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State of Arkansas As Engrossed: S4/15/26 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Fiscal Session, 2026 SENATE BILL 19 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 10
INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 11
2027; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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Subtitle 15
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTOR 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 - SHARED SERVICES. There is hereby 23
established for the Department of Inspector General for the 2026-2027 fiscal 24
year, the 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) ESE09A SECRETARY OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 1 GRADE EXE04 31
(2) EEX09A CHIEF OF STAFF I 1 GRADE EXE01 32
(3) LAT08C CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL I 1 GRADE SPC10 33
(4) FAC08C CHIEF FISCAL OFFICER I 1 GRADE SPC09 34
(5) PAS08I EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT 1 GRADE SGS07 35
(6) FFS05P FISCAL SUPPORT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS07 36
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(7) PAS01P ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 3 GRADE SGS05 1
(8) PAS03P ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS02 2
(9) IIV05P INVESTIGATOR SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS07 3
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 11 4
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SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION - SHARED SERVICES PAYING ACCOUNT. There is 6
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Inspector General, to be payable 7
from the paying account as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the 8
State with transfers from the State Central Services Fund, for personal 9
services and operating expenses of the Department of Inspector General - 10
Shared Services for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 11
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 13
NO. 2026-2027 14
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $976,041 15
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 318,712 16
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 17
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 58,350 18
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 19
(C) PROF. FEES 0 20
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 21
(E) DATA PROC. 0 22
(04) PROGRAM INTEGRITY 5,000,000 23
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $6,353,103 24
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SECTION 3. REGULAR SALARIES - OPERATIONS - OFFICE OF MEDICAID INSPECTOR 26
GENERAL. There is hereby established for the Department of Inspector General 27
- Office of Medicaid Inspector General for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the 28
following maximum number of regular employees. 29
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Maximum Annual 31
Maximum Salary Rate 32
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 33
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 34
(1) EEX24A MEDICAID INSPECTOR GENERAL 1 GRADE SPC10 35
(2) LAT04P ATTORNEY II 2 GRADE SPC05 36
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(3) PCA03P CLAIMS SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 4 GRADE SGS08 1
(4) PAS08I EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT 1 GRADE SGS07 2
(5) PCA01P CLAIMS COORDINATOR 10 GRADE SGS07 3
(6) IIV04P INVESTIGATOR III 1 GRADE SGS06 4
(7) PAS01P ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 2 GRADE SGS05 5
(8) MNU08P REG. NURSE SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 2 GRADE MED06 6
(9) MNU06P REGISTERED NURSE 2 GRADE MED05 7
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 25 8
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SECTION 4. EXTRA HELP - OPERATIONS - OFFICE OF MEDICAID INSPECTOR 10
GENERAL. There is hereby authorized, for the Department of Inspector General 11
- Office of Medicaid Inspector General for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the 12
following maximum number of part-time or temporary employees, to be known as 13
"Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: one 14
(1) temporary or part-time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to 15
exceed those provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or 16
its successor, or this act for the appropriate classification. 17
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SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS - OFFICE OF MEDICAID 19
INSPECTOR GENERAL. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 20
Inspector General, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund 21
Account, for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of 22
Inspector General - Office of Medicaid Inspector General - State Operations 23
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 24
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 26
NO. 2026-2027 27
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $701,304 28
(02) EXTRA HELP 4,999 29
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 253,106 30
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 31
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 187,962 32
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 3,400 33
(C) PROF. FEES 2,800 34
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 35
(E) DATA PROC. 0 36
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TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,153,571 1
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SECTION 6. APPROPRIATION - FEDERAL OPERATIONS - OFFICE OF MEDICAID 3
INSPECTOR GENERAL. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 4
Inspector General, to be payable from the federal funds as designated by the 5
Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services and operating 6
expenses of the Department of Inspector General - Office of Medicaid 7
Inspector General - Federal Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 8
2027, the following: 9
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 11
NO. 2026-2027 12
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,009,874 13
(02) EXTRA HELP 5,001 14
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 348,059 15
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 16
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 209,489 17
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 3,800 18
(C) PROF. FEES 2,800 19
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 20
(E) DATA PROC. 0 21
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,579,023 22
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SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - ENTERPRISE FRAUD PROGRAM - STATE - OFFICE OF 24
MEDICAID INSPECTOR GENERAL. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department 25
of Inspector General, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund 26
Account, for personal services and operating expenses of the Enterprise Fraud 27
Program of the Department of Inspector General - Office of Medicaid Inspector 28
General - Enterprise Fraud Program - State for the fiscal year ending June 29
30, 2027, the following: 30
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 32
NO. 2026-2027 33
(01) ENTERPRISE FRAUD PROGRAM $900,000 34
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SECTION 8. APPROPRIATION - ENTERPRISE FRAUD PROGRAM - FEDERAL - OFFICE 36
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OF MEDICAID INSPECTOR GENERAL. There is hereby appropriated, to the 1
Department of Inspector General, to be payable from the federal funds as 2
designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services 3
and operating expenses of the Enterprise Fraud Program of the Department of 4
Inspector General - Office of Medicaid Inspector General - Enterprise Fraud 5
Program - Federal for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 6
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 8
NO. 2026-2027 9
(01) ENTERPRISE FRAUD PROGRAM $3,600,000 10
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SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION - CASH OPERATIONS - OFFICE OF MEDICAID 12
INSPECTOR GENERAL. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 13
Inspector General, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State 14
Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal 15
services and operating expenses of the Department of Inspector General - 16
Office of Medicaid Inspector General - Cash Operations for the fiscal year 17
ending June 30, 2027, the following: 18
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 20
NO. 2026-2027 21
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $247,164 22
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 75,190 23
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 24
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 15,645 25
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 6,710 26
(C) PROF. FEES 1,200 27
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 28
(E) DATA PROC. 0 29
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $345,909 30
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SECTION 10. REGULAR SALARIES - ARKANSAS FAIR HOUSING COMMISSION. There 32
is hereby established for the Department of Inspector General - Arkansas Fair 33
Housing Commission for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum 34
number of regular employees. 35
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Maximum Annual 1
Maximum Salary Rate 2
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 3
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 4
(1) SSP05C FAIR HOUSING DIRECTOR 1 GRADE SPC06 5
(2) LAT04P ATTORNEY II 1 GRADE SPC05 6
(3) FFS02P FISCAL SUPPORT COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SGS06 7
(4) IIV04P INVESTIGATOR III 2 GRADE SGS06 8
(5) IIV03P INVESTIGATOR II 5 GRADE SGS05 9
(6) FGM01P GRANTS ANALYST 1 GRADE SGS04 10
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 11 11
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SECTION 11. EXTRA HELP - ARKANSAS FAIR HOUSING COMMISSION. There is 13
hereby authorized, for the Department of Inspector General - Arkansas Fair 14
Housing Commission for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum 15
number of part-time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", 16
payable from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: two (2) temporary 17
or part-time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those 18
provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its 19
successor, or this act for the appropriate classification. 20
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SECTION 12. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS FAIR HOUSING 22
COMMISSION. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Inspector 23
General, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, for 24
personal services and operating expenses of the Department of Inspector 25
General - Arkansas Fair Housing Commission - Operations for the fiscal year 26
ending June 30, 2027, the following: 27
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 29
NO. 2026-2027 30
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $637,197 31
(02) EXTRA HELP 40,000 32
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 240,503 33
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 34
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 191,573 35
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 58,000 36
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(C) PROF. FEES 57,007 1
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 2
(E) DATA PROC. 0 3
(05) PUBLIC EDUCATION 899 4
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,225,179 5
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SECTION 13. APPROPRIATION - EDUCATION - TRUST - ARKANSAS FAIR HOUSING 7
COMMISSION. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Inspector 8
General, to be payable from the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission Trust Fund, 9
for operating expenses of the Department of Inspector General - Arkansas Fair 10
Housing Commission - Education - Trust for the fiscal year ending June 30, 11
2027, the following: 12
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 14
NO. 2026-2027 15
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 16
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $50,000 17
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 45,000 18
(C) PROF. FEES 0 19
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 20
(E) DATA PROC. 0 21
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $95,000 22
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SECTION 14. REGULAR SALARIES - OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDIT. There is 24
hereby established for the Department of Inspector General - Office of 25
Internal Audit 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) EEX47A STATE INTERNAL AUDIT DIRECTOR 1 GRADE EXE02 33
(2) FAU06C INTERNAL AUDIT DEPUTY DIRECTOR 1 GRADE SPC08 34
(3) FAU07P INTERNAL AUDIT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 3 GRADE SPC06 35
(4) FAU08P INTERNAL AUDITOR 7 GRADE SPC05 36
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(5) FAU02P AUDIT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SPC04 1
(6) FAU04P AUDITOR II 10 GRADE SPC02 2
(7) FAU03P AUDITOR I 1 GRADE SPC01 3
(8) FFS05P FISCAL SUPPORT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS07 4
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 25 5
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SECTION 15. APPROPRIATION - OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDIT - OPERATIONS. 7
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Inspector General, to be 8
payable from the State Central Services Fund, for personal services and 9
operating expenses of the Department of Inspector General - Office of 10
Internal Audit - Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 11
following: 12
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 14
NO. 2026-2027 15
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,926,800 16
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 636,180 17
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 18
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 702,719 19
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 44,600 20
(C) PROF. FEES 51,500 21
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 22
(E) DATA PROC. 0 23
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $3,361,799 24
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SECTION 16. REGULAR SALARIES - INDEPENDENT TAX APPEALS COMMISSION. 26
There is hereby established for the Department of Inspector General - 27
Independent Tax Appeals Commission for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the 28
following maximum number of regular employees. 29
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Maximum Annual 31
Maximum Salary Rate 32
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 33
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 34
(1) EEX50A TAX APPEALS COMMISSIONER 3 GRADE EXE02 35
(2) LAT05P ATTORNEY III 1 GRADE SPC08 36
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(3) FAC03P ACCOUNTING COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SPC03 1
(4) PAS08I EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT 1 GRADE SGS07 2
(5) ILS03I LEGAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS06 3
(6) PAS01P ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 2 GRADE SGS05 4
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 9 5
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SECTION 17. APPROPRIATION - INDEPENDENT TAX APPEALS COMMISSION. There 7
is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Inspector General, to be payable 8
from the State Central Services Fund, for personal services and operating 9
expenses of the Department of Inspector General - Independent Tax Appeals 10
Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 11
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 13
NO. 2026-2027 14
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $912,118 15
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 278,809 16
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 17
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 400,000 18
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 20,000 19
(C) PROF. FEES 0 20
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 21
(E) DATA PROC. 0 22
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,610,927 23
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SECTION 18. REGULAR SALARIES - OFFICE OF THE CHILD WELFARE OMBUDSMAN. 25
There is hereby established for the Department of Inspector General - Office 26
of the Child Welfare Ombudsman for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following 27
maximum number of regular employees. 28
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Maximum Annual 30
Maximum Salary Rate 31
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 32
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 33
(1) SSP06I OMBUDSMAN 2 GRADE SGS08 34
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 2 35
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SECTION 19. APPROPRIATION - OFFICE OF THE CHILD WELFARE OMBUDSMAN. 1
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Inspector General, to be 2
payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, for personal services 3
and operating expenses of the Department of Inspector General - Office of the 4
Child Welfare Ombudsman for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 5
following: 6
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 8
NO. 2026-2027 9
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $147,360 10
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 50,000 11
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 12
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 55,000 13
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 9,000 14
(C) PROF. FEES 18,000 15
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 16
(E) DATA PROC. 0 17
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $279,360 18
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SECTION 20. REGULAR SALARIES - OFFICE OF THE JUVENILE OMBUDSMAN. There 20
is hereby established for the Department of Inspector General - Office of the 21
Juvenile Ombudsman for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum 22
number of regular employees. 23
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Maximum Annual 25
Maximum Salary Rate 26
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 27
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 28
(1) SSP06I OMBUDSMAN 1 GRADE SGS08 29
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 1 30
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SECTION 21. EXTRA HELP - OFFICE OF THE JUVENILE OMBUDSMAN. There is 32
hereby authorized, for the Department of Inspector General - Office of the 33
Juvenile Ombudsman for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum 34
number of part-time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", 35
payable from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: one (1) temporary 36
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or 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 22. APPROPRIATION - OFFICE OF THE JUVENILE OMBUDSMAN. There is 5
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Inspector General, to be payable 6
from the State Central Services Fund, for personal services of the Department 7
of Inspector General - Office of the Juvenile Ombudsman 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 $121,531 13
(02) EXTRA HELP 4,800 14
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 43,756 15
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 16
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 25,943 17
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 4,000 18
(C) PROF. FEES 0 19
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 20
(E) DATA PROC. 0 21
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $200,030 22
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SECTION 23. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 24
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. SHARED 25
SERVICES. (a)(1) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State may create a Shared 26
Services paying accounts on his or her books and on the books of the 27
Treasurer of State and the Auditor of State for the payment of personal 28
services and operating expenses in the Shared Services Paying Account 29
Appropriation by the Department of Inspector General. 30
(2) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall direct the transfer 31
of funds and appropriations to the Shared Services Paying Account 32
appropriation section of this act on the books of the Treasurer of State, the 33
Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State. 34
(3) The transfer authority provided to the department in 35
subdivision (a)(2) of this section may be used to make transfers only within 36
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the department's appropriation act or between other appropriation acts 1
authorized for the department. 2
(4) The provisions of this section shall be in effect from the 3
date of passage through June 30, 2026 2027. 4
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SECTION 24. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 6
authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 7
and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 8
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 9
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 10
Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 11
control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 12
the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 13
strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 14
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SECTION 25. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 16
Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 17
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 18
which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 19
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 20
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 21
summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 22
Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 23
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SECTION 26. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 25
General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 26
the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 27
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2026 is essential to the operation of 28
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 29
the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 30
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2026 could work irreparable harm 31
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 32
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 33
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 34
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2026. 35
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