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State of Arkansas As Engrossed: H4/15/26 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Fiscal Session, 2026 HOUSE BILL 1051 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 FINANCE 10
& ADMINISTRATION - REGULATORY DIVISION FOR THE FISCAL 11
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2027; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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Subtitle 15
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE & 16
ADMINISTRATION - REGULATORY DIVISION 17
APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL 18
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 - REGULATORY DIVISION. There is hereby 24
established for the Department of Finance & Administration - Regulatory 25
Division for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of 26
regular employees. 27
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Maximum Annual 29
Maximum Salary Rate 30
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 31
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 32
(1) EEX35A REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT DIRECTOR 1 GRADE EXE01 33
(2) SRL04C REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT ADMIN 1 GRADE SPC10 34
(3) PRP03C DFA ASSISTANT DIVISION ADMIN 1 GRADE SPC08 35
(4) LAT05P ATTORNEY III 1 GRADE SPC08 36
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(5) FAU01C AUDIT MANAGER 1 GRADE SPC06 1
(6) LAT04P ATTORNEY II 4 GRADE SPC05 2
(7) FAU04P AUDITOR II 4 GRADE SPC02 3
(8) CTR02P TRAINER 1 GRADE SGS07 4
(9) ILS03I LEGAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 4 GRADE SGS06 5
(10) SIA10P CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE ANALYST 2 GRADE SGS06 6
(11) FFS02P FISCAL SUPPORT COORDINATOR 3 GRADE SGS06 7
(12) PAS01P ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 4 GRADE SGS05 8
(13) PAS02P ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SGS04 9
(14) FFS04P FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS04 10
(15) HDH07P HR SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS04 11
(16) PAS03P ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS02 12
(17) SRL05C REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT MANAGER 1 GRADE LES10 13
(18) SRL03P ENFORCEMENT AGENT III 8 GRADE LES05 14
(19) SRL02P ENFORCEMENT AGENT II 3 GRADE LES04 15
(20) SRL01P ENFORCEMENT AGENT I 28 GRADE LES03 16
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 71 17
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SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - REGULATORY DIVISION. There is hereby 19
authorized, for the Department of Finance & Administration - Regulatory 20
Division for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part-21
time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds 22
appropriated herein for such purposes: two (2) temporary or part-time 23
employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the 24
Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act 25
for the appropriate classification. 26
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SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION. There is hereby 28
appropriated, to the Department of Finance & Administration, to be payable 29
from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, for personal services and 30
operating expenses of the Department of Finance & Administration - Regulatory 31
Division for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 32
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 34
NO. 2026-2027 35
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $2,872,863 36
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(02) EXTRA HELP 7,000 1
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 1,034,438 2
(04) OVERTIME 10,000 3
(05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 4
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 416,927 5
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 34,986 6
(C) PROF. FEES 5,000 7
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 8
(E) DATA PROC. 0 9
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $4,381,214 10
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SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - SALES TO MINORS 12
ENFORCEMENT - CASH. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 13
Finance & Administration, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 14
State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 15
personal services, operating expenses, and the purchase of promotional items 16
of the Department of Finance & Administration - Regulatory Division - Sales 17
to Minors Enforcement - Cash for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 18
following: 19
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 21
NO. 2026-2027 22
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $537,933 23
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 256,030 24
(03) OVERTIME 5,000 25
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 26
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 332,072 27
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 28
(C) PROF. FEES 1,700 29
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 30
(E) DATA PROC. 0 31
(05) PROMOTIONAL ITEMS 5,000 32
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,137,735 33
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SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - TOBACCO INSPECTION 35
PROGRAM - FEDERAL. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 36
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Finance & Administration, to be payable from the federal funds as designated 1
by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services and operating 2
expenses of the Department of Finance & Administration - Regulatory Division 3
- Tobacco Inspection Program - Federal for the fiscal year ending June 30, 4
2027, the following: 5
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 7
NO. 2026-2027 8
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $310,705 9
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 128,293 10
(03) OVERTIME 17,041 11
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 12
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 480,000 13
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 5,000 14
(C) PROF. FEES 31,242 15
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 16
(E) DATA PROC. 0 17
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $972,281 18
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SECTION 6. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - CIGARETTE FIRE SAFETY. 20
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance & Administration, 21
to be payable from the Cigarette Fire Safety Standard Fund, for personal 22
services and operating expenses to support fire safety and prevention 23
programs of the Department of Finance & Administration - Regulatory Division 24
- Cigarette Fire Safety for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 25
following: 26
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 28
NO. 2026-2027 29
(01) FIRE SAFETY & PREVENTION $50,000 30
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SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - SPIRITUOUS AND VINOUS 32
BEVERAGES. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance & 33
Administration, to be payable from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Fund, for 34
promotion, education, training, alcohol safety awareness, enforcement 35
activities, equipment and vehicle purchases of the Department of Finance & 36
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Administration - Regulatory Division for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1
2027, the following: 2
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 4
NO. 2026-2027 5
(01) PROMOTION, EDUCATION, TRAINING, SAFETY 6
AWARENESS ENROLLMENT $300,000 7
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SECTION 8. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - REVENUE ENFORCEMENT. 9
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance & Administration - 10
Regulatory Division, to be payable from the Arkansas Tobacco Control Revenue 11
Fund, for personal services and operating expenses related to carrying out 12
the purposes authorized in ACA 19-43-303 of the Department of Finance & 13
Administration - Regulatory Division for the fiscal year ending June 30, 14
2027, the following: 15
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 17
NO. 2026-2027 18
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $657,295 19
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 247,846 20
(03) OVERTIME 5,000 21
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 22
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 127,817 23
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 10,000 24
(C) PROF. FEES 500 25
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 50,000 26
(E) DATA PROC. 0 27
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,098,458 28
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SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION - REGULATORY DIVISION - UNTAXED TOBACCO 30
FORFEITURE. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance & 31
Administration - Regulatory Division, to be payable from the cash fund 32
deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 33
the State, for operational expenses and expense associated with untaxed 34
tobacco forfeiture authorized in ACA 26-57-247 for the fiscal year ending 35
June 30, 2027, the following: 36
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 2
NO. 2026-2027 3
(01) UNTAXED TOBACCO FORFEITURE $100,000 4
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SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION - MEDICAL MARIJUANA COMMISSION. There is 6
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance & Administration, to be 7
payable from the Medical Marijuana Commission Fund, for refunds and 8
reimbursements related to agency medical marijuana expenses of the Department 9
of Finance & Administration - Alcoholic Beverage Control Administration for 10
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 11
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 13
NO. 2026-2027 14
(01) REFUNDS/REIMBURSEMENTS $500,000 15
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SECTION 11. REGULAR SALARIES - RACING COMMISSION. There is hereby 17
established for the Department of Finance and Administration - Racing 18
Commission for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of 19
regular employees. 20
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Maximum Annual 22
Maximum Salary Rate 23
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 24
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 25
(1) PRP03C DFA ASSISTANT DIVISION ADMIN 1 GRADE SPC08 26
(2) LAT04P ATTORNEY II 1 GRADE SPC05 27
(3) PAS01P ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 8 GRADE SGS05 28
(4) TGT03I VETERINARY AIDE 4 GRADE SGS01 29
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 14 30
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SECTION 12. EXTRA HELP - RACING COMMISSION. There is hereby 32
authorized, for the Department of Finance and Administration - Racing 33
Commission for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of 34
part-time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from 35
funds appropriated herein for such purposes: thirty-one (31) temporary or 36
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part-time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those 1
provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its 2
successor, or this act for the appropriate classification. 3
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SECTION 13. APPROPRIATION - RACING COMMISSION - STATE OPERATIONS. 5
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance & Administration, 6
to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, for personal 7
services and operating expenses of the Department of Finance & Administration 8
- Racing Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 9
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 11
NO. 2026-2027 12
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $726,390 13
(02) EXTRA HELP 460,000 14
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 313,686 15
(04) OVERTIME 10,000 16
(05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 17
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 290,914 18
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 7,500 19
(C) PROF. FEES 50,000 20
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 21
(E) DATA PROC. 0 22
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,858,490 23
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SECTION 14. APPROPRIATION - RACING COMMISSION - CASH OPERATIONS. There 25
is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance & Administration, to be 26
payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by 27
the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services and operating 28
expenses of the Department of Finance & Administration - Racing Commission 29
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 30
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 32
NO. 2026-2027 33
(01) EXTRA HELP $200,000 34
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 120,409 35
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 36
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(A) OPER. EXPENSE 600,000 1
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 5,000 2
(C) PROF. FEES 50,000 3
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 4
(E) DATA PROC. 0 5
(04) REFUND/REIMBURSEMENTS 5,000 6
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $980,409 7
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SECTION 15. APPROPRIATION - RACING COMMISSION - PURSES AND AWARDS FUND. 9
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 10
Administration, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State 11
Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 12
transfers to the Department of Finance and Administration - Racing Commission 13
- Purses and Awards Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 14
following: 15
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 17
NO. 2026-2027 18
(01) REFUNDS/INVESTMENTS/TRANSFERS $25,000,000 19
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SECTION 16. APPROPRIATION - RACING COMMISSION - COMPULSIVE GAMBLING 21
ADDICTION. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance & 22
Administration, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, 23
for compulsive gambling disorder treatment and educational programs as 24
defined by Amendment 100 to the Arkansas Constitution by the Department of 25
Finance & Administration - Racing Commission for the fiscal year ending June 26
30, 2027, the following: 27
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 29
NO. 2026-2027 30
(01) GAMBLING ADDICTION TREATMENT & 31
EDUCATION PROGRAMS $200,000 32
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SECTION 17. REGULAR SALARIES - RACING COMMISSION - CASINO GAMING 34
SECTION. There is hereby established for the Department of Finance and 35
Administration - Racing Commission - Casino Gaming Section for the 2026-2027 36
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fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 1
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Maximum Annual 3
Maximum Salary Rate 4
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 5
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 6
(1) PRP07P REVENUE DIVISION SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SPC07 7
(2) PTA01P TAX AUDIT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 3 GRADE SPC06 8
(3) PTA03P TAX AUDITOR II 4 GRADE SPC04 9
(4) PTA02P TAX AUDITOR I 2 GRADE SPC01 10
(5) PRP06P REVENUE COORDINATOR 3 GRADE SGS05 11
(6) PRP02P CUSTOMER SERVICE SPECIALIST 27 GRADE SGS03 12
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 40 13
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SECTION 18. APPROPRIATION - RACING COMMISSION - CASINO GAMING SECTION. 15
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 16
Administration, to be payable from the State Central Services Fund, for 17
personal services and operating expenses of the Department of Finance and 18
Administration - Racing Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, 19
the following: 20
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 22
NO. 2026-2027 23
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,816,026 24
(01.1) OVERTIME $5,000 25
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 739,222 26
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 27
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 20,000 28
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 4,000 29
(C) PROF. FEES 0 30
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 31
(E) DATA PROC. 0 32
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $2,584,248 33
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SECTION 19. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 35
authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 36
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and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 1
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 2
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 3
Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 4
control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 5
the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 6
strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 7
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SECTION 20. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 9
Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 10
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 11
which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 12
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 13
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 14
summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 15
Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 16
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SECTION 21. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 18
General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 19
the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 20
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2026 is essential to the operation of 21
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 22
the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 23
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2026 could work irreparable harm 24
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 25
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 26
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 27
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2026. 28
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