. Code Title Employees 2025-2026 32
3735 (1) G305C DFA REGULATORY ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE SE02 33
3836 (2) G279C DFA REG ASST ADMIN - ADMINISTRATION 1 GRADE GS15 34
3937 (3) G280C DFA REG ASST ADMIN - ENFORCEMENT 1 GRADE GS15 35
40- (4) R040C DFA STATEWIDE PROGRAM MANAGER 1 GRADE GS13 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1125
38+ (4) R040C DFA STATEWIDE PROGRAM MANAGER 1 GRADE GS13 36 HB1125
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4541 (5) G047C ATTORNEY SPECIALIST 5 GRADE GS11 1
4642 (6) A007C AUDIT MANAGER 1 GRADE GS11 2
4743 (7) G246C DFA REGULATORY BRANCH MANAGER 1 GRADE GS10 3
4844 (8) X229C DFA REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT AGENT III 3 GRADE GS10 4
4945 (9) T108C DFA REGULATORY BRANCH SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE GS09 5
5046 (10) X196C DFA SEN REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT AGENT 8 GRADE GS08 6
5147 (11) A060C SENIOR AUDITOR 2 GRADE GS08 7
5248 (12) A081C AUDITOR 1 GRADE GS07 8
5349 (13) X131C DFA REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT AGENT 29 GRADE GS07 9
5450 (14) C037C ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 4 GRADE GS06 10
5551 (15) T061C SENIOR IA 1 GRADE GS06 11
5652 (16) E046C TRAINING INSTRUCTOR 1 GRADE GS06 12
5753 (17) C056C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST III 3 GRADE GS04 13
5854 (18) R036C HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS04 14
5955 (19) C046C LEGAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 4 GRADE GS04 15
6056 (20) C073C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST II 2 GRADE GS03 16
6157 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 71 17
6258 18
6359 SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - REGULATORY DIVISION. There is hereby 19
6460 authorized, for the Department of Finance & Administration - Regulatory 20
6561 Division for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part -21
6662 time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds 22
6763 appropriated herein for such purposes: two (2) temporary or part-time 23
6864 employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the 24
6965 Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act 25
7066 for the appropriate classification. 26
7167 27
72- SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION. There is hereby 28
73-appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration, to be payable 29
74-from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, for personal services and 30
75-operating expenses of the Department of Finance and Administration - 31
76-Regulatory Division for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 32
77- 33
78-ITEM FISCAL YEAR 34
79- NO. 2025 -2026 35
80-(01) REGULAR SALARIES $2,870,188 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1125
68+ SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - STATE OPERATIONS. 28
69+There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 29
70+Administration, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account , 30
71+for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of Finance and 31
72+Administration - Alcoholic Beverage Control Administration for the fiscal 32
73+year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 33
74+ 34
75+ITEM FISCAL YEAR 35
76+ NO. 2025-2026 36 HB1125
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84-
85-(01.1)EXTRA HELP 7,000 1
86-(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 1,033,955 2
87-(03) OVERTIME 10,000 3
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79+(01) REGULAR SALARIES $708,544 1
80+(02) EXTRA HELP 7,000 2
81+(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 258,466 3
8882 (04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 4
89- (A) OPER. EXPENSE 416,927 5
90- (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 34,986 6
91- (C) PROF. FEES 5,000 7
83+ (A) OPER. EXPENSE 122,009 5
84+ (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 9,986 6
85+ (C) PROF. FEES 0 7
9286 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 8
9387 (E) DATA PROC. 0 9
94- TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $4,378,056 10
88+ TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,106,005 10
9589 11
96- SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - SALES TO MINORS 12
97-ENFORCEMENT - CASH. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 13
98-Finance and Administration, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 14
99-State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 15
100-personal services, operating expenses, and the purchase of promotional items 16
101-of the Department of Finance and Administration - Regulatory Division - Sales 17
102-to Minors Enforcement - Cash for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 18
103-following: 19
104- 20
105-ITEM FISCAL YEAR 21
106- NO. 2025 -2026 22
107-(01) REGULAR SALARIES $537,932 23
108-(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 256,094 24
109-(03) OVERTIME 5,000 25
110-(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 26
111- (A) OPER. EXPENSE 332,072 27
112- (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 28
113- (C) PROF. FEES 1,700 29
114- (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 30
115- (E) DATA PROC. 0 31
116-(05) PROMOTIONAL ITEMS 5,000 32
117- TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,137,798 33
118- 34
119- SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - TOBACCO INSPECTION 35
120-PROGRAM - FEDERAL. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1125
90+ SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION. There is hereby 12
91+appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration , to be payable 13
92+from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account , for personal services and 14
93+operating expenses of the Department of Finance and Administration - 15
94+Regulatory Division for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 16
95+ 17
96+ITEM FISCAL YEAR 18
97+ NO. 2025-2026 19
98+(01) REGULAR SALARIES $2,161,644 20
99+(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 775,489 21
100+(03) OVERTIME 10,000 22
101+(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 23
102+ (A) OPER. EXPENSE 294,918 24
103+ (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 25,000 25
104+ (C) PROF. FEES 5,000 26
105+ (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 27
106+ (E) DATA PROC. 0 28
107+ TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $3,272,051 29
108+ 30
109+ SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - SALES TO MINORS 31
110+ENFORCEMENT - CASH. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 32
111+Finance and Administration , to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 33
112+State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for 34
113+personal services, operating expenses, and the purchase of promotional items 35
114+of the Department of Finance and Administration - Regulatory Division - Sales 36 HB1125
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124-
125-Finance and Administration, to be payable from the federal funds as 1
126-designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services 2
127-and operating expenses of the Department of Finance and Administration - 3
128-Regulatory Division - Tobacco Inspection Program - Federal for the fiscal 4
129-year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 5
130- 6
131-ITEM FISCAL YEAR 7
132- NO. 2025 -2026 8
133-(01) REGULAR SALARIES $310,705 9
134-(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 128,339 10
135-(03) OVERTIME 17,041 11
136-(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 12
137- (A) OPER. EXPENSE 180,000 13
138- (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 5,000 14
139- (C) PROF. FEES 31,242 15
140- (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 16
141- (E) DATA PROC. 0 17
142- TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $672,327 18
143- 19
144- SECTION 6. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - CIGARETTE FIRE SAFETY. 20
145-There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 21
146-Administration, to be payable from the Cigarette Fire Safety Standard Fund, 22
147-for personal services and operating expenses to support fire safety and 23
148-prevention programs of the Department of Finance and Administration - 24
149-Regulatory Division - Cigarette Fire Safety for the fiscal year ending June 25
150-30, 2026, the following: 26
151- 27
152-ITEM FISCAL YEAR 28
153- NO. 2025 -2026 29
154-(01) FIRE SAFETY & PREVENTION $50,000 30
155- 31
156- SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - SPIRITUOUS AND VINOUS 32
157-BEVERAGES. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 33
158-Administration, to be payable from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Fund, for 34
159-promotion, education, training, alcohol safety awareness, enforcement 35
160-activities, equipment and vehicle purchases of the Department of Finance and 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1125
161-
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163-
164-
165-Administration - Regulatory Division for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1
166-2026, the following: 2
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117+to Minors Enforcement - Cash for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 1
118+following: 2
167119 3
168120 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 4
169121 NO. 2025-2026 5
170-(01) PROMOTION, EDUCATION, TRAINING, SAFETY 6
171- AWARENESS ENROLLMENT $300,000 7
172- 8
173- SECTION 8. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - REVENUE ENFORCEMENT. 9
174-There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration 10
175-- Regulatory Division - Revenue Enforcement, to be payable from the Arkansas 11
176-Tobacco Control Revenue Fund, for personal services and operating expenses 12
177-related to carrying out the purposes authorized in ACA 19 -6-831 for the 13
178-fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 14
179- 15
180-ITEM FISCAL YEAR 16
181- NO. 2025 -2026 17
182-(01) REGULAR SALARIES $657,044 18
183-(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 247,728 19
184-(03) OVERTIME 5,000 20
185-(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 21
186- (A) OPER. EXPENSE 127,817 22
187- (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 10,000 23
188- (C) PROF. FEES 500 24
189- (D) CAP. OUTLAY 50,000 25
190- (E) DATA PROC. 0 26
191- TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,098,089 27
192- 28
193- SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - UNTAXED TOBACCO 29
194-FORFEITURE. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 30
195-Administration - Regulatory Division, to be payable from the cash fund 31
196-deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 32
197-the State, for operational expenses and expense associated with untaxed 33
198-tobacco forfeiture authorized in ACA 26 -57-247 for the fiscal year ending 34
199-June 30, 2026, the following: 35
200- 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1125
122+(01) REGULAR SALARIES $537,932 6
123+(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 256,094 7
124+(03) OVERTIME 5,000 8
125+(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 9
126+ (A) OPER. EXPENSE 332,072 10
127+ (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 11
128+ (C) PROF. FEES 1,700 12
129+ (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 13
130+ (E) DATA PROC. 0 14
131+(05) PROMOTIONAL ITEMS 5,000 15
132+ TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,137,798 16
133+ 17
134+ SECTION 6. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - TOBACCO INSPECTION 18
135+PROGRAM - FEDERAL. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 19
136+Finance and Administration , to be payable from the federal funds as 20
137+designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for personal services 21
138+and operating expenses of the Department of Finance and Administration - 22
139+Regulatory Division - Tobacco Inspection Program - Federal for the fiscal 23
140+year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 24
141+ 25
142+ITEM FISCAL YEAR 26
143+ NO. 2025-2026 27
144+(01) REGULAR SALARIES $310,705 28
145+(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 128,339 29
146+(03) OVERTIME 17,041 30
147+(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 31
148+ (A) OPER. EXPENSE 180,000 32
149+ (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 5,000 33
150+ (C) PROF. FEES 31,242 34
151+ (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 35
152+ (E) DATA PROC. 0 36 HB1125
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155+ TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $672,327 1
156+ 2
157+ SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - CIGARETTE FIRE SAFETY . 3
158+There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 4
159+Administration, to be payable from the Cigarette Fire Safety Standard Fund , 5
160+for personal services and operating expenses to support fire safety and 6
161+prevention programs of the Department of Finance and Administration - 7
162+Regulatory Division - Cigarette Fire Safety for the fiscal year ending June 8
163+30, 2026, the following: 9
164+ 10
165+ITEM FISCAL YEAR 11
166+ NO. 2025-2026 12
167+(01) FIRE SAFETY & PREVENTION $50,000 13
168+ 14
169+ SECTION 8. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - SPIRITUOUS AND VINOUS 15
170+BEVERAGES. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 16
171+Administration, to be payable from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Fund , for 17
172+promotion, education, training, alcohol safety awareness, enforcement 18
173+activities, equipment and vehicle purchases of the Department of Finance and 19
174+Administration - Regulatory Division for the fiscal year ending June 30, 20
175+2026, the following: 21
176+ 22
177+ITEM FISCAL YEAR 23
178+ NO. 2025-2026 24
179+(01) PROMOTION, EDUCATION, TRAINING, SAFETY 25
180+ AWARENESS ENROLLMENT $300,000 26
181+ 27
182+ SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - REVENUE ENFORCEMENT. 28
183+There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration 29
184+- Regulatory Division - Revenue Enforcement, to be payable from the Arkansas 30
185+Tobacco Control Revenue Fund , for personal services and operating expenses 31
186+related to carrying out the purposes authorized in ACA 19 -6-831 for the 32
187+fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 33
188+ 34
189+ITEM FISCAL YEAR 35
190+ NO. 2025-2026 36 HB1125
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193+(01) REGULAR SALARIES $657,044 1
194+(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 247,728 2
195+(03) OVERTIME 5,000 3
196+(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 4
197+ (A) OPER. EXPENSE 87,817 5
198+ (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 10,000 6
199+ (C) PROF. FEES 500 7
200+ (D) CAP. OUTLAY 50,000 8
201+ (E) DATA PROC. 0 9
202+ TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,058,089 10
203+ 11
204+ SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - UNTAXED TOBACCO 12
205+FORFEITURE. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 13
206+Administration - Regulatory Division, to be payable from the cash fund 14
207+deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 15
208+the State, for operational expenses and expense associated with untaxed 16
209+tobacco forfeiture authorized in ACA 26 -57-247 for the fiscal year ending 17
210+June 30, 2026, the following: 18
211+ 19
212+ITEM FISCAL YEAR 20
213+ NO. 2025-2026 21
214+(01) UNTAXED TOBACCO FORFEITURE $100,000 22
215+ 23
216+ SECTION 11. APPROPRIATION - MEDICAL MARIJUANA COMMISSION. There is 24
217+hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration , to be 25
218+payable from the Medical Marijuana Commission Fund , for refunds and 26
219+reimbursements related to agency medical marijuana expenses of the Department 27
220+of Finance and Administration - Alcoholic Beverage Control Administration for 28
221+the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 29
222+ 30
223+ITEM FISCAL YEAR 31
224+ NO. 2025-2026 32
225+(01) REFUNDS/REIMBURSEMENTS $500,000 33
226+ 34
227+ SECTION 12. REGULAR SALARIES - RACING COMMISSION. There is hereby 35
228+established for the Department of Finance and Administration - Racing 36 HB1125
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205-ITEM FISCAL YEAR 1
206- NO. 2025 -2026 2
207-(01) UNTAXED TOBACCO FORFEITURE $100,000 3
208- 4
209- SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION - MEDICAL MARIJUANA COMMISSION. There is 5
210-hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration, to be 6
211-payable from the Medical Marijuana Commission Fund, for refunds and 7
212-reimbursements related to agency medical marijuana expenses of the Department 8
213-of Finance and Administration - Alcoholic Beverage Control Administration for 9
214-the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 10
215- 11
216-ITEM FISCAL YEAR 12
217- NO. 2025 -2026 13
218-(01) REFUNDS/REIMBURSEMENTS $500,000 14
219- 15
220- SECTION 11. REGULAR SALARIES - RACING COMMISSION. There is hereby 16
221-established for the Department of Finance and Administration - Racing 17
222-Commission for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of 18
223-regular employees. 19
224- 20
225- Maximum Annual 21
226- Maximum Salary Rate 22
227- Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 23
228- No. Code Title Employees 2025 -2026 24
229-(1) B009N DFA DOG RACING VETERINARIAN 1 GRADE MP04 25
230-(2) G287C DFA REGULATORY ASST ADMIN - RACING 1 GRADE GS15 26
231-(3) X069C DFA RACING SUPERVISOR 3 GRADE GS09 27
232-(2.1) G047C ATTORNEY SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS11 28
233-(4) C037C ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 2 GRADE GS06 29
234-(5) X142C DFA RACING COMMISSION JUDGE 2 GRADE GS05 30
235-(6) A104C DFA RACING COMMISSION OFFICE AUDITOR 1 GRADE GS04 31
236-(7) B110C VETERINARIAN ASSISTANT 4 GRADE GS03 32
237- MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 14 33
238- 34
239- SECTION 12. EXTRA HELP - RACING COMMISSION. There is hereby 35
240-authorized, for the Department of Finance and Administration - Racing 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1125
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231+Commission for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of 1
232+regular employees. 2
233+ 3
234+ Maximum Annual 4
235+ Maximum Salary Rate 5
236+ Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 6
237+ No. Code Title Employees 2025-2026 7
238+ (1) B009N DFA DOG RACING VETERINARIAN 1 GRADE MP04 8
239+ (2) G287C DFA REGULATORY ASST ADMIN - RACING 1 GRADE GS15 9
240+ (3) X069C DFA RACING SUPERVISOR 3 GRADE GS09 10
241+ (4) C037C ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 2 GRADE GS06 11
242+ (5) X142C DFA RACING COMMISSION JUDGE 2 GRADE GS05 12
243+ (6) A104C DFA RACING COMMISSION OFFICE AUDITOR 1 GRADE GS04 13
244+ (7) B110C VETERINARIAN ASSISTANT 4 GRADE GS03 14
245+ MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 14 15
246+ 16
247+ SECTION 13. EXTRA HELP - RACING COMMISSION. There is hereby 17
248+authorized, for the Department of Finance and Administration - Racing 18
249+Commission for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of 19
250+part-time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from 20
251+funds appropriated herein for such purposes: thirty-one (31) temporary or 21
252+part-time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those 22
253+provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its 23
254+successor, or this act for the appropriate classification. 24
255+ 25
256+ SECTION 14. APPROPRIATION - RACING COMMISSION - STATE OPERATIONS. 26
257+There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 27
258+Administration, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account , 28
259+for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of Finance and 29
260+Administration - Racing Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, 30
261+the following: 31
262+ 32
263+ITEM FISCAL YEAR 33
264+ NO. 2025-2026 34
265+(01) REGULAR SALARIES $798,983 35
266+(02) EXTRA HELP 460,000 36 HB1125
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269+(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 330,361 1
270+(04) OVERTIME 10,000 2
271+(05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 3
272+ (A) OPER. EXPENSE 290,914 4
273+ (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 7,500 5
274+ (C) PROF. FEES 50,000 6
275+ (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 7
276+ (E) DATA PROC. 0 8
277+ TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,947,758 9
278+ 10
279+ SECTION 15. APPROPRIATION - RACING COMMISSION - CASH OPERATIONS. There 11
280+is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration , to 12
281+be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined 13
282+by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for personal services and operating 14
283+expenses of the Department of Finance and Administration - Racing Commission 15
284+for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 16
285+ 17
286+ITEM FISCAL YEAR 18
287+ NO. 2025-2026 19
288+(01) EXTRA HELP $200,000 20
289+(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 120,409 21
290+(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 22
291+ (A) OPER. EXPENSE 600,000 23
292+ (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 5,000 24
293+ (C) PROF. FEES 50,000 25
294+ (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 26
295+ (E) DATA PROC. 0 27
296+(04) REFUND/REIMBURSEMENTS 5,000 28
297+ TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $980,409 29
298+ 30
299+ SECTION 16. APPROPRIATION - RACING COMMISSION - PURSES AND AWARDS FUND. 31
300+There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 32
301+Administration, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State 33
302+Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for 34
303+transfers to the Department of Finance and Administration - Racing Commission 35
304+- Purses and Awards Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 36 HB1125
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244-
245-Commission for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of 1
246-part-time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from 2
247-funds appropriated herein for such purposes: thirty -one (31) temporary or 3
248-part-time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those 4
249-provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its 5
250-successor, or this act for the appropriate classification. 6
251- 7
252- SECTION 13. APPROPRIATION - RACING COMMISSION - STATE OPERATIONS. 8
253-There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 9
254-Administration, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, 10
255-for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of Finance and 11
256-Administration - Racing Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, 12
257-the following: 13
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307+following: 1
308+ 2
309+ITEM FISCAL YEAR 3
310+ NO. 2025-2026 4
311+(01) REFUNDS/INVESTMENTS/TRANSFERS $25,000,000 5
312+ 6
313+ SECTION 17. APPROPRIATION - RACING COMMISSION - COMPULSIVE GAMBLING 7
314+ADDICTION. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 8
315+Administration, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account , 9
316+for compulsive gambling disorder treatment and educational programs as 10
317+defined by Amendment 100 to the Arkansas Constitution by the Department of 11
318+Finance and Administration - Racing Commission for the fiscal year ending 12
319+June 30, 2026, the following: 13
258320 14
259321 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 15
260322 NO. 2025-2026 16
261-(01) REGULAR SALARIES $726,390 17
262-(02) EXTRA HELP 460,000 18
263-(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 313,686 19
264-(04) OVERTIME 10,000 20
265-(05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 21
266- (A) OPER. EXPENSE 290,914 22
267- (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 7,500 23
268- (C) PROF. FEES 50,000 24
269- (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 25
270- (E) DATA PROC. 0 26
271- TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,858,490 27
323+(01) GAMBLING ADDICTION TREATMENT & 17
324+ EDUCATION PROGRAMS $200,000 18
325+ 19
326+ SECTION 18. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 20
327+authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 21
328+and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 22
329+the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 23
330+Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 24
331+Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 25
332+control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 26
333+the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 27
334+strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 28
335+ 29
336+ SECTION 19. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 30
337+Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 31
338+contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 32
339+which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 33
340+Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 34
341+manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 35
342+summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 36 HB1125
343+
344+ 10 01/15/2025 8:15:18 AM JAP007
345+Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 1
346+ 2
347+ SECTION 20. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 3
348+General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 4
349+the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 5
350+effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of 6
351+the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 7
352+the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 8
353+effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm 9
354+upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 10
355+programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 11
356+being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 12
357+and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025. 13
358+ 14
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360+ 16
361+ 17
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273- SECTION 14. APPROPRIATION - RACING COMMISSION - CASH OPERATIONS. There 29
274-is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration, to 30
275-be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined 31
276-by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services and operating 32
277-expenses of the Department of Finance and Administration - Racing Commission 33
278-for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 34
279- 35
280-ITEM FISCAL YEAR 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1125
281-
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284-
285- NO. 2025 -2026 1
286-(01) EXTRA HELP $200,000 2
287-(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 120,409 3
288-(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 4
289- (A) OPER. EXPENSE 600,000 5
290- (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 5,000 6
291- (C) PROF. FEES 50,000 7
292- (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 8
293- (E) DATA PROC. 0 9
294-(04) REFUND/REIMBURSEMENTS 5,000 10
295- TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $980,409 11
296- 12
297- SECTION 15. APPROPRIATION - RACING COMMISSION - PURSES AND AWARDS FUND. 13
298-There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 14
299-Administration, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State 15
300-Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 16
301-transfers to the Department of Finance and Administration - Racing Commission 17
302-- Purses and Awards Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 18
303-following: 19
304- 20
305-ITEM FISCAL YEAR 21
306- NO. 2025 -2026 22
307-(01) REFUNDS/INVESTMENTS/TRANSFERS $25,000,000 23
308- 24
309- SECTION 16. APPROPRIATION - RACING COMMISSION - COMPULSIVE GAMBLING 25
310-ADDICTION. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 26
311-Administration, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, 27
312-for compulsive gambling disorder treatment and educational programs as 28
313-defined by Amendment 100 to the Arkansas Constitution by the Department of 29
314-Finance and Administration - Racing Commission for the fiscal year ending 30
315-June 30, 2026, the following: 31
316- 32
317-ITEM FISCAL YEAR 33
318- NO. 2025 -2026 34
319-(01) GAMBLING ADDICTION TREATMENT & 35
320- EDUCATION PROGRAMS $200,000 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1125
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324-
325-SECTION 17. REGULAR SALARIES – RACING COMMISSION – CASINO GAMING SECTION. There 1
326-is hereby established for the Department of Finance and Administration – Racing 2
327-Commission – Casino Gaming Section for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the following 3
328-maximum number of regular employees. 4
329- 5
330- Maximum Annual 6
331- Maximum Salary Rate 7
332-Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 8
333- No. Code Title Employees 2025 -2026 9
334- (1) A006C DFA REV TAX DIVISION MANAGER 1 GRADE GS13 10
335- (2) A033C TAX AUDITOR SUPERVISOR 3 GRADE GS11 11
336- (3) A054C TAX AUDITOR II 6 GRADE GS09 12
337- (4) A098C FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 3 GRADE GS04 13
338- (5) C059C DFA SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE 27 GRADE GS03 14
339- MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 40 15
340- 16
341- SECTION 18. APPROPRIATION – RACING COMMISSION – CASINO GAMING SECTION. 17
342-There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration, 18
343-to be payable from the State Central Services Fund, for personal services and 19
344-operating expenses of the Department of Finance and Administration – Racing 20
345-Commission - Casino Gaming Section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, 21
346-the following: 22
347- 23
348-Item Fiscal Year 24
349-No. 2025-2026 25
350-(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,814,526 26
351-(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 739,222 27
352-(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 28
353- (A) OPER. EXPENSE 10,000 29
354- (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 4,000 30
355- (C) PROF. FEES 0 31
356- (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 32
357- (E) DATA PROC. 0 33
358-TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $2,567,748 34
359- 35
360- SECTION 19. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 36 As Engrossed: H3/18/25 HB1125
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364-
365-authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 1
366-and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 2
367-the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 3
368-Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 4
369-Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 5
370-control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 6
371-the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 7
372-strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 8
373- 9
374- SECTION 20. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 10
375-Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 11
376-contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 12
377-which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 13
378-Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 14
379-manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 15
380-summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 16
381-Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 17
382- 18
383- SECTION 21. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 19
384-General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 20
385-the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 21
386-effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of 22
387-the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 23
388-the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 24
389-effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm 25
390-upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 26
391-programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 27
392-being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 28
393-and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025. 29
373+ 29
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395-/s/Joint Budget Committee 31
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398-APPROVED: 4/8/25 34
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