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11 Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
2-Act 297 of the Regular Session
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43 State of Arkansas 1
54 95th General Assembly A Bill 2
65 Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1175 3
76 4
87 By: Joint Budget Committee 5
98 6
109 For An Act To Be Entitled 7
1110 AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 8
1211 AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, 9
1312 HERITAGE, AND TOURISM - DIVISION OF HERITAGE FOR THE 10
1413 FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; AND FOR OTHER 11
1514 PURPOSES. 12
1615 13
1716 14
1817 Subtitle 15
1918 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, 16
2019 HERITAGE, AND TOURISM - DIVISION OF 17
2120 HERITAGE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025 -2026 18
2221 FISCAL YEAR. 19
2322 20
2423 21
2524 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22
2625 23
2726 SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - SHARED SERVICES. There is hereby 24
2827 established for the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism for the 2025-25
2928 2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 26
3029 27
3130 Maximum Annual 28
3231 Maximum Salary Rate 29
3332 Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 30
3433 No. Code Title Employees 2025-2026 31
3534 (1) SC012 SECRETARY OF PARKS, HERITAGE & TOURISM 1 GRADE SE05 32
3635 (2) U016U ADPHT DIR PARKS RECREATION & TRAVEL 1 GRADE SE03 33
3736 (3) U018U ADPHT HERITAGE DIVISION DIRECTOR 1 GRADE SE02 34
3837 (4) N213N ADPHT CHIEF FISCAL OFFICER 1 GRADE SE01 35
3938 (5) U020U ADPHT HERITAGE DIVISION ASSISTANT DIR 1 GRADE SE01 36 HB1175
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4241 (6) N250N ADPHT CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 1 GRADE IT10 1
4342 (7) D007C INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGER 1 GRADE IT08 2
4443 (8) D030C INFORMATION SYSTEMS COORDINATOR 1 GRADE IT07 3
4544 (9) D017C INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY SPECIALIST 1 GRADE IT07 4
4645 (10) D029C SENIOR GIS ANALYST 1 GRADE IT07 5
4746 (11) D040C GIS ANALYST 1 GRADE IT06 6
4847 (12) D063C COMPUTER SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE IT05 7
4948 (13) D052C SOFTWARE SUPPORT ANALYST 3 GRADE IT05 8
5049 (14) D062C DATABASE ANALYST 1 GRADE IT04 9
5150 (15) D068C INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANALYST 2 GRADE IT04 10
5251 (16) D065C NETWORK SUPPORT ANALYST 1 GRADE IT04 11
5352 (17) D064C WEBSITE DEVELOPER 1 GRADE IT04 12
5453 (18) D071C COMPUTER SUPPORT ANALYST 2 GRADE IT03 13
5554 (19) G275C ADPHT ADMINISTRATION MANAGER 2 GRADE GS13 14
5655 (20) G018C ADPHT PARKS ADMIN MANAGER 1 GRADE GS13 15
5756 (21) A010C AGENCY CONTROLLER II 1 GRADE GS13 16
5857 (22) G004C MANAGING ATTORNEY 1 GRADE GS13 17
5958 (23) R006C HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATOR 2 GRADE GS12 18
6059 (24) A031C ASSISTANT CONTROLLER 1 GRADE GS11 19
6160 (25) G076C ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES MANAGER 1 GRADE GS10 20
6261 (26) V036C AGENCY PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE GS10 21
6362 (27) A052C ACCOUNTING COORDINATOR 4 GRADE GS09 22
6463 (28) A050C AGENCY FISCAL MANAGER 1 GRADE GS09 23
6564 (29) G109C GRANTS MANAGER 1 GRADE GS09 24
6665 (30) P004C PUBLIC INFORMATION MANAGER 3 GRADE GS09 25
6766 (31) R021C BUDGET ANALYST 1 GRADE GS08 26
6867 (32) E026C EDUCATION & INSTRUCTION COORDINATOR 1 GRADE GS08 27
6968 (33) S004C MAINTENANCE MANAGER 1 GRADE GS08 28
7069 (34) V004C PROCUREMENT MANAGER 1 GRADE GS08 29
7170 (35) A089C ACCOUNTANT I 1 GRADE GS07 30
7271 (36) P015C ADPHT MANAGER OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES 1 GRADE GS07 31
7372 (37) G155C ADPHT PROGRAM MANAGER 1 GRADE GS07 32
7473 (38) C010C EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR 1 GRADE GS07 33
7574 (39) P020C PRODUCTION ARTIST 2 GRADE GS07 34
7675 (40) P013C PUBLIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR 1 GRADE GS07 35
7776 (41) R025C HUMAN RESOURCES ANALYST 6 GRADE GS06 36 HB1175
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8079 (42) P027C PUBLIC INFORMATION SPECIALIST 5 GRADE GS06 1
8180 (43) P019C TRAVEL INFORMATION WRITER 4 GRADE GS06 2
8281 (44) C036C ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW ANALYST 1 GRADE GS05 3
8382 (45) C022C BUSINESS OPERATIONS SPECIALIST 3 GRADE GS05 4
8483 (46) V014C BUYER 3 GRADE GS05 5
8584 (47) V013C CENTRAL WAREHOUSE OPERATIONS MGR 1 GRADE GS05 6
8685 (48) A091C FISCAL SUPPORT ANALYST 7 GRADE GS05 7
8786 (49) A090C PAYROLL SERVICES SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS05 8
8887 (50) V015C PURCHASING SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS05 9
8988 (51) C056C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST III 1 GRADE GS04 10
9089 (52) A098C FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 12 GRADE GS04 11
9190 (53) R036C HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS04 12
9291 (54) C083C MAIL SERVICES COORDINATOR 2 GRADE GS04 13
9392 (55) P048C MULTI-MEDIA SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS04 14
9493 (56) V022C PURCHASING TECHNICIAN 1 GRADE GS04 15
9594 (57) P045C PUBLIC INFORMATION TECHNICIAN 1 GRADE GS03 16
9695 (58) V028C WAREHOUSE WORKER 1 GRADE GS02 17
9796 (59) S065C MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT 1 GRADE GS01 18
9897 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 105 19
9998 20
10099 SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - SHARED SERVICES. There is hereby authorized, 21
101100 for the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism for the 2025-2026 fiscal 22
102101 year, the following maximum number of part -time or temporary employees, to be 23
103102 known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated herein for such 24
104103 purposes: eleven (11) temporary or part-time employees, when needed, at rates 25
105104 of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform Classification and 26
106105 Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the appropriate 27
107106 classification. 28
108107 29
109108 SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - SHARED SERVICES PAYING ACCOUNT . There is 30
110109 hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism , to be 31
111110 payable from the paying account as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 32
112111 the State, for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of 33
113112 Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Shared Services for the fiscal year ending 34
114113 June 30, 2026, the following: 35
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118117 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 1
119118 NO. 2025-2026 2
120119 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $5,645,433 3
121120 (02) EXTRA HELP 90,136 4
122121 (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 2,092,798 5
123122 (04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 6
124123 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 2,928,545 7
125124 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 29,845 8
126125 (C) PROF. FEES 93,241 9
127126 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 50,000 10
128127 (E) DATA PROC. 0 11
129128 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $10,929,998 12
130129 13
131130 SECTION 4. REGULAR SALARIES. There is hereby established for the 14
132131 Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Division of Heritage for the 15
133132 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 16
134133 17
135134 Maximum Annual 18
136135 Maximum Salary Rate 19
137136 Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 20
138137 No. Code Title Employees 2025-2026 21
139138 (1) U020U ADPHT HERITAGE DIVISION ASSISTANT DIR 1 GRADE SE01 22
140139 (2) P081C ADPHT MUSEUM & HERITAGE SRVS DIRECTOR 1 GRADE GS13 23
141140 (3) P003C ADPHT AGENCY DIRECTOR 8 GRADE GS11 24
142141 (4) P006C ADPHT AGENCY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR 4 GRADE GS09 25
143142 (5) B045C BIOLOGIST SUPERVISOR 2 GRADE GS09 26
144143 (6) B067C ARCHAEOLOGIST 2 GRADE GS08 27
145144 (7) P014C MUSEUM MANAGER 1 GRADE GS08 28
146145 (8) P015C ADPHT MANAGER OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES 4 GRADE GS07 29
147146 (9) G155C ADPHT PROGRAM MANAGER 14 GRADE GS07 30
148147 (10) P018C ARCHIVAL MANAGER 7 GRADE GS07 31
149148 (11) B066C BIOLOGIST SPECIALIST 4 GRADE GS07 32
150149 (12) P016C CURATOR 4 GRADE GS07 33
151150 (13) P038C HISTORIAN 4 GRADE GS07 34
152151 (14) G186C ADPHT PROGRAM COORDINATOR 16 GRADE GS06 35
153152 (15) P024C ARCHIVIST 3 GRADE GS06 36 HB1175
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156155 (16) G171C COORD OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HIST PRGM 1 GRADE GS06 1
157156 (17) G214C GRANTS SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS06 2
158157 (18) B086C LAND MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST 3 GRADE GS06 3
159158 (19) E052C LIBRARIAN 1 GRADE GS06 4
160159 (20) P037C MUSEUM INTERPRETIVE SPECIALIST 4 GRADE GS06 5
161160 (21) P029C MUSEUM PROGRAMS SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS06 6
162161 (22) P047C MUSEUM REGISTRAR 2 GRADE GS06 7
163162 (23) P036C MUSEUM STORE MANAGER 4 GRADE GS06 8
164163 (24) G204C PLANNING SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS06 9
165164 (25) G202C VOLUNTEER PROGRAM COORDINATOR 1 GRADE GS06 10
166165 (26) C036C ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW ANALYST 1 GRADE GS05 11
167166 (27) C022C BUSINESS OPERATIONS SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS05 12
168167 (28) C056C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST III 9 GRADE GS04 13
169168 (29) P043C ARCHIVAL ASSISTANT 12 GRADE GS04 14
170169 (30) S046C MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN 3 GRADE GS04 15
171170 (31) T072C SECURITY OFFICER SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE GS04 16
172171 (32) S050C MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS03 17
173172 (33) P056C MUSEUM PROGRAM ASSISTANT II 5 GRADE GS03 18
174173 (34) S065C MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT 4 GRADE GS01 19
175174 (35) T091C WATCHMAN 2 GRADE GS01 20
176175 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 133 21
177176 22
178177 SECTION 5. EXTRA HELP. There is hereby authorized, for the Department 23
179178 of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Division of Heritage for the 2025-2026 24
180179 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part -time or temporary 25
181180 employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated 26
182181 herein for such purposes: sixty-five (65) temporary or part-time employees, 27
183182 when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform 28
184183 Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the 29
185184 appropriate classification. 30
186185 31
187186 SECTION 6. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS. There is hereby 32
188187 appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism , to be 33
189188 payable from the Division of Arkansas Heritage Fund Account , for personal 34
190189 services and operating expenses of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and 35
191190 Tourism - Division of Heritage - State Operations for the fiscal year ending 36 HB1175
192191
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194193 June 30, 2026, the following: 1
195194 2
196195 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 3
197196 NO. 2025-2026 4
198197 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $3,763,075 5
199198 (02) EXTRA HELP 63,924 6
200199 (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 1,479,110 7
201200 (04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 8
202201 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 1,142,659 9
203202 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 7,206 10
204203 (C) PROF. FEES 20,800 11
205204 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 12
206205 (E) DATA PROC. 0 13
207206 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $6,476,774 14
208207 15
209208 SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - AMENDMENT 75 - CONSERVATION TAX OPERATIONS . 16
210209 There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, and 17
211210 Tourism, to be payable from the Arkansas Division of Heritage Special Fund 18
212211 Account, for personal services, operating expenses, grants and aid, 19
213212 construction, and special maintenance of the Department of Parks, Heritage, 20
214213 and Tourism - Division of Heritage - Amendment 75 - Conservation Tax 21
215214 Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 22
216215 23
217216 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 24
218217 NO. 2025-2026 25
219218 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,090,286 26
220219 (02) EXTRA HELP 421,640 27
221220 (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 472,774 28
222221 (04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 29
223222 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 2,458,170 30
224223 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 100,000 31
225224 (C) PROF. FEES 875,000 32
226225 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 250,000 33
227226 (E) DATA PROC. 0 34
228227 (05) GRANTS/AID-HERITAGE PROGRAMS 1,113,841 35
229228 (06) DAH-MUSEUM/FACILITY CONSTRUCTION 600,000 36 HB1175
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232231 (07) SPECIAL MAINTENANCE 688,471 1
233232 (08) BLACK HISTORY COMMISSION 13,930 2
234233 (09) GRANTS/AID-OUACHITA RIVER COMMISSION 20,000 3
235234 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $8,104,112 4
236235 5
237236 SECTION 8. APPROPRIATION - DELTA CULTURAL CENTER - CASH FUND 6
238237 OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 7
239238 Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 8
240239 State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for 9
241240 operating expenses and cost of goods sold for resale of the Department of 10
242241 Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Delta Cultural Center - Cash Fund Operations 11
243242 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 12
244243 13
245244 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 14
246245 NO. 2025-2026 15
247246 (01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 16
248247 (A) OPER. EXPENSE $75,000 17
249248 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 18
250249 (C) PROF. FEES 0 19
251250 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 20
252251 (E) DATA PROC. 0 21
253252 (02) RESALE (COGS) 45,000 22
254253 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $120,000 23
255254 24
256255 SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION - MOSAIC TEMPLARS CULTURAL CENTER - CASH FUND 25
257256 OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 26
258257 Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 27
259258 State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for 28
260259 museum gift shop operations and cost of goods sold for resale of the 29
261260 Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Mosaic Templars of America 30
262261 Center for African-American Culture and Business Enterprise - Cash Fund 31
263262 Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 32
264263 33
265264 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 34
266265 NO. 2025-2026 35
267266 (01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 36 HB1175
268267
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270269 (A) OPER. EXPENSE $25,000 1
271270 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 2
272271 (C) PROF. FEES 0 3
273272 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 4
274273 (E) DATA PROC. 0 5
275274 (02) RESALE (COGS) 20,000 6
276275 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $45,000 7
277276 8
278277 SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION - OLD STATE HOUSE COMMISSION - CASH FUND 9
279278 OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 10
280279 Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 11
281280 State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for 12
282281 personal services, operating expenses, and cost of goods sold for resale of 13
283282 the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Old State House Commission - 14
284283 Cash Fund Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 15
285284 16
286285 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 17
287286 NO. 2025-2026 18
288287 (01) EXTRA HELP $20,430 19
289288 (02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 1,755 20
290289 (03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 21
291290 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 100,000 22
292291 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 500 23
293292 (C) PROF. FEES 15,000 24
294293 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 25
295294 (E) DATA PROC. 0 26
296295 (04) RESALE (COGS) 20,000 27
297296 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $157,685 28
298297 29
299298 SECTION 11. APPROPRIATION - HISTORIC PRESERVATION - REAL ESTATE 30
300299 TRANSFER TAX OPERATIONS . There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 31
301300 Parks, Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the Natural and Cultural 32
302301 Resources Historic Preservation Fund , for personal services, operating 33
303302 expenses, and grants and aid for historic preservation and main street 34
304303 programs of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Historic 35
305304 Preservation - Real Estate Transfer Tax Operations for the fiscal year ending 36 HB1175
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308307 June 30, 2026, the following: 1
309308 2
310309 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 3
311310 NO. 2025-2026 4
312311 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $0 5
313312 (02) EXTRA HELP 0 6
314313 (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 0 7
315314 (04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 8
316315 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 0 9
317316 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 10
318317 (C) PROF. FEES 0 11
319318 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 12
320319 (E) DATA PROC. 0 13
321320 (05) GRANTS AND AID FOR HISTORIC 14
322321 PRESERVATION/MAIN STREET PROGRAMS 0 15
323322 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $0 16
324323 17
325324 SECTION 12. APPROPRIATION - HISTORIC PRESERVATION - FEDERAL PROGRAM. 18
326325 There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, and 19
327326 Tourism, to be payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief 20
328327 Fiscal Officer of the State , for personal services, operating expenses, and 21
329328 grants and aid for historic preservation of the Department of Parks, 22
330329 Heritage, and Tourism - Historic Preservation - Federal Program for the 23
331330 fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 24
332331 25
333332 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 26
334333 NO. 2025-2026 27
335334 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $705,955 28
336335 (02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 273,038 29
337336 (03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 30
338337 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 125,000 31
339338 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 5,000 32
340339 (C) PROF. FEES 0 33
341340 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 34
342341 (E) DATA PROC. 0 35
343342 (04) GRANTS AND AID FOR HISTORIC 36 HB1175
344343
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346345 PRESERVATION 500,000 1
347346 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,608,993 2
348347 3
349348 SECTION 13. APPROPRIATION - HISTORIC PRESERVATION - MAIN STREET 4
350349 ARKANSAS - CASH FUND OPERATIONS . There is hereby appropriated, to the 5
351350 Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the cash fund 6
352351 deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 7
353352 the State, for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of 8
354353 Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Historic Preservation - Main Street Arkansas - 9
355354 Cash Fund Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 10
356355 11
357356 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 12
358357 NO. 2025-2026 13
359358 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $59,493 14
360359 (02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 21,586 15
361360 (03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 16
362361 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 25,000 17
363362 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 18
364363 (C) PROF. FEES 0 19
365364 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 20
366365 (E) DATA PROC. 0 21
367366 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $106,079 22
368367 23
369368 SECTION 14. APPROPRIATION - NATURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION - NATURAL AREA 24
370369 MANAGEMENT - CASH FUND OPERATIONS . There is hereby appropriated, to the 25
371370 Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the cash fund 26
372371 deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 27
373372 the State, for operating expenses, special maintenance, and land acquisition 28
374373 of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Natural Heritage 29
375374 Commission - Natural Area Management - Cash Fund Operations for the fiscal 30
376375 year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 31
377376 32
378377 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 33
379378 NO. 2025-2026 34
380379 (01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 35
381380 (A) OPER. EXPENSE $50,000 36 HB1175
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384383 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 1,000 1
385384 (C) PROF. FEES 0 2
386385 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 3
387386 (E) DATA PROC. 0 4
388387 (02) SPECIAL MAINTENANCE 10,000 5
389388 (03) LAND ACQUISITION 195,076 6
390389 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $256,076 7
391390 8
392391 SECTION 15. APPROPRIATION - NATURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION - NATURAL AREA 9
393392 RESEARCH - CASH FUND OPERATIONS . There is hereby appropriated, to the 10
394393 Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the cash fund 11
395394 deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 12
396395 the State, for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of 13
397396 Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Natural Heritage Commission - Natural Area 14
398397 Research - Cash Fund Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 15
399398 following: 16
400399 17
401400 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 18
402401 NO. 2025-2026 19
403402 (01) EXTRA HELP $10,000 20
404403 (02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 1,632 21
405404 (03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 22
406405 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 10,000 23
407406 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 24
408407 (C) PROF. FEES 0 25
409408 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 26
410409 (E) DATA PROC. 0 27
411410 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $21,632 28
412411 29
413412 SECTION 16. APPROPRIATION - NATURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION - GAS ROYALTY 30
414413 EXPENSES. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 31
415414 Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the Division of Arkansas Heritage 32
416415 Fund Account, for gas royalty expenses of the Department of Parks, Heritage, 33
417416 and Tourism - Natural Heritage Commission - Gas Royalty Expenses for the 34
418417 fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 35
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420419
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422421 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 1
423422 NO. 2025-2026 2
424423 (01) GAS ROYALTY EXPENSES $440,000 3
425424 4
426425 SECTION 17. APPROPRIATION - NATURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION - FEDERAL 5
427426 PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, 6
428427 and Tourism, to be payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief 7
429428 Fiscal Officer of the State , for personal services, operating expenses, 8
430429 special maintenance, and land acquisition of the Department of Parks, 9
431430 Heritage, and Tourism - Natural Heritage Commission - Federal Program for the 10
432431 fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 11
433432 12
434433 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 13
435434 NO. 2025-2026 14
436435 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $49,143 15
437436 (02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 19,208 16
438437 (03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 17
439438 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 200,000 18
440439 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 1,000 19
441440 (C) PROF. FEES 0 20
442441 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 21
443442 (E) DATA PROC. 0 22
444443 (04) SPECIAL MAINTENANCE 20,000 23
445444 (05) LAND ACQUISITION 1,700,000 24
446445 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,989,351 25
447446 26
448447 SECTION 18. APPROPRIATION - HISTORIC ARKANSAS MUSEUM COMMISSION - CASH 27
449448 FUND OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 28
450449 Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 29
451450 State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for 30
452451 personal services, operating expenses, and cost of goods sold for resale of 31
453452 the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Historic Arkansas Museum 32
454453 Commission - Cash Fund Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, 33
455454 the following: 34
456455 35
457456 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 36 HB1175
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460459 NO. 2025-2026 1
461460 (01) EXTRA HELP $113,550 2
462461 (02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 11,015 3
463462 (03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 4
464463 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 10,000 5
465464 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 1,250 6
466465 (C) PROF. FEES 0 7
467466 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 8
468467 (E) DATA PROC. 0 9
469468 (04) RESALE (COGS) 55,000 10
470469 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $190,815 11
471470 12
472471 SECTION 19. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS STATE ARCHIVES - CASH FUND 13
473472 OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 14
474473 Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 15
475474 State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for 16
476475 operating expenses of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - 17
477476 Arkansas State Archives - Cash Fund Operations for the fiscal year ending 18
478477 June 30, 2026, the following: 19
479478 20
480479 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 21
481480 NO. 2025-2026 22
482481 (01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 23
483482 (A) OPER. EXPENSE $35,000 24
484483 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 25
485484 (C) PROF. FEES 0 26
486485 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 27
487486 (E) DATA PROC. 0 28
488487 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $35,000 29
489488 30
490489 SECTION 20. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS STATE ARCHIVES - NATIONAL DIGITAL 31
491490 NEWSPAPER PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 32
492491 Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the federal funds as designated by 33
493492 the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for personal services and operating 34
494493 expenses of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Arkansas State 35
495494 Archives - National Digital Newspaper Program for the fiscal year ending June 36 HB1175
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498497 30, 2026, the following: 1
499498 2
500499 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 3
501500 NO. 2025-2026 4
502501 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $181,476 5
503502 (02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 49,605 6
504503 (03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 7
505504 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 66,500 8
506505 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 10,000 9
507506 (C) PROF. FEES 0 10
508507 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 11
509508 (E) DATA PROC. 0 12
510509 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $307,581 13
511510 14
512511 SECTION 21. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS ARTS COUNCIL - FEDERAL PROGRAM. 15
513512 There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, and 16
514513 Tourism, to be payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief 17
515514 Fiscal Officer of the State , for personal services, operating expenses, and 18
516515 grants and aid of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Arkansas 19
517516 Arts Council - Federal Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 20
518517 following: 21
519518 22
520519 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 23
521520 NO. 2025-2026 24
522521 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $45,301 25
523522 (02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 20,592 26
524523 (03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 27
525524 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 82,385 28
526525 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 10,000 29
527526 (C) PROF. FEES 0 30
528527 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 31
529528 (E) DATA PROC. 0 32
530529 (04) GRANTS AND AID -ARTS PROGRAMS 738,063 33
531530 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $896,341 34
532531 35
533532 SECTION 22. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS ARTS COUNCIL - CASH FUND 36 HB1175
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536535 OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 1
537536 Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 2
538537 State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for 3
539538 operating expenses and grants and aid of the Department of Parks, Heritage, 4
540539 and Tourism - Arkansas Arts Council - Cash Fund Operations for the fiscal 5
541540 year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 6
542541 7
543542 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 8
544543 NO. 2025-2026 9
545544 (01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 10
546545 (A) OPER. EXPENSE $14,210 11
547546 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 6,000 12
548547 (C) PROF. FEES 0 13
549548 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 14
550549 (E) DATA PROC. 0 15
551550 (02) GRANTS/AID BY THE ARTS COUNCIL 278,979 16
552551 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $299,189 17
553552 18
554553 SECTION 23. APPROPRIATION - NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL - 19
555554 ADMINISTRATION. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 20
556555 Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural 21
557556 Resources Grant and Trust Fund , for personal services, operating expenses, 22
558557 and grants and aid of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - 23
559558 Natural and Cultural Resources Council - Administration for the fiscal year 24
560559 ending June 30, 2026, the following: 25
561560 26
562561 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 27
563562 NO. 2025-2026 28
564563 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $0 29
565564 (02) EXTRA HELP 0 30
566565 (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 0 31
567566 (04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 32
568567 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 0 33
569568 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 34
570569 (C) PROF. FEES 0 35
571570 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 36 HB1175
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574573 (E) DATA PROC. 0 1
575574 (05) GRANTS AND AID NATURAL AND CULTURAL 2
576575 RESOURCES COUNCIL 0 3
577576 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $0 4
578577 5
579578 SECTION 24. APPROPRIATION - NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL - 6
580579 STATE OWNED LANDS OR HISTORIC SITES GRANT PROGRAM . There is hereby 7
581580 appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism , to be 8
582581 payable from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Grant and Trust 9
583582 Fund, for grants for the acquisition, management, stewardship, or 10
584583 preservation of state owned lands, historic sites, buildings, structures, or 11
585584 objects of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Natural and 12
586585 Cultural Resources Council - State Owned Lands or Historic Sites Grant 13
587586 Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 14
588587 15
589588 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 16
590589 NO. 2025-2026 17
591590 (01) GRANTS/AID FOR STATE -OWNED LANDS OR 18
592591 HISTORIC SITES $48,000,000 19
593592 20
594593 SECTION 25. APPROPRIATION - NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL - 21
595594 MAIN STREET PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 22
596595 Parks, Heritage, and Tourism , to be payable from the Natural and Cultural 23
597596 Resources Historic Preservation Fund , for funds to augment federal funding 24
598597 and provide programs and grants of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and 25
599598 Tourism - Natural and Cultural Resources Council - Main Street Program for 26
600599 the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 27
601600 28
602601 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 29
603602 NO. 2025-2026 30
604603 (01) GRANTS/AID FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION 31
605604 PROGRAM & MAIN STREET PROGRAM $6,000,000 32
606605 33
607606 SECTION 26. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS MAJOR HISTORIC REHABILITATION 34
608607 PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, 35
609608 and Tourism, to be payable from the Arkansas Major Historic Rehabilitation 36 HB1175
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612611 Trust Fund, for expenses to offset the cost of the income tax credits allowed 1
613612 under the Arkansas Major Historic Rehabilitation Income Tax Credit Act of the 2
614613 Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Arkansas Major Historic 3
615614 Rehabilitation Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 4
616615 following: 5
617616 6
618617 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 7
619618 NO. 2025-2026 8
620619 (01) ARKANSAS MAJOR HISTORIC 9
621620 REHABILITATION PROGRAM EXPENSES $40,000,000 10
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623622 SECTION 27. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 12
624623 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 13
625624 PROMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS. The Division of Arkansas Heritage is 14
626625 hereby authorized to purchase from Maintenance and General Operations 15
627626 appropriations provided by this Act, up to an amount not to exceed $40,000 16
628627 each fiscal year, promotional and educational merchandise, authorized by the 17
629628 Division Director of the Division of Arkansas Heritage, to inform the public 18
630629 of the Division's programs, to promote the functions of the Division, and to 19
631630 inform the public regarding the services provided by the Division. 20
632631 The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 21
633632 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 22
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635634 SECTION 28. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 24
636635 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. ARKANSAS 25
637636 NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL. The Secretary of the Department of 26
638637 Parks, Heritage, and Tourism shall be the disbursing officer for the Arkansas 27
639638 Natural and Cultural Resources Council appropriation and the Main Street 28
640639 Program appropriation provided by this Act. Further, if grants are made to 29
641640 state agencies from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council 30
642641 appropriation, and the Main Street Program appropriation provided herein, the 31
643642 corresponding amount of appropriation and funding of such grant may be 32
644643 transferred to such state agency for use in classifications of expenditures 33
645644 as determined by conditions of the grant and the state agency. 34
646645 The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 35
647646 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 36 HB1175
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650649 SECTION 29. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 1
651650 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 2
652651 SHARED SERVICES. (a)(1) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State may create a 3
653652 Shared Services paying accounts on his or her books and on the books of the 4
654653 Treasurer of State and the Auditor of State for the payment of personal 5
655654 services and operating expenses in the Shared Services Paying Account 6
656655 Appropriation by the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism. 7
657656 (2) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall direct the transfer 8
658657 of funds and appropriations to the Shared Services Paying Account 9
659658 appropriation section of this act on the books of the Treasurer of State, the 10
660659 Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State. 11
661660 (3) The transfer authority provided to the department in 12
662661 subdivision (a)(2) of this section may be used to make transfers only within 13
663662 the department's appropriation act or between other appropriation acts 14
664663 authorized for the department. 15
665664 (4) The provisions of this section shall be in effect from the date 16
666665 of passage through June 30, 2025 2026. 17
667666 18
668667 SECTION 30. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 19
669668 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 20
670669 OUACHITA RIVER COMMISSION. The Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - 21
671670 Division of Heritage shall budget, allocate, and expend twenty thousand 22
672671 dollars ($20,000) in grants to the Ouachita River Commission from the 23
673672 Grants/Aid-Ouachita River Commission line item in the Amendment 75 -24
674673 Conservation Tax Operations appropriation section, to be used exclusively as 25
675674 determined by the Ouachita River Commission. 26
676675 The provisions of this section shall be in affect only from July 1, 2024 27
677676 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 28
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679678 SECTION 31. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 30
680679 authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 31
681680 and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 32
682681 the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 33
683682 Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 34
684683 Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 35
685684 control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 36 HB1175
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688687 the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 1
689688 strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 2
690689 3
691690 SECTION 32. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 4
692691 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 5
693692 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 6
694693 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 7
695694 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 8
696695 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 9
697696 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 10
698697 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 11
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700699 SECTION 33. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 13
701700 General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 14
702701 the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 15
703702 effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of 16
704703 the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 17
705704 the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 18
706705 effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm 19
707706 upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 20
708707 programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 21
709708 being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 22
710709 and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025. 23
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