AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 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 1066 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 ENERGY 9
AND ENVIRONMENT - DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 10
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2027; AND FOR 11
OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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Subtitle 15
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND 16
ENVIRONMENT - DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL 17
QUALITY 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 Energy and Environment for the 2026-2027 25
fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 26
27
Maximum Annual 28
Maximum Salary Rate 29
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 30
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 31
(1) ESE06A SECRETARY OF ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT 1 GRADE EXE04 32
(2) EEX19A ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT DIRECTOR 1 GRADE EXE01 33
(3) EEX09A CHIEF OF STAFF I 1 GRADE EXE01 34
(4) LAT08C CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL I 1 GRADE SPC10 35
(5) FAC08C CHIEF FISCAL OFFICER I 1 GRADE SPC09 36
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(6) PEM02C ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT DEP DIRECTOR 1 GRADE SPC08 1
(7) LAT05P ATTORNEY III 6 GRADE SPC08 2
(8) CPR01C CHIEF OF COMMUNICATIONS I 1 GRADE SPC06 3
(9) FAC06C ASSISTANT CONTROLLER 1 GRADE SPC05 4
(10) PEM01C E & E ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR 1 GRADE SPC05 5
(11) PEM03C ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT PROG MANAGER 1 GRADE SPC05 6
(12) CPR03C GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SPC05 7
(13) LAT04P ATTORNEY II 3 GRADE SPC05 8
(14) LAT03P ATTORNEY I 1 GRADE SPC03 9
(15) FAC01P ACCOUNTANT I 2 GRADE SPC01 10
(16) SBI01P BIOLOGIST I 1 GRADE SPC01 11
(17) SGE01P GEOLOGIST 1 GRADE SPC01 12
(18) HDH08P HR SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS08 13
(19) TFM02C FACILITY MANAGER 1 GRADE SGS07 14
(20) PAS08I EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT 1 GRADE SGS07 15
(21) FBU01P BUDGET ANALYST 1 GRADE SGS07 16
(22) FFS05P FISCAL SUPPORT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 2 GRADE SGS07 17
(23) CME03P GRAPHIC ARTIST 2 GRADE SGS07 18
(24) HDH05P HR COORDINATOR 2 GRADE SGS07 19
(25) PPR02P PROCUREMENT COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SGS07 20
(26) CPR05P PUBLIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SGS07 21
(27) ILS03I LEGAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 5 GRADE SGS06 22
(28) PEP02P ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM COORD 2 GRADE SGS06 23
(29) FFS02P FISCAL SUPPORT COORDINATOR 2 GRADE SGS06 24
(30) CPR07P PUBLIC INFORMATION SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS06 25
(31) PAS01P ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 1 GRADE SGS05 26
(32) FGM02P GRANTS COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SGS05 27
(33) IIN02P INSPECTOR II 1 GRADE SGS05 28
(34) PAS02P ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR 3 GRADE SGS04 29
(35) HDH07P HR SPECIALIST 2 GRADE SGS04 30
(36) TMA03P MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST 2 GRADE SGS04 31
(37) TMA05P MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN 4 GRADE SGS03 32
(38) PAS03P ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS02 33
(39) IIA01C CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER I 1 GRADE IST10 34
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 63 35
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SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION - SHARED SERVICES PAYING ACCOUNT. There is 1
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to be 2
payable from the paying account as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 3
the State, for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of 4
Energy and Environment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 5
following: 6
7
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 8
NO. 2026-2027 9
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $4,276,310 10
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 1,496,069 11
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 12
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 1,250,000 13
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 85,000 14
(C) PROF. FEES 450,000 15
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 250,000 16
(E) DATA PROC. 0 17
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $7,807,379 18
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SECTION 3. REGULAR SALARIES. There is hereby established for the 20
Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality for 21
the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 22
23
Maximum Annual 24
Maximum Salary Rate 25
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 26
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 27
(1) EEX19A ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT DIRECTOR 1 GRADE EXE01 28
(2) PEM02C ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT DEP DIRECTOR 4 GRADE SPC08 29
(3) SEN04C MANAGING ENGINEER 4 GRADE SPC07 30
(4) SEP02C EPIDEMIOLOGY MANAGER 1 GRADE SPC06 31
(5) SEN02P ENGINEER SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 8 GRADE SPC06 32
(6) PEM01C E & E ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR 4 GRADE SPC05 33
(7) PEM03C ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT PROG MANAGER 4 GRADE SPC05 34
(8) SGE03C MANAGING GEOLOGIST 3 GRADE SPC05 35
(9) SEP03P EPIDEMIOLOGY SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 3 GRADE SPC05 36
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(10) SEN05P PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER 8 GRADE SPC05 1
(11) SCH03P CHEMIST SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 2 GRADE SPC04 2
(12) SEP01P EPIDEMIOLOGIST 5 GRADE SPC04 3
(13) SEN01P ENGINEER 32 GRADE SPC03 4
(14) SGE05P PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGIST 9 GRADE SPC03 5
(15) SCN03P ECOLOGIST SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 4 GRADE SPC02 6
(16) SBI01P BIOLOGIST I 2 GRADE SPC01 7
(17) SCH01P CHEMIST I 7 GRADE SPC01 8
(18) SCN02P ECOLOGIST 6 GRADE SPC01 9
(19) SGE01P GEOLOGIST 9 GRADE SPC01 10
(20) PEP03P ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT PROG SUPVR/EXP 22 GRADE SGS09 11
(21) FGM03C GRANTS MANAGER 3 GRADE SGS07 12
(22) PDA01P DATA/RESEARCH ANALYST 1 GRADE SGS07 13
(23) FFS05P FISCAL SUPPORT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS07 14
(24) CME03P GRAPHIC ARTIST 1 GRADE SGS07 15
(25) IIN05P INSPECTOR SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 16 GRADE SGS07 16
(26) CPR05P PUBLIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR 3 GRADE SGS07 17
(27) PEP02P ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT PROG COORD 30 GRADE SGS06 18
(28) FFS02P FISCAL SUPPORT COORDINATOR 4 GRADE SGS06 19
(29) CPR07P PUBLIC INFORMATION SPECIALIST 2 GRADE SGS06 20
(30) PAS01P ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 20 GRADE SGS05 21
(31) FBU03P BUDGET SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS05 22
(32) FGM02P GRANTS COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SGS05 23
(33) IIN02P INSPECTOR II 74 GRADE SGS05 24
(34) IIV03P INVESTIGATOR II 11 GRADE SGS05 25
(35) PAS02P ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR 18 GRADE SGS04 26
(36) FGM01P GRANTS ANALYST 6 GRADE SGS04 27
(37) PAS03P ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS02 28
(38) IIA06C IT MANAGER 1 GRADE IST10 29
(39) IIS06P IT INFRASTRUCTURE COORDINATOR 2 GRADE IST08 30
(40) IAS04P APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER I 4 GRADE IST06 31
(41) IIS04P IT INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYST 2 GRADE IST06 32
(42) IDM03P DATABASE SPECIALIST 1 GRADE IST05 33
(43) IGI01P GIS ANALYST 2 GRADE IST05 34
(44) IUS04P USER SUPPORT SPECIALIST 3 GRADE IST02 35
(45) FFS04P FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS04 36
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MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 347 1
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SECTION 4. EXTRA HELP. There is hereby authorized, for the Department 3
of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality for the 2026-4
2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part-time or temporary 5
employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated 6
herein for such purposes: seventy (70) temporary or part-time employees, when 7
needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform 8
Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the 9
appropriate classification. 10
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SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS. There is hereby 12
appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to be payable from 13
the Division of Environmental Quality Fund Account, for personal services and 14
operating expenses of the Department of Energy and Environment - Division of 15
Environmental Quality - State Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 16
2027, the following: 17
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 19
NO. 2026-2027 20
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $2,279,883 21
(02) EXTRA HELP 25,674 22
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 818,271 23
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 24
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 403,183 25
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 32,115 26
(C) PROF. FEES 79,100 27
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 28
(E) DATA PROC. 0 29
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $3,638,226 30
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SECTION 6. APPROPRIATION - FEDERAL OPERATIONS. There is hereby 32
appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, 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 Department of Energy and 35
Environment - Division of Environmental Quality - Federal Operations for the 36
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fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 1
2
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 3
NO. 2026-2027 4
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $5,730,066 5
(02) EXTRA HELP 148,585 6
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 3,197,719 7
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 8
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 1,364,398 9
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 372,173 10
(C) PROF. FEES 1,521,755 11
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 1,148,000 12
(E) DATA PROC. 0 13
(05) DIESEL EMISSION REDUCTION AWARD GRANTS 2,766,000 14
(06) INDIRECT COSTS 586,157 15
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $16,834,853 16
17
SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - WASTE WATER LICENSING PROGRAM. There is 18
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to be 19
payable from the Wastewater Licensing Fund, for personal services and 20
operating expenses of the Department of Energy and Environment - Division of 21
Environmental Quality - Waste Water Licensing Program for the fiscal year 22
ending June 30, 2027, the following: 23
24
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 25
NO. 2026-2027 26
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $94,758 27
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 44,448 28
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 29
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 76,721 30
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 5,000 31
(C) PROF. FEES 100,000 32
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 33
(E) DATA PROC. 0 34
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $320,927 35
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SECTION 8. APPROPRIATION - LAND RECLAMATION PROGRAM. There is hereby 1
appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to be payable from 2
the Land Reclamation Fund, for land reclamation contracts of the Department 3
of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality - Land 4
Reclamation Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 5
6
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 7
NO. 2026-2027 8
(01) RECLAMATION CONTRACTS $400,000 9
10
SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION - HAZARDOUS WASTE PERMIT PROGRAM. There is 11
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to be 12
payable from the Hazardous Waste Permit Fund, for personal services and 13
operating expenses of the Department of Energy and Environment - Division of 14
Environmental Quality - Hazardous Waste Permit Program for the fiscal year 15
ending June 30, 2027, the following: 16
17
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 18
NO. 2026-2027 19
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $914,372 20
(02) EXTRA HELP 15,795 21
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 349,590 22
(04) OVERTIME 1,250 23
(05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 24
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 140,544 25
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 10,700 26
(C) PROF. FEES 10,150 27
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 175,000 28
(E) DATA PROC. 0 29
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,617,401 30
31
SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION - RECLAMATION OF ABANDONED MINES PROGRAM. 32
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to 33
be payable from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund, for contractual services 34
of the Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental 35
Quality - Reclamation of Abandoned Mines Program 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) ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION 5
CONTRACTUAL SERVICES $5,700,000 6
7
SECTION 11. APPROPRIATION - SURFACE COAL MINING PROGRAM. There is 8
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to be 9
payable from the Surface Coal Mining Operation Fund, for operating expenses 10
of the Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental 11
Quality - Surface Coal Mining Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 12
2027, the following: 13
14
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 15
NO. 2026-2027 16
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 17
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $15,000 18
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 19
(C) PROF. FEES 0 20
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 21
(E) DATA PROC. 0 22
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $15,000 23
24
SECTION 12. APPROPRIATION - MINING RECLAMATION PROGRAM. There is 25
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to be 26
payable from the Mine Reclamation Trust Fund, for contractual services of the 27
Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality - 28
Mining Reclamation Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 29
following: 30
31
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 32
NO. 2026-2027 33
(01) MINING RECLAMATION CONTRACTUAL 34
SERVICES $1,520,000 35
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SECTION 13. APPROPRIATION - FEE ADMINISTRATION. There is hereby 1
appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to be payable from 2
the Division of Environmental Quality Fee Trust Fund, for personal services 3
and operating expenses of the Department of Energy and Environment - Division 4
of Environmental Quality - Fee Administration for the fiscal year ending June 5
30, 2027, the following: 6
7
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 8
NO. 2026-2027 9
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $8,033,237 10
(02) EXTRA HELP 45,000 11
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 3,016,630 12
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 13
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 2,395,641 14
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 175,516 15
(C) PROF. FEES 600,000 16
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 1,050,000 17
(E) DATA PROC. 0 18
(05) DIESEL EMISSION REDUCTION AWARDS 19
GRANTS 1,079,000 20
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $16,395,024 21
22
SECTION 14. APPROPRIATION - SOLID WASTE PERFORMANCE BONDS PROGRAM. 23
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to 24
be payable from the Solid Waste Performance Bond Fund, for contractual 25
services of the Department of Energy and Environment - Division of 26
Environmental Quality - Solid Waste Performance Bonds Program for the fiscal 27
year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 28
29
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 30
NO. 2026-2027 31
(01) SOLID WASTE PERFORMANCE BONDS 32
CONTRACTUAL SERVICES $2,000,000 33
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SECTION 15. APPROPRIATION - HAZARDOUS WASTE CLEANUP PROGRAM. There is 35
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to be 36
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payable from the Hazardous Substance Remedial Action Trust Fund, for personal 1
services and operating expenses of the Department of Energy and Environment - 2
Division of Environmental Quality - Hazardous Waste Cleanup Program for the 3
fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 4
5
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 6
NO. 2026-2027 7
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $347,555 8
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 123,381 9
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 10
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 302,191 11
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 35,960 12
(C) PROF. FEES 215,000 13
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 14
(E) DATA PROC. 0 15
(04) CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 6,194,000 16
(05) DATA PROCESSING PURCHASES 453,937 17
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $7,672,024 18
19
SECTION 16. APPROPRIATION - EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM. There is 20
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to be 21
payable from the Hazardous Substance Remedial Action Trust Fund, for 22
contractual services of the Department of Energy and Environment - Division 23
of Environmental Quality - Emergency Response Program for the fiscal year 24
ending June 30, 2027, the following: 25
26
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 27
NO. 2026-2027 28
(01) CONTRACTUAL SERVICES $372,655 29
30
SECTION 17. APPROPRIATION - ASBESTOS CONTROL PROGRAM. There is hereby 31
appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to be payable from 32
the Asbestos Control Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of 33
the Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality 34
- Asbestos Control Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 35
following: 36
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1
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 2
NO. 2026-2027 3
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $199,684 4
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 76,787 5
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 6
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 54,452 7
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 4,090 8
(C) PROF. FEES 27,100 9
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 10
(E) DATA PROC. 0 11
(04) ASBESTOS CONTROL PROGRAM GRANTS 150,000 12
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $512,113 13
14
SECTION 18. APPROPRIATION - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLING 15
PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and 16
Environment, to be payable from the Solid Waste Management and Recycling 17
Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of 18
Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality - Solid Waste 19
Management and Recycling Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, 20
the following: 21
22
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 23
NO. 2026-2027 24
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $784,662 25
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 295,128 26
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 27
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 172,179 28
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 15,668 29
(C) PROF. FEES 50,000 30
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 100,000 31
(E) DATA PROC. 0 32
(04) REFUNDS/REIMBURSEMENTS 4,650,000 33
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $6,067,637 34
35
SECTION 19. APPROPRIATION - REGULATED SUBSTANCE STORAGE TANK PROGRAM. 36
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There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to 1
be payable from the Regulated Substance Storage Tank Program Fund, for 2
personal services and operating expenses of the Department of Energy and 3
Environment - Division of Environmental Quality - Regulated Substance Storage 4
Tank Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 5
6
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 7
NO. 2026-2027 8
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $864,655 9
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 334,112 10
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 11
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 121,128 12
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 5,005 13
(C) PROF. FEES 50,000 14
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 15
(E) DATA PROC. 0 16
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,374,900 17
18
SECTION 20. APPROPRIATION - PETROLEUM STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND PROGRAM. 19
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to 20
be payable from the Petroleum Storage Tank Trust Fund, for personal services 21
and operating expenses of the Department of Energy and Environment - Division 22
of Environmental Quality - Petroleum Storage Tank Trust Fund Program for the 23
fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 24
25
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 26
NO. 2026-2027 27
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $440,556 28
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 159,076 29
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 30
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 18,999,800 31
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 3,005 32
(C) PROF. FEES 2,500,156 33
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 34
(E) DATA PROC. 0 35
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $22,102,593 36
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1
SECTION 21. APPROPRIATION - REGULATED STORAGE TANK PROGRAM - FEDERAL 2
OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and 3
Environment, 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
contractual services of the Department of Energy and Environment - Division 6
of Environmental Quality - Regulated Storage Tank Program - Federal 7
Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 8
9
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 10
NO. 2026-2027 11
(01) REGULATED STORAGE TANK PROGRAM $1,500,000 12
13
SECTION 22. APPROPRIATION - LANDFILL POST-CLOSURE PROGRAM. There is 14
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to be 15
payable from the Landfill Post-Closure Trust Fund, for personal services and 16
operating expenses of the Department of Energy and Environment - Division of 17
Environmental Quality - Landfill Post-Closure Program for the fiscal year 18
ending June 30, 2027, the following: 19
20
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 21
NO. 2026-2027 22
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $228,880 23
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 83,574 24
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 25
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 30,923 26
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 6,000 27
(C) PROF. FEES 0 28
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 29
(E) DATA PROC. 0 30
(04) CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 14,109,373 31
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $14,458,750 32
33
SECTION 23. APPROPRIATION - MARKETING RECYCLABLES PROGRAM OF THE 34
COMPLIANCE ADVISORY PANEL. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department 35
of Energy and Environment, to be payable from the Marketing Recyclables 36
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Program Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of the Department 1
of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality - Marketing 2
Recyclables Program of the Compliance Advisory Panel for the fiscal year 3
ending June 30, 2027, the following: 4
5
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 6
NO. 2026-2027 7
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,500 8
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 115 9
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 10
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 13,296 11
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 6,415 12
(C) PROF. FEES 7,000 13
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 14
(E) DATA PROC. 0 15
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $28,326 16
17
SECTION 24. APPROPRIATION - ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM. There is 18
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to be 19
payable from the Environmental Education Fund, for operating expenses of the 20
Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality - 21
Environmental Education Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 22
following: 23
24
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 25
NO. 2026-2027 26
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 27
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $111,300 28
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 8,000 29
(C) PROF. FEES 26,700 30
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 31
(E) DATA PROC. 0 32
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $146,000 33
34
SECTION 25. APPROPRIATION - PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP SYSTEM. There is 35
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to be 36
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payable from the Performance Partnership Trust Fund, for expenses of 1
designing and establishing a management organization of the Department of 2
Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality - Performance 3
Partnership System for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 4
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 6
NO. 2026-2027 7
(01) PERFORMANCE INTEGRATED INFORMATION 8
SYSTEM EXPENSES $563,000 9
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SECTION 26. APPROPRIATION - ENVIRONMENTAL SETTLEMENT TRUST PROGRAM. 11
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to 12
be payable from the Environmental Settlement Trust Fund, for expenses as 13
authorized through various settlement agreements benefiting the State of 14
Arkansas as administered through the Department of Energy and Environment - 15
Division of Environmental Quality - Environmental Settlement Trust Program 16
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 17
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 19
NO. 2026-2027 20
(01) ENVIRONMENTAL SETTLEMENT TRUST 21
EXPENSES $850,000 22
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SECTION 27. REGULAR SALARIES - POLLUTION CONTROL AND ECOLOGY COMMISSION 24
- ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING OFFICER. There is hereby established for the 25
Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality for 26
the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of 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) LAT01C ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE 1 GRADE SPC08 33
(2) ILS03I LEGAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS06 34
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 2 35
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SECTION 28. APPROPRIATION - POLLUTION CONTROL AND ECOLOGY COMMISSION - 1
ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING OFFICER. There is hereby appropriated, to the 2
Department of Energy and Environment, to be payable from the Division of 3
Environmental Quality Fee Trust Fund, for personal services and operating 4
expenses of the Department of Energy and Environment - Division of 5
Environmental Quality - Pollution Control and Ecology Commission - 6
Administrative Hearing Officer for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 7
following: 8
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 10
NO. 2026-2027 11
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $189,600 12
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 57,958 13
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 14
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 49,217 15
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 6,922 16
(C) PROF. FEES 38,000 17
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 18
(E) DATA PROC. 0 19
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $341,697 20
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SECTION 29. APPROPRIATION - NON HAZARDOUS SITE CLEANUP PROGRAM. There 22
is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to be 23
payable from the Division of Environmental Quality Fee Trust Fund, for the 24
cleanup of non-hazardous sites which pose a threat to the environment by the 25
Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality - 26
Non Hazardous Site Cleanup Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, 27
the following: 28
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 30
NO. 2026-2027 31
(01) CONTRACTUAL SERVICES $100,000 32
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SECTION 30. APPROPRIATION - WATER PERFORMANCE BOND FUND PROGRAM. There 34
is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to be 35
payable from the Water Performance Bond Fund, for contractual services of the 36
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Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality - 1
Water Performance Bond Fund Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, 2
the following: 3
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 5
NO. 2026-2027 6
(01) NONMUNICIPAL DOMESTIC SEWAGE 7
CONTRACTUAL SERVICES $500,000 8
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SECTION 31. APPROPRIATION - NONMUNICIPAL DOMESTIC SEWAGE TREATMENT 10
WORKS PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and 11
Environment, to be payable from the Nonmunicipal Domestic Sewage Treatment 12
Works Trust Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of the 13
Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality - 14
Nonmunicipal Domestic Sewage Treatment Works Program for the fiscal year 15
ending June 30, 2027, the following: 16
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 18
NO. 2026-2027 19
(01) NONMUNICIPAL DOMESTIC SEWAGE TREATMENT $55,000 20
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SECTION 32. APPROPRIATION - USED TIRE RECYCLING AND ACCOUNTABILITY 22
PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and 23
Environment, to be payable from the Used Tire Recycling Fund, for expenses of 24
the Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality 25
- Used Tire Recycling and Accountability Program for the fiscal year ending 26
June 30, 2027, the following: 27
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 29
NO. 2026-2027 30
(01) USED TIRE RECYCLING AND 31
ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAM EXPENSES $10,788,000 32
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SECTION 33. APPROPRIATION - USED TIRE RECYCLING AND ABATEMENT - CASH. 34
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to 35
be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined 36
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by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for expenses of the Department of 1
Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality - Used Tire 2
Recycling and Abatement - Cash for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 3
following: 4
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 6
NO. 2026-2027 7
(01) USED TIRE RECYCLING AND ABATEMENT $5,000,000 8
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SECTION 34. APPROPRIATION - STATE ENERGY PLAN - FEDERAL OPERATIONS. 10
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to 11
be payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer 12
of the State, for personal services, operating expenses, and grants and aid 13
of the Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental 14
Quality - State Energy Plan - Federal Operations for the fiscal year ending 15
June 30, 2027, the following: 16
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 18
NO. 2026-2027 19
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $226,898 20
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 83,115 21
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 22
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 118,273 23
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 36,788 24
(C) PROF. FEES 268,085 25
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 26
(E) DATA PROC. 0 27
(04) ENERGY CONSERVATION GRANTS AND AID 551,952 28
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,285,111 29
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SECTION 35. APPROPRIATION - ENERGY OFFICE - FEDERAL OPERATIONS. There 31
is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to be 32
payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 33
the State, for personal services, operating expenses, and grants and aid of 34
the Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality 35
- Energy Office - Federal Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 36
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2027, the following: 1
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 3
NO. 2026-2027 4
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $629,544 5
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 244,666 6
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 7
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 67,880 8
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 16,750 9
(C) PROF. FEES 13,500 10
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 11
(E) DATA PROC. 0 12
(04) LIHEAP GRANTS 33,108,910 13
(05) DATA PROCESSING SERVICES 25,046 14
(06) WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 7,561,541 15
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $41,667,837 16
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SECTION 36. APPROPRIATION - ENERGY PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS PROGRAM. 18
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to 19
be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined 20
by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for operating expenses of the 21
Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality - 22
Energy Performance Contracts Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 23
2027, the following: 24
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 26
NO. 2026-2027 27
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 28
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $25,000 29
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 30
(C) PROF. FEES 300,000 31
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 32
(E) DATA PROC. 0 33
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $325,000 34
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SECTION 37. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 36
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CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. EQUIPMENT 1
PURCHASE RESTRICTIONS. Expenditures from the Hazardous Substance Remedial 2
Action Trust Fund for the purchase of division laboratory equipment, 3
including maintenance contracts, data processing equipment and mission-4
critical software, including maintenance contracts, as appropriated in the 5
Capital Outlay and Data Processing Purchases line items of the Hazardous 6
Waste Cleanup Program appropriation section, may be funded through interest 7
earnings, investment earnings, and no more than three percent (3%) of the 8
corpus of the Hazardous Substance Remedial Action Trust Fund and additional 9
funding from the Hazardous Substance Remedial Action Trust Fund on July 1, 10
2025 2026. Further, the Division shall report annually to the Arkansas 11
Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee all expenditures for these 12
purchases. 13
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 14
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 15
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SECTION 38. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 17
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. FUND 18
TRANSFER PROVISION. Upon approval of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, 19
the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality may transfer from various 20
department funds to the Division of Environmental Quality Fund Account the 21
sum of $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2025-2026 2026-2027 for the exclusive 22
purpose of supplementing funding for the appropriation provided in the State 23
Operations appropriation section. The funds shall be used for personal 24
services and operating expenses of the Arkansas Division of Environmental 25
Quality - State Operations. Funds which remain in the Division of 26
Environmental Quality Fund Account at the close of the fiscal year shall be 27
carried forward and made available for the same purpose for the following 28
fiscal year. These funds shall be used for the purpose stated above. 29
The amounts transferred shall not be considered as part of any 30
statutory limitation on the use of funds for administration of programs of 31
the Division. 32
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 33
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 34
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SECTION 39. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 36
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CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. LANDFILL 1
POST-CLOSURE CLEAN UP RESTRICTIONS. Any expenditures in excess of $2,000,000 2
per site from the Landfill Post-Closure Trust Fund, as appropriated in the 3
Contractual Services line item of the Landfill Post-Closure Program 4
appropriation section, for corrective action to remedy environmental impacts 5
of closed disposal sites previously operated as a landfill pursuant to state 6
law, shall be subject to review and approval by the Arkansas Pollution 7
Control and Ecology Commission after addressing corrective actions needed to 8
address environmental impacts from permitted landfills closed properly. 9
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 10
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 11
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SECTION 40. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 13
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. SHARED 14
SERVICES. (a)(1) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State may create a Shared 15
Services paying accounts on his or her books and on the books of the 16
Treasurer of State and the Auditor of State for the payment of personal 17
services and operating expenses in the Shared Services Paying Account 18
Appropriation by the Department of Energy and Environment. 19
(2) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall direct the transfer 20
of funds and appropriations to the Shared Services Paying Account 21
appropriation section of this act on the books of the Treasurer of State, the 22
Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State. 23
(3) The transfer authority provided to the department in 24
subdivision (a)(2) of this section may be used to make transfers only within 25
the department's appropriation act or between other appropriation acts 26
authorized for the department. 27
(4) The provisions of this section shall be in effect from the date of 28
passage through June 30, 2026 2027. 29
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SECTION 41. SPECIAL LANGUAGE - CODE AMENDMENT. Arkansas Code § 8-9-31
404(a)(3)(B), concerning limitations on fees charged by tire retailers under 32
the Used Tire Recycling and Accountability Act, is amended to read as 33
follows: 34
(B) Except for the rim removal fees fee imposed under this 35
section, a tire retailer shall not charge any other fee to a person who 36
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purchases the service of removal of a tire from a rim and replaces the 1
removed tire with a used tire. 2
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SECTION 42. SPECIAL LANGUAGE - CODE AMENDMENT. Arkansas Code § 8-9-4
404(d)(3)(B), concerning limitations on fees charged by commercial generators 5
under the Used Tire Recycling and Accountability Act, is repealed. 6
(B) Except for the commercial generator fees imposed under 7
this section, the commercial generator shall not charge any other fee to the 8
end user. 9
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SECTION 43. SPECIAL LANGUAGE - CODE AMENDMENT. Arkansas Code § 8-9-11
404(e), concerning limitations on the imposition of certain fees related to 12
tire removal under the Used Tire Recycling and Accountability Act, is 13
repealed. 14
(e)(1) It is the purpose and intent of this section that only one (1) 15
of the following fees imposed under this section be charged for the 16
transaction of removing a tire from a rim that is related to the sale of a 17
replacement tire: 18
(A) The rim removal fee; or 19
(B) The commercial generator fee. 20
(2) If a person establishes that he or she has paid one (1) of 21
the fees for a tire, the tire retailer or tire generator shall not charge an 22
additional fee for that tire. 23
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SECTION 44. SPECIAL LANGUAGE - CODE AMENDMENT. Arkansas Code § 8-9-25
405(a)(1), concerning reimbursement to used tire programs under the Used Tire 26
Recycling and Accountability Act, is amended to read as follows: 27
(1) Reimburse used tire programs for used tire transportation, 28
recycling, and disposal costs at a rate not to exceed two dollars and thirty-29
one cents ($2.31) per used tire processed on and after July 1, 2026; 30
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SECTION 45. SPECIAL LANGUAGE - CODE AMENDMENT. Arkansas Code § 8-9-32
405(b)(9) and (10), concerning the requirement to establish tire collection 33
centers for reimbursement eligibility of used tire programs under the Used 34
Tire Recycling and Accountability Act, are amended to read as follows: 35
(9)(A) Establish tire collection centers that adequately serve 36
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the used tire program area within each county served by the used tire program 1
that accepts tires from tire retailers at no charge if the tire retailer 2
establishes that it: 3
(i) Collects the rim removal fee imposed under § 8-4
9-404(a); and 5
(ii) Complies with the electronic uniform used tire 6
manifest system under § 8-9-407. 7
(B) The tire collection centers under this subdivision 8
(b)(9) may be at any one (1) or more of the following: 9
(i) A solid waste disposal facility; 10
(ii) A tire processing facility; or 11
(iii) A tire retailer; and 12
(10) Establish at least one (1) tire collection center within 13
each county served by the used tire program. 14
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SECTION 46. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 16
authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 17
and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 18
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 19
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 20
Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 21
control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 22
the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 23
strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 24
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SECTION 47. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 26
Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 27
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 28
which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 29
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 30
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 31
summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 32
Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 33
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SECTION 48. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 35
General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 36
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the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 1
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2026 is essential to the operation of 2
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 3
the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 4
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2026 could work irreparable harm 5
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 6
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 7
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 8
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2026. 9
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