AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR.

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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Fiscal Session, 2026 HOUSE BILL 1031 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 OFFICE OF ATTORNEY 10
GENERAL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2027; AND 11
FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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Subtitle 15
AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY 16
GENERAL 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 - OPERATIONS. There is hereby established 23
for the Office of Attorney General for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the 24
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) Q426U CHIEF DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL 1 $200,000 31
(2) Q242U SOLICITOR GENERAL 1 $200,000 32
(3) Q427U DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL 12 $184,000 33
(4) Q428U SENIOR ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL I 4 $161,000 34
(5) Q446U SENIOR MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT I 4 $155,000 35
(6) Q434U SENIOR ASST ATTORNEY GENERAL II 12 $154,000 36
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(7) Q448U SENIOR MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT II 5 $138,000 1
(8) Q447U SENIOR ASST ATTORNEY GENERAL III 17 $138,000 2
(9) Q430U ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL I 13 $124,000 3
(10) Q431U ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL II 22 $111,000 4
(11) Q432U MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT 7 $99,000 5
(12) Q074U INVESTIGATOR I 4 $99,000 6
(13) Q433U SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 12 $85,000 7
(14) Q070U INVESTIGATOR II 6 $85,000 8
(15) Q130U INVESTIGATOR III 10 $71,000 9
(16) Q034U ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT I 18 $71,000 10
(17) Q071U ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT II 16 $64,000 11
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 164 12
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SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - OPERATIONS. There is hereby authorized, for 14
the Office of Attorney General - Operations for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, 15
the following maximum number of part-time or temporary employees, to be known 16
as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: 17
ten (10) temporary or part-time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not 18
to exceed those provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, 19
or its successor, or this act for the appropriate classification. 20
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SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, 22
to the Office of Attorney General, to be payable from the State Central 23
Services Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of the Office of 24
Attorney General for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 25
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 27
NO. 2026-2027 28
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $18,533,205 29
(02) EXTRA HELP 250,000 30
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 5,624,505 31
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 32
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 1,885,000 33
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 25,000 34
(C) PROF. FEES 50,000 35
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 25,000 36
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(E) DATA PROC. 0 1
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $26,392,710 2
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SECTION 4. REGULAR SALARIES - MEDICAID FRAUD DIVISION - STATE. There 4
is hereby established for the Office of Attorney General - Medicaid Fraud 5
Division - State for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number 6
of regular employees. 7
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Maximum Annual 9
Maximum Salary Rate 10
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 11
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 12
(1) Q427U DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL 1 $184,000 13
(2) Q448U SENIOR MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT II 1 $138,000 14
(3) Q430U ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL I 2 $124,000 15
(4) Q432U MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT 1 $99,000 16
(5) Q071U ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT II 1 $64,000 17
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 6 18
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SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - MEDICAID FRAUD DIVISION - STATE. There is 20
hereby appropriated, to the Office of Attorney General, to be payable from 21
the State Central Services Fund, for personal services and operating expenses 22
of the Office of Attorney General - Medicaid Fraud Division - State for the 23
fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 24
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 26
NO. 2026-2027 27
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $738,800 28
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 219,547 29
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 30
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 56,235 31
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 27,100 32
(C) PROF. FEES 17,000 33
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 10,500 34
(E) DATA PROC. 0 35
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,069,182 36
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SECTION 6. REGULAR SALARIES - MEDICAID FRAUD DIVISION - FEDERAL. There 2
is hereby established for the Office of Attorney General - Medicaid Fraud 3
Division - Federal for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum 4
number of regular employees. 5
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Maximum Annual 7
Maximum Salary Rate 8
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 9
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 10
(1) Q428U SENIOR ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL I 2 $161,000 11
(2) Q448U SENIOR MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT II 1 $138,000 12
(3) Q447U SENIOR ASST ATTORNEY GENERAL III 1 $138,000 13
(4) Q430U ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL I 2 $124,000 14
(5) Q431U ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL II 1 $111,000 15
(6) Q432U MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT 1 $99,000 16
(7) Q074U INVESTIGATOR I 2 $99,000 17
(8) Q433U SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 3 $85,000 18
(9) Q070U INVESTIGATOR II 5 $85,000 19
(10) Q071U ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT II 1 $64,000 20
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 19 21
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SECTION 7. EXTRA HELP - MEDICAID FRAUD DIVISION - FEDERAL. There is 23
hereby authorized, for the Office of Attorney General - Medicaid Fraud 24
Division - Federal for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum 25
number of part-time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", 26
payable from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: two (2) temporary 27
or part-time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those 28
provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its 29
successor, or this act for the appropriate classification. 30
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SECTION 8. APPROPRIATION - MEDICAID FRAUD DIVISION - FEDERAL. There is 32
hereby appropriated, to the Office of Attorney General, to be payable from 33
the federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 34
personal services and operating expenses of the Office of Attorney General - 35
Medicaid Fraud Division - Federal for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, 36
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the following: 1
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 3
NO. 2026-2027 4
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $2,009,600 5
(02) EXTRA HELP 30,000 6
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 614,785 7
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 8
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 321,275 9
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 81,300 10
(C) PROF. FEES 418,469 11
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 31,500 12
(E) DATA PROC. 0 13
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $3,506,929 14
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SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION - MEDICAID FRAUD DIVISION - INDIRECT COSTS. 16
There is hereby appropriated, to the Office of Attorney General, to be 17
payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 18
the State, for operating expenses of the Office of Attorney General - 19
Medicaid Fraud Division - Indirect Costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 20
2027, the following: 21
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 23
NO. 2026-2027 24
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 25
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $498,461 26
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 27
(C) PROF. FEES 0 28
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 29
(E) DATA PROC. 0 30
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $498,461 31
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SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION - INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN. There is 33
hereby appropriated, to the Office of Attorney General, to be payable from 34
the federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 35
operating expenses of the Office of Attorney General - Internet Crimes 36
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Against Children for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 1
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 3
NO. 2026-2027 4
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 5
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $25,000 6
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 7
(C) PROF. FEES 0 8
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 9
(E) DATA PROC. 0 10
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $25,000 11
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SECTION 11. REGULAR SALARIES - COOPERATIVE DISABILITY INVESTIGATION 13
PROGRAM. There is hereby established for the Office of Attorney General - 14
Cooperative Disability Investigation Program for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, 15
the following maximum number of regular employees. 16
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Maximum Annual 18
Maximum Salary Rate 19
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 20
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 21
(1) Q074U INVESTIGATOR I 2 $99,000 22
(2) Q433U SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 1 $85,000 23
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 3 24
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SECTION 12. APPROPRIATION - COOPERATIVE DISABILITY INVESTIGATION 26
PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Office of Attorney General, to 27
be payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer 28
of the State, for personal services and operating expenses of the Office of 29
Attorney General - Cooperative Disability Investigation Program for the 30
fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 31
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 33
NO. 2026-2027 34
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $285,600 35
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 99,125 36
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(03) OVERTIME 42,000 1
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 2
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 55,000 3
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 5,000 4
(C) PROF. FEES 0 5
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 6
(E) DATA PROC. 0 7
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $486,725 8
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SECTION 13. APPROPRIATION - CASH FUNDS - UNRESTRICTED SETTLEMENT FEES 10
AND OTHER CASH FUNDS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Office of 11
Attorney General, to be payable from the cash funds as defined by Arkansas 12
Code 19-4-801, for personal services, miscellaneous operating expenses, 13
grants, court order payments, consumer education and enforcement activities 14
from unrestricted settlement fees and other cash funds of the Office of 15
Attorney General for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the sum 16
of...............................................................$10,000,000. 17
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SECTION 14. APPROPRIATION - SETTLEMENT FEES AND RESTITUTION. There is 19
hereby appropriated, to the Office of Attorney General, to be payable from 20
the cash funds as defined by Arkansas Code 19-4-801, for personal services, 21
miscellaneous operating expenses, grants, fund transfers, and restitution 22
payments and expenses of the Office of Attorney General for the fiscal year 23
ending June 30, 2027, the sum of.....................................$31,000. 24
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SECTION 15. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 26
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 27
TRANSFER PROVISION. After receiving approval from the Chief Fiscal Officer 28
of the State, and prior review by the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint 29
Budget Committee, the Office of Attorney General is authorized to transfer 30
appropriation from any line item authorized in the Operations Appropriation 31
of the Office of Attorney General in this Act to any other line item 32
authorized in the Operations Appropriation. 33
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 34
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 35
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SECTION 16. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 1
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 2
FUND TRANSFER. Immediately upon the effective date of this act, the Attorney 3
General may deposit or transfer by check monies from the unobligated cash 4
funds of the Office of Attorney General received from court orders or 5
settlement agreements to the State Central Services Fund. 6
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 7
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 8
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SECTION 17. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 10
authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 11
and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 12
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 13
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 14
Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 15
control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 16
the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 17
strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 18
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SECTION 18. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 20
Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 21
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 22
which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 23
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 24
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 25
summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 26
Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 27
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SECTION 19. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 29
General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 30
the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 31
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2026 is essential to the operation of 32
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 33
the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 34
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2026 could work irreparable harm 35
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programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 1
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 2
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2026. 3
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