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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Fiscal Session, 2026 HOUSE BILL 1012 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 PROVIDING PAYMENT 9
OF CLAIMS TO SURVIVING SPOUSES AND/OR DEPENDENT 10
CHILDREN OF POLICEMEN, FIREMEN, CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS 11
AND OTHER SPECIFIED STATE EMPLOYEES KILLED IN THE 12
OFFICIAL LINE OF DUTY, AS PERSCRIBED BY LAW; 13
PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT OF SMALL CONTROVERSIAL AND NON-14
CONTROVERSIAL CLAIMS WHICH HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE 15
ARKANSAS STATE CLAIMS COMMISSION; PROVIDING PERSONAL 16
SERVICES AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE ARKANSAS 17
STATE CLAIMS COMMISSION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 18
JUNE 30, 2027; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 19
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Subtitle 22
AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE CLAIMS 23
COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-24
2027 FISCAL YEAR. 25
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 28
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SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - OPERATIONS. There is hereby established 30
for the Arkansas State Claims Commission for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the 31
following maximum number of regular employees. 32
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Maximum Annual 34
Maximum Salary Rate 35
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 36
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No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 1
(1) PBC01C CLAIMS COMMISSION DIRECTOR 1 GRADE SPC08 2
(2) LAT04P ATTORNEY II 1 GRADE SPC05 3
(3) PBC02A CLAIMS COMMISSIONER 5 GRADE SGS09 4
(4) PAS01P ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 1 GRADE SGS05 5
(5) PAS03P ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST 2 GRADE SGS02 6
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 10 7
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SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, 9
to the Arkansas State Claims Commission, to be payable from the State Central 10
Services Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of the Arkansas 11
State Claims Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 12
following: 13
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 15
NO. 2026-2027 16
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $479,067 17
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 189,242 18
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 19
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 95,390 20
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 21
(C) PROF. FEES 0 22
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 23
(E) DATA PROC. 0 24
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $763,699 25
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SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - CLAIMS. There is hereby appropriated, to 27
the Arkansas State Claims Commission, to be payable from the Miscellaneous 28
Revolving Fund, for payment of claims awarded to surviving spouses and/or 29
dependent children of deceased policemen, firemen, correctional officers and 30
other specified state employees killed in the official line of duty, as 31
prescribed by law; for payment of small controversial claim awards made by 32
the Arkansas State Claims Commission; and for payment of awards made by the 33
Arkansas State Claims Commission, as provided by law, on non-controversial 34
claims, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 35
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 1
NO. 2026-2027 2
(01) CLAIMS FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES/DEPENDENT 3
CHILDREN, SMALL CONTROVERSIAL CLAIMS 4
AND SMALL NON-CONTROVERSIAL CLAIMS $2,250,000 5
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SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - FIREFIGHTER BENEFIT REVIEW PANEL. There is 7
hereby appropriated, to the Arkansas State Claims Commission, to be payable 8
from the State Central Services Fund, for expense reimbursements for the 9
Firefighter Benefit Review Panel for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, 10
the sum of............................................................$8,000. 11
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SECTION 5. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 13
authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 14
and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 15
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 16
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 17
Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 18
control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 19
the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 20
strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 21
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SECTION 6. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 23
Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 24
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 25
which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 26
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 27
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 28
summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 29
Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 30
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SECTION 7. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General 32
Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the 33
appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 34
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2026 is essential to the operation of 35
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 36
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the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 1
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2026 could work irreparable harm 2
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 3
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 4
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 5
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2026. 6
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