Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas Senate Bill SB40 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 891 of the Regular Session
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5		-	State of Arkansas As Engrossed: S4/7/25 1
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	3	+	State of Arkansas 1
6	4		95th General Assembly A Bill 2
7	5		Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 40 3
8	6		4
9	7		By: Joint Budget Committee 5
10	8		6
11	9		7
12	10		For An Act To Be Entitled 8
13	11		AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 9
14	12		AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE 10
15	13		COUNCIL, THE BUREAU OF LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH, AND THE 11
16	14		INTERIM COMMITTEES OF THE ARKANSAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY 12
17	15		FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; AND FOR 13
18	16		OTHER PURPOSES. 14
19	17		15
20	18		16
21	19		Subtitle 17
22	20		AN ACT FOR THE BUREAU OF LEGISLATIVE 18
23	21		RESEARCH AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 19
24	22		APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025 -2026 FISCAL 20
25	23		YEAR. 21
26	24		22
27	25		23
28	26		BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 24
29	27		25
30	28		SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - OPERATIONS. There is hereby established 26
31	29		for the Bureau of Legislative Research of the Legislative Council for the 27
32	30		2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 28
33	31		29
34	32		Maximum Annual 30
35	33		Maximum Salary Rate 31
36	34		Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 32
37	35		No. Code Title Employees 2025-2026 33
38		-	(1) Q030U DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF LEGIS RESEARCH 1 GRADE ~~EXE04~~ 34
39		-	(2) ~~Q302C DEPUTY~~ DIRECTOR 3 GRADE ~~EXE03~~ 35
40		-	(3) ~~Q303C~~ BLR ~~CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL~~ 1 GRADE ~~EXE03~~ 36 ~~As Engrossed: S4/7/25~~ SB40
	36	+	(1) Q030U DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF LEGIS RESEARCH 1 GRADE SE05 34
	37	+	(2) Q029U ASSISTANT DIRECTOR 4 GRADE SE04 35
	38	+	(3) Q061N BLR COUNSEL 1 GRADE SE03 36 SB40
41	39
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	41	+	(4) Q014N BLR ADMINISTRATOR 10 GRADE SE02 1
	42	+	(5) Q236C SR APPLICATIONS PROGRAMMER II 6 GRADE IT10 2
	43	+	(6) Q237C SR NETWORK SPECIALIST II 4 GRADE IT10 3
	44	+	(7) Q285C PC PROCUREMENT SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE IT08 4
	45	+	(8) Q286C SENIOR PC SUPPORT SPECIALIST III 4 GRADE IT07 5
	46	+	(9) Q262C BLR PRODUCTION ASSISTANT 1 GRADE IT04 6
	47	+	(10) Q224C ASSETS MANAGER 1 GRADE IT03 7
	48	+	(11) Q272C LEGISLATIVE ECONOMIST 1 GRADE GS15 8
	49	+	(12) Q068N LEGAL EDITOR SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE GS14 9
	50	+	(13) Q281C SENIOR LEGISLATIVE ATTORNEY III 23 GRADE GS14 10
	51	+	(14) Q287C SENIOR LEGAL EDITOR III 7 GRADE GS13 11
	52	+	(15) Q282C SENIOR LEGISLATIVE ANALYST III 33 GRADE GS13 12
	53	+	(16) Q283C BLR PROGRAM DEV & COMPLIANCE ANALYST II 1 GRADE GS10 13
	54	+	(17) Q284C LEGISLATIVE ADMIN SERVICES ANALYST III 3 GRADE GS10 14
	55	+	(18) Q067C ADMIN ASSIST TO DIRECTOR 1 GRADE GS09 15
	56	+	(19) Q077C ADMIN ASSIST TO AD 4 GRADE GS08 16
	57	+	(20) Q065C OFFICE SERVICES SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE GS08 17
	58	+	(21) Q235C ADMIN ASSIST TO ADMINISTRATOR 8 GRADE GS07 18
	59	+	(22) Q118C FACILITIES COORDINATOR 1 GRADE GS07 19
	60	+	(23) Q110C LEGISLATIVE ADMIN ASSISTANT II 16 GRADE GS06 20
	61	+	(24) Q131C BLR SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS04 21
	62	+	MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 134 22
	63	+	23
	64	+	SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - OPERATIONS. There is hereby authorized, for 24
	65	+	the Bureau of Legislative Research of the Legislative Council for the 2025-25
	66	+	2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part -time or temporary 26
	67	+	employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated 27
	68	+	herein for such purposes: thirty-one (31) temporary or part-time employees, 28
	69	+	when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform 29
	70	+	Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the 30
	71	+	appropriate classification. 31
	72	+	32
	73	+	SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, 33
	74	+	to the Bureau of Legislative Research of the Legislative Council , to be 34
	75	+	payable from the State Central Services Fund , for personal services, 35
	76	+	operating expenses, contingency, committee rooms, and construction and 36 SB40
43	77
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	79	+	capital improvements of the Bureau of Legislative Research and the 1
	80	+	Legislative Council for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 2
	81	+	3
	82	+	ITEM FISCAL YEAR 4
	83	+	NO. 2025-2026 5
	84	+	(01) REGULAR SALARIES $11,860,244 6
	85	+	(02) EXTRA HELP 150,000 7
	86	+	(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 3,827,527 8
	87	+	(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 9
	88	+	(A) OPER. EXPENSE 2,083,686 10
	89	+	(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 218,002 11
	90	+	(C) PROF. FEES 298,889 12
	91	+	(D) CAP. OUTLAY 400,000 13
	92	+	(E) DATA PROC. 0 14
	93	+	(05) CONSTRUCTION/CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 50,000 15
	94	+	(06) CONTINGENCY 3,393,480 16
	95	+	(07) COMMITTEE ROOMS 205,063 17
	96	+	TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $22,486,891 18
	97	+	19
	98	+	SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - INTERIM COMMITTEE STUDY EXPENSES . There is 20
	99	+	hereby appropriated, to the Bureau of Legislative Research of the Legislative 21
	100	+	Council Disbursing Officer , to be payable from the State Central Services 22
	101	+	Fund, for study expenses of the Committees of the Arkansas General Assembly 23
	102	+	for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 24
	103	+	25
	104	+	ITEM FISCAL YEAR 26
	105	+	NO. 2025-2026 27
	106	+	(01) INTERIM COMMITTEE STUDY EXPENSES $271,060 28
	107	+	29
	108	+	SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - INTERIM COMMITTEE EXPENSES . There is hereby 30
	109	+	appropriated, to the Bureau of Legislative Research of the Legislative 31
	110	+	Council Disbursing Officer , to be payable from the State Central Services 32
	111	+	Fund, for paying per diem, expenses and mileage to members of the Arkansas 33
	112	+	General Assembly attending regular and special meetings and other committee 34
	113	+	related activities of the Committees of the Arkansas General Assembly for the 35
	114	+	fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 36 SB40
44	115
45		-	(4) Q304C BLR CHIEF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OFFICER 1 GRADE IST14 1
46		-	(5) Q305C BLR CHIEF FISCAL OFFICER 1 GRADE EXE02 2
47		-	(6) Q306C LEGAL RES & DRAFTING CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL 1 GRADE EXE02 3
48		-	(7) Q307C ADMINISTRATIVE RULES CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL 1 GRADE EXE02 4
49		-	(8) Q308C STATUTORY REVIEW CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL 1 GRADE EXE02 5
50		-	(9) Q309C LEGISLATIVE PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE SPC10 6
51		-	(10) Q310C LEGISLATIVE BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE SPC10 7
52		-	(11) Q311C LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMMER ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE IST13 8
53		-	(12) Q312C LEGISLATIVE NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE IST13 9
54		-	(13) Q313C RESEARCH & POLICY ANALYSIS ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE SPC10 10
55		-	(14) Q314C COMMITTEE SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE SPC10 11
56		-	(15) Q315C LEGISLATIVE APPLICATIONS EXPERT 5 GRADE IST11 12
57		-	(16) Q316C LEGISLATIVE IT INFRASTRUCTURE EXPERT 4 GRADE IST11 13
58		-	(17) Q317C LEGISLATIVE WEBSITE SPECIALIST 1 GRADE IST07 14
59		-	(18) Q318C LEGISLATIVE USER IT EXPERT 5 GRADE IST05 15
60		-	(19) Q319C LEGISLATIVE DATA SPECIALIST 1 GRADE IST05 16
61		-	(20) Q320C LEGISLATIVE MEDIA ENGINEER 1 GRADE IST04 17
62		-	(21) Q272C LEGISLATIVE ECONOMIST 2 GRADE SPC08 18
63		-	(22) Q321C LEGISLATIVE ATTORNEY III 23 GRADE SPC08 19
64		-	(23) Q322C LEGISLATIVE EDITOR COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SPC06 20
65		-	(24) Q323C LEGISLATIVE STATE BUDGET EXPERT 10 GRADE SPC06 21
66		-	(25) Q324C LEGISLATIVE STATE PERSONNEL EXPERT 5 GRADE SPC06 22
67		-	(26) Q325C LEGISLATIVE EDITOR LEAD 7 GRADE SPC04 23
68		-	(27) Q326C LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH LEAD 7 GRADE SPC04 24
69		-	(28) Q327C LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE LEAD 10 GRADE SGS10 25
70		-	(29) Q328C LEGISLATIVE ADMIN SERVICES SR. ANALYST 3 GRADE SGS09 26
71		-	(30) Q329C LEGISLATIVE HUMAN RESOURCES ANALYST 1 GRADE SGS08 27
72		-	(31) Q330C LEGISLATIVE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT 1 GRADE SGS08 28
73		-	(32) Q331C LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASST III 4 GRADE SGS06 29
74		-	(33) Q110C LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASST II 8 GRADE SGS05 30
75		-	(34) Q332C LEGISLATIVE INVENTORY/FACILITIES SPEC 1 GRADE SGS04 31
76		-	(35) Q128C LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 16 GRADE SGS04 32
77		-	(36) Q333C LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS03 33
78		-	(37) Q065C OFFICE SERVICES SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE SGS06 34
79		-	MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 134 35
80		-	36 As Engrossed: S4/7/25 SB40
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	117	+	1
	118	+	ITEM FISCAL YEAR 2
	119	+	NO. 2025-2026 3
	120	+	(01) PER DIEM, EXPENSES, AND MILEAGE FOR 4
	121	+	MEMBERS OF THE ARKANSAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY 5
	122	+	COMMITTEES $1,449,199 6
	123	+	7
	124	+	SECTION 6. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 8
	125	+	CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 9
	126	+	CLASSIFICATION UTILIZATION. The Bureau of Legislative Research may utilize, 10
	127	+	at the discretion of the Director of the Bureau of Legislative Research, the 11
	128	+	following classifications as necessary. The use of these classifications 12
	129	+	shall not be considered as increasing the number of positions authorized in 13
	130	+	this act, only as a temporary reclassification or cross grade of a position. 14
	131	+	15
	132	+	CLASS 16
	133	+	CODE TITLE GRADE 17
	134	+	Q221C SENIOR LEGISLATIVE ATTORNEY II GS13 18
	135	+	Q234C SENIOR LEGAL EDITOR II GS12 19
	136	+	Q006C SENIOR LEGISLATIVE ANALYST II GS12 20
	137	+	Q220C SENIOR LEGISLATIVE ATTORNEY GS12 21
	138	+	Q223C SENIOR LEGAL EDITOR GS11 22
	139	+	Q032C SENIOR LEGISLATIVE ANALYST GS11 23
	140	+	Q007C LEGISLATIVE ATTORNEY II GS11 24
	141	+	Q073C LEGAL EDITOR III GS10 25
	142	+	Q064C LEGISLATIVE ANALYST III GS10 26
	143	+	Q046C LEGISLATIVE ATTORNEY GS10 27
	144	+	Q232C BLR PROGRAM DEVELOP & COMPLIANCE ANALYST GS09 28
	145	+	Q222C LEGAL EDITOR II GS09 29
	146	+	Q197C LEGISLATIVE ADMIN SERVICES ANALYST II GS09 30
	147	+	Q079C LEGISLATIVE ANALYST II GS09 31
	148	+	Q240C LEGAL EDITOR GS08 32
	149	+	Q239C LEGISLATIVE ANALYST GS08 33
	150	+	Q198C LEGISLATIVE ADMIN SERVICES ANALYST GS07 34
	151	+	Q128C LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT GS05 35
	152	+	Q241C SR. APPLICATIONS PROGRAMMER IT09 36 SB40
81	153
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	155	+	Q242C SR. NETWORK SPECIALIST IT09 1
	156	+	Q243C APPLICATIONS PROGRAMMER II IT08 2
	157	+	Q244C NETWORK SPECIALIST II IT08 3
	158	+	Q246C APPLICATIONS PROGRAMMER IT07 4
	159	+	Q247C NETWORK SPECIALIST IT07 5
	160	+	Q238C SENIOR PC SUPPORT SPECIALIST II IT06 6
	161	+	Q245C SR. PC SUPPORT SPECIALIST IT05 7
	162	+	Q271C APPLICATIONS SUPPORT SPECIALIST IT05 8
	163	+	Q063C PC SUPPORT SPECIALIST II IT04 9
	164	+	Q078C PC SUPPORT SPECIALIST IT03 10
	165	+	Q127C HELP DESK COORDINATOR IT02 11
	166	+	12
	167	+	The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 13
	168	+	2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 14
	169	+	15
	170	+	SECTION 7. SPECIAL LANGUAGE - CODE AMENDMENT. Arkansas Code § 10 -3-303, 16
	171	+	concerning the Bureau of Legislative Research, is amended to add additional 17
	172	+	subsections to read as follows: 18
	173	+	(i) The director may direct the Chief Fiscal Officer of the state to 19
	174	+	transfer appropriation between the following in such amounts as are 20
	175	+	determined to be necessary: 21
	176	+	(1) The line items within appropriations pertaining to the bureau; 22
	177	+	and 23
	178	+	(2) The appropriations made by the operative appropriation act for the 24
	179	+	bureau.; and 25
	180	+	(3) The appropriations for the Bureau to any other Constitutional 26
	181	+	Officer. 27
	182	+	28
	183	+	SECTION 8. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 29
	184	+	authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 30
	185	+	and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 31
	186	+	the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 32
	187	+	Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 33
	188	+	Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 34
	189	+	control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 35
	190	+	the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 36 SB40
83	191
84		-
85		-	SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - OPERATIONS. There is hereby authorized, for 1
86		-	the Bureau of Legislative Research of the Legislative Council for the 2025-2
87		-	2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part -time or temporary 3
88		-	employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated 4
89		-	herein for such purposes: thirty -one (31) temporary or part -time employees, 5
90		-	when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform 6
91		-	Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the 7
92		-	appropriate classification. 8
93		-	9
94		-	SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, 10
95		-	to the Bureau of Legislative Research of the Legislative Council, to be 11
96		-	payable from the State Central Services Fund, for personal services, 12
97		-	operating expenses, contingency, committee rooms, and construction and 13
98		-	capital improvements of the Bureau of Legislative Research and the 14
99		-	Legislative Council for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 15
100		-	16
101		-	ITEM FISCAL YEAR 17
102		-	NO. 2025 -2026 18
103		-	(01) REGULAR SALARIES $11,860,244 19
104		-	(02) EXTRA HELP 150,000 20
105		-	(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 3,827,527 21
106		-	(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 22
107		-	(A) OPER. EXPENSE 2,083,686 23
108		-	(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 218,002 24
109		-	(C) PROF. FEES 298,889 25
110		-	(D) CAP. OUTLAY 400,000 26
111		-	(E) DATA PROC. 0 27
112		-	(05) CONSTRUCTION/CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 50,000 28
113		-	(06) CONTINGENCY 3,393,480 29
114		-	(07) COMMITTEE ROOMS 205,063 30
115		-	TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $22,486,891 31
116		-	32
117		-	SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - INTERIM COMMITTEE STUDY EXPENSES. There is 33
118		-	hereby appropriated, to the Bureau of Legislative Research of the Legislative 34
119		-	Council Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the State Central Services 35
120		-	Fund, for study expenses of the Committees of the Arkansas General Assembly 36 As Engrossed: S4/7/25 SB40
121		-
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123		-
124		-
125		-	for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 1
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	193	+	strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 1
126	194		2
127		-	ITEM FISCAL YEAR 3
128		-	NO. 2025 -2026 4
129		-	(01) INTERIM COMMITTEE STUDY EXPENSES $271,060 5
130		-	6
131		-	SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - INTERIM COMMITTEE EXPENSES. There is hereby 7
132		-	appropriated, to the Bureau of Legislative Research of the Legislative 8
133		-	Council Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the State Central Services 9
134		-	Fund, for paying per diem, expenses and mileage to members of the Arkansas 10
135		-	General Assembly attending regular and special meetings and other committee 11
136		-	related activities of the Committees of the Arkansas General Assembly for the 12
137		-	fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 13
138		-	14
139		-	ITEM FISCAL YEAR 15
140		-	NO. 2025 -2026 16
141		-	(01) PER DIEM, EXPENSES, AND MILEAGE FOR 17
142		-	MEMBERS OF THE ARKANSAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY 18
143		-	COMMITTEES $1,449,199 19
144		-	20
145		-	SECTION 6. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 21
146		-	CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 22
147		-	CLASSIFICATION UTILIZATION. The Bureau of Legislative Research may utilize, 23
148		-	at the discretion of the Director of the Bureau of Legislative Research, the 24
149		-	following classifications as necessary. The use of these classifications 25
150		-	shall not be considered as increasing the number of positions authorized in 26
151		-	this act, only as a temporary reclassification or cross grade of a position. 27
152		-	28
153		-	CLASS 29
154		-	CODE TITLE GRADE 30
155		-	Q334C LEGISLATIVE ATTORNEY IV SPC09 31
156		-	Q335C LEGISLATIVE ATTORNEY II SPC05 32
157		-	Q336C LEGISLATIVE STATE BUDGET SENIOR ANALYST SPC05 33
158		-	Q337C LEGISLATIVE STATE PERSONNEL SENIOR ANALYST SPC05 34
159		-	Q338C LEGISLATIVE STATE BUDGET ANALYST SPC04 35
160		-	Q339C LEGISLATIVE STATE PERSONNEL ANALYST SPC04 36 As Engrossed: S4/7/25 SB40
161		-
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163		-
164		-
165		-	Q340C LEGISLATIVE ATTORNEY I SPC03 1
166		-	Q341C LEGISLATIVE EDITOR SENIOR ANALYST SPC02 2
167		-	Q342C LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH SENIOR ANALYST SPC02 3
168		-	Q343C LEGISLATIVE EDITOR ANALYST SPC01 4
169		-	Q344C LEGISLATIVE STATE BUDGET SPECIALIST SPC01 5
170		-	Q345C LEGISLATIVE STATE PERSONNEL SPECIALIST SPC01 6
171		-	Q346C LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH ANALYST SPC01 7
172		-	Q347C LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE SENIOR ANALYST SGS08 8
173		-	Q348C LEGISLATIVE HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST SGS07 9
174		-	Q349C LEGISLATIVE EDITOR SPECIALIST SGS06 10
175		-	Q350C LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ANALYST SGS06 11
176		-	Q364C LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH SPECIALIST SGS06 12
177		-	Q365C LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES SPEC SGS05 13
178		-	Q353C LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE SPECIALIST SGS05 14
179		-	Q354C LEGISLATIVE IT INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER IST10 15
180		-	Q355C LEGISLATIVE APPLICATIONS COORDINATOR IST10 16
181		-	Q356C LEGISLATIVE IT INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNICIAN IST08 17
182		-	Q357C LEGISLATIVE APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER II IST08 18
183		-	Q358C LEGISLATIVE APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER I IST07 19
184		-	Q359C LEGISLATIVE PROJECT ANALYST IST07 20
185		-	Q360C LEGISLATIVE IT INFRASTRUCTURE SPECIALIST IST06 21
186		-	Q361C LEGISLATIVE USER SUPPORT LEAD IST04 22
187		-	Q362C LEGISLATIVE USER SUPPORT TECHNICIAN IST03 23
188		-	Q363C LEGISLATIVE USER SUPPORT SPECIALIST IST02 24
189		-	25
190		-	The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 202 5 26
191		-	through June 30, 202 6. 27
192		-	28
193		-	SECTION 7. SPECIAL LANGUAGE - CODE AMENDMENT. Arkansas Code § 10 -3-303, 29
194		-	concerning the Bureau of Legislative Research, is amended to add additional 30
195		-	subsections to read as follows: 31
196		-	(i) The director may direct the Chief Fiscal Officer of the state to 32
197		-	transfer appropriation between the following in such amounts as are 33
198		-	determined to be necessary: 34
199		-	(1) The line items within appropriations pertaining to the bureau; 35
200		-	and 36 As Engrossed: S4/7/25 SB40
201		-
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203		-
204		-
205		-	(2) The appropriations made by the operative appropriation act for the 1
206		-	bureau.; and 2
207		-	(3) The appropriations for the Bureau to any other Constitutional 3
208		-	Officer. 4
209		-	5
210		-	SECTION 8. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 6
211		-	authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 7
212		-	and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 8
213		-	the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 9
214		-	Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 10
215		-	Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 11
216		-	control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 12
217		-	the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 13
218		-	strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 14
219		-	15
220		-	SECTION 9. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 16
221		-	Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 17
222		-	contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 18
223		-	which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 19
224		-	Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 20
225		-	manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 21
226		-	summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 22
227		-	Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 23
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229		-	SECTION 10. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 25
230		-	General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 26
231		-	the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 27
232		-	effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of 28
233		-	the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 29
234		-	the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 30
235		-	effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm 31
236		-	upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 32
237		-	programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 33
238		-	being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 34
239		-	and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025. 35
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	195	+	SECTION 9. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 3
	196	+	Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 4
	197	+	contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 5
	198	+	which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 6
	199	+	Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 7
	200	+	manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 8
	201	+	summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 9
	202	+	Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 10
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	204	+	SECTION 10. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 12
	205	+	General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 13
	206	+	the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 14
	207	+	effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of 15
	208	+	the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 16
	209	+	the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 17
	210	+	effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm 18
	211	+	upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 19
	212	+	programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 20
	213	+	being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 21
	214	+	and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025. 22
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