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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1202 3
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By: Joint Budget Committee 5
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS 9
GRANTS AND EXPENSES AND VARIOUS AGENCY TRANSFERS FOR 10
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION - 11
DISBURSING OFFICER FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 12
30, 2026; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 13
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Subtitle 16
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND 17
ADMINISTRATION - DISBURSING OFFICER 18
APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025 -2026 FISCAL 19
YEAR. 20
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 23
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SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - STATE'S CONTRIBUTIONS . There is hereby 25
appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration , to be payable 26
from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account , for disbursements for Arkansas' 27
contribution to various interstate organizations by the Department of Finance 28
and Administration - Disbursing Officer for the fiscal year ending June 30, 29
2026, the following: 30
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 32
NO. 2025-2026 33
(01) ASSOCIATION OF RACING COMMISSIONERS $21,000 34
(02) COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENT 183,000 35
(03) DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY 235,000 36 HB1202
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(04) FEDERATION OF TAX ADMINISTRATORS 23,500 1
(05) INTERSTATE MINING COMPACT 18,890 2
(06) LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMPACT 5,000 3
(07) MULTI-STATE TAX COMMISSION 318,300 4
(08) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ATTORNEYS GENERAL 90,000 5
(09) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BUDGET OFFICERS 24,500 6
(10) NATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS 158,000 7
(11) NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF INSURANCE LEGISLATORS 20,000 8
(12) NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES 197,000 9
(13) NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS 60,000 10
(14) NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION 90,000 11
(15) SOUTHERN REGIONAL EDUCATION BOARD 226,000 12
(16) SOUTHERN STATES ENERGY BOARD 32,000 13
(17) STATE AND LOCAL LEGAL CENTER 6,900 14
(18) THE ENERGY COUNCIL 38,400 15
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,747,490 16
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SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION - MISCELLANEOUS TRANSFERS . There is hereby 18
appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration , to be payable 19
from the Miscellaneous State Treasury Funds , for providing constitutional 20
officers and various state agencies with supplemental appropriations by the 21
Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing Officer for the fiscal 22
year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 23
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 25
NO. 2025-2026 26
(01) REFUND TO EXPENDITURES $1,000,000 27
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES EXTRA HELP 3,500,000 28
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES OVERTIME 10,000,000 29
(04) PERSONAL SERVICES STIPENDS 550,000 30
(05) PERSONAL SERVICES -PAYPLAN ADJUSTMENT 88,500,000 31
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $103,550,000 32
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SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS AND EXPENSES . There is 34
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration , to be 35
payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account , for miscellaneous 36 HB1202
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grants and expenses of the Department of Finance and Administration - 1
Disbursing Officer for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 2
3
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 4
NO. 2025-2026 5
(01) AGA/VOCATIONAL PROGRAM CERTIFICATION 6
EXPENSES $10,000 7
(02) BABY SHARON'S CHILDREN'S CATASTROPHIC 8
ILLNESS GRANT PROGRAM 50,000 9
(03) INTERSTATE PLANNING GRANTS 90,000 10
(04) INTRASTATE METRO PLANNING GRANTS 90,000 11
(05) MID-AMERICA MUSEUM GRANT 25,000 12
(06) MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY GRANT 25,000 13
(07) PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 360,000 14
(08) PUBLIC DEFENDER REIMBURSEMENT 34,372 15
(09) INNOVATION & PROJECT DEVELOPMENT 229,034 16
(10) MORGAN NICK FOUNDATION 400,000 17
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,313,406 18
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SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - FIREMEN'S AND POLICE OFFICERS' PENSION AND 20
RELIEF FUND. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 21
Administration, to be payable from the Firemen's and Police Officers' Pension 22
and Relief Fund, for payment of Firemen's and Police Officers' Pension and 23
Relief Fund taxes for municipal fire and police relief and pension funds by 24
the Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing Officer for the 25
fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 26
27
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 28
NO. 2025-2026 29
(01) PENSION AND RELIEF FUNDS $75,000,000 30
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SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - MISCELLANEOUS FEDERAL PROGRAMS . There is 32
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration - 33
Disbursing Officer, to be payable from any unanticipated Miscellaneous 34
Federal Program Funds received by the State of Arkansas or any of its 35
agencies which are deposited into the State Treasury, for transfer to state 36 HB1202
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agencies as provided by law for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 1
following: 2
3
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 4
NO. 2025-2026 5
(01) MISCELLANEOUS FEDERAL GRANTS $2,000,000,000 6
(02) MISCELLANEOUS WORKFORCE INVESTMENT 7
PROGRAMS 100,000,000 8
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $2,100,000,000 9
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SECTION 6. APPROPRIATION - DISASTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS . There is hereby 11
appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing 12
Officer, to be payable from the Disaster Assistance Fund , for provision of 13
disaster grants as authorized by the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 and for 14
complying with the Arkansas Emergency Services Act of 1973 (Arkansas Code 12 -15
75-101 et seq.) by the Office of Emergency Services for the fiscal year 16
ending June 30, 2026, the following: 17
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 19
NO. 2025-2026 20
(01) DISASTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS $16,250,000 21
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SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION CLAIMS . There is 23
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration - 24
Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the Unemployment Compensation Trust 25
Fund, for paying unemployment compensation claims in accordance with the 26
Employment Security Amendments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 27
following: 28
29
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 30
NO. 2025-2026 31
(01) UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION $4,000,000 32
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SECTION 8. APPROPRIATION - MARKETING AND REDISTRIBUTION . There is 34
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration - 35
Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the Property Sales Holding Fund , for 36 HB1202
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state agencies, counties, municipalities or other local governmental units 1
for expending or disbursing the net proceeds from property sold through the 2
Marketing and Redistribution Division of the Department of Transformation and 3
Shared Services for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 4
5
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 6
NO. 2025-2026 7
(01) MARKETING AND REDISTRIBUTION PROGRAM $2,500,000 8
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SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION - CHILD ABUSE/ RAPE/ DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 10
CONTRACT. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 11
Administration, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account , 12
for personal services reimbursement and expenses of the Child Abuse/ Rape/ 13
Domestic Violence Section of the University of Arkansas - Medical Sciences by 14
the Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing Officer for the 15
fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 16
17
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 18
NO. 2025-2026 19
(01) PERSONAL SERVICES REIMBURSEMENT AND 20
EXPENSES $363,767 21
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SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION - CHILD WELFARE RESTRUCTURING . There is 23
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration - 24
Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund 25
Account, for payment of contractual services by the Child Abuse/ Rape/ 26
Domestic Violence Section of the University of Arkansas - Medical Sciences to 27
assist multi-disciplinary task coordinators throughout the state to review 28
and process child abuse complaints for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, 29
the following: 30
31
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 32
NO. 2025-2026 33
(01) CONTRACTUAL SERVICES $274,400 34
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SECTION 11. APPROPRIATION - INFORMATION NETWORK OF ARKANSAS . There is 36 HB1202
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hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration , to be 1
payable from the Information Network of Arkansas Fund , for operating expenses 2
of the Information Network of Arkansas and other state government technology 3
initiatives approved by the Information Network of Arkansas Board by the 4
Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing Officer for the fiscal 5
year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 6
7
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 8
NO. 2025-2026 9
(01) MAINTENANCE & OPERATIONS $1,000,000 10
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SECTION 12. APPROPRIATION - ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE FUND . There is 12
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration , to be 13
payable from the State Administration of Justice Fund , for distribution to 14
state programs and agencies and reimbursement/ refunds to state, cities and 15
counties of court costs and filing fees remitted by the cities and counties 16
by the Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing Officer for the 17
fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 18
19
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 20
NO. 2025-2026 21
(01) STATE AGENCIES DISTRIBUTION $20,000,030 22
(02) REFUNDS-STATE/COUNTY/CITY 1,000,000 23
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $21,000,030 24
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SECTION 13. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION . There is 26
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration - 27
Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the Arkansas Counties Alcohol and Drug 28
Abuse and Crime Prevention Program Fund , for grants to the Arkansas Sheriffs' 29
Association to be used for the establishment and operation of crime 30
prevention and alcohol and drug abuse programs and for a grant to the 31
Arkansas Sheriffs' Association to study ways to improve the administration of 32
sheriffs' offices and developing and improving educational programs in 33
Arkansas for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 34
35
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 36 HB1202
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NO. 2025-2026 1
(01) ARKANSAS SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION $450,000 2
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SECTION 14. APPROPRIATION - DRUG ENFORCEMENT AND EDUCATION . There is 4
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration - 5
Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the Special State Assets Forfeiture 6
Fund, for the purpose as defined by Arkansas Code § 5 -64-505 for the fiscal 7
year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 8
9
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 10
NO. 2025-2026 11
(01) DRUG ENFORCEMENT, EDUCATION, 12
TREATMENT AND RELATED PURPOSES $2,000,000 13
14
SECTION 15. APPROPRIATION - BABY SHARON ACT GRANTS . There is hereby 15
appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing 16
Officer, to be payable from the Baby Sharon's Children's Catastrophic Illness 17
Grant Program Trust Fund , for grants to the Baby Sharon's Children's 18
Catastrophic Illness Grant Program Committee to assist with the medical 19
expenses incurred by families of children with catastrophic illnesses or 20
injuries by awarding grants to the families who are liable for the medical 21
expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 22
23
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 24
NO. 2025-2026 25
(01) "BABY SHARON ACT" GRANTS $2,000,000 26
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SECTION 16. APPROPRIATION - ORGAN DONATION EDUCATION GRANTS . There is 28
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration - 29
Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the Organ Donation Trust Fund , for 30
grant funds to the Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency, or its successor 31
agency, to be used for educational or informational materials and other 32
related costs to inform and educate the public about organ donations and 33
organ donation awareness for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 34
following: 35
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 1
NO. 2025-2026 2
(01) ORGAN DONATION EDUCATION GRANTS $25,000 3
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SECTION 17. APPROPRIATION - STATE EMPLOYEES BLANKET BOND PROGRAM . 5
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration 6
- Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Revolving Fund , 7
for payment of blanket surety bond premiums for the State of Arkansas for the 8
fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 9
10
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 11
NO. 2025-2026 12
(01) SURETY BOND PREMIUMS STATE EMPLOYEES $250,000 13
14
SECTION 18. APPROPRIATION - COUNTY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BLANKET BOND 15
PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 16
Administration - Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the County Aid Fund, 17
for payment of blanket surety bond premiums for those counties participating 18
in the County Public Employees Blanket Bond Program for the fiscal year 19
ending June 30, 2026, the following: 20
21
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 22
NO. 2025-2026 23
(01) SURETY BOND PREMIUMS COUNTY EMPLOYEES $500,000 24
25
SECTION 19. APPROPRIATION - MUNICIPAL PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BLANKET BOND 26
PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 27
Administration - Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the Municipal Aid 28
Fund, for payment of blanket surety bond premiums for those municipalities 29
participating in the Municipal Public Employees Blanket Bond Program for the 30
fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 31
32
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 33
NO. 2025-2026 34
(01) SURETY BOND PREMIUMS MUNICIPAL 35
EMPLOYEES $500,000 36 HB1202
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SECTION 20. APPROPRIATION - PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES BLANKET BOND 2
PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 3
Administration - Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the Division of 4
Elementary and Secondary Education Public School Fund Account , for payment of 5
blanket surety bond premiums for those school districts participating in the 6
Public School Employees Blanket Bond Program for the fiscal year ending June 7
30, 2026, the following: 8
9
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 10
NO. 2025-2026 11
(01) SURETY BOND PREMIUMS PUBLIC SCHOOL 12
EMPLOYEES $250,000 13
14
SECTION 21. APPROPRIATION - FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES - ADDITIONAL 15
FUNDING. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 16
Administration, to be payable from the Fire Protection Premium Tax Fund , for 17
additional funding of Arkansas fire departments as provided in Arkansas Code 18
beginning at 26-57-611 and including 26 -57-614 and 14-284-101 et seq. by the 19
Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing Officer for the fiscal 20
year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 21
22
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 23
NO. 2025-2026 24
(01) PAYMENTS TO FIRE DEPARTMENTS $25,000,000 25
26
SECTION 22. APPROPRIATION - WORK FORCE 2000. There is hereby 27
appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration , to be payable 28
from the Work Force 2000 Development Fund , for additional support for 29
vocational technical education and institutions of higher education by the 30
Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing Officer for the fiscal 31
year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 32
33
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 34
NO. 2025-2026 35
(01) TECHNICAL COLLEGES ACCREDITATION $30,000,000 36 HB1202
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(02) VO-TECH ACCREDITATION 5,000,000 1
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $35,000,000 2
3
SECTION 23. APPROPRIATION - JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES . There is 4
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration - 5
Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the Juvenile Detention Facilities 6
Operating Fund, for grants for operating expenses of local juvenile detention 7
facilities for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 8
9
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 10
NO. 2025-2026 11
(01) JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES 12
OPERATING EXPENSES $400,000 13
14
SECTION 24. APPROPRIATION - PURCHASE OF VEHICLES . There is hereby 15
appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration , to be payable 16
from the Motor Vehicle Acquisition Revolving Fund , for purchase of vehicles 17
as provided by Arkansas Code 22 -8-201 by the Department of Finance and 18
Administration - Disbursing Officer for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, 19
the following: 20
21
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 22
NO. 2025-2026 23
(01) PURCHASE OF VEHICLES $15,000,000 24
25
SECTION 25. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL . There is 26
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration , to be 27
payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account , for miscellaneous 28
grants to Children's Hospital by the Department of Finance and Administration 29
- Disbursing Officer for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 30
31
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 32
NO. 2025-2026 33
(01) CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BURN CENTER $1,000,000 34
(02) CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INTENSIVE CARE 1,233,600 35
(03) CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL PAYMENTS 700,000 36 HB1202
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(04) CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL REPRODUCTIVE 1
HEALTH MONITORING 600,000 2
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $3,533,600 3
4
SECTION 26. APPROPRIATION - DFA - DISBURSING - MISCELLANEOUS - CASH - 5
TRANSFERS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 6
Administration - Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the cash fund 7
deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 8
the State, for disbursement of cash funds collected on behalf of state 9
agencies for transfer to those agencies as necessary for the fiscal year 10
ending June 30, 2026, the following: 11
12
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 13
NO. 2025-2026 14
(01) VARIOUS EXPENSES $2,500,000 15
16
SECTION 27. APPROPRIATION - VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES - CASH. There is 17
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration - 18
Disbursing Officer, to be payable from various state agency cash funds, for 19
providing various state agencies with appropriations for cash funds for the 20
fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 21
22
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 23
NO. 2025-2026 24
(01) CASH APPROPRIATION -VARIOUS AGENCIES $350,000,000 25
(02) PAYPLAN ADJUSTMENT -VARIOUS AGENCIES 10,000,000 26
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $360,000,000 27
28
SECTION 28. APPROPRIATION - PUBLIC LEGAL AID. There is hereby 29
appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing 30
Officer, to be payable from the Public Legal Aid Fund , for providing grants 31
to Legal Aid of Arkansas and the Center for Arkansas Legal Services for 32
providing financial support for public legal aid organizations for the fiscal 33
year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 34
35
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 36 HB1202
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NO. 2025-2026 1
(01) GRANTS AND AID -LEGAL AID OF ARKANSAS 2
AND THE CENTER FOR ARKANSAS LEGAL 3
SERVICES $641,574 4
5
SECTION 29. APPROPRIATION - PROSTATE CANCER. There is hereby 6
appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing 7
Officer, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account , for 8
grants to the Arkansas Prostate Cancer Foundation for cancer detection and 9
research for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 10
11
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 12
NO. 2025-2026 13
(01) AR PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION 14
GRANT-CANCER DETECTION AND RESEARCH $197,750 15
16
SECTION 30. APPROPRIATION - MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL DRUG CRIME TASK FORCE . 17
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration 18
- Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the State Drug Crime Enforcement and 19
Prosecution Grant Fund , for State Drug Crime Enforcement and Prosecution 20
grant awards, operating and administrative expenses of the Multi -21
Jurisdictional Drug Crime Task Force for the fiscal year ending June 30, 22
2026, the following: 23
24
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 25
NO. 2025-2026 26
(01) STATE DRUG CRIME ENFORCEMENT AND 27
PROSECUTION GRANT AWARDS $5,000,000 28
(02) OPERATING AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 500,000 29
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $5,500,000 30
31
SECTION 31. APPROPRIATION - VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES MEDICAL MARIJUANA 32
IMPLEMENTATION AND REGULATION. There is hereby appropriated, to the 33
Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing Officer, to be payable 34
from various state and federal balances, for providing various state agencies 35
with appropriations to cover anticipated and unanticipated expenses resulting 36 HB1202
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from the implementation and regulation of medical marijuana for the fiscal 1
year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 2
3
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 4
NO. 2025-2026 5
(01) MEDICAL MARIJUANA IMPLEMENTATION AND 6
REGULATION-VARIOUS AGENCIES $5,000,000 7
8
SECTION 32. APPROPRIATION - VARIOUS TEMPORARY APPROPRIATION FOR STATE 9
AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS . There is hereby appropriated, to the Department 10
of Finance and Administration - Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the 11
Miscellaneous State Treasury Funds , for providing various state agencies and 12
institutions with additional appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 13
30, 2026, the following: 14
15
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 16
NO. 2025-2026 17
(01) ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION - VARIOUS 18
AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS $350,000,000 19
20
SECTION 33. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS AGRICULTURAL MARKETING GRANTS . 21
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration 22
- Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the Arkansas Agricultural Marketing 23
Grants Fund, for grants to wineries as provided by Arkansas Code 3 -5-901 et 24
seq., for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 25
26
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 27
NO. 2025-2026 28
(01) ARKANSAS AGRICULTURAL MARKETING GRANTS $600,000 29
30
SECTION 34. APPROPRIATION - C.A.R.E.S. There is hereby appropriated, 31
to the Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing Officer, to be 32
payable from various funds, for providing various state agencies, 33
constitutional offices, and institutions with additional appropriation for 34
expenses associated with providing emergency assistance and health care 35
response for those affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, for the fiscal 36 HB1202
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year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 1
2
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 3
NO. 2025-2026 4
(01) C.A.R.E.S. APPROPRIATION $5,000,000 5
6
SECTION 35. APPROPRIATION - AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021 . There is 7
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration - 8
Disbursing Officer, to be payable from various funds, for providing various 9
state agencies, constitutional offices, and institutions with appropriation 10
for any expenses associated with the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for the 11
fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 12
13
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 14
NO. 2025-2026 15
(01) FEDERAL FUNDS AWARDED DIRECTLY TO 16
AGENCIES, DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS, 17
CITIES AND COUNTIES $2,000,000,000 18
(02) FEDERAL FUNDS AWARDED TO AGENCIES, 19
DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS, CITIES, 20
AND COUNTIES 1,000,000,000 21
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $3,000,000,000 22
23
SECTION 36. APPROPRIATION - INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT & JOBS ACT OF 24
2021. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 25
Administration - Disbursing Officer, to be payable from various funds, for 26
providing various state agencies, constitutional offices, and institutions 27
with appropriation for any expenses associated with the Infrastructure 28
Investment & Jobs Act of 2021 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 29
following: 30
31
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 32
NO. 2025-2026 33
(01) FEDERAL FUNDS AWARDED TO AGENCIES, 34
DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS, CITIES AND 35
COUNTIES $3,500,000,000 36 HB1202
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SECTION 37. APPROPRIATION - PREGNANCY HELP ORGANIZATION GRANTS . There 2
is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration - 3
Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund 4
Account, for grants for the Pregnancy Help Organizations for the fiscal year 5
ending June 30, 2026, the following: 6
7
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 8
NO. 2025-2026 9
(01) PREGNANCY HELP ORGANIZATION GRANTS $2,000,000 10
11
SECTION 38. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 12
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. PREGNANCY 13
HELP ORGANIZATION GRANTS. 14
(a)(1) As used in this section, "pregnancy help organization" means a 15
nonprofit corporation or an organization exempt from federal income tax, 16
existing as of January 1, 2024, that: 17
(A) Seeks to provide a range of services to individuals facing an 18
unintended pregnancy with the intention of encouraging pregnant women to give 19
birth to their unborn children; 20
(B) Promotes infant and maternal wellness and/or reduces infant and 21
maternal mortality, by: 22
i) Providing nutritional information and/or nutritional counseling; 23
ii) Providing prenatal vitamins; 24
iii) Providing a list of prenatal medical care options; 25
iv) Providing social, emotional, and/or material support; or 26
v) Providing referrals for WIC and community -based nutritional services, 27
including but not limited to food banks, food pantries, and food distribution 28
centers; and 29
(C) Does not perform, prescribe, provide referrals for, or encourage 30
abortion or affiliate with any organization that performs, prescribes, 31
provides referrals for, or encourages abortion. 32
(2) As used in this section, a "pregnancy help organization" includes 33
without limitation: 34
(A) Organizations traditionally known as "crisis pregnancy organizations"; 35
(B) Maternity homes; 36 HB1202
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(C) Adoption agencies; and 1
(D) Social services agencies that provide material support and other 2
assistance to individuals facing an unintended pregnancy to help those 3
individuals give birth to their unborn children. 4
(b)(1) The Department of Finance and Administration shall create a grant 5
program to provide funding to pregnancy help organizations. 6
(2) Grant funds shall be disbursed directly to the pregnancy help 7
organizations from the Department of Finance and Administration. 8
(c)(1) The department shall promulgate rules to implement the disbursement of 9
the grant moneys from the Pregnancy Help Organization Grant Sub -Fund in the 10
Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account. 11
(2) The rules shall include: 12
(A) A requirement that the entity requesting the grant monies submit a 13
plan describing how the entity will spend the grant moneys; and 14
(B) A statement that the funds shall not be disbursed all at once, but 15
in increments in accordance with the plan described in subdivision (c)(2)(A) 16
of this section. 17
(d) The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 18
2025, through June 30, 2025 2026. 19
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SECTION 39. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 21
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 22
PROCEDURES - APPROPRIATION – INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT & JOBS ACT OF 2021 . 23
(i) All appropriation and expenditures for funding received for the 24
Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act of 2021 shall be expended using the 25
Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act of 2021 appropriation sections as 26
authorized in this Act. 27
(ii) Any state agency, constitutional office, or institution shall request 28
a transfer of appropriation, as provided in the Infrastructure Investment & 29
Jobs Act of 2021 appropriation sections of this Act, from the Chief Fiscal 30
Officer of the State, stating clearly the amount requested, purpose and any 31
additional information requested by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State. 32
(iii) After reviewing a request, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State may 33
deny, modify or approve the request based on the estimated amount of 34
appropriation needed and currently available, purpose, estimated funding 35
available and preferred spending priority. Upon approval or modification of a 36 HB1202
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request by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and after meeting the 1
requirements of subsection (iv) herein, the Department of Finance and 2
Administration shall establish the transfer of appropriation on the books of 3
the Department of Finance and Administration and the State Auditor, in 4
compliance with the applicable classifications of appropriations as 5
enumerated in Arkansas Code 19 -4-521 through 19-4-525. 6
(iv) Any request approved as authorized in subsection (iii) herein, 7
including requests that establish a new commitment item or new appropriation 8
shall require prior approval by the Legislative Council or the Joint Budget 9
Committee during a regular session, fiscal session, or extraordinary session 10
of the General Assembly. 11
(v) Any Oversight and/or Steering Committee charged with overseeing 12
disbursement of funds and appropriation from funds received from the 13
Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act of 2021 appropriation sections of this 14
Act shall coordinate with the Department of Finance and Administration as 15
needed to facilitate the approval requirements herein in a timely manner. 16
(vi) Any appropriation approved in the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act 17
of 2021 by the General Assembly shall only be used for: 18
1) The purpose and amount of planned expenditures as submitted for 19
approval to the General Assembly and, 20
2) In the event that expenditures or obligations do not fully expend 21
approved appropriation authority as authorized in this section, the excess 22
appropriation may not be utilized for any additional expenditures other than 23
the amount and purpose as submitted to and approved by the General Assembly. 24
(vii) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall submit a monthly report 25
to the Legislative Council or the Joint Budget Committee during a regular 26
session, fiscal session, or extraordinary session of the General Assembly or 27
to a designated subcommittee listing all Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act 28
of 2021 beginning balance of funds received, each appropriation approved as 29
authorized in subsection (v) herein with the date the appropriation is 30
established, state entity, purpose, amount, funding distributed, and 31
remaining balance. 32
(viii) Determining the maximum amount of appropriation each fiscal year is 33
the prerogative of the General Assembly. This is usually accomplished by 34
delineating such maximums in the appropriation act(s). Further, the General 35
Assembly has determined that a state agency, constitutional office, or 36 HB1202
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institution may operate more efficiently if some flexibility is provided to 1
the state agency, constitutional office, or institution authorizing broad 2
powers under this section. Therefore, it is both necessary and appropriate 3
that the General Assembly maintain oversight by requiring prior approval of 4
the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee as provided by this 5
section. The requirement of approval by the Legislative Council or Joint 6
Budget Committee is not a severable part of this section. If the requirement 7
for approval by the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee is ruled 8
unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this entire section is 9
void. 10
11
SECTION 40. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 12
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 13
PROCEDURES - APPROPRIATION – AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021. (i) All 14
appropriation and expenditures for funding received for the American Rescue 15
Plan Act of 2021 shall be expended using the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 16
Appropriation Sections as authorized in this Act. 17
(ii) Any state agency, constitutional office, or institution shall request 18
a transfer of appropriation, as provided in the American Rescue Plan Act of 19
2021 Appropriation Sections of this Act, from the Chief Fiscal Officer of the 20
State, stating clearly the amount requested, purpose and any additional 21
information requested by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State. 22
(iii) After reviewing a request, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State may 23
deny, modify or approve the request based on the estimated amount of 24
appropriation needed and currently available, purpose, estimated funding 25
available and preferred spending priority. Upon approval or modification of a 26
request by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and after meeting the 27
requirements of subsection (iv) herein, the Department of Finance and 28
Administration shall establish the transfer of appropriation on the books of 29
the Department of Finance and Administration and the State Auditor, in 30
compliance with the applicable classifications of appropriations as 31
enumerated in Arkansas Code 19 -4-521 through 19-4-525. 32
(iv) Any request approved as authorized in subsection (iii) herein, 33
including requests that establish a new commitment item or new appropriation 34
shall require prior approval by the Legislative Council during the extended 35
recess, beginning on May 1, 2021, of the 2021 Regular Session or during the 36 HB1202
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interim, or the Joint Budget Committee during a regular session, fiscal 1
session, or extraordinary session of the General Assembly. 2
(v) Any Oversight and/or Steering Committee charged with overseeing 3
disbursement of funds and appropriation from funds received from the American 4
Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Appropriation Sections of this Act shall coordinate 5
with the Department of Finance and Administration as needed to facilitate the 6
approval requirements herein in a timely manner. 7
(vi) Any appropriation approved in the American Rescue Plan of 2021 by the 8
General Assembly shall only be used for: 9
(1) The purpose and amount of planned expenditures as submitted for 10
approval to the General Assembly and, 11
(2) In the event that expenditures or obligations do not fully expend 12
approved appropriation authority as authorized in this section, the excess 13
appropriation may not be utilized for any additional expenditures other than 14
the amount and purpose as submitted to and approved by the General Assembly. 15
(vii) It is the intent of the General Assembly that funds received from the 16
American Rescue Plan of 2021 that are discretionary or are not required to be 17
spent for a different general or specific purpose may be considered to be 18
utilized to pay off existing debt service. The parameters for the selection 19
of debt service payments may consider the highest interest rate owed and with 20
priority given to the payment of Big River Steel General Obligations bonds 21
and GARVEE Department of Transportation bonds. 22
(viii) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall submit a monthly report 23
to the Legislative Council during the extended recess, beginning on May 1, 24
2021, of the 2021 Regular Session or during the interim, or the Joint Budget 25
Committee during a regular session, fiscal session, or extraordinary session 26
of the General Assembly or to a designated subcommittee listing all American 27
Rescue Plan Act of 2021 beginning balance of funds received, each 28
appropriation approved as authorized in subsection (v) herein with the date 29
the appropriation is established, state entity, purpose, amount, funding 30
distributed, and remaining balance. 31
(ix) Determining the maximum amount of appropriation each fiscal year is 32
the prerogative of the General Assembly. This is usually accomplished by 33
delineating such maximums in the appropriation act(s). Further, the General 34
Assembly has determined that a state agency, constitutional office, or 35
institution may operate more efficiently if some flexibility is provided to 36 HB1202
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the state agency, constitutional office, or institution authorizing broad 1
powers under this section. Therefore, it is both necessary and appropriate 2
that the General Assembly maintain oversight by requiring prior approval of 3
the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee as provided by this 4
section. The requirement of approval by the Legislative Council or Joint 5
Budget Committee is not a severable part of this section. If the requirement 6
or approval by the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee is ruled 7
unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this entire section is 8
void. 9
10
11
SECTION 41. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 12
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 13
PROCEDURES - APPROPRIATION – C.A.R.E.S. (i) In the event that sufficient 14
appropriation is not provided by the General Assembly, any state agency, 15
constitutional office, or institution may request a transfer of 16
appropriation, as provided in the C.A.R.E.S. Appropriation Section of this 17
Act, from the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, stating clearly the amount 18
requested, purpose and any additional information requested by the Chief 19
Fiscal Officer of the State. 20
(ii) After reviewing a request, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State may deny, 21
modify or approve the request based on the estimated amount of appropriation 22
needed and currently available, purpose, estimated funding available and 23
preferred spending priority. Upon approval or modification of a request by the 24
Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and after meeting the requirements of 25
subsection (iii) herein, the Department of Finance and Administration shall 26
establish the transfer of appropriation on the books of the Department of 27
Finance and Administration and the State Auditor, in compliance with the 28
applicable classifications of appropriations as enumerated in Arkansas Code 19 -29
4-521 through 19-4-525. 30
(iii) Any request approved as authorized in subsection (ii) herein, including 31
requests that establish a new commitment item or new appropriation shall 32
require prior approval by the Arkansas Legislative Council or if meeting in 33
Regular or Fiscal Session the Joint Budget Committee. 34
(iv) Determining the maximum amount of appropriation each fiscal year is the 35
prerogative of the General Assembly. This is usually accomplished by delineating 36 HB1202
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such maximums in the appropriation act(s). Further, the General Assembly has 1
determined that a state agency, constitutional office, or institution may 2
operate more efficiently if some flexibility is provided to the state agency, 3
constitutional office, or institution authorizing broad powers under this 4
section. Therefore, it is both necessary and appropriate that the General 5
Assembly maintain oversight by requiring prior approval of the Legislative 6
Council or Joint Budget Committee as provided by this section. The requirement 7
of approval by the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee is not a 8
severable part of this section. If the requirement or approval by the 9
Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee is ruled unconstitutional by a 10
court of competent jurisdiction, this entire section is void. 11
The provisions of this section shall be in effect from the date of passage 12
through June 30, 2025 2026. 13
14
SECTION 42. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 15
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 16
CLASSIFICATION AND USE OF APPROPRIATIONS. The appropriations authorized in 17
the Marketing and Redistribution Section, hereof which are transferred to the 18
various agencies, as authorized in the Transfer Provision - Marketing and 19
Redistribution Section hereof, are to be used for the maintenance and general 20
operation of the benefiting agency and shall only be expended under the 21
provisions cited in Arkansas Code § 19 -4-522, the same being the General 22
Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law of Arkansas. Provided, however, no 23
appropriation authorized herein shall be expended for Conference and Travel 24
Expenses or Professional Fees and Services. 25
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 26
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 27
28
SECTION 43. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 29
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 30
PROVISION - MARKETING AND REDISTRIBUTION. The Department of Finance and 31
Administration shall, upon transfer to the agencies or institutions fund or 32
fund account of the proceeds derived from disposal of property by the 33
Marketing and Redistribution division for the benefit of various agencies, 34
transfer appropriation, as provided in the Marketing and Redistribution 35
Section, hereof in such amount as funds are deposited into the Property Sales 36 HB1202
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Holding Fund and transferred therefrom for the benefit of such agencies. 1
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 2
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 3
4
SECTION 44. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 5
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 6
RESTRICTIONS - MISCELLANEOUS TRANSFERS. Nothing in this Act is to be 7
construed as an authority to transfer a like amount of current general 8
revenues to fund appropriations provided for in the Miscellaneous Transfers 9
Section of this Act. 10
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 11
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 12
13
SECTION 45. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 14
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 15
RESTRICTIONS - TRANSFER PROVISIONS. The Department of Finance and 16
Administration shall transfer appropriation as provided in the Refund to 17
Expenditures line item of the Miscellaneous Transfers Section, hereof in such 18
amounts as funds are deposited into the State Treasury or financial 19
institutions for proceeds received from insurance policies for casualty 20
losses, overpayment of obligations, overpayment of salaries, over -allocation 21
of federal assistance, maturity or redemption of investments, and subrogation 22
payments received for workers' compensation claims paid, for the benefit of 23
various state agencies. Provided, however, that the Chief Fiscal Officer of 24
the State is hereby authorized to promulgate such rules, regulations, 25
procedures, and guidelines as he or she may deem necessary and proper in 26
order to carry out the provisions of this Act. 27
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 28
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 29
30
SECTION 46. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 31
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 32
PROCEDURES - PERSONAL SERVICES OVERTIME. In the event that there is not 33
sufficient appropriation provided for by the General Assembly for overtime 34
compensation pursuant to Arkansas Code § 19 -4-1612 and related personal 35
services matching for any state agency for the period ending June 30, 2025 36 HB1202
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2026, said agency shall request a transfer from appropriations provided for 1
Overtime in the Miscellaneous Transfers Section, herein, from the Chief 2
Fiscal Officer of the State, stating clearly the amount required. Upon 3
approval of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, and after seeking prior 4
review by the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee, the 5
State Auditor shall be notified as to the amount and the purposes for which 6
said appropriation is to be made. The appropriation shall be established 7
upon the books of the Department of Finance and Administration and the State 8
Auditor. Provided, further, that if desired, said appropriation shall be 9
supplemental to those regularly appropriated for such purposes by the General 10
Assembly for that agency. 11
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 12
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 13
14
SECTION 47. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 15
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 16
CLASSIFICATION AND USE OF APPROPRIATIONS - REFUND TO EXPENDITURES. The 17
appropriations authorized for Refund to Expenditures in the Miscellaneous 18
Transfers Section, hereof which are transferred to the various agencies as 19
authorized by the RESTRICTIONS - MISCELLANEOUS TRANSFERS and the RESTRICTIONS 20
- TRANSFER POSITIONS Sections hereof are to be used for the same purposes and 21
shall be expended under the same provisions as cited in Arkansas Code §§ 19 -22
4-501 through 19-4-527, the same being the General Accounting and Budgetary 23
Procedures Law of Arkansas, or its successor. 24
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 25
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 26
27
SECTION 48. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 28
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 29
PROCEDURES - CASH FUNDS. In the event that the appropriation is not provided 30
by the General Assembly for Cash Fund expenditures for any state agency, 31
pursuant to Arkansas Code § 19 -4-801 et seq., said agency shall request a 32
transfer of appropriation from the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, stating 33
clearly the amount required. Upon approval of the Chief Fiscal Officer of 34
the State, and after seeking prior review by the Arkansas Legislative Council 35
or Joint Budget Committee, said cash fund appropriations shall be established 36 HB1202
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upon the books of the Department of Finance and Administration, provided 1
further, that upon request of the state agency and with the approval of the 2
Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the requested appropriations may be 3
established upon the books of the Department of Finance and Administration in 4
compliance with the applicable classifications of appropriations as 5
enumerated in Arkansas Code §§ 19 -4-521 through 19-4-527. 6
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 7
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 8
9
SECTION 49. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 10
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 11
MISCELLANEOUS FEDERAL PROGRAMS. The appropriations provided in the Various 12
State Agencies - Cash Section herein shall not be used to establish spending 13
authority for new or unanticipated Federal Funds or Programs as defined by 14
the provisions of the Miscellaneous Federal Grant Programs Act, Arkansas Code 15
§ 19-7-501 et seq., and the provisions of the General Accounting and 16
Budgetary Procedures Act, Arkansas Code § 19 -4-101 et seq., or its successor. 17
Funds subject to the above mentioned acts shall be deposited in the State 18
Treasury. 19
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 20
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 21
22
SECTION 50. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 23
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. SALARIES. 24
No provisions as provided in the Various State Agencies - Cash Section herein 25
shall be interpreted as the authority to create or establish new positions in 26
addition to the positions established in the agency's Appropriation Act. In 27
addition, salaries paid from appropriations transferred herein shall be 28
subject to the provision of the Regular Salaries Procedures and Restrictions 29
Act. 30
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 31
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 32
33
SECTION 51. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 34
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 35
PROCEDURES - PERSONAL SERVICES AND REGULAR SALARIES . In the event that the 36 HB1202
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Chief Fiscal Officer of the State determines that the General Assembly has 1
not provided sufficient appropriation for the payment of Personal Services 2
for any office of an elected Constitutional Officer, including the Bureau of 3
Legislative Research, Division of Legislative Audit or the Judicial 4
Department, any state agency, office, board, commission, institution or 5
institution of higher education due to the enactment of this Act or any other 6
Act approved by the General Assembly which raises the compensation level or 7
required benefit matching costs of state employees, the agency, office, 8
board, commission, institution of higher education or other institution may 9
request a transfer from the appropriation provided herein from the Chief 10
Fiscal Officer of the State. Such request shall clearly state the amount 11
required, the fund or fund account from which the employees are currently 12
being paid, and such other information as may be required by the Chief Fiscal 13
Officer of the State that he or she deems necessary to make a decision 14
regarding the request. Upon the approval of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the 15
State, and upon review by the Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review 16
Subcommittee of the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee or 17
upon processing the request for elected Constitutional Officers and their 18
employees by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the State Auditor shall 19
be notified as to the amount and the purposes for which said appropriation is 20
to be made. In the event that appropriation for the payment of Personal 21
Services is not sufficient for the last payroll of the fiscal year, the Chief 22
Fiscal Officer of the State may approve any transfers on an emergency basis 23
and provide a report to the Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review 24
Subcommittee of the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee. 25
The appropriation shall then be added to the proper account on the books of 26
the Department of Finance and Administration and the State Auditor payable 27
from the fund or fund account from which the employees of the state agency, 28
office, board, commission, institution of higher education or other 29
institution are authorized to be paid by law. Such appropriation transfers 30
shall be limited to Regular Salaries or Personal Services Matching or both. 31
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 32
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 33
34
SECTION 52. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 35
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. FUNDING 36 HB1202
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TRANSFER - PERFORMANCE FUND. Funding of compensation increases provided by 1
the General Assembly in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 2026, and 2
funding for the appropriation transfers authorized by the TRANSFER PROCEDURES 3
- PERSONAL SERVICES AND REGULAR SALARIES Section of this Act for those state 4
agencies, offices, boards, commissions, institutions and state institutions 5
of higher education which are supported in whole or in part from general 6
revenues shall, if required, be provided for by a transfer from the 7
Performance Fund to the proper fund or fund account and in such amounts as 8
may be determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and upon review by 9
the Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review Subcommittee of the 10
Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee. The state agencies, 11
offices, boards, commissions, institutions and state institutions of higher 12
education shall, in addition to the funds provided in this section for 13
Personal Services from the Performance Fund, make available any funding 14
generated from its salary savings for such purposes as provided for herein, 15
from the funds or fund accounts as prescribed by law. 16
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 17
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 18
19
SECTION 53. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 20
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. PUBLIC 21
DEFENDER. The appropriation provided in the Public Defender Reimbursement 22
line item of the Miscellaneous Grants and Expenses Section herein shall be 23
expended only for the purpose of reimbursing the Public Defender of Pulaski 24
County to provide defense for the mentally ill. 25
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 26
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 27
28
SECTION 54. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 29
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. SHERIFFS' 30
ASSOCIATION. A lump sum monthly installment of at least one -twelfth (1/12) 31
of the annual allocation provided for in the Arkansas Sheriffs' Association 32
Section of this Act, or so much thereof as may be made available, shall be 33
provided to the Arkansas Sheriffs' Association to be used exclusively for the 34
establishment and operation of crime prevention and alcohol and drug abuse 35
programs and for a grant to the Arkansas Sheriffs' Association to study ways 36 HB1202
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to improve the administration of sheriffs' offices and developing and 1
improving education programs designed for sheriffs' offices in Arkansas. 2
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 3
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 4
5
SECTION 55. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 6
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 7
DISTRIBUTION OF ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE FUNDS. In the event that the fund 8
balance in the Administration of Justice Fund is inadequate to fund the 9
monthly allocation to State Agencies, the funds will be distributed as 10
follows: 11
(a) The available revenue and remaining State Administration of Justice 12
Fund balance shall be distributed first to fully fund the monthly allocations 13
found in the ALLOCATION RESTRICTIONS Section of this Act for: 14
(1) the Administrative Office of the Courts to fund the State Central 15
Services Fund for Trial Court Administrators, 16
(2) the District Judges Association for the District Court Coordinator, 17
and 18
(3) Administrative Office of the Courts to fund State Central Services 19
Fund for Court Reporters. 20
(b) The total funds remaining in the State Administration of Justice Fund 21
after the monthly distribution is made under subdivision (a) of this section 22
shall be distributed to the remaining state programs and state agencies 23
listed in the ALLOCATION RESTRICTIONS Section of this Act but not listed in 24
subdivision (a) of this section shall be funded in the percentage of the 25
total funds available in the Administration of Justice Fund; that is if less 26
than 100% of the total monthly allocation is available for distribution, 27
monthly allocations for the remaining agencies will be funded at an equal 28
percentage consistent with the remaining available funds, provided that any 29
of the allocations listed in the ALLOCATION RESTRICTIONS Section that have 30
been fully pledged prior to January 1, 2001 to the repayment of a bond issue 31
or bond issues shall not be reduced below the amount listed in the ALLOCATION 32
RESTRICTIONS Section of this Act. Any shortage from one month will be 33
adjusted in future months' payments as funds become available. 34
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 35
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 36 HB1202
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1
SECTION 56. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 2
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 3
ALLOCATION RESTRICTIONS. There is hereby allocated to state programs and 4
agencies, as set out herein, the following allocations of funds appropriated 5
for State Agencies Distribution Item in the Administration of Justice Fund 6
Section, to the Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing 7
Officer, there to be used as provided by law. 8
Maximum Allocation 9
Item Fiscal Years 10
No. 2024-2025 2025-2026 11
(1) Board of Trustees of the University of 12
Arkansas for the purpose and as regulated 13
by §§ 6-64-604 through 6-64-606 $2,687,619 14
(2) Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment 15
Fund for use in the Drug Abuse Prevention 16
and Treatment Program of the Bureau of 17
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention 342,000 18
(3) Highway Safety Special Fund for programs 19
of the Arkansas Highway Safety Program 20
within DHS 1,324,795 21
(4) Division of Arkansas State Police for 22
the State Police Retirement Fund 1,499,256 23
(5) Division of Arkansas State Police Fund 400,000 24
(6) Crime Victims/Reparations Revolving Fund 25
for the purpose and as regulated by 26
Arkansas Code Annotated § 16 -90-701 et seq. 2,089,723 27
(7) Prosecutor Coordinator's Office for 28
deposit in the Law Enforcement and 29
Prosecutor Drug Enforcement Training Fund 70,660 30
(8) Crime Information System Fund 98,064 31
(9) Justice Building Construction Fund 990,000 32
(10) District Court Judge and the 33
District Court Clerk Education Fund 100,000 34
(11) Arkansas Judicial Retirement System Fund 902,797 35
(12) State Central Services Fund for the 36 HB1202
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benefit of the Public Defender Commission 6,908,027 1
(13) State Central Services Fund for 2
Administrative Office of the Courts - Court 3
Reporters 6,075,374 4
(14) Justice Building Fund 83,528 5
(15) Arkansas Counties Alcohol and Drug 6
Abuse and Crime Prevention Fund 50,000 7
(16) State Central Services Fund for 8
Administrative Office of the Courts - 9
Trial Court Administrators 8,312,527 10
(17) Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment 11
Fund for use in the Drug Abuse Prevention 12
and Treatment program of the Bureau of 13
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention 312,000 14
(18) State Central Services Fund for the 15
Benefit of the Administrative Office 16
of the Courts Div. of Dependency -Neglect 17
Representation 4,284,838 18
(19) Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account for 19
the benefit of the State Crime Laboratory 576,988 20
(20) District Judges Association for the 21
District Court Coordinator 67,028 22
(21) Public Legal Aid Fund 855,432 23
(22) Administrative Office of the Courts – 24
County Reimbursements for Jurors 850,000 25
(23) Administrative Office of the Courts - 26
Drug Court Coordinator to reimburse the 27
State Central Services Fund 66,320 28
(24) State Central Services Fund for Court 29
Security by Administrative Office of the 30
Courts 362,791 31
TOTAL AMOUNT ALLOCATED $39,309,767 32
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 33
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 34
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CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. YEARLY 1
FUND TRANSFERS. On July 1, 2010 and each July 1, thereafter, if the fund 2
balance of the Crime Victims Reparation Revolving Fund falls below one 3
million dollars ($1,000,000), the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State may 4
transfer on his or her books and those of the State Treasurer and the Auditor 5
of the State a sum not to exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) or so much 6
thereof as is available from fund balances that exceed seven million dollars 7
($7,000,000) as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, from the 8
State Administration of Justice Fund to the Crime Victims Reparations 9
Revolving Fund to provide funds for personal services, operating expenses and 10
claims for the Office of the Attorney General - Crime Victims Reparations 11
Program. 12
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 13
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 14
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SECTION 58. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 16
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. WORK 17
FORCE 2000 DISTRIBUTION. After the amount to be made available to a 18
technical college, technical institute or comprehensive lifelong learning 19
center has been determined, as provided by law, the Chief Fiscal Officer of 20
the State shall process the documents necessary so that the funds may be 21
transferred from the Work Force 2000 Development Fund to the State Treasury 22
fund or fund account from which the technical college, technical institute, 23
or comprehensive lifelong learning center draws its general revenue support. 24
The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall also cause an equal amount of the 25
appropriation provided for Technical Colleges Accreditation and Vo -Tech 26
Accreditation in the Work Force 2000 Section of this Act to be transferred to 27
the institutions' appropriate line item appropriation or allocation, there to 28
be supplemental and in addition to those appropriations or allocations 29
provided by the General Assembly for personal services and operating expenses 30
of the institution from the State Treasury Fund or fund account. 31
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 32
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 33
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SECTION 59. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 35
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. JUVENILE 36 HB1202
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DETENTION FACILITIES - ALLOCATION. There is hereby allocated to the local 1
juvenile detention facilities, as set out herein, the following amounts as 2
appropriated to the Department of Finance and Administration – Disbursing 3
Officer for grants for operating expenses of local juvenile detention 4
facilities for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 2026: 5
Maximum Allocation 6
Item Fiscal Years 7
No. Juvenile Detention Facility 2024-2025 2025-2026 8
(01) Arkansas County Juvenile Detention Center 31,167 9
(02) Benton County Juvenile Detention Center 22,082 10
(03) Craighead County Juvenile Detention Center 31,167 11
(04) Crittenden County Juvenile Detention Center 31,167 12
(05) Faulkner County Juvenile Detention Center 20,783 13
(06) Garland County Juvenile Detention Center 28,574 14
(07) Independence County Juvenile Detention Center 31,167 15
(08) Jefferson County Juvenile Detention Center 31,167 16
(09) Miller County Juvenile Detention Center 31,167 17
(10) Mississippi County Juvenile Detention Center 16,891 18
(11) Pulaski County Juvenile Detention Center 31,167 19
(12) Sebastian County Juvenile Detention Center 31,167 20
(13) Washington County Juvenile Detention Center 31,167 21
(14) Yell County Juvenile Detention Center 31,167 22
Total Amount Allocated $ 400,000 23
The amount of funds distributed to the local juvenile detention facilities 24
shall be adjusted as necessary on a pro -rata basis depending upon the actual 25
amount of funding provided for this purpose in each fiscal year. If during 26
the fiscal year any of the Juvenile Detention Facilities ceases operations, 27
the facilities' remaining funds will be distributed to the remaining Juvenile 28
Detention Facilities in a proportional basis. 29
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 30
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 31
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CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 34
OF FUNDS FOR THE PROGRAM - CA/R/DV - UAMS. The Department of Human Services 35
may provide funding in an amount not to exceed $300,000 for each fiscal year 36 HB1202
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for expansion of services by the Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Section 1
of the University of Arkansas – Medical Sciences. The Secretary of the 2
Department of Human Services shall certify the amount of available funds for 3
this purpose for each year. The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall 4
transfer the amount of certified funds available from an account designated 5
by the Secretary of the Department of Human Services to the Miscellaneous 6
Agencies Fund Account to expand services provided by the Child 7
Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Section of the University of Arkansas – Medical 8
Sciences. 9
T The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 10
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 11
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SECTION 61. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 13
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. STATE’S 14
CONTRIBUTIONS. The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration 15
is authorized to transfer Appropriation and Funding between State’s 16
Contributions line items authorized in the State's Contributions Section. 17
Any unexpended balances in funds provided for State’s Contributions in this 18
Act remaining June 30, 2024 2025, shall be carried forward during the fiscal 19
year ending June 30, 2025 2026. 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 62. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 24
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 25
PROCEDURES - PERSONAL SERVICES STIPENDS. If there is not sufficient 26
appropriation, from funds deposited in the State Treasury or Cash Accounts of 27
an agency, for personal services, or personal services matching for any state 28
agency for the period ending June 30, 2025 2026, for State agencies that 29
process payroll through the Arkansas Administrative Statewide Information 30
System for federal and state tax reporting as necessary to comply with the 31
payment of stipends under United States Internal Revenue Code (IRC), 2001 -32
Code-Vol, Sec 3401 and Treasury Regulations §31.3401(c) -1(a) and §1.1402(c)-33
2(b), and others which govern the reporting of income and payment of 34
withholding and matching taxes for personal services, the agency shall 35
request a transfer from appropriation provided for Personal Services and 36 HB1202
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Personal Services Matching in the appropriation for Various State Agencies - 1
U.S. IRC and Treasury Regulations herein, from the Chief Fiscal Officer of 2
the State, stating clearly the amounts required for each item. Upon approval 3
of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the State Auditor shall be notified 4
as to the amount and the purposes for which the appropriation is to be made 5
and such appropriation as needed shall be established upon the books of the 6
Department of Finance and Administration and the State Auditor. Provided, 7
however, that in the event the total amount of transfer requested in any 8
fiscal year exceeds Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000), the Chief Fiscal Officer 9
of the State shall seek prior review by the Arkansas Legislative Council or 10
Joint Budget Committee before the transfer shall be made. 11
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 12
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 13
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SECTION 63. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 15
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. POSITION 16
ESTABLISHMENT. The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall have the authority 17
to establish such positions as necessary for State agencies to process 18
payroll through the Arkansas Administrative Statewide Information System for 19
federal and state tax reporting purposes as necessary to comply with the 20
United States Internal Revenue Code (IRC), 2001 -Code-Vol, Sec 3401 and 21
Treasury Regulations §31.3401(c) -1(a) and §1.1402(c)-2(b), and others which 22
govern the reporting of income and payment of withholding and matching taxes 23
for personal services. The positions established shall not be considered as 24
part of the total number of authorized positions for an agency and shall only 25
be considered as placeholders for payments to individuals who are board or 26
commission members or elected officials of the State that do not otherwise 27
receive salaries or wages as defined in Arkansas Code § 19 -4-521 for their 28
personal services. Further, none of the positions established under this 29
section shall imply eligibility for state retirement or state health 30
insurance benefits. The establishment of such positions shall not exceed 250 31
positions in any fiscal year. 32
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 33
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 34
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CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 1
AUTHORIZED - ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. The Arkansas Children's Hospital 2
may request the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State to transfer funds made 3
available for the following by this Act sums not to exceed $1,000,000 for the 4
Arkansas Children's Hospital Burn Center, $700,000 for the Children's 5
Hospital Payments, $600,000 for the Reproductive Health Monitoring, and 6
$233,600 for the Intensive Care Nursery each fiscal year from the 7
Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account to the Department of Human Services 8
Grants Fund Account. The transferred funds shall be used to match federal 9
funds used for supplemental Medicaid payments to Arkansas Children's 10
Hospital. 11
The Arkansas Children's Hospital may also request the Chief Fiscal Officer 12
of the State to transfer the sum not to exceed $1,000,000 each fiscal year 13
from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account from funds made available by 14
this Act for the Intensive Care Nursery to the Department of Human Services 15
Grants Fund Account. The transferred funds shall be used to match federal 16
Medicaid funds for cost -based reimbursement for helicopter patient transport. 17
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 18
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 19
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SECTION 65. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 21
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 22
INNOVATION AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT FUND TRANSFERS. The Department of 23
Transformation & Shared Services - Division of Information Systems is a cost 24
recovery agency subject to the requirements of the United States Office of 25
Management and Budget Circular A -87 Cost Principles for State, Local and 26
Indian Tribal Government (A -87) and Cost Principles for Developing Cost 27
Allocation Plans and Indirect Cost Rates for Agreements with the Federal 28
Government Implementation Guide for the Office of Management and Budget 29
Circular A-87 (ASMBC-10). To comply with these federal rules, it is necessary 30
to establish an Innovation and Project Development appropriation and general 31
revenue fund account within the Department of Finance and Administration - 32
Disbursing Officer for the Department of Transformation & Shared Services - 33
Division of Information Systems. This fund shall be used for state enterprise 34
innovation projects that would enhance the technology operations of the State 35
that cannot be cost allocated to federal programs. The Department of 36 HB1202
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Transformation & Shared Services - Division of Information Systems will 1
maintain documentation for projects billed for these purposes. Fund transfers 2
may be made from the General Revenue Fund Account, upon the approval of the 3
Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and prior review of the Arkansas 4
Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee, to reimburse the Department of 5
Transformation & Shared Services - Division of Information Systems for the 6
amounts billed. 7
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 8
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 9
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SECTION 66. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 11
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 12
PROCEDURES – PERSONAL SERVICES EXTRA HELP. In the event that there is not 13
sufficient appropriation provided for by the General Assembly for payment of 14
personal services related to Extra Help for any state agency for the period 15
ending June 30, 2025 2026, said agency may request a transfer from 16
appropriations provided for Personal Services Extra Help in the Miscellaneous 17
Transfers Section herein, from the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, stating 18
clearly the amount required. Upon approval of the Chief Fiscal Officer of 19
the State, and after seeking prior review by the Arkansas Legislative Council 20
or Joint Budget Committee, the State Auditor shall be notified as to the 21
amount and the purposes for which said appropriation is to be made. The 22
appropriation shall then be established upon the books of the Department of 23
Finance and Administration and the State Auditor. Provided further, that if 24
desired, said appropriation shall be supplemental to those regularly 25
appropriated for such purposes by the General Assembly for the agency. 26
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 27
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 28
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SECTION 67. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 30
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 31
INTRASTATE METRO PLANNING GRANTS. As referenced in Section 9 of Act 637 of 32
1995, the authorized funding for Intrastate Metro Planning Grants that are 33
evenly distributed among planning and development districts under the 34
Miscellaneous Grants and Expenses Section of this Act shall include the West 35
Central Arkansas Economic Development District. 36 HB1202
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The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 1
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 2
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SECTION 68. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 4
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. FUND 5
USAGE AUTHORIZED. The Arkansas Children’s Hospital President and C.E.O. may 6
request the Department of Human Services -Division of Medical Services to 7
retain in the Department of Human Services Grant Fund account an amount not 8
to exceed $1,000,000 for funds made available by the act to be used to match 9
federal funds used for supplemental Medicaid payments to Arkansas Children’s 10
Hospital. 11
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 12
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 13
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SECTION 69. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 15
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 16
PROCEDURES - MEDICAL MARIJUANA IMPLEMENTATION AND REGULATION. In the event 17
that sufficient appropriation is not provided by the General Assembly for 18
expenditures resulting from the implementation and regulation of the Arkansas 19
Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2016 for any state agency, pursuant to 20
Arkansas Code § 19-4-701 et seq., said agency shall request a transfer of 21
appropriation from the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, stating clearly the 22
amount required. Upon approval of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State said 23
appropriations shall be established upon the books of the Department of 24
Finance and Administration in compliance with the applicable classifications 25
of appropriations as enumerated in Arkansas Code §§ 19 -4-521 through 19-4-26
527. 27
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 28
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 29
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CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. FUND 32
TRANSFER AUTHORITY. From time to time, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State 33
may transfer from his or her books and those of the Treasurer of State and 34
the Auditor of State from the Medical Marijuana Implementation and Operations 35
Fund to various state agencies' funds the amounts necessary to fund the 36 HB1202
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expenses for the implementation, administration, and/or enforcement of the 1
Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2016. 2
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 3
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 4
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SECTION 71. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 6
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. BLANKET 7
BOND PROGRAM. The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration 8
is authorized to transfer Appropriation between the Blanket Surety Bond 9
Program appropriations authorized for State Employees (Appropriation 2DM), 10
County Employees (Appropriation 2DN), Municipal Employees (Appropriation 2DP) 11
and Public School Employees (Appropriation 2DQ). 12
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 13
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 14
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SECTION 72. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 16
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 17
PROCEDURES - VARIOUS TEMPORARY APPROPRIATION FOR STATE AGENCIES AND 18
INSTITUTIONS. (i) In the event that sufficient appropriation is not provided 19
by the General Assembly for any state agency or institution, an agency or 20
institution may request a transfer of appropriation, as provided in the 21
Various Temporary Appropriation for State Agencies and Institutions 22
Appropriation Section of this Act, from the Chief Fiscal Officer of the 23
State, stating clearly the amount requested, purpose and any additional 24
information requested by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State. 25
(ii) After reviewing a request the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State may 26
deny, modify or approve the agencies or institutions request based on the 27
estimated amount of appropriation needed and currently available, purpose, 28
estimated funding available and preferred spending priority. Upon approval 29
or modification of a request by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and 30
after meeting the requirements of subsection (iii) herein, the Department of 31
Finance and Administration shall establish the transfer of appropriation on 32
the books of the Department of Finance and Administration and the State 33
Auditor, in compliance with the applicable classifications of appropriations 34
as enumerated in Arkansas Code 19 -4-521 through 19-4-525. 35
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including requests that establish a new commitment item or new appropriation 1
shall require prior approval by the Arkansas Legislative Council or if 2
meeting in Regular or Fiscal Session the Joint Budget Committee. 3
(iv) Any appropriation approved as authorized in this Section shall not be 4
carried forward to the next fiscal year and shall be identified as a change 5
level increase by the state agency or institution, if requested. 6
(v) Determining the maximum amount of appropriation for a state agency or 7
institution each fiscal year is the prerogative of the General Assembly. 8
This is usually accomplished by delineating such maximums in the 9
appropriation act(s) for a state agency or institution. Further, the General 10
Assembly has determined that a state agency or institution may operate more 11
efficiently if some flexibility is provided to the state agency or 12
institution authorizing broad powers under this section. Therefore, it is 13
both necessary and appropriate that the General Assembly maintain oversight 14
by requiring prior approval of the Legislative Council or Joint Budget 15
Committee as provided by this section. The requirement of approval by the 16
Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee is not a severable part of this 17
section. If the requirement or approval by the Legislative Council or Joint 18
Budget Committee is ruled unconstitutional by a court of competent 19
jurisdiction, this entire section is void. 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 73. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 24
authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 25
and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 26
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 27
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 28
Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 29
control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 30
the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 31
strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 32
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SECTION 74. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 34
Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 35
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 36 HB1202
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which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 1
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 2
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 3
summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 4
Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 5
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SECTION 75. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 7
General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 8
the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 9
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of 10
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 11
the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 12
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm 13
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 14
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 15
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 16
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025. 17
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