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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1175 3
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By: Joint Budget Committee 5
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For An Act To Be Entitled 7
AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 8
AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, 9
HERITAGE, AND TOURISM - DIVISION OF HERITAGE FOR THE 10
FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; AND FOR OTHER 11
PURPOSES. 12
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Subtitle 15
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, 16
HERITAGE, AND TOURISM - DIVISION OF 17
HERITAGE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025 -2026 18
FISCAL 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 - SHARED SERVICES. There is hereby 24
established for the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism for the 2025-25
2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 26
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Maximum Annual 28
Maximum Salary Rate 29
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 30
No. Code Title Employees 2025-2026 31
(1) SC012 SECRETARY OF PARKS, HERITAGE & TOURISM 1 GRADE SE05 32
(2) U016U ADPHT DIR PARKS RECREATION & TRAVEL 1 GRADE SE03 33
(3) U018U ADPHT HERITAGE DIVISION DIRECTOR 1 GRADE SE02 34
(4) N213N ADPHT CHIEF FISCAL OFFICER 1 GRADE SE01 35
(5) U020U ADPHT HERITAGE DIVISION ASSISTANT DIR 1 GRADE SE01 36 HB1175
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(6) N250N ADPHT CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 1 GRADE IT10 1
(7) D007C INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGER 1 GRADE IT08 2
(8) D030C INFORMATION SYSTEMS COORDINATOR 1 GRADE IT07 3
(9) D017C INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY SPECIALIST 1 GRADE IT07 4
(10) D029C SENIOR GIS ANALYST 1 GRADE IT07 5
(11) D040C GIS ANALYST 1 GRADE IT06 6
(12) D063C COMPUTER SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE IT05 7
(13) D052C SOFTWARE SUPPORT ANALYST 3 GRADE IT05 8
(14) D062C DATABASE ANALYST 1 GRADE IT04 9
(15) D068C INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANALYST 2 GRADE IT04 10
(16) D065C NETWORK SUPPORT ANALYST 1 GRADE IT04 11
(17) D064C WEBSITE DEVELOPER 1 GRADE IT04 12
(18) D071C COMPUTER SUPPORT ANALYST 2 GRADE IT03 13
(19) G275C ADPHT ADMINISTRATION MANAGER 2 GRADE GS13 14
(20) G018C ADPHT PARKS ADMIN MANAGER 1 GRADE GS13 15
(21) A010C AGENCY CONTROLLER II 1 GRADE GS13 16
(22) G004C MANAGING ATTORNEY 1 GRADE GS13 17
(23) R006C HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATOR 2 GRADE GS12 18
(24) A031C ASSISTANT CONTROLLER 1 GRADE GS11 19
(25) G076C ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES MANAGER 1 GRADE GS10 20
(26) V036C AGENCY PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE GS10 21
(27) A052C ACCOUNTING COORDINATOR 4 GRADE GS09 22
(28) A050C AGENCY FISCAL MANAGER 1 GRADE GS09 23
(29) G109C GRANTS MANAGER 1 GRADE GS09 24
(30) P004C PUBLIC INFORMATION MANAGER 3 GRADE GS09 25
(31) R021C BUDGET ANALYST 1 GRADE GS08 26
(32) E026C EDUCATION & INSTRUCTION COORDINATOR 1 GRADE GS08 27
(33) S004C MAINTENANCE MANAGER 1 GRADE GS08 28
(34) V004C PROCUREMENT MANAGER 1 GRADE GS08 29
(35) A089C ACCOUNTANT I 1 GRADE GS07 30
(36) P015C ADPHT MANAGER OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES 1 GRADE GS07 31
(37) G155C ADPHT PROGRAM MANAGER 1 GRADE GS07 32
(38) C010C EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR 1 GRADE GS07 33
(39) P020C PRODUCTION ARTIST 2 GRADE GS07 34
(40) P013C PUBLIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR 1 GRADE GS07 35
(41) R025C HUMAN RESOURCES ANALYST 6 GRADE GS06 36 HB1175
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(42) P027C PUBLIC INFORMATION SPECIALIST 5 GRADE GS06 1
(43) P019C TRAVEL INFORMATION WRITER 4 GRADE GS06 2
(44) C036C ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW ANALYST 1 GRADE GS05 3
(45) C022C BUSINESS OPERATIONS SPECIALIST 3 GRADE GS05 4
(46) V014C BUYER 3 GRADE GS05 5
(47) V013C CENTRAL WAREHOUSE OPERATIONS MGR 1 GRADE GS05 6
(48) A091C FISCAL SUPPORT ANALYST 7 GRADE GS05 7
(49) A090C PAYROLL SERVICES SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS05 8
(50) V015C PURCHASING SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS05 9
(51) C056C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST III 1 GRADE GS04 10
(52) A098C FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 12 GRADE GS04 11
(53) R036C HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS04 12
(54) C083C MAIL SERVICES COORDINATOR 2 GRADE GS04 13
(55) P048C MULTI-MEDIA SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS04 14
(56) V022C PURCHASING TECHNICIAN 1 GRADE GS04 15
(57) P045C PUBLIC INFORMATION TECHNICIAN 1 GRADE GS03 16
(58) V028C WAREHOUSE WORKER 1 GRADE GS02 17
(59) S065C MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT 1 GRADE GS01 18
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 105 19
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SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - SHARED SERVICES. There is hereby authorized, 21
for the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism for the 2025-2026 fiscal 22
year, the following maximum number of part -time or temporary employees, to be 23
known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated herein for such 24
purposes: eleven (11) temporary or part-time employees, when needed, at rates 25
of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform Classification and 26
Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the appropriate 27
classification. 28
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SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - SHARED SERVICES PAYING ACCOUNT . There is 30
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism , to be 31
payable from the paying account as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 32
the State, for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of 33
Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Shared Services for the fiscal year ending 34
June 30, 2026, the following: 35
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 1
NO. 2025-2026 2
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $5,645,433 3
(02) EXTRA HELP 90,136 4
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 2,092,798 5
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 6
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 2,928,545 7
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 29,845 8
(C) PROF. FEES 93,241 9
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 50,000 10
(E) DATA PROC. 0 11
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $10,929,998 12
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SECTION 4. REGULAR SALARIES. There is hereby established for the 14
Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Division of Heritage for the 15
2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 16
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Maximum Annual 18
Maximum Salary Rate 19
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 20
No. Code Title Employees 2025-2026 21
(1) U020U ADPHT HERITAGE DIVISION ASSISTANT DIR 1 GRADE SE01 22
(2) P081C ADPHT MUSEUM & HERITAGE SRVS DIRECTOR 1 GRADE GS13 23
(3) P003C ADPHT AGENCY DIRECTOR 8 GRADE GS11 24
(4) P006C ADPHT AGENCY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR 4 GRADE GS09 25
(5) B045C BIOLOGIST SUPERVISOR 2 GRADE GS09 26
(6) B067C ARCHAEOLOGIST 2 GRADE GS08 27
(7) P014C MUSEUM MANAGER 1 GRADE GS08 28
(8) P015C ADPHT MANAGER OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES 4 GRADE GS07 29
(9) G155C ADPHT PROGRAM MANAGER 14 GRADE GS07 30
(10) P018C ARCHIVAL MANAGER 7 GRADE GS07 31
(11) B066C BIOLOGIST SPECIALIST 4 GRADE GS07 32
(12) P016C CURATOR 4 GRADE GS07 33
(13) P038C HISTORIAN 4 GRADE GS07 34
(14) G186C ADPHT PROGRAM COORDINATOR 16 GRADE GS06 35
(15) P024C ARCHIVIST 3 GRADE GS06 36 HB1175
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(16) G171C COORD OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HIST PRGM 1 GRADE GS06 1
(17) G214C GRANTS SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS06 2
(18) B086C LAND MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST 3 GRADE GS06 3
(19) E052C LIBRARIAN 1 GRADE GS06 4
(20) P037C MUSEUM INTERPRETIVE SPECIALIST 4 GRADE GS06 5
(21) P029C MUSEUM PROGRAMS SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS06 6
(22) P047C MUSEUM REGISTRAR 2 GRADE GS06 7
(23) P036C MUSEUM STORE MANAGER 4 GRADE GS06 8
(24) G204C PLANNING SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS06 9
(25) G202C VOLUNTEER PROGRAM COORDINATOR 1 GRADE GS06 10
(26) C036C ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW ANALYST 1 GRADE GS05 11
(27) C022C BUSINESS OPERATIONS SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS05 12
(28) C056C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST III 9 GRADE GS04 13
(29) P043C ARCHIVAL ASSISTANT 12 GRADE GS04 14
(30) S046C MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN 3 GRADE GS04 15
(31) T072C SECURITY OFFICER SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE GS04 16
(32) S050C MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS03 17
(33) P056C MUSEUM PROGRAM ASSISTANT II 5 GRADE GS03 18
(34) S065C MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT 4 GRADE GS01 19
(35) T091C WATCHMAN 2 GRADE GS01 20
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 133 21
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SECTION 5. EXTRA HELP. There is hereby authorized, for the Department 23
of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Division of Heritage for the 2025-2026 24
fiscal year, the following maximum number of part -time or temporary 25
employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated 26
herein for such purposes: sixty-five (65) temporary or part-time employees, 27
when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform 28
Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the 29
appropriate classification. 30
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SECTION 6. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS. There is hereby 32
appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism , to be 33
payable from the Division of Arkansas Heritage Fund Account , for personal 34
services and operating expenses of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and 35
Tourism - Division of Heritage - State Operations for the fiscal year ending 36 HB1175
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June 30, 2026, the following: 1
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 3
NO. 2025-2026 4
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $3,763,075 5
(02) EXTRA HELP 63,924 6
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 1,479,110 7
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 8
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 1,142,659 9
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 7,206 10
(C) PROF. FEES 20,800 11
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 12
(E) DATA PROC. 0 13
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $6,476,774 14
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SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - AMENDMENT 75 - CONSERVATION TAX OPERATIONS . 16
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, and 17
Tourism, to be payable from the Arkansas Division of Heritage Special Fund 18
Account, for personal services, operating expenses, grants and aid, 19
construction, and special maintenance of the Department of Parks, Heritage, 20
and Tourism - Division of Heritage - Amendment 75 - Conservation Tax 21
Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 22
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 24
NO. 2025-2026 25
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,090,286 26
(02) EXTRA HELP 421,640 27
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 472,774 28
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 29
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 2,458,170 30
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 100,000 31
(C) PROF. FEES 875,000 32
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 250,000 33
(E) DATA PROC. 0 34
(05) GRANTS/AID-HERITAGE PROGRAMS 1,113,841 35
(06) DAH-MUSEUM/FACILITY CONSTRUCTION 600,000 36 HB1175
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(07) SPECIAL MAINTENANCE 688,471 1
(08) BLACK HISTORY COMMISSION 13,930 2
(09) GRANTS/AID-OUACHITA RIVER COMMISSION 20,000 3
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $8,104,112 4
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SECTION 8. APPROPRIATION - DELTA CULTURAL CENTER - CASH FUND 6
OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 7
Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 8
State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for 9
operating expenses and cost of goods sold for resale of the Department of 10
Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Delta Cultural Center - Cash Fund Operations 11
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 12
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 14
NO. 2025-2026 15
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 16
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $75,000 17
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 18
(C) PROF. FEES 0 19
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 20
(E) DATA PROC. 0 21
(02) RESALE (COGS) 45,000 22
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $120,000 23
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SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION - MOSAIC TEMPLARS CULTURAL CENTER - CASH FUND 25
OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 26
Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 27
State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for 28
museum gift shop operations and cost of goods sold for resale of the 29
Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Mosaic Templars of America 30
Center for African-American Culture and Business Enterprise - Cash Fund 31
Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 32
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 34
NO. 2025-2026 35
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 36 HB1175
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(A) OPER. EXPENSE $25,000 1
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 2
(C) PROF. FEES 0 3
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 4
(E) DATA PROC. 0 5
(02) RESALE (COGS) 20,000 6
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $45,000 7
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SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION - OLD STATE HOUSE COMMISSION - CASH FUND 9
OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 10
Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 11
State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for 12
personal services, operating expenses, and cost of goods sold for resale of 13
the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Old State House Commission - 14
Cash Fund Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 15
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 17
NO. 2025-2026 18
(01) EXTRA HELP $20,430 19
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 1,755 20
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 21
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 100,000 22
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 500 23
(C) PROF. FEES 15,000 24
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 25
(E) DATA PROC. 0 26
(04) RESALE (COGS) 20,000 27
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $157,685 28
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SECTION 11. APPROPRIATION - HISTORIC PRESERVATION - REAL ESTATE 30
TRANSFER TAX OPERATIONS . There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 31
Parks, Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the Natural and Cultural 32
Resources Historic Preservation Fund , for personal services, operating 33
expenses, and grants and aid for historic preservation and main street 34
programs of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Historic 35
Preservation - Real Estate Transfer Tax Operations for the fiscal year ending 36 HB1175
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June 30, 2026, the following: 1
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 3
NO. 2025-2026 4
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $0 5
(02) EXTRA HELP 0 6
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 0 7
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 8
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 0 9
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 10
(C) PROF. FEES 0 11
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 12
(E) DATA PROC. 0 13
(05) GRANTS AND AID FOR HISTORIC 14
PRESERVATION/MAIN STREET PROGRAMS 0 15
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $0 16
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SECTION 12. APPROPRIATION - HISTORIC PRESERVATION - FEDERAL PROGRAM. 18
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, and 19
Tourism, to be payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief 20
Fiscal Officer of the State , for personal services, operating expenses, and 21
grants and aid for historic preservation of the Department of Parks, 22
Heritage, and Tourism - Historic Preservation - Federal Program for the 23
fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 24
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 26
NO. 2025-2026 27
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $705,955 28
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 273,038 29
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 30
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 125,000 31
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 5,000 32
(C) PROF. FEES 0 33
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 34
(E) DATA PROC. 0 35
(04) GRANTS AND AID FOR HISTORIC 36 HB1175
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PRESERVATION 500,000 1
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,608,993 2
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SECTION 13. APPROPRIATION - HISTORIC PRESERVATION - MAIN STREET 4
ARKANSAS - CASH FUND OPERATIONS . There is hereby appropriated, to the 5
Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the cash fund 6
deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 7
the State, for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of 8
Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Historic Preservation - Main Street Arkansas - 9
Cash Fund Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 10
11
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 12
NO. 2025-2026 13
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $59,493 14
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 21,586 15
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 16
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 25,000 17
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 18
(C) PROF. FEES 0 19
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 20
(E) DATA PROC. 0 21
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $106,079 22
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SECTION 14. APPROPRIATION - NATURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION - NATURAL AREA 24
MANAGEMENT - CASH FUND OPERATIONS . There is hereby appropriated, to the 25
Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the cash fund 26
deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 27
the State, for operating expenses, special maintenance, and land acquisition 28
of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Natural Heritage 29
Commission - Natural Area Management - Cash Fund Operations for the fiscal 30
year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 31
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 33
NO. 2025-2026 34
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 35
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $50,000 36 HB1175
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(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 1,000 1
(C) PROF. FEES 0 2
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 3
(E) DATA PROC. 0 4
(02) SPECIAL MAINTENANCE 10,000 5
(03) LAND ACQUISITION 195,076 6
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $256,076 7
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SECTION 15. APPROPRIATION - NATURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION - NATURAL AREA 9
RESEARCH - CASH FUND OPERATIONS . There is hereby appropriated, to the 10
Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the cash fund 11
deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 12
the State, for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of 13
Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Natural Heritage Commission - Natural Area 14
Research - Cash Fund Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 15
following: 16
17
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 18
NO. 2025-2026 19
(01) EXTRA HELP $10,000 20
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 1,632 21
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 22
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 10,000 23
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 24
(C) PROF. FEES 0 25
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 26
(E) DATA PROC. 0 27
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $21,632 28
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SECTION 16. APPROPRIATION - NATURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION - GAS ROYALTY 30
EXPENSES. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 31
Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the Division of Arkansas Heritage 32
Fund Account, for gas royalty expenses of the Department of Parks, Heritage, 33
and Tourism - Natural Heritage Commission - Gas Royalty Expenses for the 34
fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 35
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 1
NO. 2025-2026 2
(01) GAS ROYALTY EXPENSES $440,000 3
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SECTION 17. APPROPRIATION - NATURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION - FEDERAL 5
PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, 6
and Tourism, to be payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief 7
Fiscal Officer of the State , for personal services, operating expenses, 8
special maintenance, and land acquisition of the Department of Parks, 9
Heritage, and Tourism - Natural Heritage Commission - Federal Program for the 10
fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 11
12
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 13
NO. 2025-2026 14
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $49,143 15
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 19,208 16
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 17
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 200,000 18
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 1,000 19
(C) PROF. FEES 0 20
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 21
(E) DATA PROC. 0 22
(04) SPECIAL MAINTENANCE 20,000 23
(05) LAND ACQUISITION 1,700,000 24
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,989,351 25
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SECTION 18. APPROPRIATION - HISTORIC ARKANSAS MUSEUM COMMISSION - CASH 27
FUND OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 28
Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 29
State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for 30
personal services, operating expenses, and cost of goods sold for resale of 31
the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Historic Arkansas Museum 32
Commission - Cash Fund Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, 33
the following: 34
35
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 36 HB1175
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NO. 2025-2026 1
(01) EXTRA HELP $113,550 2
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 11,015 3
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 4
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 10,000 5
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 1,250 6
(C) PROF. FEES 0 7
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 8
(E) DATA PROC. 0 9
(04) RESALE (COGS) 55,000 10
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $190,815 11
12
SECTION 19. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS STATE ARCHIVES - CASH FUND 13
OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 14
Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 15
State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for 16
operating expenses of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - 17
Arkansas State Archives - Cash Fund Operations for the fiscal year ending 18
June 30, 2026, the following: 19
20
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 21
NO. 2025-2026 22
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 23
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $35,000 24
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 25
(C) PROF. FEES 0 26
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 27
(E) DATA PROC. 0 28
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $35,000 29
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SECTION 20. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS STATE ARCHIVES - NATIONAL DIGITAL 31
NEWSPAPER PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 32
Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the federal funds as designated by 33
the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for personal services and operating 34
expenses of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Arkansas State 35
Archives - National Digital Newspaper Program for the fiscal year ending June 36 HB1175
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30, 2026, the following: 1
2
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 3
NO. 2025-2026 4
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $181,476 5
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 49,605 6
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 7
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 66,500 8
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 10,000 9
(C) PROF. FEES 0 10
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 11
(E) DATA PROC. 0 12
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $307,581 13
14
SECTION 21. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS ARTS COUNCIL - FEDERAL PROGRAM. 15
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, and 16
Tourism, to be payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief 17
Fiscal Officer of the State , for personal services, operating expenses, and 18
grants and aid of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Arkansas 19
Arts Council - Federal Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 20
following: 21
22
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 23
NO. 2025-2026 24
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $45,301 25
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 20,592 26
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 27
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 82,385 28
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 10,000 29
(C) PROF. FEES 0 30
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 31
(E) DATA PROC. 0 32
(04) GRANTS AND AID -ARTS PROGRAMS 738,063 33
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $896,341 34
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SECTION 22. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS ARTS COUNCIL - CASH FUND 36 HB1175
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OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 1
Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 2
State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for 3
operating expenses and grants and aid of the Department of Parks, Heritage, 4
and Tourism - Arkansas Arts Council - Cash Fund Operations for the fiscal 5
year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 6
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 8
NO. 2025-2026 9
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 10
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $14,210 11
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 6,000 12
(C) PROF. FEES 0 13
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 14
(E) DATA PROC. 0 15
(02) GRANTS/AID BY THE ARTS COUNCIL 278,979 16
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $299,189 17
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SECTION 23. APPROPRIATION - NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL - 19
ADMINISTRATION. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 20
Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural 21
Resources Grant and Trust Fund , for personal services, operating expenses, 22
and grants and aid of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - 23
Natural and Cultural Resources Council - Administration for the fiscal year 24
ending June 30, 2026, the following: 25
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 27
NO. 2025-2026 28
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $0 29
(02) EXTRA HELP 0 30
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 0 31
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 32
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 0 33
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 34
(C) PROF. FEES 0 35
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(E) DATA PROC. 0 1
(05) GRANTS AND AID NATURAL AND CULTURAL 2
RESOURCES COUNCIL 0 3
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $0 4
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SECTION 24. APPROPRIATION - NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL - 6
STATE OWNED LANDS OR HISTORIC SITES GRANT PROGRAM . There is hereby 7
appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism , to be 8
payable from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Grant and Trust 9
Fund, for grants for the acquisition, management, stewardship, or 10
preservation of state owned lands, historic sites, buildings, structures, or 11
objects of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Natural and 12
Cultural Resources Council - State Owned Lands or Historic Sites Grant 13
Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 14
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NO. 2025-2026 17
(01) GRANTS/AID FOR STATE -OWNED LANDS OR 18
HISTORIC SITES $48,000,000 19
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SECTION 25. APPROPRIATION - NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL - 21
MAIN STREET PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 22
Parks, Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the Natural and Cultural 23
Resources Historic Preservation Fund , for funds to augment federal funding 24
and provide programs and grants of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and 25
Tourism - Natural and Cultural Resources Council - Main Street Program for 26
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 27
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NO. 2025-2026 30
(01) GRANTS/AID FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION 31
PROGRAM & MAIN STREET PROGRAM $6,000,000 32
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SECTION 26. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS MAJOR HISTORIC REHABILITATION 34
PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, 35
and Tourism, to be payable from the Arkansas Major Historic Rehabilitation 36 HB1175
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Trust Fund, for expenses to offset the cost of the income tax credits allowed 1
under the Arkansas Major Historic Rehabilitation Income Tax Credit Act of the 2
Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Arkansas Major Historic 3
Rehabilitation Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 4
following: 5
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NO. 2025-2026 8
(01) ARKANSAS MAJOR HISTORIC 9
REHABILITATION PROGRAM EXPENSES $40,000,000 10
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SECTION 27. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 12
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 13
PROMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS. The Division of Arkansas Heritage is 14
hereby authorized to purchase from Maintenance and General Operations 15
appropriations provided by this Act, up to an amount not to exceed $40,000 16
each fiscal year, promotional and educational merchandise, authorized by the 17
Division Director of the Division of Arkansas Heritage, to inform the public 18
of the Division's programs, to promote the functions of the Division, and to 19
inform the public regarding the services provided by the Division. 20
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 21
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 22
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SECTION 28. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 24
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. ARKANSAS 25
NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL. The Secretary of the Department of 26
Parks, Heritage, and Tourism shall be the disbursing officer for the Arkansas 27
Natural and Cultural Resources Council appropriation and the Main Street 28
Program appropriation provided by this Act. Further, if grants are made to 29
state agencies from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council 30
appropriation, and the Main Street Program appropriation provided herein, the 31
corresponding amount of appropriation and funding of such grant may be 32
transferred to such state agency for use in classifications of expenditures 33
as determined by conditions of the grant and the state agency. 34
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 35
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SECTION 29. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 1
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 2
SHARED SERVICES. (a)(1) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State may create a 3
Shared Services paying accounts on his or her books and on the books of the 4
Treasurer of State and the Auditor of State for the payment of personal 5
services and operating expenses in the Shared Services Paying Account 6
Appropriation by the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism. 7
(2) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall direct the transfer 8
of funds and appropriations to the Shared Services Paying Account 9
appropriation section of this act on the books of the Treasurer of State, the 10
Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State. 11
(3) The transfer authority provided to the department in 12
subdivision (a)(2) of this section may be used to make transfers only within 13
the department's appropriation act or between other appropriation acts 14
authorized for the department. 15
(4) The provisions of this section shall be in effect from the date 16
of passage through June 30, 2025 2026. 17
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SECTION 30. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 19
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 20
OUACHITA RIVER COMMISSION. The Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - 21
Division of Heritage shall budget, allocate, and expend twenty thousand 22
dollars ($20,000) in grants to the Ouachita River Commission from the 23
Grants/Aid-Ouachita River Commission line item in the Amendment 75 -24
Conservation Tax Operations appropriation section, to be used exclusively as 25
determined by the Ouachita River Commission. 26
The provisions of this section shall be in affect only from July 1, 2024 27
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 28
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SECTION 31. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 30
authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 31
and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 32
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 33
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 34
Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 35
control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 36 HB1175
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the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 1
strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 2
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SECTION 32. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 4
Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 5
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 6
which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 7
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 8
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 9
summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 10
Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 11
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SECTION 33. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 13
General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 14
the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 15
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of 16
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 17
the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 18
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm 19
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 20
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 21
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 22
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025. 23
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