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Act 534 of the Regular Session
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State of Arkansas As Engrossed: S3/31/25 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 130 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 ARKANSAS STATE 10
UNIVERSITY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; 11
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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Subtitle 15
AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY 16
APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025 -2026 FISCAL 17
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 Arkansas State University for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the 24
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
ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY - SYSTEM 31
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 32
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 33
(1) President, Arkansas State University 1 $435,855 34
(2) Executive Vice President 1 $273,183 35
(3) Vice President 5 $253,319 36 As Engrossed: S3/31/25 SB130
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(4) General Counsel 1 $238,634 1
(5) Assoc. Vice Pres. 2 $207,598 2
(6) Project/Program Administrator 11 3
Executive Project/Program Director $207,294 4
Exec. Project/Program Manager $181,097 5
Sr. Project/Program Director $167,382 6
Project/Program Director $135,750 7
Project/Program Manager $123,020 8
Executive Assistant $115,000 9
Project/Program Specialist $106,139 10
(7) Associate General Counsel 4 $197,229 11
(8) Exec. Asst. to President 1 $163,598 12
(9) Assistant Vice President 1 $158,535 13
(10) Chief Audit Executive 1 $132,139 14
(11) Sr. Internal Auditor 3 $109,727 15
(12) Associate for Administration 1 $98,309 16
(13) Legislative Intern/Research Assist. 1 $87,721 17
(14) Research Assistant 2 $87,721 18
ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY - JONESBORO 19
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 20
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 21
(15) Chancellor, ASU -Jonesboro 1 $386,768 22
(16) Dean of Veterinary Medicine 1 $386,484 23
(17) Executive Vice Chancellor 2 $268,500 24
(18) Dean of Business Administration 1 $263,509 25
(19) Dean of Engineering 1 $263,509 26
(20) Associate Vice Provost 3 $235,373 27
(21) Dean of Schools 8 $222,737 28
(22) Vice Chancellor 4 $221,840 29
(23) Project/Program Administrator 119 30
Executive Project/Program Director $207,294 31
Exec. Project/Program Manager $181,097 32
Sr. Project/Program Director $167,382 33
Project/Program Director $135,750 34
Project/Program Manager $123,020 35
Executive Assistant $115,000 36 As Engrossed: S3/31/25 SB130
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Project/Program Specialist $106,139 1
(24) Assoc. Dean of Schools 13 $203,817 2
(25) Associate Vice Chancellor 3 $194,960 3
(26) IT Pool 69 4
Network Engineer $200,973 5
Information Systems Manager $128,994 6
Computer Network Coordinator $128,780 7
Technical Support Staff $123,019 8
Coordinator, Academic Computing $121,571 9
Coord., Administrative Computing $121,570 10
Coordinator of Information Technology $119,967 11
Website Developer/Programmer $119,967 12
System Programmer/Web Developer $118,592 13
Computer Systems Mgr. $108,987 14
Database Administrator $106,607 15
Systems Administrator $105,547 16
Information Systems Security Specialist $103,579 17
Institution Information Technology Coord. $101,489 18
Assistant Database Administrator $97,665 19
Computer Support Manager $97,585 20
Information Systems Coordinator $97,585 21
Senior Software Support Specialist $97,585 22
Systems Specialist $97,585 23
Information Technology Manager $96,408 24
Network Support Specialist $93,831 25
Senior Software Support Analyst $93,831 26
Tech Support/Systems Admin. $92,374 27
Tech Support/Applications Support $92,374 28
Information Systems Business Manager $90,223 29
Security Analyst $90,223 30
Systems Analyst $90,223 31
Information Technology Specialist $88,339 32
Computer Support Coordinator $86,753 33
Software Support Analyst $86,753 34
Systems Applications Supervisor $86,753 35
Computer Operations Coordinator $83,416 36 As Engrossed: S3/31/25 SB130
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Systems Coordination Analyst $83,416 1
PC Support Specialist $81,860 2
Computer Support Specialist $80,208 3
Database Analyst $80,208 4
Digital Broadcast Specialist $77,123 5
Network Support Analyst $77,123 6
Website Developer $77,123 7
Information Systems Analyst $74,157 8
Information Systems Security Analyst $74,157 9
Computer Support Analyst $74,157 10
Software Support Specialist $71,305 11
Telecommunications Supervisor $71,305 12
Media Specialist $69,975 13
Computer Support Technician $68,562 14
Help Desk Specialist $68,562 15
Computer Operator $65,925 16
Network Analyst $65,925 17
Telecommunications Specialist $65,925 18
Multimedia Specialist $62,208 19
Information Technology Assistant $58,608 20
Computer Lab Technician $56,353 21
Multimedia Technician $51,130 22
Audiovisual Laboratory Assistant $47,272 23
(27) Executive Asst. to the Chancellor 1 $194,960 24
(28) Controller 1 $173,915 25
(29) Asst. Vice-Chancellor 7 $158,536 26
(30) Registrar 1 $156,464 27
(31) Archivist 2 $146,665 28
(32) Coord. of Non -Credit Activity 1 $146,665 29
(33) Dean Student Affairs -Enrollment Svcs. 1 $146,665 30
(34) Assoc. Director - Info & Tech Svcs. 2 $144,564 31
(35) Development/Advancement Admin. 23 32
Development/Advancement Director $135,747 33
Development/Advancement Manager $123,019 34
Development/Advancement Specialist $106,139 35
(36) Associate Controller 1 $132,372 36 As Engrossed: S3/31/25 SB130
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(37) Dir. of Grants & Other Spons. Progs. 1 $132,372 1
(38) Treasurer 1 $132,372 2
(39) Assoc. Dean of Student Affairs 6 $131,622 3
(40) Associate Registrar 1 $131,622 4
(41) Dir. of UPD, CS, Traffic & Parking 1 $128,295 5
(42) Project Engineer 1 $127,980 6
(43) Academic/Student Support 45 7
Counselor $127,507 8
Student Development Specialist $103,502 9
Academic Counselor $94,342 10
(44) Communications Specialist 1 $121,181 11
(45) Research Compliance Coordinator 1 $118,104 12
(46) Project Architect 1 $113,381 13
(47) Bradbury Art Museum Director 1 $113,108 14
(48) Asst. Dean of Students 8 $106,608 15
(49) Director of Academic Advising 1 $106,608 16
(50) Asst. Dir. of Admissions 2 $106,311 17
(51) Asst. Dir. Records 1 $106,311 18
(52) Assoc. Dir. of Student Aid 1 $99,422 19
(53) Coord. of ASU Comm. Coll. Deg. Cntrs 1 $99,422 20
(54) Research Analyst 5 $99,378 21
(55) Assistant Director of Publications 1 $94,941 22
(56) Fiscal Support Pool 40 23
Fiscal Support Manager $92,082 24
Fiscal Support Supervisor $75,685 25
Accountant II $72,774 26
Accountant I $69,975 27
Fiscal Support Analyst $67,284 28
Fiscal Support Specialist $59,815 29
Accounting Technician $55,302 30
Fiscal Support Technician $51,130 31
(57) Public Safety Pool 29 32
HE Public Safety Commander III $90,223 33
Director Public Safety I $88,541 34
HE Public Safety Commander II $86,753 35
HE Public Safety Commander I $83,416 36 As Engrossed: S3/31/25 SB130
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HE Public Safety Supervisor $74,157 1
Public Safety Officer $71,305 2
Public Safety Officer II $65,925 3
Security Officer Supervisor $62,208 4
Public Safety/Security Officer $56,353 5
HE Public Safety Dispatcher $47,272 6
Parking Control Supv. $47,272 7
Security Officer $47,272 8
Parking Control Officer $45,455 9
Watchman $38,855 10
(58) Conservator 1 $87,933 11
(59) Technical Director 1 $87,933 12
(60) Academic Adviser 23 $86,780 13
(61) Assistant Director of Museum 1 $86,219 14
(62) Assistant Director of Computer Services 1 $83,416 15
(63) ASU Engineer Comm. Facilities Dir. 1 $83,416 16
(64) ASU Assoc. Dir. of Physical Plant 1 $81,860 17
(65) Benefits Coordinator 1 $78,713 18
(66) Curator 2 $78,713 19
(67) Procurement Coordinator 1 $78,713 20
(68) Education Program Coordinator 1 $78,712 21
(69) Grants Manager 2 $78,712 22
(70) ASU Asst. Dir. of Physical Plant 3 $75,685 23
(71) Skilled Trades Pool 89 24
Skilled Trades Foreman $74,157 25
Skilled Trades Supervisor $71,305 26
Skilled Tradesman $68,562 27
Skilled Trades Helper $52,101 28
Apprentice Tradesman $46,319 29
(72) Department Business Coordinator 3 $72,775 30
(73) Budget Specialist 2 $72,774 31
(74) Human Resources Analyst 4 $72,774 32
(75) Production Artist 2 $72,774 33
(76) ASU Asst. Director of Farming 1 $69,975 34
(77) ASU Dir. of Housekeeping 2 $69,975 35
(78) Buyer 1 $69,975 36 As Engrossed: S3/31/25 SB130
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(79) Construction/Maint. Coordinator 2 $69,975 1
(80) HEI Program Coordinator 24 $69,975 2
(81) Museum Exhibit Program Specialist 1 $69,975 3
(82) Radio News Director 1 $69,975 4
(83) Radio Program Director 1 $69,975 5
(84) Administrative Support Pool 110 6
Administrative Assistant $67,284 7
Administrative Analyst $67,284 8
Administrative Support Supervisor $62,208 9
Administrative Specialist III $59,815 10
Administration Support Specialist $59,815 11
Administrative Specialist II $53,175 12
Administrative Support Specialist $53,175 13
Administrative Specialist I $47,272 14
Extra Help Assistant $38,855 15
(85) Assistant Registrar 6 $67,284 16
(86) Financial Aid Analyst 11 $67,284 17
(87) Library Support Pool 15 18
Library Supervisor $67,284 19
Library Specialist $57,515 20
Library Technician $53,175 21
Library Support Assistant $49,164 22
(88) Fabrication Shop Manager 1 $67,284 23
(89) Payroll Services Specialist 2 $67,284 24
(90) Special Events Manager 2 $67,284 25
(91) Broadcast Production Specialist 4 $64,696 26
(92) Commercial Graphic Artist 3 $64,696 27
(93) Comm. Artist I/Graphic Artist I 2 $62,208 28
(94) Human Resources Specialist 2 $62,208 29
(95) Landscape Supervisor 2 $62,208 30
(96) Museum Registrar 1 $62,208 31
(97) Records Management Analyst 15 $62,208 32
(98) Maintenance Specialist 5 $59,815 33
(99) Purchasing Technician 1 $59,815 34
(100) Pest Control Tech 1 $57,515 35
(101) Landscape Specialist 2 $55,302 36 As Engrossed: S3/31/25 SB130
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(102) Special Events Supervisor 1 $55,302 1
(103) Student Account Specialist 1 $55,302 2
(104) Admissions Analyst 2 $53,175 3
(105) Heavy Equipment Operator 7 $53,175 4
(106) Inventory Control Technician 3 $51,130 5
(107) Maintenance Assistant 4 $51,130 6
(108) Registrar's Assistant 2 $49,164 7
(109) Institutional Svcs. Supervisor 13 $43,706 8
(110) Institutional Svcs. Assistant 65 $42,025 9
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 10
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 11
(111) Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Coord. 3 $268,582 12
(112) Department Chairperson 30 $201,304 13
(113) Faculty 68 14
Professor $197,881 15
Assoc. Professor $184,186 16
Asst. Professor $156,658 17
Instructor $128,780 18
(114) Research Associate 4 $146,533 19
(115) Asst. Library Director 2 $112,217 20
(116) Librarian 10 $112,217 21
(117) Veterinary Medicine Instructor 3 $110,424 22
(118) Instructional Designer 10 $87,721 23
(119) Research Assistant 18 $87,721 24
(120) Graduate Assistant - Research 10 $64,109 25
(121) Graduate Assistant 130 $46,864 26
NINE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 27
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 28
(122) College of Business Faculty 40 29
Distinguished Professor $272,788 30
Professor $218,534 31
Associate Professor $179,510 32
Assistant Professor $171,705 33
Instructor $140,486 34
(123) Faculty 501 35
Distinguished Professor $221,655 36 As Engrossed: S3/31/25 SB130
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Professor $194,459 1
Assoc. Professor $170,492 2
Asst. Professor $142,719 3
Instructor $111,361 4
Lecturer $89,979 5
(124) Part-Time Faculty 240 $56,046 6
(125) Graduate Assistant 150 $35,147 7
TWELVE MONTH AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES 8
POSITIONS 9
(126) Vice Chancellor - Athletics 1 $681,971 10
(127) ASU Head Football Coach 1 $255,265 11
(128) Head Men's Basketball Coach 1 $255,265 12
(129) ASU Def. Coordinator -Football 1 $188,435 13
(130) ASU Off. Coordinator -Football 1 $188,435 14
(131) Assoc. Dir. of Athletics 4 $173,466 15
(132) ASU Asst. Head Football Coach 2 $166,458 16
(133) Assistant Football Coach 5 $166,458 17
(134) Head Coach 12 $146,047 18
(135) ASU Dir. of Auxiliary Enterprises 1 $140,296 19
(136) Dir. of Arena 1 $135,999 20
(137) Development/Advancement Admin. 3 21
Development/Advancement Director $135,747 22
Development/Advancement Manager $123,019 23
Development/Advancement Specialist $106,139 24
(138) Asst. Dir. Athletics 8 $130,431 25
(139) Head Athletic Trainer 1 $130,431 26
(140) Assistant Coach 25 $110,824 27
(141) Dir. of Strength & Conditioning 3 $110,824 28
(142) Trainer 5 $110,824 29
(143) Facilities and Equipment Manager 2 $99,798 30
(144) Assistant Director 1 $96,579 31
(145) Fiscal Support Pool 1 32
Fiscal Support Manager $92,082 33
Fiscal Support Supervisor $75,685 34
Accountant II $72,774 35
Accountant I $69,975 36 As Engrossed: S3/31/25 SB130
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Fiscal Support Analyst $67,284 1
Fiscal Support Specialist $59,815 2
Accounting Technician $55,302 3
Fiscal Support Technician $51,130 4
(146) Asst. Dir. of Media Relations 2 $87,812 5
(147) Academic Adviser 2 $86,780 6
(148) Director of Marketing 1 $84,157 7
(149) Ticket Manager 1 $81,642 8
(150) Director of Student Union 1 $75,685 9
(151) Skilled Trades Pool 9 10
Skilled Trades Foreman $74,157 11
Skilled Trades Supervisor $71,305 12
Skilled Tradesman $68,562 13
Skilled Trades Helper $52,101 14
Apprentice Tradesman $46,319 15
(152) Athletic Ticket Sales Coordinator 1 $69,975 16
(153) Print Shop Manager 1 $69,975 17
(154) Administrative Support Pool 8 18
Administrative Assistant $67,284 19
Administrative Analyst $67,284 20
Administrative Support Supervisor $62,208 21
Administrative Specialist III $59,815 22
Administration Support Specialist $59,815 23
Administrative Specialist II $53,175 24
Administrative Support Specialist $53,175 25
Administrative Specialist I $47,272 26
Extra Help Assistant $38,855 27
(155) Special Events Manager 2 $67,284 28
(156) Institutional Printer 5 $64,696 29
(157) Student Union Night Manager 1 $64,696 30
(158) Special Events Coordinator 2 $59,815 31
(159) Athletic Facility Supervisor 3 $57,515 32
(160) Student Union Sec. Mgr. 1 $53,175 33
(161) Institutional Svcs. Supervisor 3 $43,706 34
(162) Institutional Svcs. Assistant 25 $42,025 35
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 2,270 36 As Engrossed: S3/31/25 SB130
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SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - OPERATIONS. There is hereby authorized, for 2
the Arkansas State University for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the following 3
maximum number of part -time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra 4
Help", payable from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: two thousand 5
sixty-four (2,064) temporary or part -time employees, when needed, at rates of 6
pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform Classification and 7
Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the appropriate 8
classification. 9
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SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS. There is hereby 11
appropriated, to the Arkansas State University, to be payable from the 12
Arkansas State University Fund, for personal services and operating expenses 13
of the Arkansas State University for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, 14
the following: 15
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 17
NO. 2025 -2026 18
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $57,500,000 19
(02) EXTRA HELP 134,000 20
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 9,150,000 21
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 22
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 7,203,094 23
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 24
(C) PROF. FEES 0 25
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 570,000 26
(E) DATA PROC. 0 27
(05) FUNDED DEPRECIATION 1,000,000 28
(06) CONTINGENCY 3,465,103 29
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $79,022,197 30
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SECTION 4. ALLOCATIONS. There is hereby allocated, to the various 32
programs of Arkansas State University, as set out herein, the following 33
amounts of the funds appropriated in the State Operations appropriation 34
section in this Act, to Arkansas State University, there to be used as 35
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provided by law, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 1
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MAXIMUM ALLOCATION 3
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 4
NO. 2025 -2026 5
(1) JONESBORO CAMPUS $72,767,154 6
(2) ASU - SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION 3,325,358 7
(3) HERITAGE SITES 2,476,122 8
(4) DELTA CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 453,563 9
TOTAL AMOUNT ALLOCATED $79,022,197 10
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SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - CASH FUNDS. There is hereby appropriated, 12
to the Arkansas State University, to be payable from cash funds as defined by 13
Arkansas Code 19-4-801, for personal services and operating expenses of the 14
Arkansas State University for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 15
following: 16
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 18
NO. 2025 -2026 19
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $36,000,000 20
(02) EXTRA HELP 10,970,000 21
(03) OVERTIME 30,000 22
(04) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 15,500,000 23
(05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 24
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 47,000,000 25
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 6,000,000 26
(C) PROF. FEES 27,675,000 27
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 11,000,000 28
(E) DATA PROC. 0 29
(06) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 51,396,158 30
(07) DEBT SERVICE 18,000,000 31
(08) PROMOTIONAL ITEMS 200,000 32
(09) RESALE 125,000 33
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $223,896,158 34
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SECTION 6. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 36 As Engrossed: S3/31/25 SB130
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authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 1
and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 2
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 3
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 4
Procedures and Restrictions Act, the Higher Education Expenditure Restriction 5
Act, or their successors, and other fiscal control laws of this State, where 6
applicable, and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and 7
Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in 8
disbursement of said funds. 9
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SECTION 7. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 11
Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 12
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 13
which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 14
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 15
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 16
summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 17
Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 18
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SECTION 8. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General 20
Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the 21
appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 22
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of 23
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 24
the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 25
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm 26
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 27
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 28
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 29
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025. 30
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APPROVED: 4/10/25 35
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