AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR.

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State of Arkansas As Engrossed: H4/22/26 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Fiscal Session, 2026 HOUSE BILL 1009 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 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC 10
SAFETY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2027; AND 11
FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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Subtitle 15
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC 16
SAFETY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 17
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 - SHARED SERVICES. There is hereby 23
established for the Department of Public Safety for the 2026-2027 fiscal 24
year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 25
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Maximum Annual 27
Maximum Salary Rate 28
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 29
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 30
(1) ESE12A SECRETARY OF PUBLIC SAFETY 1 GRADE EXE04 31
(2) EEX10A CHIEF OF STAFF II 1 GRADE EXE02 32
(3) FAC09C CHIEF FISCAL OFFICER II 1 GRADE SPC10 33
(4) LAT08C CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL I 1 GRADE SPC10 34
(5) HDH03C HR ADMINISTRATOR II 1 GRADE SPC08 35
(6) LAT05P ATTORNEY III 1 GRADE SPC08 36
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(7) CPR02C CHIEF OF COMMUNICATIONS II 1 GRADE SPC07 1
(8) FAC10C CONTROLLER 1 GRADE SPC06 2
(9) PRQ01C RESEARCH AND PLANNING DIRECTOR 1 GRADE SPC06 3
(10) LAT04P ATTORNEY II 3 GRADE SPC05 4
(11) SFO03P FORENSIC SCIENTIST 2 GRADE SPC03 5
(12) FFS01C FISCAL SUPPORT ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE SGS10 6
(13) FFS03C FISCAL SUPPORT MANAGER 1 GRADE SGS09 7
(14) HDH08P HR SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 3 GRADE SGS08 8
(15) FFS05P FISCAL SUPPORT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 5 GRADE SGS07 9
(16) HDH05P HR COORDINATOR 2 GRADE SGS07 10
(17) PPR02P PROCUREMENT COORDINATOR 4 GRADE SGS07 11
(18) CPR05P PUBLIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SGS07 12
(19) ILS03I LEGAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 3 GRADE SGS06 13
(20) FFS02P FISCAL SUPPORT COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SGS06 14
(21) FGM02P GRANTS COORDINATOR 4 GRADE SGS05 15
(22) PPE02P PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY SPECIALIST I 1 GRADE SGS05 16
(23) FFS04P FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 12 GRADE SGS04 17
(24) HDH07P HR SPECIALIST 4 GRADE SGS04 18
(25) TIW01P INVENTORY COORDINATOR 3 GRADE SGS04 19
(26) PAS03P ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST 3 GRADE SGS02 20
(27) IIA02C CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER II 1 GRADE IST12 21
(28) IIA06C IT MANAGER 1 GRADE IST10 22
(29) IIS11P IT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 3 GRADE IST09 23
(30) IIS01P IT COORDINATOR 2 GRADE IST08 24
(31) IIS06P IT INFRASTRUCTURE COORDINATOR 1 GRADE IST08 25
(32) IDM02P DATABASE ANALYST 1 GRADE IST07 26
(33) IIE03P IT SECURITY ANALYST II 1 GRADE IST07 27
(34) IIS04P IT INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYST 3 GRADE IST06 28
(35) IUS05P USER SUPPORT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE IST06 29
(36) IUS02P USER SUPPORT COORDINATOR 2 GRADE IST05 30
(37) IUS01P USER SUPPORT ANALYST 3 GRADE IST04 31
(38) IUS04P USER SUPPORT SPECIALIST 14 GRADE IST02 32
(39) IIP01P IT PROJECT COORDINATOR 1 GRADE IST06 33
(40) IIE02P IT SECURITY ANALYST I 1 GRADE IST06 34
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 97 35
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SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - SHARED SERVICES. There is hereby authorized, 1
for the Department of Public Safety - Shared Services for the 2026-2027 2
fiscal year, the following maximum number of part-time or temporary 3
employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated 4
herein for such purposes: five (5) temporary or part-time employees, when 5
needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform 6
Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the 7
appropriate classification. 8
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SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - SHARED SERVICES PAYING ACCOUNT. There is 10
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from 11
the paying account as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, 12
for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of Public 13
Safety - Shared Services for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 14
following: 15
16
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 17
NO. 2026-2027 18
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $5,904,636 19
(02) EXTRA HELP 55,000 20
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 2,105,020 21
(04) OVERTIME 10,000 22
(05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 23
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 810,629 24
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 35,500 25
(C) PROF. FEES 0 26
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 27
(E) DATA PROC. 0 28
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $8,920,785 29
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SECTION 4. REGULAR SALARIES - CRIME VICTIMS REPARATIONS PROGRAM. There 31
is hereby established for the Department of Public Safety - Crime Victims 32
Reparations Program for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum 33
number of regular employees. 34
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Maximum Annual 36
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Maximum Salary Rate 1
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 2
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 3
(1) SIA23P PUBLIC SAFETY SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS08 4
(2) PPE02P PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY SPECIALIST I 6 GRADE SGS05 5
(3) FFS04P FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS04 6
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 8 7
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SECTION 5. EXTRA HELP - CRIME VICTIMS REPARATIONS PROGRAM. There is 9
hereby authorized, for the Department of Public Safety - Crime Victims 10
Reparations Program for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum 11
number of part-time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", 12
payable from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: two (2) temporary 13
or part-time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those 14
provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its 15
successor, or this act for the appropriate classification. 16
17
SECTION 6. APPROPRIATION - CRIME VICTIMS REPARATIONS PROGRAM - STATE. 18
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be 19
payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, for personal services, 20
operating expenses and payment of claims by the Department of Public Safety - 21
Crime Victims Reparations Program - State for the fiscal year ending June 30, 22
2027, the following: 23
24
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 25
NO. 2026-2027 26
(01) CRIME VICTIMS REPARATIONS PROGRAM $2,182,659 27
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SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - CRIME VICTIMS REPARATIONS PROGRAM. There is 29
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from 30
the Crime Victims Reparations Revolving Fund, for operating expenses and 31
payment of claims by the Department of Public Safety - Crime Victims 32
Reparations Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 33
34
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 35
NO. 2026-2027 36
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(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 1
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $37,419 2
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 1,100 3
(C) PROF. FEES 1,545 4
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 5
(E) DATA PROC. 0 6
(02) CLAIMS 634,464 7
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $674,528 8
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SECTION 8. APPROPRIATION - CRIME VICTIMS REPARATIONS BOARD - FEDERAL. 10
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be 11
payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 12
the State, for operating expenses and payment of claims by the Department of 13
Public Safety - Crime Victims Reparations Board - Federal for the fiscal year 14
ending June 30, 2027, the following: 15
16
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 17
NO. 2026-2027 18
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 19
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $20,000 20
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 30,000 21
(C) PROF. FEES 0 22
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 23
(E) DATA PROC. 0 24
(02) CLAIMS 1,805,404 25
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,855,404 26
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SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION - PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT GRANT PROGRAM. 28
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be 29
payable from the Public Safety Equipment Grant Program Fund, for equipment, 30
training, accreditation, and associated expenditures of the Department of 31
Public Safety - Public Safety Equipment Grant Program for the fiscal year 32
ending June 30, 2027, the following: 33
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 35
NO. 2026-2027 36
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(01) PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT GRANT PROGRAM $5,000,000 1
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SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION - FEDERAL OPERATIONS. There is hereby 3
appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from the 4
federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 5
personal services and operating expenses of the Department of Public Safety - 6
Federal Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 7
8
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 9
NO. 2026-2027 10
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $171,228 11
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 65,409 12
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 13
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 840,100 14
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 128,400 15
(C) PROF. FEES 0 16
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 1,452,400 17
(E) DATA PROC. 0 18
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $2,657,537 19
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SECTION 11. APPROPRIATION - FEDERAL OPERATIONS - SEXUAL ASSAULT KIT 21
INITIATIVE. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public 22
Safety, to be payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief 23
Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services and operating expenses of 24
the Department of Public Safety - Federal Operations - Sexual Assault Kit 25
Initiative for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 26
27
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 28
NO. 2026-2027 29
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $166,200 30
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 60,714 31
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 32
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 491,771 33
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 14,066 34
(C) PROF. FEES 0 35
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 124,335 36
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(E) DATA PROC. 0 1
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $857,086 2
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SECTION 12. REGULAR SALARIES - ARKANSAS STATE POLICE. There is hereby 4
established for the Department of Public Safety - Division of Arkansas State 5
Police for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular 6
employees. 7
8
Maximum Annual 9
Maximum Salary Rate 10
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 11
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 12
(1) PAV01P AVIATION MANAGER 1 GRADE SPC07 13
(2) SPS06C PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM MANAGER 2 GRADE SPC05 14
(3) SFO05P FORENSIC SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SPC05 15
(4) SCM05P LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR 1 GRADE SPC03 16
(5) SIA07C CHILD ABUSE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR 2 GRADE SGS09 17
(6) TAT04P FLEET COORDINATOR 3 GRADE SGS09 18
(7) HDH08P HR SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 2 GRADE SGS08 19
(8) CPR08P PUBLIC INFORMATION SUPVR./EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS08 20
(9) SIA23P PUBLIC SAFETY SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS08 21
(10) TFM02C FACILITY MANAGER 2 GRADE SGS07 22
(11) FGM03C GRANTS MANAGER 1 GRADE SGS07 23
(12) PAS08I EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT 1 GRADE SGS07 24
(13) SIA05P CHILD ABUSE INVEST. SUPVR./EXPERT 11 GRADE SGS07 25
(14) SIA11P CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE SUPVR./EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS07 26
(15) HDH05P HR COORDINATOR 2 GRADE SGS07 27
(16) TAT07P MECHANIC SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS07 28
(17) CPR05P PUBLIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SGS07 29
(18) SIA01P CDL EXAMINER 15 GRADE SGS06 30
(19) SIA06P CHILD ABUSE INVESTIGATOR 73 GRADE SGS06 31
(20) SIA10P CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE ANALYST 4 GRADE SGS06 32
(21) SIA13P DISPATCHER SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 13 GRADE SGS06 33
(22) SIA14P DRIVER LICENSE COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SGS06 34
(23) TMA04P MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 3 GRADE SGS06 35
(24) TAT06P MECHANIC 2 GRADE SGS06 36
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(25) CPR07P PUBLIC INFORMATION SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS06 1
(26) SIA22P PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATOR 6 GRADE SGS06 2
(27) PQA03P QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST 2 GRADE SGS06 3
(28) TFS04C FOOD SERVICES SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS05 4
(29) PAS01P ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 11 GRADE SGS05 5
(30) SIA08P CHILD ABUSE PROGRAM SUPVR./EXPERT 5 GRADE SGS05 6
(31) SIA12P DISPATCHER 75 GRADE SGS05 7
(32) SIA16P DRIVER LICENSE SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 5 GRADE SGS05 8
(33) FGM02P GRANTS COORDINATOR 3 GRADE SGS05 9
(34) IIN02P INSPECTOR II 8 GRADE SGS05 10
(35) PPE02P PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY SPECIALIST I 1 GRADE SGS05 11
(36) PAS02P ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR 31 GRADE SGS04 12
(37) SIA04P CHILD ABUSE HOTLINE REPRESENTATIVE 35 GRADE SGS04 13
(38) SIA15P DRIVER LICENSE EXAMINER 46 GRADE SGS04 14
(39) SIA17P FINGERPRINT TECHNICIAN 9 GRADE SGS04 15
(40) FFS04P FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS04 16
(41) HDH07P HR SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS04 17
(42) IIV02P INVESTIGATOR I 1 GRADE SGS04 18
(43) PAS03P ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST 7 GRADE SGS02 19
(44) PAS10P LICENSING SPECIALIST 27 GRADE SGS02 20
(45) SPO04C ASP LIEUTENANT COLONEL 2 GRADE LES12 21
(46) SPO05C ASP MAJOR 5 GRADE LES11 22
(47) SPO01C ASP CAPTAIN 20 GRADE LES10 23
(48) SPO03C ASP LIEUTENANT 30 GRADE LES09 24
(49) SPO06C ASP SERGEANT 86 GRADE LES08 25
(50) SPO02P ASP CORPORAL 271 GRADE LES07 26
(51) SPO08P ASP TROOPER 1ST CLASS 86 GRADE LES06 27
(52) SPO07P ASP TROOPER 165 GRADE LES05 28
(53) IUS04P USER SUPPORT SPECIALIST 4 GRADE IST02 29
(54) SFO03P FORENSIC SCIENTIST 2 GRADE SPC03 30
(55) HDH09C HR ASSISTANT MANAGER 1 GRADE SGS10 31
(56) PQA04P QUALITY ASSURANCE SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS08 32
(57) PQA01P QUALITY ASSURANCE COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SGS07 33
(58) TFM03P FACILITY SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS05 34
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 1,096 35
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SECTION 13. EXTRA HELP - ASP. There is hereby authorized, for the 1
Department of Public Safety - Division of Arkansas State Police for the 2026-2
2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part-time or temporary 3
employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated 4
herein for such purposes: twenty (20) temporary or part-time employees, when 5
needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform 6
Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the 7
appropriate classification. 8
9
SECTION 14. APPROPRIATION - ASP - OPERATIONS. There is hereby 10
appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from the 11
Division of Arkansas State Police Fund, for personal services and operating 12
expenses of the Department of Public Safety - Division of Arkansas State 13
Police - Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 14
15
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 16
NO. 2026-2027 17
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $64,216,841 18
(02) EXTRA HELP 238,835 19
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 39,207,855 20
(04) OVERTIME 3,861,000 21
(05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 22
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 15,798,588 23
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 169,875 24
(C) PROF. FEES 295,977 25
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 26
(E) DATA PROC. 0 27
(06) UNIFORMS 640,000 28
(07) COVERT OPERATIONS 125,000 29
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $124,553,971 30
31
SECTION 15. APPROPRIATION - ASP - VARIOUS FEDERAL PROGRAMS. There is 32
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from 33
the federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 34
operating expenses of the Department of Public Safety - Division of Arkansas 35
State Police - Various Federal Programs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 36
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2027, the following: 1
2
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 3
NO. 2026-2027 4
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 5
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $570,330 6
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 212,596 7
(C) PROF. FEES 6,000 8
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 249,982 9
(E) DATA PROC. 0 10
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,038,908 11
12
SECTION 16. APPROPRIATION - ASP - AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION 13
SYSTEM (AFIS). There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public 14
Safety, to be payable from the State Police Equipment Fund, for operating 15
expenses of the Department of Public Safety - Division of Arkansas State 16
Police - AFIS for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 17
18
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 19
NO. 2026-2027 20
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 21
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $1,666,650 22
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 8,400 23
(C) PROF. FEES 0 24
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 50,000 25
(E) DATA PROC. 0 26
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,725,050 27
28
SECTION 17. APPROPRIATION - ASP - CONFISCATED FUNDS TRANSFER. There is 29
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from 30
the Court Awards Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of the 31
Department of Public Safety - Division of Arkansas State Police - Confiscated 32
Funds Transfer for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 33
34
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 35
NO. 2026-2027 36
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(01) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING $71,160 1
(02) OVERTIME 110,000 2
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 3
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 279,930 4
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 80,000 5
(C) PROF. FEES 50,000 6
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 100,000 7
(E) DATA PROC. 0 8
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $691,090 9
10
SECTION 18. APPROPRIATION - ASP - CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS. There is 11
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from 12
the State Police Equipment Fund, for personal services and operating expenses 13
of the Department of Public Safety - Division of Arkansas State Police - 14
Criminal Background Checks for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 15
following: 16
17
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 18
NO. 2026-2027 19
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $409,825 20
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 306,246 21
(03) OVERTIME 1,000 22
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 23
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 2,784,412 24
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 8,700 25
(C) PROF. FEES 0 26
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 200,000 27
(E) DATA PROC. 0 28
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $3,710,183 29
30
SECTION 19. APPROPRIATION - ASP - HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM - FEDERAL. 31
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be 32
payable from the Division of Arkansas State Police Fund, for personal 33
services, operating expenses and Highway Safety Program Grants of the 34
Department of Public Safety - Division of Arkansas State Police - Highway 35
Safety Program - Federal for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 36
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following: 1
2
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 3
NO. 2026-2027 4
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $653,107 5
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 663,530 6
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 7
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 20,000 8
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 9
(C) PROF. FEES 0 10
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 11
(E) DATA PROC. 0 12
(04) HIGHWAY SAFETY GRANTS 200,000 13
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,536,637 14
15
SECTION 20. APPROPRIATION - ASP - HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM - STATE. 16
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be 17
payable from the Arkansas Child Passenger Protection Fund, for operating 18
expenses and Highway Safety Program Grants of the Department of Public Safety 19
- Division of Arkansas State Police - Highway Safety Program - State for the 20
fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 21
22
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 23
NO. 2026-2027 24
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 25
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $80,000 26
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 27
(C) PROF. FEES 0 28
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 29
(E) DATA PROC. 0 30
(02) HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM GRANTS 123,000 31
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $203,000 32
33
SECTION 21. APPROPRIATION - ASP - HOMELAND SECURITY - FEDERAL. There 34
is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be transferred 35
from the Division of Arkansas State Police Fund, and to be payable from the 36
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federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 1
operating expenses of the Department of Public Safety - Division of Arkansas 2
State Police - Homeland Security - Federal for the fiscal year ending June 3
30, 2027, the following: 4
5
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 6
NO. 2026-2027 7
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 8
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $255,370 9
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 197,966 10
(C) PROF. FEES 0 11
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 265,000 12
(E) DATA PROC. 0 13
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $718,336 14
15
SECTION 22. APPROPRIATION - ASP - TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT. There is 16
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from 17
the State Police Equipment Fund, for personal services and operating expenses 18
of the Department of Public Safety - Division of Arkansas State Police - 19
Training and Equipment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 20
following: 21
22
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 23
NO. 2026-2027 24
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $388,280 25
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 192,735 26
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 27
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 1,000,000 28
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 29
(C) PROF. FEES 0 30
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 250,000 31
(E) DATA PROC. 0 32
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,831,015 33
34
SECTION 23. APPROPRIATION - ASP - OPERATIONS - CASH. There is hereby 35
appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from the cash 36
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fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal 1
Officer of the State, for operating expenses of the Department of Public 2
Safety - Division of Arkansas State Police - Operations - Cash for the fiscal 3
year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 4
5
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 6
NO. 2026-2027 7
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 8
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $100,000 9
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 10
(C) PROF. FEES 0 11
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 12
(E) DATA PROC. 0 13
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $100,000 14
15
SECTION 24. REGULAR SALARIES - CLEST. There is hereby established for 16
the Department of Public Safety - Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement 17
Standards and Training for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum 18
number of regular employees. 19
20
Maximum Annual 21
Maximum Salary Rate 22
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 23
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 24
(1) SPS01C CLEST DIRECTOR 1 GRADE LES11 25
(2) SPS04P LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING SUPVR 4 GRADE LES06 26
(3) SPS07P SR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING OFFICER 16 GRADE LES05 27
(4) SPS03P LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING OFFICER 4 GRADE LES04 28
(5) SPS05C PUBLIC SAFETY DEPUTY DIRECTOR 2 GRADE SPC06 29
(6) CTR02P TRAINER 2 GRADE SGS07 30
(7) ILS03I LEGAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS06 31
(8) EEP05P EDUCATION PROGRAM SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS06 32
(9) TMA04P MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 2 GRADE SGS06 33
(10) TFS04C FOOD SERVICES SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS05 34
(11) PAS02P ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR 5 GRADE SGS04 35
(12) TFS05P KITCHEN SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 2 GRADE SGS03 36
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(13) TMA05P MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN 1 GRADE SGS03 1
(14) SSE01P SECURITY GUARD 5 GRADE SGS03 2
(15) PAS03P ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST 6 GRADE SGS02 3
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 53 4
5
SECTION 25. APPROPRIATION - CLEST - OPERATIONS. There is hereby 6
appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from the 7
Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, for personal services and operating 8
expenses of the Department of Public Safety - CLEST - Operations for the 9
fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 10
11
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 12
NO. 2026-2027 13
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $2,496,499 14
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 949,094 15
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 16
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 1,054,870 17
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 14,700 18
(C) PROF. FEES 5,699 19
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 20
(E) DATA PROC. 0 21
(04) ADVANCED LAW ENFORCEMENT RAPID 22
RESPONSE TRAINING (ALERRT) 100,000 23
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $4,620,862 24
25
SECTION 26. APPROPRIATION - CLEST - SPECIAL TRAINING - CASH. There is 26
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from 27
the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief 28
Fiscal Officer of the State, for operating expenses of the Department of 29
Public Safety - CLEST - Special Training - Cash for the fiscal year ending 30
June 30, 2027, the following: 31
32
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 33
NO. 2026-2027 34
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 35
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $50,000 36
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(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 1
(C) PROF. FEES 0 2
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 3
(E) DATA PROC. 0 4
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $50,000 5
6
SECTION 27. APPROPRIATION - CLEST - 911 TRAINING & EDUCATION. There is 7
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from 8
the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, for personal services and operating 9
expenses of the Department of Public Safety - CLEST - 911 Training & 10
Education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 11
12
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 13
NO. 2026-2027 14
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $141,013 15
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 52,335 16
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 17
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 189,099 18
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 5,000 19
(C) PROF. FEES 1,000 20
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 21
(E) DATA PROC. 0 22
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $388,447 23
24
SECTION 28. APPROPRIATION - CLEST - FALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. 25
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be 26
payable from the Fallen Law Enforcement Officers' Beneficiary Fund, for 27
personal services, operating expenses and grants of the Department of Public 28
Safety - CLEST - Fallen Law Enforcement Officers for the fiscal year ending 29
June 30, 2027, the following: 30
31
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 32
NO. 2026-2027 33
(01) FALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS $50,000 34
35
SECTION 29. APPROPRIATION - CLEST - LAW ENFORCEMENT FAMILY RELIEF TRUST 36
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FUND. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to 1
be payable from the Law Enforcement Family Relief Trust Fund, for 2
miscellaneous grants awarded by the Department of Public Safety - CLEST - Law 3
Enforcement Family Relief Trust Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 4
2027, the following: 5
6
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 7
NO. 2026-2027 8
(01) LAW ENFORCEMENT FAMILY RELIEF GRANTS $500,000 9
10
SECTION 30. APPROPRIATION - CLEST - LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING PROGRAM. 11
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be 12
payable from the Law Enforcement Training Fund, for personal services and 13
operating expenses of the Department of Public Safety - CLEST - Law 14
Enforcement Training Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 15
following: 16
17
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 18
NO. 2026-2027 19
(01) LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING PROGRAM 20
EXPENSES $160,000 21
22
SECTION 31. APPROPRIATION - CLEST - CASH OPERATIONS. There is hereby 23
appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from the cash 24
fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal 25
Officer of the State, for operating expenses of the Department of Public 26
Safety - CLEST - Cash Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, 27
the following: 28
29
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 30
NO. 2026-2027 31
(01) PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT GRANT $100,000 32
33
SECTION 32. APPROPRIATION - CLEST - CASH. There is hereby 34
appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from the cash 35
fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal 36
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Officer of the State, for operating expenses and costs associated with the 1
Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Program of the Department of 2
Public Safety - CLEST - Cash for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 3
following: 4
5
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 6
NO. 2026-2027 7
(01) TRANSFER - ALERRT $145,000 8
9
SECTION 33. APPROPRIATION - CLEST - FEDERAL. There is hereby 10
appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from the 11
federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 12
operating expenses and costs associated with the Crisis Intervention Program 13
of the Department of Public Safety - CLEST - Federal for the fiscal year 14
ending June 30, 2027, the following: 15
16
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 17
NO. 2026-2027 18
(01) FEDERAL AWARD $100,000 19
20
SECTION 34. REGULAR SALARIES - CLEST - LAW ENFORCEMENT SAFETY OFFICE. 21
There is hereby established for the Department of Public Safety - CLEST - Law 22
Enforcement Safety Office for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following 23
maximum number of regular employees. 24
25
Maximum Annual 26
Maximum Salary Rate 27
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 28
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 29
(1) SIA22P PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SGS06 30
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 1 31
32
SECTION 35. APPROPRIATION - CLEST - LAW ENFORCEMENT SAFETY OFFICE - 33
CASH. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to 34
be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined 35
by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for operating expenses of the 36
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Department of Public Safety - CLEST - Law Enforcement Safety Office - Cash 1
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 2
3
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 4
NO. 2026-2027 5
(01) LAW ENFORCEMENT SAFETY OFFICE - CASH $40,000 6
7
SECTION 36. APPROPRIATION - CLEST - LAW ENFORCEMENT SAFETY OFFICE. 8
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be 9
payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, for personal services 10
and operating expenses of the Department of Public Safety - CLEST - Law 11
Enforcement Safety Office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 12
following: 13
14
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 15
NO. 2026-2027 16
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $70,379 17
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 24,086 18
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 19
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 100 20
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 21
(C) PROF. FEES 0 22
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 23
(E) DATA PROC. 0 24
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $94,565 25
26
SECTION 37. REGULAR SALARIES - CLEST - CRIMINAL DETENTION FACILITY 27
REVIEW. There is hereby established for the Department of Public Safety - 28
CLEST - Criminal Detention Facility Review for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the 29
following maximum number of regular employees. 30
31
Maximum Annual 32
Maximum Salary Rate 33
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 34
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 35
(1) SIA09P CRIMINAL DETENTION FACILITIES COORD 1 GRADE SGS09 36
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(2) PAS02P ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SGS04 1
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 2 2
3
SECTION 38. APPROPRIATION - CLEST - CRIMINAL DETENTION FACILITY REVIEW. 4
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be 5
payable from the State Central Services Fund, for personal services and 6
operating expenses of the Department of Public Safety - CLEST - Criminal 7
Detention Facility Review for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 8
following: 9
10
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 11
NO. 2026-2027 12
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $110,113 13
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 41,133 14
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 15
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 19,000 16
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 1,500 17
(C) PROF. FEES 0 18
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 19
(E) DATA PROC. 0 20
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $171,746 21
22
SECTION 39. APPROPRIATION - CLEST - CRIMINAL DETENTION COMMITTEE 23
EXPENSES. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, 24
to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, for operating 25
expenses of the Department of Public Safety - CLEST - Criminal Detention 26
Committee Expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 27
28
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 29
NO. 2026-2027 30
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 31
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $18,639 32
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 33
(C) PROF. FEES 0 34
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 35
(E) DATA PROC. 0 36
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TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $18,639 1
2
SECTION 40. APPROPRIATION - CLEST - TRANSPORTATION OF JUVENILE 3
OFFENDERS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, 4
to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, for miscellaneous 5
grants and aid of the Department of Public Safety - CLEST - Transportation of 6
Juvenile Offenders for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 7
8
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 9
NO. 2026-2027 10
(01) GRANTS AND AID - TRANSPORTATION OF 11
JUVENILE OFFENDERS $187,000 12
13
SECTION 41. REGULAR SALARIES - ACIC. There is hereby established for 14
the Department of Public Safety - Arkansas Crime Information Center for the 15
2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 16
17
Maximum Annual 18
Maximum Salary Rate 19
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 20
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 21
(1) EEX15A CRIME INFORMATION DIRECTOR 1 GRADE EXE01 22
(2) SPS05C PUBLIC SAFETY DEPUTY DIRECTOR 2 GRADE SPC06 23
(3) SIA23P PUBLIC SAFETY SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 2 GRADE SGS08 24
(4) PAS08I EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT 1 GRADE SGS07 25
(5) PQA01P QUALITY ASSURANCE COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SGS07 26
(6) SIA22P PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATOR 8 GRADE SGS06 27
(7) PAS02P ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR 2 GRADE SGS04 28
(8) SIA18P INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER 1 GRADE SGS04 29
(9) PAS03P ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST 28 GRADE SGS02 30
(10) IUS05P USER SUPPORT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE IST06 31
(11) IUS04P USER SUPPORT SPECIALIST 8 GRADE IST02 32
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 55 33
34
SECTION 42. EXTRA HELP - ACIC. There is hereby authorized, for the 35
Department of Public Safety - Arkansas Crime Information Center for the 2026-36
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2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part-time or temporary 1
employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated 2
herein for such purposes: one (1) temporary or part-time employees, when 3
needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform 4
Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the 5
appropriate classification. 6
7
SECTION 43. APPROPRIATION - ACIC - OPERATIONS. There is hereby 8
appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from the 9
Crime Information System Fund, for personal services and operating expenses 10
of the Department of Public Safety - ACIC - Operations for the fiscal year 11
ending June 30, 2027, the following: 12
13
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 14
NO. 2026-2027 15
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $2,483,033 16
(02) EXTRA HELP 23,369 17
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 1,042,165 18
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 19
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 3,960,506 20
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 38,250 21
(C) PROF. FEES 11,000 22
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 23
(E) DATA PROC. 0 24
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $7,558,323 25
26
SECTION 44. APPROPRIATION - ACIC - SYSTEMS CONFERENCE. There is hereby 27
appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from the cash 28
fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal 29
Officer of the State, for operating expenses of the Department of Public 30
Safety - ACIC - Systems Conference for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, 31
the following: 32
33
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 34
NO. 2026-2027 35
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 36
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(A) OPER. EXPENSE $0 1
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 100,000 2
(C) PROF. FEES 0 3
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 4
(E) DATA PROC. 0 5
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $100,000 6
7
SECTION 45. APPROPRIATION - ACIC - SEX OFFENDERS REGISTRATION PROGRAM. 8
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be 9
payable from the Sex Offenders Registration Fund, for operating expenses of 10
the Department of Public Safety - ACIC - Sex Offenders Registration Program 11
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 12
13
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 14
NO. 2026-2027 15
(01) SOR TRANSFERS $60,000 16
17
SECTION 46. APPROPRIATION - ACIC - SCRAP METAL LOGBOOK. There is 18
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from 19
the Crime Information System Fund, for operating expenses of the Department 20
of Public Safety - ACIC - Scrap Metal Logbook for the fiscal year ending June 21
30, 2027, the following: 22
23
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 24
NO. 2026-2027 25
(01) SCRAP METAL LOGBOOK/CATALYTIC 26
CONVERTER PROGRAM $190,000 27
28
SECTION 47. APPROPRIATION - ACIC - FEDERAL OPERATIONS. There is hereby 29
appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from the 30
federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 31
operating expenses of the Department of Public Safety - ACIC - Federal 32
Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 33
34
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 35
NO. 2026-2027 36
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(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 1
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $297,000 2
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 3,164 3
(C) PROF. FEES 0 4
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 1,100,000 5
(E) DATA PROC. 0 6
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,400,164 7
8
SECTION 48. APPROPRIATION - ACIC - NCHIP. There is hereby 9
appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from the 10
federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 11
operating expenses of the National Criminal History Improvement Program of 12
the Department of Public Safety - ACIC - NCHIP for the fiscal year ending 13
June 30, 2027, the following: 14
15
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 16
NO. 2026-2027 17
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 18
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $17,719 19
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 4,104 20
(C) PROF. FEES 0 21
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 383,531 22
(E) DATA PROC. 0 23
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $405,354 24
25
SECTION 49. REGULAR SALARIES - CRIME LAB. There is hereby established 26
for the Department of Public Safety - Arkansas Crime Lab for the 2026-2027 27
fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 28
29
Maximum Annual 30
Maximum Salary Rate 31
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 32
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 33
(1) SPS05C PUBLIC SAFETY DEPUTY DIRECTOR 2 GRADE SPC06 34
(2) SFO05P FORENSIC SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 16 GRADE SPC05 35
(3) SFO03P FORENSIC SCIENTIST 88 GRADE SPC03 36
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(4) SLA03P LABORATORY SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SPC03 1
(5) SFO04P FORENSIC SPECIALIST 2 GRADE SPC01 2
(6) SLA06P LABORATORY TECHNICIAN III 1 GRADE SGS08 3
(7) SFO06P FORENSIC TECHNICIAN 47 GRADE SGS05 4
(8) TMA05P MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN 1 GRADE SGS03 5
(9) PAS03P ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST 2 GRADE SGS02 6
(10) SFO01C CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER 1 GRADE MED16 7
(11) MPH01C DEPUTY MEDICAL EXAMINER 1 GRADE MED15 8
(12) SFO02C CRIME LAB MEDICAL EXAMINER 7 GRADE MED14 9
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 169 10
11
SECTION 50. APPROPRIATION - CRIME LAB - STATE OPERATIONS. There is 12
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from 13
the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, for personal services and operating 14
expenses of the Department of Public Safety - Crime Lab - State Operations 15
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 16
17
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 18
NO. 2026-2027 19
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $10,261,796 20
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 3,605,204 21
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 22
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 2,172,998 23
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 55,000 24
(C) PROF. FEES 66,515 25
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 26
(E) DATA PROC. 0 27
(04) STUDENT LOAN INCENTIVE PROGRAM 28
EXPENSES 75,000 29
(05) FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM EXPENSES 125,000 30
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $16,361,513 31
32
SECTION 51. APPROPRIATION - CRIME LAB - DNA SECTION - SPECIAL. There 33
is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable 34
from the DNA Detection Fund, for operating expenses of the Department of 35
Public Safety - Crime Lab - DNA Section - Special for the fiscal year ending 36
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June 30, 2027, the following: 1
2
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 3
NO. 2026-2027 4
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 5
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $1,433,520 6
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 33,750 7
(C) PROF. FEES 185,000 8
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 9
(E) DATA PROC. 0 10
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,652,270 11
12
SECTION 52. APPROPRIATION - CRIME LAB - EQUIPMENT - SPECIAL. There is 13
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from 14
the Crime Lab Equipment Fund, for the purchase and replacement of crime lab 15
equipment and operations of the Department of Public Safety - Crime Lab - 16
Equipment - Special for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 17
18
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 19
NO. 2026-2027 20
(01) CRIME LAB EQUIP/PUR/REPLACE $587,023 21
22
SECTION 53. APPROPRIATION - CRIME LAB - FEDERAL. There is hereby 23
appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from the 24
federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 25
personal services and operating expenses of the Department of Public Safety - 26
Crime Lab - Federal for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 27
28
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 29
NO. 2026-2027 30
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $633,274 31
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 239,457 32
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 33
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 1,719,902 34
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 500,228 35
(C) PROF. FEES 614,470 36
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(D) CAP. OUTLAY 586,279 1
(E) DATA PROC. 0 2
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $4,293,610 3
4
SECTION 54. APPROPRIATION - CRIME LAB - CASH. There is hereby 5
appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from the cash 6
fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal 7
Officer of the State, for operating expenses of the Department of Public 8
Safety - Crime Lab - Cash for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 9
following: 10
11
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 12
NO. 2026-2027 13
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 14
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $254,000 15
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 16
(C) PROF. FEES 0 17
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 18
(E) DATA PROC. 0 19
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $254,000 20
21
SECTION 55. APPROPRIATION - CRIME LAB - RAPID DNA TECHNOLOGY. There is 22
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to be payable from 23
the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, for Rapid DNA Technology operating 24
expenses of the Department of Public Safety - Crime Lab - Rapid DNA 25
Technology for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 26
27
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 28
NO. 2026-2027 29
(01) RAPID DNA EXPENSES $1,386,572 30
31
SECTION 56. APPROPRIATION - CRIME LAB - RAPID ID JUMP START PACKAGE - 32
CASH. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety, to 33
be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined 34
by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for Rapid ID Jump Start Package 35
expenses of the Department of Public Safety - Crime Lab - Rapid ID Jump Start 36
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Package - Cash for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 1
2
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 3
NO. 2026-2027 4
(01) RAPID ID JUMP START PACKAGE $369,460 5
6
SECTION 57. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 7
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. ASP. 8
PROMOTIONAL ITEMS. The Arkansas State Police is hereby authorized to purchase 9
from Maintenance & General Operations Classifications in the Operations 10
Appropriation provided by this Act, up to an amount not to exceed $2,500 each 11
fiscal year, promotional items, authorized by the Secretary of the Department 12
to meet requirements of the Arkansas State Police Strategic Recruitment Plan. 13
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 14
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 15
16
SECTION 58. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 17
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 18
ASP. MOTOR VEHICLE PURCHASE. The Arkansas State Police is hereby authorized 19
to purchase motor vehicles from the appropriations authorized for Capital 20
Outlay in the State Police Operations and/or Confiscated Funds Transfer 21
appropriation in this Act. Motor vehicles donated to Arkansas State Police 22
and confiscated vehicles used for Arkansas State Police operations shall not 23
be included in the maximum number of authorized passenger vehicles. 24
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 25
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 26
27
SECTION 59. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 28
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 29
SHARED SERVICES. (a)(1) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State may create a 30
Shared Services paying account on his or her books and on the books of the 31
Treasurer of State and the Auditor of State for the payment of personal 32
services and operating expenses in the Shared Services Paying Account 33
Appropriation by the Department of Public Safety. 34
(2) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall direct the transfer 35
of funds and appropriations to the Shared Services Paying Account 36
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appropriation section of this act on the books of the Treasurer of State, the 1
Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State. 2
(3) The transfer authority provided to the department in 3
subdivision (a)(2) of this section may be used to make transfers only within 4
the department's appropriation act or between other appropriation acts 5
authorized for the department. 6
(4) The provisions of this section shall be in effect from the 7
date of passage through June 30, 2026 2027. 8
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SECTION 60. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE 10
ARKANSAS CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 11
SHARED SERVICES. FACILITY MAINTENANCE.(a) All revenues collected by any 12
division within the Department of Public Safety for use of a facility owned 13
or operated by the department at Camp Robinson shall: 14
(1) Be deposited into a fund; 15
(2) Be uniquely identified; and 16
(3) Only be used for the maintenance of facilities owned or 17
operated by the department at Camp Robinson. 18
(b) The department shall work with the Chief Fiscal Officer of the 19
State to determine the best method of recording the revenues referred to in 20
subsection (a) of this section in the funds of the state. 21
(c) The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 22
2026 through June 30, 2027. 23
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SECTION 61. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 25
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 26
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SALARY GRID. 27
(a) In the event additional General Revenue funds become available to 28
the Department of Public Safety, as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 29
the State, the division shall implement a salary administration grid, after 30
review by Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the 31
Joint Budget Committee. 32
(b) All employees in the certified law enforcement officer 33
classifications, including recruits, at the Department of Public Safety are 34
eligible for the increase provided in the salary administration grid 35
established in section (a); the grid increase shall be in addition to any 36
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performance-based increase provided. Notwithstanding other provisions of law, 1
salaries established by this section may exceed the maximum pay level for the 2
grade assigned to the classification by no more than twenty percent (20%) for 3
any affected employee. 4
(c) The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 5
2025 2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 6
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SECTION 62. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 8
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 9
RECRUITMENT EXPENSES. The Department of Public Safety - Crime Lab is 10
authorized to pay for recruitment expenses of potential Medical Examiner 11
employees. During the recruitment phase of interviewing potential employees, 12
Crime Lab is authorized to pay for airfare, hotel, and meal expenses. 13
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 14
2025 2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 15
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SECTION 63. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 17
authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 18
and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 19
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 20
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 21
Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 22
control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 23
the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 24
strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 25
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SECTION 64. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 27
Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 28
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 29
which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 30
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 31
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 32
summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 33
Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 34
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General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 1
the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 2
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2026 is essential to the operation of 3
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 4
the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 5
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2026 could work irreparable harm 6
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 7
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 8
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 9
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2026. 10
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