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Act 71 of the Regular Session
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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 126 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 PERSONAL SERVICES 9
AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS 10
AT PINE BLUFF FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 11
2026; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT 16
PINE BLUFF APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025 -17
2026 FISCAL YEAR. 18
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21
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SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - OPERATIONS. There is hereby established 23
for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, 24
the following maximum number of regular employees. 25
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Maximum Annual 27
Maximum Salary Rate 28
Item No. of Fiscal Year 29
No. Title Employees 2025-2026 30
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 31
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 32
(1) Chancellor 1 $291,247 33
(2) Chief of Staff 1 $232,104 34
(3) Project/Program Administrator 28 35
Executive Project/Program Director $207,294 36 SB126
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Exec. Project/Program Manager $181,097 1
Sr. Project/Program Director $167,382 2
Project/Program Director $135,750 3
Project/Program Manager $123,020 4
Executive Assistant $115,000 5
Project/Program Specialist $106,139 6
(4) Provost 1 $201,301 7
(5) IT Pool 20 8
Network Engineer $200,973 9
Information Systems Manager $128,994 10
Computer Network Coordinator $128,780 11
Technical Support Staff $123,019 12
Coordinator, Academic Computing $121,571 13
Coord., Administrative Computing $121,570 14
Coordinator of Information Technology $119,967 15
Website Developer/Programmer $119,967 16
System Programmer/Web Developer $118,592 17
Computer Systems Mgr. $108,987 18
Database Administrator $106,607 19
Systems Administrator $105,547 20
Information Systems Security Specialist $103,579 21
Institution Information Technology Coord. $101,489 22
Assistant Database Administrator $97,665 23
Computer Support Manager $97,585 24
Information Systems Coordinator $97,585 25
Senior Software Support Specialist $97,585 26
Systems Specialist $97,585 27
Information Technology Manager $96,408 28
Network Support Specialist $93,831 29
Senior Software Support Analyst $93,831 30
Tech Support/Systems Admin. $92,374 31
Tech Support/Applications Support $92,374 32
Information Systems Business Manager $90,223 33
Security Analyst $90,223 34
Systems Analyst $90,223 35
Information Technology Specialist $88,339 36 SB126
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Computer Support Coordinator $86,753 1
Software Support Analyst $86,753 2
Systems Applications Supervisor $86,753 3
Computer Operations Coordinator $83,416 4
Systems Coordination Analyst $83,416 5
PC Support Specialist $81,860 6
Computer Support Specialist $80,208 7
Database Analyst $80,208 8
Digital Broadcast Specialist $77,123 9
Network Support Analyst $77,123 10
Website Developer $77,123 11
Information Systems Analyst $74,157 12
Information Systems Security Analyst $74,157 13
Computer Support Analyst $74,157 14
Software Support Specialist $71,305 15
Telecommunications Supervisor $71,305 16
Media Specialist $69,975 17
Computer Support Technician $68,562 18
Help Desk Specialist $68,562 19
Computer Operator $65,925 20
Network Analyst $65,925 21
Telecommunications Specialist $65,925 22
Multimedia Specialist $62,208 23
Information Technology Assistant $58,608 24
Computer Lab Technician $56,353 25
Multimedia Technician $51,130 26
Audiovisual Laboratory Assistant $47,272 27
(6) Vice Chan. for Finance & Administration 1 $194,320 28
(7) V-C for Res., Innovation & Econ. Devel. 1 $188,485 29
(8) Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs 1 $188,485 30
(9) Vice Chan. for Advancement/Development 1 $188,485 31
(10) Vice Chan. for Enrollment Mgmt 1 $188,484 32
(11) Dean 7 $173,915 33
(12) Dean of Graduate Studies 1 $173,914 34
(13) Dir. of Research & Sponsored Programs 1 $173,466 35
(14) Director of Counseling 1 $154,803 36 SB126
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(15) Director of Computer Services 1 $145,572 1
(16) Director of Corporate Giving 1 $144,269 2
(17) Director of Facilities Planning 1 $142,891 3
(18) Director of University Relations 1 $142,888 4
(19) Director of Physical Plant 1 $142,721 5
(20) Assistant to the Chancellor 1 $141,997 6
(21) Associate Vice Chancellor 3 $141,997 7
(22) Business Affairs Administrator 1 $141,997 8
(23) Director of International Programs 1 $141,997 9
(24) Director of Development 2 $141,997 10
(25) Controller 1 $138,312 11
(26) Director of Affirmative Action 1 $135,747 12
(27) Director of Social Work 1 $135,747 13
(28) Dir. of Alumni and Gov. Relations 1 $133,584 14
(29) Director of Institutional Research 1 $132,579 15
(30) Registrar 1 $129,169 16
(31) Director of Admissions 1 $126,225 17
(32) Director of Student Financial Aid 1 $126,225 18
(33) Director of Cooperative Education 1 $124,037 19
(34) Development/Advancement Manager 1 $121,320 20
(35) Budget Director 1 $120,948 21
(36) Director of University Police 1 $120,828 22
(37) Dean of Students 2 $119,876 23
(38) Director of Administrative Services 1 $116,274 24
(39) Assoc. Dean of Students 2 $113,407 25
(40) Associate Dean 2 $113,407 26
(41) Assistant Dean 1 $106,740 27
(42) Dir. of Educational Assessment 1 $106,740 28
(43) Director of Health Services 1 $106,740 29
(44) Director of Recruitment 1 $106,740 30
(45) Student Development Specialist 2 $100,654 31
(46) Director of Disability Services 1 $98,669 32
(47) Associate for Administration 2 $93,943 33
(48) Director of Publications 1 $93,943 34
(49) Fiscal Support Pool 17 35
Fiscal Support Manager $92,082 36 SB126
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Fiscal Support Supervisor $75,685 1
Accountant II $72,774 2
Accountant I $69,975 3
Fiscal Support Analyst $67,284 4
Fiscal Support Specialist $59,815 5
Accounting Technician $55,302 6
Fiscal Support Technician $51,130 7
(50) Public Safety Pool 20 8
HE Public Safety Commander III $90,223 9
Director Public Safety I $88,541 10
HE Public Safety Commander II $86,753 11
HE Public Safety Commander I $83,416 12
HE Public Safety Supervisor $74,157 13
Public Safety Officer $71,305 14
Public Safety Officer II $65,925 15
Security Officer Supervisor $62,208 16
Public Safety/Security Officer $56,353 17
HE Public Safety Dispatcher $47,272 18
Parking Control Supv. $47,272 19
Security Officer $47,272 20
Parking Control Officer $45,455 21
Watchman $38,855 22
(51) Asst. Dir. of Continuing Educ. 2 $90,135 23
(52) Asst. Dir. of Coop. Education 2 $90,135 24
(53) Director of Materials Management 1 $90,135 25
(54) Grants Manager 1 $85,136 26
(55) Personnel Manager 1 $85,136 27
(56) Television Program Manager 1 $85,136 28
(57) Public Information Coordinator 1 $81,860 29
(58) Campus Maintenance Supervisor 3 $78,713 30
(59) Education Counselor 3 $78,713 31
(60) Payroll Services Coordinator 1 $78,713 32
(61) Research Technologist 1 $78,713 33
(62) Admissions Counselor 3 $77,184 34
(63) Academic Advisor 5 $77,184 35
(64) Transfer Coordinator 1 $77,184 36 SB126
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(65) Skilled Trades Pool 26 1
Skilled Trades Foreman $74,157 2
Skilled Trades Supervisor $71,305 3
Skilled Tradesman $68,562 4
Skilled Trades Helper $52,101 5
Apprentice Tradesman $46,319 6
(66) Asst. Dir. Financial Aid 1 $72,774 7
(67) Budget Specialist 1 $72,774 8
(68) Human Resources Analyst 1 $72,774 9
(69) Research Project Analyst 4 $72,774 10
(70) HEI Program Coordinator 1 $69,975 11
(71) Print Shop Manager 1 $69,975 12
(72) Administrative Support Pool 58 13
Administrative Assistant $67,284 14
Administrative Analyst $67,284 15
Administrative Support Supervisor $62,208 16
Administrative Specialist III $59,815 17
Administration Support Specialist $59,815 18
Administrative Specialist II $53,175 19
Administrative Support Specialist $53,175 20
Administrative Specialist I $47,272 21
Extra Help Assistant $38,855 22
(73) Assistant Registrar 3 $67,284 23
(74) Financial Aid Analyst 4 $67,284 24
(75) Library Support Pool 11 25
Library Supervisor $67,284 26
Library Specialist $57,515 27
Library Technician $53,175 28
Library Support Assistant $49,164 29
(76) Payroll Services Specialist 1 $67,284 30
(77) Purchasing Specialist 2 $67,284 31
(78) Broadcast Production Specialist 1 $64,696 32
(79) Institutional Printer 2 $64,696 33
(80) Warehouse Manager 1 $64,696 34
(81) Financial Aid Specialist 3 $62,208 35
(82) Human Resources Specialist 2 $62,208 36 SB126
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(83) Inventory Control Manager 1 $62,208 1
(84) Student Recruitment Specialist 2 $62,208 2
(85) Maintenance Specialist 1 $59,815 3
(86) Research Assistant 2 $59,815 4
(87) Athletic Facility Supervisor 1 $57,515 5
(88) Coordinator of Housekeeping 2 $57,515 6
(89) Storeroom Supervisor 1 $57,515 7
(90) Human Resources Assistant 1 $55,302 8
(91) Laboratory Technician 3 $55,302 9
(92) Institutional Bus Driver 3 $53,175 10
(93) Research Technician 2 $53,175 11
(94) Inventory Control Technician 1 $51,130 12
(95) Maintenance Assistant 14 $51,130 13
(96) Registrar's Assistant 1 $49,164 14
(97) Shipping & Receiving Clerk 4 $45,455 15
(98) Institutional Services Supervisor 4 $43,706 16
(99) Institutional Services Assistant 27 $42,025 17
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 18
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 19
(100) Department Chairperson 16 $160,134 20
(101) Faculty 38 21
Professor $153,170 22
Associate Professor $135,750 23
Assistant Professor $125,303 24
Instructor $104,389 25
(102) Director of Library Services 1 $135,750 26
(103) Research Associate 1 $133,427 27
(104) Assoc. Director of Library 1 $129,986 28
(105) Associate Librarian 5 $110,077 29
(106) Special Instructor 1 $104,389 30
(107) Assistant Librarian 2 $96,743 31
(108) Graduate Assistant 2 $34,516 32
NINE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 33
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 34
(109) Faculty 132 35
Distinguished Professor $161,829 36 SB126
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Professor $149,687 1
Associate Professor $132,261 2
Assistant Professor $121,812 3
Instructor $100,908 4
(110) Special Instructor 2 $100,908 5
(111) Lecturer 2 $75,273 6
(112) Part-Time Faculty 53 $56,046 7
(113) Laboratory Assistant 6 $40,163 8
TWELVE MONTH AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES 9
POSITIONS 10
(114) Head Coach 7 $195,794 11
(115) Director of Athletics 1 $159,847 12
(116) Director of Auxiliary Enterprises 1 $125,549 13
(117) Assistant Director of Athletics 2 $122,257 14
(118) Senior Women's Sports Administrator 1 $122,257 15
(119) Coach 13 $122,241 16
(120) Athletic Compliance Coordinator 1 $118,867 17
(121) Assistant Coach 8 $114,807 18
(122) Head Athletic Trainer 1 $114,806 19
(123) Business Manager 1 $99,798 20
(124) Sports Information Director 1 $99,798 21
(125) Athletic Facility Manager 1 $96,579 22
(126) Eligibility Specialist 1 $96,579 23
(127) Registered Nurse 1 $81,860 24
(128) Education Counselor 3 $78,713 25
(129) Director of Student Union 1 $75,685 26
(130) UAPB Director of Housing 1 $75,685 27
(131) Athletic Ticket Sales Coord. 1 $69,975 28
(132) HEI Program Coordinator 2 $69,975 29
(133) Administrative Support Pool 2 30
Administrative Assistant $67,284 31
Administrative Analyst $67,284 32
Administrative Support Supervisor $62,208 33
Administrative Specialist III $59,815 34
Administration Support Specialist $59,815 35
Administrative Specialist II $53,175 36 SB126
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Administrative Support Specialist $53,175 1
Administrative Specialist I $47,272 2
Extra Help Assistant $38,855 3
(134) Asst. Director Student Union 1 $67,284 4
(135) Food Service Pool 1 5
Food Preparation Manager $64,696 6
Food Preparation Supervisor $57,515 7
Food Preparation Coordinator $51,130 8
Food Preparation Specialist $43,706 9
Food Preparation Technician $40,409 10
(136) Licensed Practical Nurse 1 $62,208 11
(137) Recreation Coordinator 1 $59,815 12
(138) Resident Hall Specialist 12 $57,515 13
(139) Athletic Trainer 2 $55,302 14
(140) Inventory Control Technician 1 $51,130 15
(141) Mail Services Coordinator 1 $49,164 16
(142) Mail Services Assistant 2 $45,455 17
(143) Institutional Services Assistant 5 $42,025 18
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 19
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 20
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 21
(144) Dir. of UAPB Agri. Experiment Stat. 1 $173,915 22
(145) Resident Director 1 $105,621 23
(146) Administrative Support Pool 6 24
Administrative Assistant $67,284 25
Administrative Analyst $67,284 26
Administrative Support Supervisor $62,208 27
Administrative Specialist III $59,815 28
Administration Support Specialist $59,815 29
Administrative Specialist II $53,175 30
Administrative Support Specialist $53,175 31
Administrative Specialist I $47,272 32
Extra Help Assistant $38,855 33
(147) Research Assistant 3 $59,815 34
(148) Landscape Specialist 1 $55,302 35
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 36 SB126
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ACADEMIC POSITIONS 1
(149) Faculty 37 2
Distinguished Professor $161,829 3
Professor $153,172 4
Associate Professor $135,750 5
Assistant Professor $125,303 6
Instructor $104,389 7
(150) Research Associate 12 $133,427 8
(151) Research Specialist 7 $106,131 9
(152) Senior Research Assistant 14 $100,908 10
(153) Graduate Assistant 33 $57,379 11
UAPB 1890 EXTENSION PROGRAM 12
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 13
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 14
(154) UAPB 1890 Extension Administrator 1 $173,915 15
(155) Project/Program Director 2 $135,747 16
(156) Administrative Support Pool 3 17
Administrative Assistant $67,284 18
Administrative Analyst $67,284 19
Administrative Support Supervisor $62,208 20
Administrative Specialist III $59,815 21
Administration Support Specialist $59,815 22
Administrative Specialist II $53,175 23
Administrative Support Specialist $53,175 24
Administrative Specialist I $47,272 25
Extra Help Assistant $38,855 26
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 27
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 28
(157) Extension Faculty 35 29
Extension Specialist V $242,370 30
Extension Specialist IV $223,889 31
Extension Specialist III $191,033 32
Extension Specialist II $180,763 33
Extension Specialist I $128,780 34
Extension Asst. Specialist $113,454 35
(158) Extension Associate 9 $100,914 36 SB126
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(159) Multi-County Ext. Agent 5 $59,115 1
(160) Extension Program Aide 7 $56,247 2
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 880 3
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SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - OPERATIONS. There is hereby authorized, for 5
the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the 6
following maximum number of part -time or temporary employees, to be known as 7
"Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: nine 8
hundred twenty-four (924) temporary or part-time employees, when needed, at 9
rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform Classification and 10
Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the appropriate 11
classification. 12
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SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS. There is hereby 14
appropriated, to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff , to be payable from 15
the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Fund , for personal services and 16
operating expenses of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff for the fiscal 17
year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 18
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 20
NO. 2025-2026 21
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $18,655,782 22
(02) EXTRA HELP 317,860 23
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 4,882,693 24
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 25
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 10,000 26
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 27
(C) PROF. FEES 575,000 28
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 29
(E) DATA PROC. 0 30
(05) CONTINGENCY 1,222,067 31
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $25,663,402 32
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SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS - 1890 EXTENSION PROGRAM . 34
There is hereby appropriated, to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff , to 35
be payable from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Fund , for personal 36 SB126
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services and operating expenses of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff 1
1890 Extension Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 2
following: 3
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 5
NO. 2025-2026 6
(01) EXTENSION PROGRAM PERSONAL SERVICES 7
AND OPERATING EXPENSES $6,396,701 8
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SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - CASH FUNDS. There is hereby appropriated, 10
to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff , to be payable from cash funds as 11
defined by Arkansas Code 19 -4-801, for personal services and operating 12
expenses of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff for the fiscal year 13
ending June 30, 2026, the following: 14
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 16
NO. 2025-2026 17
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $16,122,263 18
(02) EXTRA HELP 1,815,986 19
(03) OVERTIME 500,000 20
(04) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 5,235,857 21
(05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 22
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 21,273,367 23
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 776,093 24
(C) PROF. FEES 4,440,232 25
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 4,000,000 26
(E) DATA PROC. 0 27
(06) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 36,000,000 28
(07) DEBT SERVICE 2,602,223 29
(08) FUND TRANSFERS, REFUNDS AND 30
INVESTMENTS 20,000 31
(09) PROMOTIONAL ITEMS 113,499 32
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $92,899,520 33
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SECTION 6. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 35
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. JENKINS 36 SB126
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CENTER. Of the funds appropriated in the State Operations appropriation 1
section, the sum of $252,558 for the fiscal year shall be used to provide 2
support to the Jenkins Center in Pine Bluff. Provided, however, such funds 3
shall be used to conduct and maintain a University training program in 4
cooperation with the Jenkins Center. Provided, further, any reductions in 5
funding for appropriation provided in the State Operations appropriation 6
section shall be proportionately applied to the funds set out herein for 7
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The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 9
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 10
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SECTION 7. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 12
authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 13
and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 14
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 15
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 16
Procedures and Restrictions Act, the Higher Education Expenditure Restriction 17
Act, or their successors, and other fiscal control laws of this State, where 18
applicable, and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and 19
Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in 20
disbursement of said funds. 21
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SECTION 8. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 23
Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 24
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 25
which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 26
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 27
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 28
summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 29
Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 30
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SECTION 9. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General 32
Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the 33
appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 34
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of 35
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 36 SB126
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the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 1
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm 2
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 3
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 4
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 5
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025. 6
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