| 3 | 2 | | *HAR034* 01/27/2025 2:03:21 PM HAR034 |
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| 4 | 3 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 5 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 6 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1262 3 |
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| 7 | 6 | | 4 |
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| 8 | 7 | | By: Joint Budget Committee 5 |
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| 9 | 8 | | 6 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 7 |
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| 11 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 12 | 11 | | AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 9 |
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| 13 | 12 | | AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE 10 |
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| 14 | 13 | | UNIVERSITY - ARKANSAS BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE FOR THE 11 |
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| 15 | 14 | | FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; AND FOR OTHER 12 |
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| 16 | 15 | | PURPOSES. 13 |
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| 17 | 16 | | 14 |
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| 18 | 17 | | 15 |
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| 19 | 18 | | Subtitle 16 |
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| 20 | 19 | | AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY 17 |
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| 21 | 20 | | - ARKANSAS BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE 18 |
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| 22 | 21 | | APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025 -2026 FISCAL 19 |
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| 23 | 22 | | YEAR. 20 |
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| 24 | 23 | | 21 |
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| 25 | 24 | | 22 |
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| 26 | 25 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 23 |
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| 27 | 26 | | 24 |
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| 28 | 27 | | SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - ARKANSAS BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE . There is 25 |
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| 29 | 28 | | hereby established for the Arkansas State University - Arkansas Biosciences 26 |
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| 30 | 29 | | Institute for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of 27 |
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| 31 | 30 | | regular employees. 28 |
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| 32 | 31 | | 29 |
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| 33 | 32 | | Maximum Annual 30 |
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| 34 | 33 | | Maximum Salary Rate 31 |
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| 35 | 34 | | Item No. of Fiscal Year 32 |
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| 36 | 35 | | No. Title Employees 2025-2026 33 |
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| 37 | 36 | | ARKANSAS BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE 34 |
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| 38 | 37 | | TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 35 |
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| 39 | 38 | | ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 36 HB1262 |
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| 42 | 41 | | (1) Exec. Dir. of Biosciences Institute 1 $258,983 1 |
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| 43 | 42 | | (2) Project/Program Administrator 8 2 |
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| 44 | 43 | | Executive Project/Program Director $207,294 3 |
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| 45 | 44 | | Exec. Project/Program Manager $181,097 4 |
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| 46 | 45 | | Sr. Project/Program Director $167,382 5 |
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| 47 | 46 | | Project/Program Director $135,750 6 |
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| 48 | 47 | | Project/Program Manager $123,020 7 |
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| 49 | 48 | | Executive Assistant $115,000 8 |
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| 50 | 49 | | Project/Program Specialist $106,139 9 |
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| 51 | 50 | | (3) Asst. Director, Biosciences Institute 1 $136,651 10 |
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| 52 | 51 | | (4) Research Assistant 3 $88,060 11 |
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| 53 | 52 | | (5) Skilled Trades Pool 1 12 |
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| 54 | 53 | | Skilled Trades Foreman $74,157 13 |
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| 55 | 54 | | Skilled Trades Supervisor $71,305 14 |
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| 56 | 55 | | Skilled Tradesman $68,562 15 |
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| 57 | 56 | | Skilled Trades Helper $52,101 16 |
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| 58 | 57 | | Apprentice Tradesman $46,319 17 |
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| 59 | 58 | | (6) Administrative Support Pool 1 18 |
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| 60 | 59 | | Administrative Assistant $67,284 19 |
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| 61 | 60 | | Administrative Analyst $67,284 20 |
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| 62 | 61 | | Administrative Support Supervisor $62,208 21 |
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| 63 | 62 | | Administrative Specialist III $59,815 22 |
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| 64 | 63 | | Administration Support Specialist $59,815 23 |
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| 65 | 64 | | Administrative Specialist II $53,175 24 |
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| 66 | 65 | | Administrative Support Specialist $53,175 25 |
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| 67 | 66 | | Administrative Specialist I $47,272 26 |
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| 68 | 67 | | Extra Help Assistant $38,855 27 |
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| 69 | 68 | | (7) Institutional Svcs. Assistant 3 $42,025 28 |
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| 70 | 69 | | TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 29 |
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| 71 | 70 | | ACADEMIC POSITIONS 30 |
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| 72 | 71 | | (8) Research Associate 3 $147,091 31 |
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| 73 | 72 | | (9) Research Graduate Assistant 15 $57,379 32 |
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| 74 | 73 | | NINE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 33 |
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| 75 | 74 | | ACADEMIC POSITIONS 34 |
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| 76 | 75 | | (10) Faculty 7 35 |
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| 77 | 76 | | Research Professor $237,829 36 HB1262 |
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| 80 | 79 | | Research Associate Professor $224,718 1 |
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| 81 | 80 | | Research Assistant Professor $212,176 2 |
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| 82 | 81 | | Research Instructor $145,990 3 |
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| 83 | 82 | | MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 43 4 |
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| 85 | 84 | | SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE . There is 6 |
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| 86 | 85 | | hereby appropriated, to the Arkansas State University , to be payable from the 7 |
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| 87 | 86 | | Arkansas Biosciences Institute Program Account of the Tobacco Settlement 8 |
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| 88 | 87 | | Program Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of the Arkansas 9 |
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| 89 | 88 | | State University - Arkansas Biosciences Institute for the fiscal year ending 10 |
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| 90 | 89 | | June 30, 2026, the following: 11 |
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| 91 | 90 | | 12 |
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| 92 | 91 | | ITEM FISCAL YEAR 13 |
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| 93 | 92 | | NO. 2025-2026 14 |
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| 94 | 93 | | (01) REGULAR SALARIES $2,149,024 15 |
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| 95 | 94 | | (02) EXTRA HELP 15,914 16 |
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| 96 | 95 | | (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 551,206 17 |
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| 97 | 96 | | (04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 18 |
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| 98 | 97 | | (A) OPER. EXPENSE 2,527,694 19 |
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| 99 | 98 | | (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 20 |
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| 100 | 99 | | (C) PROF. FEES 0 21 |
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| 101 | 100 | | (D) CAP. OUTLAY 400,000 22 |
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| 102 | 101 | | (E) DATA PROC. 0 23 |
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| 103 | 102 | | TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $5,643,838 24 |
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| 105 | 104 | | SECTION 3. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 26 |
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| 106 | 105 | | CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 27 |
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| 107 | 106 | | RESTRICTIONS. The appropriations provided in this act shall not be 28 |
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| 108 | 107 | | transferred under the provisions of Arkansas Code 19 -4-522, but only as 29 |
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| 109 | 108 | | provided by this act. 30 |
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| 110 | 109 | | The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 31 |
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| 111 | 110 | | 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 32 |
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| 113 | 112 | | SECTION 4. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 34 |
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| 114 | 113 | | CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 35 |
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| 115 | 114 | | PROVISIONS. The state -supported institution of higher education in this act 36 HB1262 |
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| 118 | 117 | | may transfer appropriations between the various line items within each 1 |
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| 119 | 118 | | appropriation contained in this appropriation act. Such transfers shall be 2 |
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| 120 | 119 | | made only after the approval of the D ivision of Higher Education and the 3 |
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| 121 | 120 | | Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, and the approval of the Legislative 4 |
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| 122 | 121 | | Council or Joint Budget Committee. 5 |
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| 123 | 122 | | The General Assembly has determined that the institution in this act could 6 |
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| 124 | 123 | | be operated more efficiently if some flexibility is given to that institution 7 |
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| 125 | 124 | | and that flexibility is being accomplished by providing authority to transfer 8 |
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| 126 | 125 | | between items of appropriation made by this act. Since the General Assembly 9 |
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| 127 | 126 | | has granted the institution broad powers under the transfer of 10 |
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| 128 | 127 | | appropriations, it is both necessary and appropriate that the General 11 |
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| 129 | 128 | | Assembly maintain oversight of the utilization of the transfers by requiring 12 |
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| 130 | 129 | | prior approval of the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee in the 13 |
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| 131 | 130 | | utilization of the transfer authority. Therefore, the requirement of 14 |
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| 132 | 131 | | approval by the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee is not a 15 |
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| 133 | 132 | | severable part of this section. If the requirement of approval by the 16 |
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| 134 | 133 | | Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee is ruled unconstitutional by a 17 |
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| 135 | 134 | | court of competent jurisdiction, this entire section is void. 18 |
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| 136 | 135 | | The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 19 |
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| 137 | 136 | | 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 20 |
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| 139 | 138 | | SECTION 5. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 22 |
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| 140 | 139 | | CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. POSITIONS. 23 |
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| 141 | 140 | | (a) Nothing in this act shall be construed as a commitment of the State of 24 |
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| 142 | 141 | | Arkansas or any of its agencies or institutions to continue funding any 25 |
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| 143 | 142 | | position paid from the proceeds of the Tobacco Settlement in the event that 26 |
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| 144 | 143 | | Tobacco Settlement funds are not sufficient to finance the position. 27 |
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| 145 | 144 | | (b) State funds will not be used to replace Tobacco Settlement funds when 28 |
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| 146 | 145 | | such funds expire, unless appropriated by the General Assembly and authorized 29 |
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| 147 | 146 | | by the Governor. 30 |
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| 148 | 147 | | (c) A disclosure of the language contained in (a) and (b) of this Section 31 |
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| 149 | 148 | | shall be made available to all new hire and current positions paid from the 32 |
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| 150 | 149 | | proceeds of the Tobacco Settlement by the Tobacco Settlement Commission. 33 |
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| 151 | 150 | | (d) Whenever applicable the information contained in (a) and (b) of this 34 |
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| 152 | 151 | | Section shall be included in the employee handbook and/or Professional 35 |
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| 153 | 152 | | Services Contract paid from the proceeds of the Tobacco Settlement. 36 HB1262 |
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| 156 | 155 | | The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 1 |
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| 157 | 156 | | 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 2 |
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| 159 | 158 | | SECTION 6. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 4 |
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| 160 | 159 | | CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 5 |
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| 161 | 160 | | COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds authorized by this act 6 |
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| 162 | 161 | | shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency and funds made 7 |
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| 163 | 162 | | available by law for the support of such appropriations; and the restrictions 8 |
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| 164 | 163 | | of the State Purchasing Law, the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures 9 |
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| 165 | 164 | | Law, the Regular Salary Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, 10 |
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| 166 | 165 | | and other fiscal control laws of this State, where applicable, and 11 |
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| 167 | 166 | | regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and Administration, as 12 |
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| 168 | 167 | | authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in disbursement of said 13 |
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| 169 | 168 | | funds. 14 |
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| 171 | 170 | | SECTION 7. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 16 |
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| 172 | 171 | | CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 17 |
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| 173 | 172 | | LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General Assembly that any funds 18 |
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| 174 | 173 | | disbursed under the authority of the appropriations contained in this act 19 |
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| 175 | 174 | | shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for which this act was 20 |
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| 176 | 175 | | adopted, as evidenced by Initiated Act 1 of 2000, the Agency Requests, 21 |
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| 177 | 176 | | Executive Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the 22 |
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| 178 | 177 | | budget manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, 23 |
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| 179 | 178 | | letters, or summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas 24 |
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| 180 | 179 | | Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and 25 |
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| 181 | 180 | | adoption. 26 |
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| 183 | 182 | | SECTION 8. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General 28 |
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| 184 | 183 | | Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the 29 |
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| 185 | 184 | | appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 30 |
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| 186 | 185 | | effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of 31 |
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| 187 | 186 | | the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 32 |
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| 188 | 187 | | the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 33 |
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| 189 | 188 | | effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm 34 |
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| 190 | 189 | | upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 35 |
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| 191 | 190 | | programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 36 HB1262 |
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| 194 | 193 | | being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 1 |
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| 195 | 194 | | and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025. 2 |
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