Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas Senate Bill SB30 Compare Versions

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1	1		Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
2		-	Act 59 of the Regular Session
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4	3		State of Arkansas 1
5	4		95th General Assembly A Bill 2
6	5		Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 30 3
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8	7		By: Joint Budget Committee 5
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11	10		For An Act To Be Entitled 8
12	11		AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL 9
13	12		SERVICES, OPERATING EXPENSES AND GRANTS FOR THE 10
14	13		PURPOSE OF MONITORING AND EVALUATING PROGRAM 11
15	14		EXPENDITURES FROM THE PROGRAM ACCOUNTS OF THE TOBACCO 12
16	15		SETTLEMENT PROGRAM FUND FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 13
17	16		- ARKANSAS TOBACCO SETTLEMENT COMMISSION FOR THE 14
18	17		FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; AND FOR OTHER 15
19	18		PURPOSES. 16
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22	21		Subtitle 19
23	22		AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - 20
24	23		ARKANSAS TOBACCO SETTLEMENT COMMISSION 21
25	24		APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025 -2026 FISCAL 22
26	25		YEAR. 23
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29	28		BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 26
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31	30		SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - OPERATIONS. There is hereby established 28
32	31		for the Department of Health - Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission for the 29
33	32		2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 30
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35	34		Maximum Annual 32
36	35		Maximum Salary Rate 33
37	36		Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 34
38	37		No. Code Title Employees 2025-2026 35
39	38		(1) C037C ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 1 GRADE GS06 36 SB30
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42	41		MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 1 1
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44	43		SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, 3
45	44		to the Department of Health , to be payable from the Tobacco Settlement 4
46	45		Commission Fund, for personal services and operating expenses necessary to 5
47	46		monitor and evaluate the various program accounts established within the 6
48	47		Tobacco Settlement Program Fund, and to provide grants as authorized in 7
49	48		Section 17 of Initiated Act 1 of 2000 of the Department of Health - Arkansas 8
50	49		Tobacco Settlement Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 9
51	50		following: 10
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53	52		ITEM FISCAL YEAR 12
54	53		NO. 2025-2026 13
55	54		(01) REGULAR SALARIES $43,881 14
56	55		(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 18,000 15
57	56		(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 16
58	57		(A) OPER. EXPENSE 42,575 17
59	58		(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 3,000 18
60	59		(C) PROF. FEES 250,000 19
61	60		(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 20
62	61		(E) DATA PROC. 0 21
63	62		(04) TOBACCO SETTLEMENT GRANTS 0 22
64	63		TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $357,456 23
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66	65		SECTION 3. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 25
67	66		CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 26
68	67		RESTRICTIONS. The appropriations provided in this act shall not be 27
69	68		transferred under the provisions of Arkansas Code 19 -4-522, but only as 28
70	69		provided by this act. 29
71	70		The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 30
72	71		2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 31
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74	73		SECTION 4. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 33
75	74		CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFERS 34
76	75		OF APPROPRIATIONS. In the event the amount of any of the budget 35
77	76		classifications of maintenance and general operation in this act are found by 36 SB30
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80	79		the administrative head of the agency to be inadequate, then the agency head 1
81	80		may request, upon forms provided for such purpose by the Chief Fiscal Officer 2
82	81		of the State, a modification of the amounts of the budget classification. In 3
83	82		that event, he shall set out on the forms the particular classifications for 4
84	83		which he is requesting an increase or decrease, the amounts thereof, and his 5
85	84		reasons therefor. In no event shall the total amount of the budget exceed 6
86	85		either the amount of the appropriation or the amount of the funds available, 7
87	86		nor shall any transfer be made from the capital outlay or data processing 8
88	87		subclassifications unless specific authority for such transfers is provided 9
89	88		by law, except for transfers from capital outlay to data processing when 10
90	89		determined by the Department of Transformation & Shared Services - Division 11
91	90		of Information Systems that data processing services for a state agency can 12
92	91		be performed on a more cost -efficient basis by the Department of 13
93	92		Transformation & Shared Services - Division of Information Systems than 14
94	93		through the purchase of data processing equipment by that state agency. In 15
95	94		considering the proposed modification as prepared and submitted by each state 16
96	95		agency, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall make such studies as he 17
97	96		deems necessary. The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall, after obtaining 18
98	97		the approval of the Legislative Council, approve the requested transfer if in 19
99	98		his opinion it is in the best interest of the state. 20
100	99		The General Assembly has determined that the agency in this act could be 21
101	100		operated more efficiently if some flexibility is given to that agency and 22
102	101		that flexibility is being accomplished by providing authority to transfer 23
103	102		between certain items of appropriation made by this act. Since the General 24
104	103		Assembly has granted the agency broad powers under the transfer of 25
105	104		appropriations, it is both necessary and appropriate that the General 26
106	105		Assembly maintain oversight of the utilization of the transfers by requiring 27
107	106		prior approval of the Legislative Council in the utilization of the transfer 28
108	107		authority. Therefore, the requirement of approval by the Legislative Council 29
109	108		is not a severable part of this section. If the requirement of approval by 30
110	109		the Legislative Council is ruled unconstitutional by a court of competent 31
111	110		jurisdiction, this entire section is void. 32
112	111		The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 33
113	112		2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 34
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115	114		SECTION 5. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 36 SB30
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118	117		CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 1
119	118		POSITIONS. (a) Nothing in this act shall be construed as a commitment of the 2
120	119		State of Arkansas or any of its agencies or institutions to continue funding 3
121	120		any position paid from the proceeds of the Tobacco Settlement in the event 4
122	121		that Tobacco Settlement funds are not sufficient to finance the position. 5
123	122		(b) State funds will not be used to replace Tobacco Settlement funds when 6
124	123		such funds expire, unless appropriated by the General Assembly and authorized 7
125	124		by the Governor. 8
126	125		(c) A disclosure of the language contained in (a) and (b) of this Section 9
127	126		shall be made available to all new hire and current positions paid from the 10
128	127		proceeds of the Tobacco Settlement by the Tobacco Settlement Commission. 11
129	128		(d) Whenever applicable the information contained in (a) and (b) of this 12
130	129		Section shall be included in the employee handbook and/or Professional 13
131	130		Services Contract paid from the proceeds of the Tobacco Settlement. 14
132	131		The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 15
133	132		2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 16
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135	134		SECTION 6. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 18
136	135		CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 19
137	136		COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds authorized by this act 20
138	137		shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency and funds made 21
139	138		available by law for the support of such appropriations; and the restrictions 22
140	139		of the State Purchasing Law, the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures 23
141	140		Law, the Regular Salary Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, 24
142	141		and other fiscal control laws of this State, where applicable, and 25
143	142		regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and Administration, as 26
144	143		authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in disbursement of said 27
145	144		funds. 28
146	145		The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 29
147	146		2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 30
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149	148		SECTION 7. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 32
150	149		CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 33
151	150		LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General Assembly that any funds 34
152	151		disbursed under the authority of the appropriations contained in this act 35
153	152		shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for which this act was 36 SB30
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156	155		adopted, as evidenced by Initiated Act 1 of 2000, the Agency Requests, 1
157	156		Executive Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the 2
158	157		budget manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, 3
159	158		letters, or summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas 4
160	159		Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and 5
161	160		adoption. 6
162	161		The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 7
163	162		2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 8
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165	164		SECTION 8. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General 10
166	165		Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the 11
167	166		appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 12
168	167		effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of 13
169	168		the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 14
170	169		the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 15
171	170		effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm 16
172	171		upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 17
173	172		programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 18
174	173		being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 19
175	174		and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025. 20
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