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Arkansas Senate Bill SB124

Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

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11 Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
2-Act 899 of the Regular Session
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64 95th General Assembly A Bill 2
75 Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 124 3
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1210 For An Act To Be Entitled 8
1311 AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 9
1412 AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS 10
1513 - DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 11
1614 JUNE 30, 2026; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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1917 Subtitle 15
2018 AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - 16
2119 DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION FOR 17
2220 THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. 18
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2422 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 20
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2624 SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - OPERATIONS. There is hereby established 22
2725 for the University of Arkansas - Division of Agriculture for the 2025-2026 23
2826 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 24
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3028 Maximum Annual 26
3129 Maximum Salary Rate 27
3230 Item No. of Fiscal Year 28
3331 No. Title Employees 2025-2026 29
3432 DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE 30
3533 TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 31
3634 ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 32
3735 (1) Vice-Pres. for Agriculture/Chance. 1 $281,159 33
3836 (2) Senior Associate Vice President 2 $247,681 34
3937 (3) Associate VP 6 $242,035 35
40- (4) District Director 3 $223,888 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB124
38+ (4) District Director 3 $223,888 36 SB124
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4541 (5) Assistant VP 6 $211,785 1
4642 (6) Project/Program Administrator 170 2
4743 Executive Project/Program Director $207,294 3
4844 Exec. Project/Program Manager $181,097 4
4945 Sr. Project/Program Director $167,382 5
5046 Project/Program Director $135,750 6
5147 Project/Program Manager $123,020 7
5248 Project/Program Specialist $106,139 8
5349 Executive Assistant $115,000 9
5450 (7) IT Pool 20 10
5551 Network Engineer $200,973 11
5652 Information Systems Manager $128,994 12
5753 Computer Network Coordinator $128,780 13
5854 Technical Support Staff $123,019 14
5955 Coordinator, Academic Computing $121,571 15
6056 Coord., Administrative Computing $121,570 16
6157 Coordinator of Information Technology $119,967 17
6258 Website Developer/Programmer $119,967 18
6359 System Programmer/Web Developer $118,592 19
6460 Computer Systems Mgr. $108,987 20
6561 Database Administrator $106,607 21
6662 Systems Administrator $105,547 22
6763 Information Systems Security Specialist $103,579 23
6864 Institution Information Technology Coord. $101,489 24
6965 Assistant Database Administrator $97,665 25
7066 Computer Support Manager $97,585 26
7167 Information Systems Coordinator $97,585 27
7268 Senior Software Support Specialist $97,585 28
7369 Systems Specialist $97,585 29
7470 Information Technology Manager $96,408 30
7571 Network Support Specialist $93,831 31
7672 Senior Software Support Analyst $93,831 32
7773 Tech Support/Systems Admin. $92,374 33
7874 Tech Support/Applications Support $92,374 34
7975 Information Systems Business Manager $90,223 35
80- Security Analyst $90,223 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB124
76+ Security Analyst $90,223 36 SB124
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8579 Systems Analyst $90,223 1
8680 Information Technology Specialist $88,339 2
8781 Computer Support Coordinator $86,753 3
8882 Software Support Analyst $86,753 4
8983 Systems Applications Supervisor $86,753 5
9084 Computer Operations Coordinator $83,416 6
9185 Systems Coordination Analyst $83,416 7
9286 PC Support Specialist $81,860 8
9387 Computer Support Specialist $80,208 9
9488 Database Analyst $80,208 10
9589 Digital Broadcast Specialist $77,123 11
9690 Network Support Analyst $77,123 12
9791 Website Developer $77,123 13
9892 Information Systems Analyst $74,157 14
9993 Information Systems Security Analyst $74,157 15
10094 Computer Support Analyst $74,157 16
10195 Software Support Specialist $71,305 17
10296 Telecommunications Supervisor $71,305 18
10397 Media Specialist $69,975 19
10498 Computer Support Technician $68,562 20
10599 Help Desk Specialist $68,562 21
106100 Computer Operator $65,925 22
107101 Network Analyst $65,925 23
108102 Telecommunications Specialist $65,925 24
109103 Multimedia Specialist $62,208 25
110104 Information Technology Assistant $58,608 26
111105 Computer Lab Technician $56,353 27
112106 Multimedia Technician $51,130 28
113107 Audiovisual Laboratory Assistant $47,272 29
114108 (8) County Ext. Agent 210 30
115109 County Ext. Agent IV $199,779 31
116110 County Ext. Agent III $193,119 32
117111 County Ext. Agent II $134,719 33
118112 County Ext. Agent I $124,874 34
119113 (9) Resident Director in Charge 6 $157,351 35
120- (10) Associate for Administration 4 $106,139 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB124
114+ (10) Associate for Administration 4 $106,139 36 SB124
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125117 (11) Fiscal Support Pool 28 1
126118 Fiscal Support Manager $92,082 2
127119 Fiscal Support Supervisor $75,685 3
128120 Accountant II $72,774 4
129121 Accountant I $69,975 5
130122 Fiscal Support Analyst $67,284 6
131123 Fiscal Support Specialist $59,815 7
132124 Accounting Technician $55,302 8
133125 Fiscal Support Technician $51,130 9
134126 (12) Procurement Coordinator 1 $81,860 10
135127 (13) Research Technologist 9 $81,860 11
136128 (14) Skilled Trades Pool 5 12
137129 Skilled Trades Foreman $74,157 13
138130 Skilled Trades Supervisor $71,305 14
139131 Skilled Tradesman $68,562 15
140132 Skilled Trades Helper $52,101 16
141133 Apprentice Tradesman $46,319 17
142134 (15) Human Resources Analyst 1 $72,774 18
143135 (16) Maintenance Coordinator 3 $72,774 19
144136 (17) Assistant Director of Farming 1 $69,975 20
145137 (18) Buyer 2 $69,975 21
146138 (19) HEI Program Coordinator 3 $69,975 22
147139 (20) Administrative Support Pool 143 23
148140 Administrative Assistant $67,284 24
149141 Administrative Analyst $67,284 25
150142 Administrative Support Supervisor $62,208 26
151143 Administrative Specialist III $59,815 27
152144 Administration Support Specialist $59,815 28
153145 Administrative Specialist II $53,175 29
154146 Administrative Support Specialist $53,175 30
155147 Administrative Specialist I $47,272 31
156148 Extra Help Assistant $38,855 32
157149 (21) Benefits Analyst 1 $67,284 33
158150 (22) Maintenance Supervisor 3 $67,284 34
159151 (23) Payroll Services Specialist 2 $67,284 35
160- (24) Print Shop Supervisor 1 $67,284 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB124
152+ (24) Print Shop Supervisor 1 $67,284 36 SB124
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165155 (25) Institutional Printer 2 $64,696 1
166156 (26) Inventory Control Manager 1 $64,696 2
167157 (27) Human Resources Specialist 3 $62,208 3
168158 (28) Farm Foreman - Inst. 6 $59,815 4
169159 (29) Maintenance Specialist 8 $59,815 5
170160 (30) Research Assistant 1 $59,815 6
171161 (31) Special Events Coordinator 1 $59,815 7
172162 (32) Coordinator of Housekeeping 1 $57,515 8
173163 (33) Equipment Mechanic 2 $55,302 9
174164 (34) Farm Maintenance Mechanic 2 $55,302 10
175165 (35) Laboratory Technician 11 $55,302 11
176166 (36) Landscape Specialist 1 $55,302 12
177167 (37) Special Events Supervisor 1 $55,302 13
178168 (38) Warehouse Specialist 1 $55,302 14
179169 (39) Greenhouse Technician 1 $53,175 15
180170 (40) Heavy Equipment Operator 1 $53,175 16
181171 (41) Research Technician 10 $53,175 17
182172 (42) CES Program Assistant 36 $51,130 18
183173 (43) Maintenance Assistant 2 $51,130 19
184174 (44) Research Field Technician 9 $51,130 20
185175 (45) Agriculture Farm Technician 6 $47,272 21
186176 (46) Agriculture Lab Technician 16 $47,272 22
187177 (47) Institutional Services Supervisor 1 $43,706 23
188178 (48) Institutional Services Assistant 6 $42,025 24
189179 TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 25
190180 ACADEMIC POSITIONS 26
191181 (49) Faculty 190 27
192182 Distinguished Professor $273,692 28
193183 University Professor $253,548 29
194184 Professor $234,194 30
195185 Associate Professor $199,779 31
196186 Assistant Professor $189,024 32
197187 Curator $159,536 33
198188 Instructor $134,719 34
199189 (50) Department Chairperson 11 $239,218 35
200- (51) Research Scientist 10 $174,281 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB124
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205193 (52) Program Associate 165 $159,536 1
206194 (53) Senior Graduate Assistant 60 $126,328 2
207195 (54) Post Doctoral Fellow 45 $126,046 3
208196 (55) Program Technician 120 $106,136 4
209197 (56) Program Assistant 8 $100,908 5
210198 (57) Graduate Assistant 77 $69,636 6
211199 NINE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 7
212200 ACADEMIC POSITIONS 8
213201 (58) Faculty 25 9
214202 Distinguished Professor $235,631 10
215203 University Professor $230,254 11
216204 Professor $221,287 12
217205 Associate Professor $189,024 13
218206 Assistant Professor $183,233 14
219207 Instructor $121,805 15
220208 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 1,471 16
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222210 SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - OPERATIONS. There is hereby authorized, for 18
223211 the University of Arkansas - Division of Agriculture for the 2025-2026 fiscal 19
224212 year, the following maximum number of part -time or temporary employees, to be 20
225213 known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated herein for such 21
226214 purposes: seven hundred (700) temporary or part-time employees, when needed, 22
227215 at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform Classification 23
228216 and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the appropriate 24
229217 classification. 25
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231219 SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS. There is hereby 27
232220 appropriated, to the University of Arkansas , to be payable from the 28
233221 University of Arkansas Fund , for personal services and operating expenses of 29
234222 the University of Arkansas - Division of Agriculture for the fiscal year 30
235223 ending June 30, 2026, the following: 31
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237225 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 33
238226 NO. 2025-2026 34
239-(01) REGULAR SALARIES $51,095,780 35
240-(02) EXTRA HELP 350,000 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB124
227+(01) REGULAR SALARIES $47,795,000 35
228+(02) EXTRA HELP 350,000 36 SB124
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245231 (03) OVERTIME 5,000 1
246-(04) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 14,468,993 2
232+(04) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 13,544,773 2
247233 (05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 3
248- (A) OPER. EXPENSE 19,204,000 4
234+ (A) OPER. EXPENSE 16,929,000 4
249235 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 5
250236 (C) PROF. FEES 0 6
251237 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 250,000 7
252238 (E) DATA PROC. 0 8
253- TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $85,373,773 9
239+ TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $78,873,773 9
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255241 SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - CASH FUNDS. There is hereby appropriated, 11
256242 to the University of Arkansas , to be payable from cash funds as defined by 12
257243 Arkansas Code 19-4-801, for personal services and operating expenses of the 13
258244 University of Arkansas - Division of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending 14
259245 June 30, 2026, the following: 15
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261247 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 17
262248 NO. 2025-2026 18
263249 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $20,000,000 19
264250 (02) EXTRA HELP 4,500,000 20
265251 (03) OVERTIME 60,000 21
266252 (04) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 6,000,000 22
267253 (05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 23
268254 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 27,700,000 24
269255 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 2,400,000 25
270256 (C) PROF. FEES 2,200,000 26
271257 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 10,500,000 27
272258 (E) DATA PROC. 0 28
273259 (06) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 46,000,000 29
274260 (07) DEBT SERVICE 100,000 30
275261 (08) FUND TRANSFERS, REFUNDS AND 31
276262 INVESTMENTS 20,000 32
277263 (09) PROMOTIONAL ITEMS 60,000 33
278264 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $119,540,000 34
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280- SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - CASH FUNDS - SOIL TESTING AND RESEARCH. 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB124
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285269 There is hereby appropriated, to the University of Arkansas , to be payable 1
286270 from cash funds as defined by Arkansas Code 19 -4-801, for personal services 2
287271 and operating expenses of the University of Arkansas - Soil Testing and 3
288272 Research Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 4
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290274 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 6
291275 NO. 2025-2026 7
292276 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $991,000 8
293277 (02) EXTRA HELP 90,000 9
294278 (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 280,000 10
295279 (04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 11
296280 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 675,000 12
297281 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 25,000 13
298282 (C) PROF. FEES 17,000 14
299283 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 495,000 15
300284 (E) DATA PROC. 0 16
301285 (05) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 540,000 17
302286 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $3,113,000 18
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304288 SECTION 6. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 20
305289 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. PINE TREE 21
306290 RESEARCH STATION. 22
307291 (a) The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas shall not sell 23
308292 the property commonly known as the Pine Tree Research Station, located in St. 24
309293 Francis County, Arkansas, which was acquired by the Board of Trustees of the 25
310294 University of Arkansas from the United States of America acting through the 26
311295 Forest Service in 1978, to a private entity or individual. 27
312296 (b) The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas may sell the 28
313297 property commonly known as the Pine Tree Research Station, located in St. 29
314298 Francis County, Arkansas, which was acquired by the Board of Trustees of the 30
315299 University of Arkansas from the United States of America acting through the 31
316300 Forest Service in 1978, to: 32
317301 (1) A non-profit corporation organized with the primary mission 33
318302 to keep the land open to the public and available for public use; and 34
319303 (2) Organized and operated for a minimum of five (5) years. 35
320- (c) The property commonly known as the Pine Tree Research Station, 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB124
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325307 located in St. Francis County, Arkansas, which was acquired by the Board of 1
326308 Trustees of the University of Arkansas from the United States of America 2
327309 acting through the Forest Service in 1978, shall remain open to the public 3
328310 for public use, including without limitation: 4
329311 (1) Public fishing; 5
330312 (2) Public hunting; 6
331313 (3) Biking; 7
332314 (4) Bird watching; and 8
333315 (5) Hiking. 9
334316 (d) All property commonly known as the Pine Tree Research Station, 10
335317 located in St. Francis County, Arkansas, which was acquired by the Board of 11
336318 Trustees of the University of Arkansas from the United States of America 12
337319 acting through the Forest Service in 1978, in row crop cultivation in the 13
338320 year 2020 is exempt from subsection (c) of this section. 14
339321 The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 15
340322 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 16
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342324 SECTION 7. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 18
343325 authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 19
344326 and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 20
345327 the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 21
346328 Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 22
347329 Procedures and Restrictions Act, the Higher Education Expenditure Restriction 23
348330 Act, or their successors, and other fiscal control laws of this State, where 24
349331 applicable, and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and 25
350332 Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in 26
351333 disbursement of said funds. 27
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353335 SECTION 8. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 29
354336 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 30
355337 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 31
356338 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 32
357339 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 33
358340 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 34
359341 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 35
360-Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB124
342+Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 36 SB124
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366346 SECTION 9. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General 2
367347 Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the 3
368348 appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 4
369349 effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of 5
370350 the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 6
371351 the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 7
372352 effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm 8
373353 upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 9
374354 programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 10
375355 being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 11
376356 and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025. 12
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