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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Fiscal Session, 2026 HOUSE BILL 1089 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 PREGNANCY HELP 9
ORGANIZATION GRANTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND 10
ADMINISTRATION - DISBURSING OFFICER WHICH SHALL BE 11
SUPPLEMENTAL AND IN ADDITION TO THOSE FUNDS 12
APPROPRIATED BY ACT 1006 OF 2025; AND FOR OTHER 13
PURPOSES. 14
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Subtitle 17
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND 18
ADMINISTRATION - DISBURSING OFFICER 19
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION. 20
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 23
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SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - PREGNANCY HELP ORGANIZATION GRANTS. There is 25
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration - 26
Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund 27
Account, for grants for the Pregnancy Help Organizations which shall be 28
supplemental and in addition to those funds appropriated in Section 37 of Act 29
1006 of 2025, the following: 30
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 32
NO. 2025-2026 33
(01) PREGNANCY HELP ORGANIZATION GRANTS $1,500,000 34
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SECTION 2. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 36
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CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. FUND 1
TRANSFER. Immediately upon the effective date of this act, the Chief Fiscal 2
Officer of the State shall transfer on his or her books and those of the 3
Treasurer of State and the Auditor of the State the sum of three million five 4
hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) from the General Revenue Allotment 5
Reserve Fund to the Pregnancy Help Organization Grant Sub-Fund in the 6
Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account to provide funds for grants to Pregnancy 7
Help Organizations. 8
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SECTION 3. 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 4. 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 5. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General 29
Assembly, that funds provided by the General Assembly for the operations of 30
the Department Of Finance And Administration - Disbursing Officer are, due to 31
unforeseen circumstances, insufficient for the Department Of Finance And 32
Administration - Disbursing Officer to continue to provide essential 33
governmental services; that the provisions of this act will provide the 34
necessary monies for the Department Of Finance And Administration - 35
Disbursing Officer to continue such services; and that a delay in the 36
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effective date of this Act could work irreparable harm upon the proper 1
administration and provision of essential governmental programs. Therefore, 2
an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act being necessary for the 3
immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety shall be in 4
full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and approval. 5
If the bill is neither approved nor vetoed by the Governor, it shall 6
become effective on the expiration of the period of time during which the 7
Governor may veto the bill. If the bill is vetoed by the Governor and the 8
veto is overridden, it shall become effective on the date the last house 9
overrides the veto. 10
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