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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Fiscal Session, 2026 HOUSE BILL 1024 3
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By: Joint Budget Committee 5
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For An Act To Be Entitled 7
AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 8
AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, 9
HERITAGE, AND TOURISM - DIVISION OF HERITAGE FOR THE 10
FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2027; AND FOR OTHER 11
PURPOSES. 12
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Subtitle 15
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, 16
HERITAGE, AND TOURISM - DIVISION OF 17
HERITAGE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 18
FISCAL YEAR. 19
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22
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SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - SHARED SERVICES. There is hereby 24
established for the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism for the 2026-25
2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 26
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Maximum Annual 28
Maximum Salary Rate 29
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 30
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 31
(1) ESE11A SEC OF PARKS, HERITAGE & TOURISM 1 GRADE EXE04 32
(2) EEX10A CHIEF OF STAFF II 1 GRADE EXE02 33
(3) EEX26A PARKS DEPUTY DIRECTOR 1 GRADE SPC10 34
(4) FAC09C CHIEF FISCAL OFFICER II 1 GRADE SPC10 35
(5) LAT08C CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL I 1 GRADE SPC10 36
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(6) EEX51A TOURISM DIVISION ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE SPC08 1
(7) RPA02C ASSISTANT PARK DIRECTOR 1 GRADE SPC07 2
(8) CPR02C CHIEF OF COMMUNICATIONS II 1 GRADE SPC07 3
(9) FAC10C CONTROLLER 1 GRADE SPC06 4
(10) FAC06C ASSISTANT CONTROLLER 1 GRADE SPC05 5
(11) HDH02C HR ADMINISTRATOR I 1 GRADE SPC05 6
(12) FAC05P ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 3 GRADE SPC04 7
(13) FAC02P ACCOUNTANT II 1 GRADE SPC02 8
(14) FAC01P ACCOUNTANT I 2 GRADE SPC01 9
(15) RPA07C OUTDOOR RECREATION DIRECTOR 1 GRADE SGS12 10
(16) PPR03C PROCUREMENT MANAGER 1 GRADE SGS10 11
(17) CPR06C PUBLIC INFORMATION MANAGER 2 GRADE SGS09 12
(18) HDH08P HR SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS08 13
(19) PPR05P PROCUREMENT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS08 14
(20) CPR08P PUBLIC INFO SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 2 GRADE SGS08 15
(21) TFM02C FACILITY MANAGER 1 GRADE SGS07 16
(22) PAS08I EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT 1 GRADE SGS07 17
(23) EEP03P EDUCATION PROGRAM COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SGS07 18
(24) CME03P GRAPHIC ARTIST 1 GRADE SGS07 19
(25) PPR02P PROCUREMENT COORDINATOR 5 GRADE SGS07 20
(26) CPR05P PUBLIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR 2 GRADE SGS07 21
(27) HDH04P HR ANALYST 5 GRADE SGS06 22
(28) RPA24P ADPHT PROGRAM. COORD 2 GRADE SGS06 23
(29) CPR07P PUBLIC INFORMATION SPECIALIST 9 GRADE SGS06 24
(30) FGM02P GRANTS COORDINATOR 2 GRADE SGS05 25
(31) TIW04P INVENTORY SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS05 26
(32) CME04P MEDIA SPECIALIST 2 GRADE SGS05 27
(33) PAS02P ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR 2 GRADE SGS04 28
(34) FFS04P FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 22 GRADE SGS04 29
(35) HDH07P HR SPECIALIST 2 GRADE SGS04 30
(36) CME05P MEDIA TECHNICIAN 1 GRADE SGS04 31
(37) TIW03P INVENTORY SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS03 32
(38) TMA05P MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN 1 GRADE SGS03 33
(39) PAS03P ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST 2 GRADE SGS02 34
(40) IIA02C CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER II 1 GRADE IST12 35
(41) IIS11P IT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE IST09 36
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(42) IIE06P IT SECURITY SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE IST08 1
(43) IDM02P DATABASE ANALYST 1 GRADE IST07 2
(44) IIS04P IT INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYST 2 GRADE IST06 3
(45) IDM03P DATABASE SPECIALIST 1 GRADE IST05 4
(46) IGI01P GIS ANALYST 3 GRADE IST05 5
(47) IUS01P USER SUPPORT ANALYST 3 GRADE IST04 6
(48) IUS04P USER SUPPORT SPECIALIST 2 GRADE IST02 7
(49) HBE02P BENEFITS COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SGS06 8
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 104 9
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SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - SHARED SERVICES. There is hereby authorized, 11
for the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism for the 2026-2027 fiscal 12
year, the following maximum number of part-time or temporary employees, to be 13
known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated herein for such 14
purposes: eleven (11) temporary or part-time employees, when needed, at rates 15
of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform Classification and 16
Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the appropriate 17
classification. 18
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SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - SHARED SERVICES PAYING ACCOUNT. There is 20
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, to be 21
payable from the paying account as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 22
the State, for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of 23
Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Shared Services for the fiscal year ending 24
June 30, 2027, the following: 25
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 27
NO. 2026-2027 28
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $5,648,733 29
(02) EXTRA HELP 90,136 30
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 2,093,557 31
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 32
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 2,928,545 33
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 29,845 34
(C) PROF. FEES 93,241 35
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 50,000 36
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(E) DATA PROC. 0 1
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $10,934,057 2
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SECTION 4. REGULAR SALARIES. There is hereby established for the 4
Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Division of Heritage for the 5
2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 6
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Maximum Annual 8
Maximum Salary Rate 9
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 10
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 11
(1) EEX27A PARKS, HERITAGE, & TOURISM DIV. DIR 1 GRADE EXE01 12
(2) RMA05C HERITAGE DEPUTY DIRECTOR 1 GRADE SPC05 13
(3) RMA07C HERITAGE MANAGER II 2 GRADE SPC04 14
(4) RMA06C HERITAGE MANAGER I 6 GRADE SPC03 15
(5) RMA10I MUSEUM COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SPC02 16
(6) SBI02P BIOLOGIST II 2 GRADE SPC02 17
(7) SCN01I ARCHAEOLOGIST 1 GRADE SPC01 18
(8) FAC01P ACCOUNTANT I 1 GRADE SPC01 19
(9) SBI01P BIOLOGIST I 4 GRADE SPC01 20
(10) RPA25P ADPHT PROGRAM SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 9 GRADE SGS08 21
(11) RMA02P ARCHIVIST 4 GRADE SGS06 22
(12) ELI01P LIBRARIAN 1 GRADE SGS06 23
(13) RMA12P MUSEUM SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 7 GRADE SGS06 24
(14) RPA14P PARK PLANNER 1 GRADE SGS06 25
(15) RPA24P ADPHT PROGRAM COORDINATOR 26 GRADE SGS06 26
(16) PAS01P ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 3 GRADE SGS05 27
(17) RMA04P EXHIBIT COORDINATOR 3 GRADE SGS05 28
(18) RPA03P GIFT SHOP SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 3 GRADE SGS05 29
(19) RMA08P HISTORIAN 5 GRADE SGS05 30
(20) RMA09P HISTORIC PROPERTY COORDINATOR 4 GRADE SGS05 31
(21) RPA23P ADPHT INTERPRETER II 3 GRADE SGS05 32
(22) PAS02P ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR 9 GRADE SGS04 33
(23) PEP01P CONSERVATION SPECIALIST 3 GRADE SGS04 34
(24) FFS04P FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS04 35
(25) FGM01P GRANTS ANALYST 1 GRADE SGS04 36
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(26) RMA01P ARCHIVAL ASSISTANT 15 GRADE SGS03 1
(27) TMA05P MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN 8 GRADE SGS03 2
(28) SSE01P SECURITY GUARD 3 GRADE SGS03 3
(29) RMA11P MUSEUM SPECIALIST 5 GRADE SGS02 4
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 133 5
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SECTION 5. EXTRA HELP. There is hereby authorized, for the Department 7
of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Division of Heritage for the 2026-2027 8
fiscal year, the following maximum number of part-time or temporary 9
employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated 10
herein for such purposes: sixty-five (65) temporary or part-time employees, 11
when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform 12
Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the 13
appropriate classification. 14
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SECTION 6. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS. There is hereby 16
appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, to be 17
payable from the Division of Arkansas Heritage Fund Account, for personal 18
services and operating expenses of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and 19
Tourism - Division of Heritage - State Operations for the fiscal year ending 20
June 30, 2027, the following: 21
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 23
NO. 2026-2027 24
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $3,765,475 25
(02) EXTRA HELP 63,924 26
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 1,479,660 27
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 28
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 1,142,659 29
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 7,206 30
(C) PROF. FEES 20,800 31
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 32
(E) DATA PROC. 0 33
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $6,479,724 34
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SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - AMENDMENT 75 - CONSERVATION TAX OPERATIONS. 36
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There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, and 1
Tourism, to be payable from the Arkansas Division of Heritage Special Fund 2
Account, for personal services, operating expenses, grants and aid, 3
construction, and special maintenance of the Department of Parks, Heritage, 4
and Tourism - Division of Heritage - Amendment 75 - Conservation Tax 5
Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 6
7
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 8
NO. 2026-2027 9
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,090,886 10
(02) EXTRA HELP 421,640 11
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 472,912 12
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 13
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 2,458,170 14
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 100,000 15
(C) PROF. FEES 875,000 16
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 250,000 17
(E) DATA PROC. 0 18
(05) GRANTS/AID-HERITAGE PROGRAMS 1,113,841 19
(06) DAH-MUSEUM/FACILITY CONSTRUCTION 600,000 20
(07) SPECIAL MAINTENANCE 688,471 21
(08) BLACK HISTORY COMMISSION 13,930 22
(09) GRANTS/AID-OUACHITA RIVER COMMISSION 20,000 23
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $8,104,850 24
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SECTION 8. APPROPRIATION - DELTA CULTURAL CENTER - CASH FUND 26
OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 27
Heritage, and Tourism, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 28
State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 29
operating expenses and cost of goods sold for resale of the Department of 30
Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Delta Cultural Center - Cash Fund Operations 31
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 32
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 34
NO. 2026-2027 35
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 36
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(A) OPER. EXPENSE $75,000 1
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 2
(C) PROF. FEES 0 3
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 4
(E) DATA PROC. 0 5
(02) RESALE (COGS) 45,000 6
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $120,000 7
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SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION - MOSAIC TEMPLARS CULTURAL CENTER - CASH FUND 9
OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 10
Heritage, and Tourism, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 11
State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 12
museum gift shop operations and cost of goods sold for resale of the 13
Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Mosaic Templars of America 14
Center for African-American Culture and Business Enterprise - Cash Fund 15
Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 16
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 18
NO. 2026-2027 19
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 20
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $25,000 21
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 22
(C) PROF. FEES 0 23
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 24
(E) DATA PROC. 0 25
(02) RESALE (COGS) 20,000 26
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $45,000 27
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SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION - OLD STATE HOUSE COMMISSION - CASH FUND 29
OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 30
Heritage, and Tourism, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 31
State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 32
personal services, operating expenses, and cost of goods sold for resale of 33
the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Old State House Commission - 34
Cash Fund Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 35
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 1
NO. 2026-2027 2
(01) EXTRA HELP $20,430 3
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 1,755 4
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 5
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 100,000 6
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 500 7
(C) PROF. FEES 15,000 8
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 9
(E) DATA PROC. 0 10
(04) RESALE (COGS) 20,000 11
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $157,685 12
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SECTION 11. APPROPRIATION - HISTORIC PRESERVATION - REAL ESTATE 14
TRANSFER TAX OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 15
Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, to be payable from the Natural and Cultural 16
Resources Historic Preservation Fund, for personal services, operating 17
expenses, and grants and aid for historic preservation and main street 18
programs of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Historic 19
Preservation - Real Estate Transfer Tax Operations for the fiscal year ending 20
June 30, 2027, the following: 21
22
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 23
NO. 2026-2027 24
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $0 25
(02) EXTRA HELP 0 26
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 0 27
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 28
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 0 29
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 30
(C) PROF. FEES 0 31
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 32
(E) DATA PROC. 0 33
(05) GRANTS AND AID FOR HISTORIC 34
PRESERVATION/MAIN STREET PROGRAMS 0 35
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $0 36
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SECTION 12. APPROPRIATION - HISTORIC PRESERVATION - FEDERAL PROGRAM. 2
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, and 3
Tourism, to be payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief 4
Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services, operating expenses, and 5
grants and aid for historic preservation of the Department of Parks, 6
Heritage, and Tourism - Historic Preservation - Federal Program for the 7
fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 8
9
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 10
NO. 2026-2027 11
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $707,855 12
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 273,474 13
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 14
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 125,000 15
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 5,000 16
(C) PROF. FEES 0 17
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 18
(E) DATA PROC. 0 19
(04) GRANTS AND AID FOR HISTORIC 20
PRESERVATION 500,000 21
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,611,329 22
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SECTION 13. APPROPRIATION - HISTORIC PRESERVATION - MAIN STREET 24
ARKANSAS - CASH FUND OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the 25
Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, to be payable from the cash fund 26
deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 27
the State, for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of 28
Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Historic Preservation - Main Street Arkansas - 29
Cash Fund Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 30
31
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 32
NO. 2026-2027 33
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $59,493 34
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 21,586 35
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 36
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(A) OPER. EXPENSE 25,000 1
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 2
(C) PROF. FEES 0 3
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 4
(E) DATA PROC. 0 5
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $106,079 6
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SECTION 14. APPROPRIATION - NATURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION - NATURAL AREA 8
MANAGEMENT - CASH FUND OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the 9
Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, to be payable from the cash fund 10
deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 11
the State, for operating expenses, special maintenance, and land acquisition 12
of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Natural Heritage 13
Commission - Natural Area Management - Cash Fund Operations for the fiscal 14
year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 15
16
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 17
NO. 2026-2027 18
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 19
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $50,000 20
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 1,000 21
(C) PROF. FEES 0 22
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 23
(E) DATA PROC. 0 24
(02) SPECIAL MAINTENANCE 10,000 25
(03) LAND ACQUISITION 195,076 26
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $256,076 27
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SECTION 15. APPROPRIATION - NATURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION - NATURAL AREA 29
RESEARCH - CASH FUND OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the 30
Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, to be payable from the cash fund 31
deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 32
the State, for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of 33
Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Natural Heritage Commission - Natural Area 34
Research - Cash Fund Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 35
following: 36
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 2
NO. 2026-2027 3
(01) EXTRA HELP $10,000 4
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 1,632 5
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 6
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 10,000 7
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 8
(C) PROF. FEES 0 9
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 10
(E) DATA PROC. 0 11
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $21,632 12
13
SECTION 16. APPROPRIATION - NATURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION - GAS ROYALTY 14
EXPENSES. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 15
Heritage, and Tourism, to be payable from the Division of Arkansas Heritage 16
Fund Account, for gas royalty expenses of the Department of Parks, Heritage, 17
and Tourism - Natural Heritage Commission - Gas Royalty Expenses for the 18
fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 19
20
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 21
NO. 2026-2027 22
(01) GAS ROYALTY EXPENSES $440,000 23
24
SECTION 17. APPROPRIATION - NATURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION - FEDERAL 25
PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, 26
and Tourism, to be payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief 27
Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services, operating expenses, 28
special maintenance, and land acquisition of the Department of Parks, 29
Heritage, and Tourism - Natural Heritage Commission - Federal Program for the 30
fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 31
32
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 33
NO. 2026-2027 34
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $49,143 35
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 19,208 36
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(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 1
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 200,000 2
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 1,000 3
(C) PROF. FEES 0 4
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 5
(E) DATA PROC. 0 6
(04) SPECIAL MAINTENANCE 20,000 7
(05) LAND ACQUISITION 1,700,000 8
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,989,351 9
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SECTION 18. APPROPRIATION - HISTORIC ARKANSAS MUSEUM COMMISSION - CASH 11
FUND OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 12
Heritage, and Tourism, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 13
State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 14
personal services, operating expenses, and cost of goods sold for resale of 15
the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Historic Arkansas Museum 16
Commission - Cash Fund Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, 17
the following: 18
19
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 20
NO. 2026-2027 21
(01) EXTRA HELP $113,550 22
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 11,015 23
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 24
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 10,000 25
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 1,250 26
(C) PROF. FEES 0 27
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 28
(E) DATA PROC. 0 29
(04) RESALE (COGS) 55,000 30
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $190,815 31
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SECTION 19. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS STATE ARCHIVES - CASH FUND 33
OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 34
Heritage, and Tourism, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 35
State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 36
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operating expenses of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - 1
Arkansas State Archives - Cash Fund Operations for the fiscal year ending 2
June 30, 2027, the following: 3
4
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 5
NO. 2026-2027 6
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 7
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $35,000 8
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 9
(C) PROF. FEES 0 10
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 11
(E) DATA PROC. 0 12
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $35,000 13
14
SECTION 20. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS STATE ARCHIVES - NATIONAL DIGITAL 15
NEWSPAPER PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 16
Heritage, and Tourism, to be payable from the federal funds as designated by 17
the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services and operating 18
expenses of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Arkansas State 19
Archives - National Digital Newspaper Program for the fiscal year ending June 20
30, 2027, the following: 21
22
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 23
NO. 2026-2027 24
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $181,476 25
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 49,605 26
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 27
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 66,500 28
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 10,000 29
(C) PROF. FEES 0 30
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 31
(E) DATA PROC. 0 32
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $307,581 33
34
SECTION 21. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS ARTS COUNCIL - FEDERAL PROGRAM. 35
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, and 36
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Tourism, to be payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief 1
Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services, operating expenses, and 2
grants and aid of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Arkansas 3
Arts Council - Federal Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 4
following: 5
6
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 7
NO. 2026-2027 8
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $45,301 9
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 20,592 10
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 11
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 82,385 12
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 10,000 13
(C) PROF. FEES 0 14
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 15
(E) DATA PROC. 0 16
(04) GRANTS AND AID-ARTS PROGRAMS 738,063 17
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $896,341 18
19
SECTION 22. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS ARTS COUNCIL - CASH FUND 20
OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 21
Heritage, and Tourism, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 22
State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 23
operating expenses and grants and aid of the Department of Parks, Heritage, 24
and Tourism - Arkansas Arts Council - Cash Fund Operations for the fiscal 25
year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 26
27
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 28
NO. 2026-2027 29
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 30
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $14,210 31
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 6,000 32
(C) PROF. FEES 0 33
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 34
(E) DATA PROC. 0 35
(02) GRANTS/AID BY THE ARTS COUNCIL 278,979 36
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TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $299,189 1
2
SECTION 23. APPROPRIATION - NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL - 3
ADMINISTRATION. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, 4
Heritage, and Tourism, to be payable from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural 5
Resources Grant and Trust Fund, for personal services, operating expenses, 6
and grants and aid of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - 7
Natural and Cultural Resources Council - Administration for the fiscal year 8
ending June 30, 2027, the following: 9
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 11
NO. 2026-2027 12
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $0 13
(02) EXTRA HELP 0 14
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 0 15
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 16
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 0 17
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 18
(C) PROF. FEES 0 19
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 20
(E) DATA PROC. 0 21
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RESOURCES COUNCIL 0 23
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $0 24
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SECTION 24. APPROPRIATION - NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL - 26
STATE OWNED LANDS OR HISTORIC SITES GRANT PROGRAM. There is hereby 27
appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, to be 28
payable from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Grant and Trust 29
Fund, for grants for the acquisition, management, stewardship, or 30
preservation of state owned lands, historic sites, buildings, structures, or 31
objects of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Natural and 32
Cultural Resources Council - State Owned Lands or Historic Sites Grant 33
Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 34
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(01) GRANTS/AID FOR STATE-OWNED LANDS OR 2
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SECTION 25. APPROPRIATION - NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL - 5
MAIN STREET PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 6
Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, to be payable from the Natural and Cultural 7
Resources Historic Preservation Fund, for funds to augment federal funding 8
and provide programs and grants of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and 9
Tourism - Natural and Cultural Resources Council - Main Street Program for 10
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 11
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(01) GRANTS/AID FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION 15
PROGRAM & MAIN STREET PROGRAM $6,000,000 16
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SECTION 26. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS MAJOR HISTORIC REHABILITATION 18
PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Parks, Heritage, 19
and Tourism, to be payable from the Arkansas Major Historic Rehabilitation 20
Trust Fund, for expenses to offset the cost of the income tax credits allowed 21
under the Arkansas Major Historic Rehabilitation Income Tax Credit Act of the 22
Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - Arkansas Major Historic 23
Rehabilitation Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 24
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REHABILITATION PROGRAM EXPENSES $40,000,000 30
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SECTION 27. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 32
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 33
PROMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS. The Division of Arkansas Heritage is 34
hereby authorized to purchase from Maintenance and General Operations 35
appropriations provided by this Act, up to an amount not to exceed $40,000 36
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each fiscal year, promotional and educational merchandise, authorized by the 1
Division Director of the Division of Arkansas Heritage, to inform the public 2
of the Division's programs, to promote the functions of the Division, and to 3
inform the public regarding the services provided by the Division. 4
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 5
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 6
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SECTION 28. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 8
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. ARKANSAS 9
NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL. The Secretary of the Department of 10
Parks, Heritage, and Tourism shall be the disbursing officer for the Arkansas 11
Natural and Cultural Resources Council appropriation and the Main Street 12
Program appropriation provided by this Act. Further, if grants are made to 13
state agencies from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council 14
appropriation, and the Main Street Program appropriation provided herein, the 15
corresponding amount of appropriation and funding of such grant may be 16
transferred to such state agency for use in classifications of expenditures 17
as determined by conditions of the grant and the state agency. 18
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 19
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 20
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SECTION 29. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 22
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 23
SHARED SERVICES. (a)(1) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State may create a 24
Shared Services paying accounts on his or her books and on the books of the 25
Treasurer of State and the Auditor of State for the payment of personal 26
services and operating expenses in the Shared Services Paying Account 27
Appropriation by the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism. 28
(2) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall direct the transfer 29
of funds and appropriations to the Shared Services Paying Account 30
appropriation section of this act on the books of the Treasurer of State, the 31
Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State. 32
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subdivision (a)(2) of this section may be used to make transfers only within 34
the department's appropriation act or between other appropriation acts 35
authorized for the department. 36
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(4) The provisions of this section shall be in effect from the date 1
of passage through June 30, 2026 2027. 2
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SECTION 30. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 4
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 5
OUACHITA RIVER COMMISSION. The Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism - 6
Division of Heritage shall budget, allocate, and expend twenty thousand 7
dollars ($20,000) in grants to the Ouachita River Commission from the 8
Grants/Aid-Ouachita River Commission line item in the Amendment 75 -9
Conservation Tax Operations appropriation section, to be used exclusively as 10
determined by the Ouachita River Commission. 11
The provisions of this section shall be in affect only from July 1, 2025 12
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 13
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SECTION 31. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 15
authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 16
and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 17
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 18
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 19
Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 20
control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 21
the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 22
strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 23
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SECTION 32. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 25
Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 26
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 27
which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 28
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 29
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 30
summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 31
Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 32
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SECTION 33. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 34
General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 35
the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 36
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effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2026 is essential to the operation of 1
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 2
the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 3
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2026 could work irreparable harm 4
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 5
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 6
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 7
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2026. 8
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