AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SHARED ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR.

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State of Arkansas As Engrossed: S4/22/26 S4/27/26 2
95th General Assembly A Bill 3
Fiscal Session, 2026 SENATE BILL 3 4
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By: Joint Budget Committee 6
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For An Act To Be Entitled 9
AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 10
AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SHARED 11
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 12
JUNE 30, 2027; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 13
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Subtitle 16
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SHARED 17
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES APPROPRIATION FOR 18
THE 2026-2027 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 - STATEWIDE SHARED SERVICES. There is 24
hereby established for the Department of Shared Administrative Services for 25
the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 26
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Maximum Annual 28
Maximum Salary Rate 29
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 30
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 31
(1) ESE14A SEC OF TRANSFORM & SHARED SERVICES 1 GRADE EXE04 32
(2) EEX10A CHIEF OF STAFF II 1 GRADE EXE02 33
(3) EEX45A STATE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS DIRECTOR 1 GRADE EXE02 34
(4) EEX48A STATE PERSONNEL DIRECTOR 1 GRADE EXE02 35
(5) EEX49A STATE PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR 1 GRADE EXE02 36
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(6) FAC09C CHIEF FISCAL OFFICER II 1 GRADE SPC10 1
(7) LAT08C CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL I 1 GRADE SPC10 2
(8) LAT06C ATTORNEY IV 1 GRADE SPC09 3
(9) HSP02C STATE PERSONNEL ASSISTANT ADMIN 3 GRADE SPC09 4
(10) PSS02C TSS DIVISION ADMINISTRATOR 5 GRADE SPC08 5
(11) LAT05P ATTORNEY III 1 GRADE SPC08 6
(12) PSS05C TSS PROGRAM MANAGER 1 GRADE SPC07 7
(13) FAC10C CONTROLLER 1 GRADE SPC06 8
(14) HSP05P STATE PERSONNEL SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 7 GRADE SPC06 9
(15) FAC06C ASSISTANT CONTROLLER 1 GRADE SPC05 10
(16) HDH02C HR ADMINISTRATOR I 1 GRADE SPC05 11
(17) LAT04P ATTORNEY II 3 GRADE SPC05 12
(18) HSP03P STATE PERSONNEL COORDINATOR 22 GRADE SPC05 13
(19) PSP02C STATE PROCUREMENT MANAGER 1 GRADE SPC04 14
(20) FAC05P ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SPC04 15
(21) PSP01P STATE PROCUREMENT COORDINATOR 9 GRADE SPC03 16
(22) FAC02P ACCOUNTANT II 1 GRADE SPC02 17
(23) HSP04P STATE PERSONNEL SPECIALIST 14 GRADE SPC01 18
(24) PSP03P STATE PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST 16 GRADE SPC01 19
(25) PPR03C PROCUREMENT MANAGER 1 GRADE SGS10 20
(26) HSB04P STATE BENEFITS SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS10 21
(27) PSS06P TSS PROGRAM SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 3 GRADE SGS10 22
(28) TIW05C MARKETING & REDISTRIBUTION MANAGER 1 GRADE SGS09 23
(29) PAS08I EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT 4 GRADE SGS07 24
(30) FFS05P FISCAL SUPPORT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 2 GRADE SGS07 25
(31) CPR05P PUBLIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR 2 GRADE SGS07 26
(32) PSS04P TSS PROGRAM COORDINATOR 2 GRADE SGS07 27
(33) HSB01P STATE BENEFITS ANALYST 26 GRADE SGS06 28
(34) TIW07P SURPLUS PROPERTY SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 2 GRADE SGS06 29
(35) PAS01P ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 2 GRADE SGS05 30
(36) PPR04P PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST 2 GRADE SGS05 31
(37) TIW06P SURPLUS PROPERTY AGENT 10 GRADE SGS05 32
(38) PAS02P ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR 8 GRADE SGS04 33
(39) FFS04P FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 9 GRADE SGS04 34
(40) PAS03P ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST 2 GRADE SGS02 35
(41) IIA05C IT DIVISION MANAGER 1 GRADE IST12 36
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(42) IAS06C APPLICATIONS SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE IST10 1
(43) IAS03P APPLICATIONS COORDINATOR 6 GRADE IST09 2
(44) IDN02P DATA ANALYST SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE IST09 3
(45) IAS02P APPLICATIONS ANALYST II 1 GRADE IST08 4
(46) IDN01P DATA ANALYST 1 GRADE IST07 5
(47) IIS04P IT INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYST 1 GRADE IST06 6
(48) IUS02P USER SUPPORT COORDINATOR 1 GRADE IST05 7
(49) IUS01P USER SUPPORT ANALYST 1 GRADE IST04 8
(50) IUS04P USER SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE IST02 9
(51) PSS01C TSS CHIEF PRIVACY OFFICER 1 GRADE SPC09 10
(52) CPR01C CHIEF OF COMMUNICATIONS I 1 GRADE SPC06 11
(53) CTR02P TRAINER 1 GRADE SGS07 12
(54) IAS04P APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER I 2 GRADE IST06 13
(55) HSP01P STATE PERSONNEL ANALYST 1 GRADE SPC04 14
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 193 15
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SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - STATEWIDE SHARED SERVICES. There is hereby 17
authorized, for the Department of Shared Administrative Services for the 18
2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part-time or temporary 19
employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated 20
herein for such purposes: thirty (30) temporary or part-time employees, when 21
needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform 22
Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the 23
appropriate classification. 24
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SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - STATEWIDE SHARED SERVICES - OPERATIONS. 26
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Shared Administrative 27
Services, to be payable from the State Central Services Fund, for personal 28
services and operating expenses of the Department of Shared Administrative 29
Services - Statewide Shared Services for the fiscal year ending June 30, 30
2027, the following: 31
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 33
NO. 2026-2027 34
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $9,058,374 35
(02) EXTRA HELP 91,512 36
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(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 3,094,164 1
(04) OVERTIME 5,000 2
(05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 3
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 3,131,672 4
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 46,600 5
(C) PROF. FEES 162,589 6
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 7
(E) DATA PROC. 0 8
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $15,589,911 9
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SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - STATEWIDE SHARED SERVICES - MARKETING AND 11
REDISTRIBUTION. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Shared 12
Administrative Services, to be payable from the Property Sales Holding Fund, 13
for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of Shared 14
Administrative Services - Statewide Shared Services - Marketing and 15
Redistribution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 16
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 18
NO. 2026-2027 19
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $619,090 20
(02) EXTRA HELP 5,000 21
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 263,698 22
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 23
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 358,605 24
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 1,000 25
(C) PROF. FEES 24,000 26
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 27
(E) DATA PROC. 0 28
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,271,393 29
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SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - STATEWIDE SHARED SERVICES - PURCHASE AND 31
CORPORATE TRAVEL CARD PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the 32
Department of Shared Administrative Services, to be payable from the Purchase 33
and Corporate Travel Card Program Fund, for providing appropriation to allow 34
for rebates coming into the State from vendor banks and for distribution to 35
participating agencies and for operating expenses connected with the 36
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administration of the program by the Department of Shared Administrative 1
Services - Statewide Shared Services - Purchase and Corporate Travel Card 2
Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 3
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 5
NO. 2026-2027 6
(01) REFUNDS/REIMBURSEMENTS $4,000,000 7
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SECTION 6. APPROPRIATION - STATEWIDE SHARED SERVICES - INFORMATION 9
TECHNOLOGY. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Shared 10
Administrative Services, to be payable from the State Central Services Fund, 11
for information technology services expenses of the Department of Shared 12
Administrative Services for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 13
following: 14
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 16
NO. 2026-2027 17
(01) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES $600,000 18
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SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - STATEWIDE SHARED SERVICES - COMMISSION 20
STIPEND AND MILEAGE PAYMENTS. There is hereby appropriated, to the 21
Department of Shared Administrative Services, to be payable from the State 22
Central Services Fund, for payment of stipends and mileage to commission 23
members for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 24
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 26
NO. 2026-2027 27
(01) PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT 28
ADVISORY COMMISSION MILEAGE & STIPEND 29
PAYMENTS $50,000 30
(02) STATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT 31
ADVISORY COMMISSION MILEAGE & STIPEND 32
PAYMENTS 50,000 33
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $100,000 34
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SECTION 8. APPROPRIATION - STATEWIDE SHARED SERVICES - EMPLOYEE 36
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BENEFITS DIVISION - MISCELLANEOUS CASH. There is hereby appropriated, to the 1
Department of Shared Administrative Services, to be payable from the cash 2
fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal 3
Officer of the State, for personal services and operating expenses of the 4
Department of Shared Administrative Services - Statewide Shared Services - 5
Employee Benefits Division - Miscellaneous Cash for the fiscal year ending 6
June 30, 2027, the following: 7
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 9
NO. 2026-2027 10
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $927,650 11
(02) EXTRA HELP 100,000 12
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 367,404 13
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 14
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 953,222 15
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 71,800 16
(C) PROF. FEES 24,000 17
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 18
(E) DATA PROC. 0 19
(05) REFUNDS/REIMBURSEMENTS 717,700 20
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $3,161,776 21
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SECTION 9. REGULAR SALARIES - BUILDING AUTHORITY DIVISION - STATE 23
OPERATIONS. There is hereby established for the Department of Shared 24
Administrative Services - Building Authority Division for the 2026-2027 25
fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 26
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Maximum Annual 28
Maximum Salary Rate 29
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 30
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 31
(1) EEX41A STATE BUILDING AUTHORITY DIRECTOR 1 GRADE EXE02 32
(2) SAS02C MANAGING ARCHITECT 1 GRADE SPC09 33
(3) PSS05C TSS PROGRAM MANAGER 1 GRADE SPC07 34
(4) SEN02P ENGINEER SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SPC06 35
(5) SEN05P PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER 1 GRADE SPC05 36
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(6) SAS01I ARCHITECT 2 GRADE SPC03 1
(7) SEN01P ENGINEER 2 GRADE SPC03 2
(8) TFM02C FACILITY MANAGER 2 GRADE SGS07 3
(9) FFS05P FISCAL SUPPORT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS07 4
(10) PSS04P TSS PROGRAM COORDINATOR 2 GRADE SGS07 5
(11) ILP04I REAL ESTATE ANALYST 2 GRADE SGS06 6
(12) PAS01P ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 2 GRADE SGS05 7
(13) PPR04P PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST 2 GRADE SGS05 8
(14) PAS02P ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR 2 GRADE SGS04 9
(15) IIN01P INSPECTOR I 3 GRADE SGS04 10
(16) TMA05P MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN 1 GRADE SGS03 11
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 26 12
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SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION - BUILDING AUTHORITY DIVISION - STATE 14
OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Shared 15
Administrative Services, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund 16
Account, for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of 17
Shared Administrative Services - Building Authority Division for the fiscal 18
year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 19
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 21
NO. 2026-2027 22
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,591,448 23
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 569,156 24
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 25
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 45,955 26
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 6,200 27
(C) PROF. FEES 0 28
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 29
(E) DATA PROC. 0 30
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $2,212,759 31
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SECTION 11. REGULAR SALARIES - BUILDING AUTHORITY DIVISION - BUILDING 33
MAINTENANCE. There is hereby established for the Department of Shared 34
Administrative Services - Building Authority Division for the 2026-2027 35
fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 36
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Maximum Annual 2
Maximum Salary Rate 3
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 4
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 5
(1) SEN01P ENGINEER 1 GRADE SPC03 6
(2) PPR05P PROCUREMENT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS08 7
(3) TFM02C FACILITY MANAGER 3 GRADE SGS07 8
(4) TST02P LICENSED TRADESMAN 4 GRADE SGS07 9
(5) TST05P SKILLED TRADESMAN SUPERVISOR/EXP 1 GRADE SGS07 10
(6) TMA04P MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 7 GRADE SGS06 11
(7) TST04P SKILLED TRADESMAN 2 GRADE SGS06 12
(8) PAS01P ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 1 GRADE SGS05 13
(9) PPR04P PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS05 14
(10) TMA03P MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST 10 GRADE SGS04 15
(11) TMA05P MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN 2 GRADE SGS03 16
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 33 17
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SECTION 12. EXTRA HELP - BUILDING AUTHORITY DIVISION - BUILDING 19
MAINTENANCE. There is hereby authorized, for the Department of Shared 20
Administrative Services - Building Authority Division for the 2026-2027 21
fiscal year, the following maximum number of part-time or temporary 22
employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated 23
herein for such purposes: nine (9) temporary or part-time employees, when 24
needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform 25
Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the 26
appropriate classification. 27
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SECTION 13. APPROPRIATION - BUILDING AUTHORITY DIVISION - BUILDING 29
MAINTENANCE. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Shared 30
Administrative Services, to be payable from the Building Authority Division 31
Maintenance Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of the 32
Department of Shared Administrative Services - Building Authority Division 33
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 34
35
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 36
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NO. 2026-2027 1
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,511,942 2
(02) EXTRA HELP 15,000 3
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 617,443 4
(04) OVERTIME 40,000 5
(05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 6
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 13,659,015 7
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 15,000 8
(C) PROF. FEES 50,000 9
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 10
(E) DATA PROC. 0 11
(06) DEBT SERVICE 5,002,186 12
(07) CRITICAL MAINTENANCE 6,500,000 13
(08) FACILITIES MANAGEMENT CONTINGENCY 125,000 14
(09) RENT OF SPACE 121,000 15
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $27,656,586 16
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SECTION 14. REGULAR SALARIES - BUILDING AUTHORITY DIVISION - JUSTICE 18
BUILDING OPERATIONS. There is hereby established for the Department of 19
Shared Administrative Services - Building Authority Division for the 2026-20
2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 21
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Maximum Annual 23
Maximum Salary Rate 24
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 25
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 26
(1) TMA04P MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS06 27
(2) TMA03P MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS04 28
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 2 29
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SECTION 15. APPROPRIATION - BUILDING AUTHORITY DIVISION - JUSTICE 31
BUILDING OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 32
Shared Admininistrative Services, to be payable from the Building Authority 33
Division Maintenance Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of 34
the Department of Shared Admininistrative Services - Building Authority 35
Division for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 36
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 2
NO. 2026-2027 3
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $91,441 4
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 37,182 5
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 6
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 569,453 7
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 8
(C) PROF. FEES 15,000 9
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 10
(E) DATA PROC. 0 11
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $713,076 12
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SECTION 16. APPROPRIATION - BUILDING AUTHORITY DIVISION - JUSTICE 14
BUILDING MAINTENANCE. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 15
Shared Admininistrative Services, to be payable from the Justice Building 16
Fund, for maintenance of the Justice Building by the Department of Shared 17
Admininistrative Services - Building Authority Division for the fiscal year 18
ending June 30, 2027, the following: 19
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 21
NO. 2026-2027 22
(01) SPECIAL MAINTENANCE $404,293 23
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SECTION 17. APPROPRIATION - BUILDING AUTHORITY DIVISION - ACQUISITION 25
AND MAINTENANCE. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Shared 26
Admininistrative Services, to be payable from the Building Authority Division 27
Real Estate Fund, for the acquisition and maintenance of facilities and land 28
by the Department of Shared Admininistrative Services - Building Authority 29
Division for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 30
31
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 32
NO. 2026-2027 33
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 34
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $300,000 35
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 36
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(C) PROF. FEES 1,506,650 1
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 2
(E) DATA PROC. 0 3
(02) CONSTRUCTION/ACQUISITION/MAINTENANCE 2,500,000 4
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $4,306,650 5
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SECTION 18. APPROPRIATION - BUILDING AUTHORITY DIVISION - JUSTICE 7
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION - CASH. There is hereby appropriated, to the 8
Department of Shared Admininistrative Services, to be payable from the cash 9
funds as defined by Arkansas Code 19-4-801, for operating expenses of the 10
Department of Shared Admininistrative Services - Building Authority Division 11
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 12
13
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 14
NO. 2026-2027 15
(01) CONSTRUCTION $2,000,000 16
17
SECTION 19. APPROPRIATION - BUILDING AUTHORITY DIVISION - SUSTAINABLE 18
BUILDING DESIGN PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 19
Shared Admininistrative Services, to be payable from the Sustainable Building 20
Design Revolving Loan Fund, for transfers or loans to state agencies, boards 21
or commissions for construction, renovation, maintenance and operating 22
expenses of the Department of Shared Admininistrative Services - Building 23
Authority Division - Sustainable Building Design Program for the fiscal year 24
ending June 30, 2027, the following: 25
26
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 27
NO. 2026-2027 28
(01) LOANS $10,739,371 29
30
SECTION 20. APPROPRIATION - BUILDING AUTHORITY DIVISION - CASH. There 31
is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Shared Admininistrative 32
Services, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as 33
determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for building 34
improvements by the Department of Shared Admininistrative Services - Building 35
Authority Division for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 36
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 2
NO. 2026-2027 3
(01) BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS $2,865,890 4
5
SECTION 21. REGULAR SALARIES - OFFICE OF STATE TECHNOLOGY. There is 6
hereby established for the Department of Shared Administrative Services - 7
Office of State Technology for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following 8
maximum number of regular employees. 9
10
Maximum Annual 11
Maximum Salary Rate 12
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 13
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 14
(1) EEX42A STATE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 1 GRADE EXE03 15
(2) EEX44A STATE DEP CHIEF INFO OFFICER 1 GRADE EXE01 16
(3) PSS02C TSS DIVISION ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE SPC08 17
(4) PSS05C TSS PROGRAM MANAGER 1 GRADE SPC07 18
(5) FAC10C CONTROLLER 1 GRADE SPC06 19
(6) FAC05P ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SPC04 20
(7) FAC02P ACCOUNTANT II 2 GRADE SPC02 21
(8) PSS06P TSS PROGRAM SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 3 GRADE SGS10 22
(9) CTR01P CHANGE MANAGEMENT ANALYST 2 GRADE SGS08 23
(10) PPR05P PROCUREMENT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS08 24
(11) PAS08I EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT 2 GRADE SGS07 25
(12) FFS05P FISCAL SUPPORT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 2 GRADE SGS07 26
(13) CPR05P PUBLIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SGS07 27
(14) PQA01P QUALITY ASSURANCE COORDINATOR 2 GRADE SGS07 28
(15) FFS02P FISCAL SUPPORT COORDINATOR 2 GRADE SGS06 29
(16) TIW02P INVENTORY MANAGER 1 GRADE SGS06 30
(17) PAS01P ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 1 GRADE SGS05 31
(18) FFS04P FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 8 GRADE SGS04 32
(19) TIW03P INVENTORY SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS03 33
(20) PAS05I CALL CENTER SPECIALIST 6 GRADE SGS02 34
(21) PAS03P ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS02 35
(22) ISI01C STATE CHIEF DATA OFFICER 1 GRADE IST15 36
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(23) ISI02C STATE IT SECURITY OFFICER 1 GRADE IST15 1
(24) IDA01C DATA ARCHITECT 1 GRADE IST13 2
(25) IIA04C IT ADMINISTRATOR 7 GRADE IST12 3
(26) IIS05C IT INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECT 3 GRADE IST11 4
(27) IIS07C IT INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER 10 GRADE IST10 5
(28) IIS10C IT INFRASTRUCTURE SUPERVISOR/EXP 3 GRADE IST10 6
(29) IIE04C IT SECURITY EXPERT 2 GRADE IST10 7
(30) IIP03P IT SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER 1 GRADE IST10 8
(31) IIE05C IT SECURITY MANAGER 1 GRADE IST09 9
(32) IAS03P APPLICATIONS COORDINATOR 1 GRADE IST09 10
(33) IDN02P DATA ANALYST SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE IST09 11
(34) IDM01P DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE IST09 12
(35) IIS11P IT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 6 GRADE IST09 13
(36) IAS02P APPLICATIONS ANALYST II 3 GRADE IST08 14
(37) IDN03P DATA SCIENTIST 6 GRADE IST08 15
(38) IIS02P IT DISASTER RECOVERY ANALYST 1 GRADE IST08 16
(39) IIS06P IT INFRASTRUCTURE COORDINATOR 6 GRADE IST08 17
(40) IIP02P IT PROJECT MANAGER 6 GRADE IST08 18
(41) IIE06P IT SECURITY SUPERVISOR 2 GRADE IST08 19
(42) IDN01P DATA ANALYST 2 GRADE IST07 20
(43) IDM02P DATABASE ANALYST 1 GRADE IST07 21
(44) IIE03P IT SECURITY ANALYST II 5 GRADE IST07 22
(45) IAS04P APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER I 3 GRADE IST06 23
(46) IIS04P IT INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYST 41 GRADE IST06 24
(47) IIP01P IT PROJECT COORDINATOR 4 GRADE IST06 25
(48) IIE02P IT SECURITY ANALYST I 4 GRADE IST06 26
(49) IUS05P USER SUPPORT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 4 GRADE IST06 27
(50) IIS03P IT DISASTER RECOVERY SPECIALIST 3 GRADE IST05 28
(52) IUS02P USER SUPPORT COORDINATOR 5 GRADE IST05 29
(53) IUS01P USER SUPPORT ANALYST 18 GRADE IST04 30
(54) IUS04P USER SUPPORT SPECIALIST 17 GRADE IST02 31
(55) PQA03P QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS06 32
(56) IIE01C CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER 2 GRADE IST12 33
(57) IIS09P IT INFRASTRUCTURE SPECIALIST 1 GRADE IST04 34
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 215 35
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SECTION 22. EXTRA HELP - OFFICE OF STATE TECHNOLOGY. There is hereby 1
authorized, for the Department of Shared Administrative Services - Office of 2
State Technology for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number 3
of part-time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable 4
from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: eighteen (18) temporary or 5
part-time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those 6
provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its 7
successor, or this act for the appropriate classification. 8
9
SECTION 23. APPROPRIATION - OFFICE OF STATE TECHNOLOGY - OPERATIONS. 10
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Shared Administrative 11
Services, to be payable from the Division of Information Systems Revolving 12
Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of 13
Shared Administrative Services - Office of State Technology for the fiscal 14
year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 15
16
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 17
NO. 2026-2027 18
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $13,289,546 19
(02) EXTRA HELP 215,000 20
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 4,445,682 21
(04) OVERTIME 66,000 22
(05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 23
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 11,224,996 24
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 75,001 25
(C) PROF. FEES 575,000 26
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 1,000,000 27
(E) DATA PROC. 0 28
(06) TELECOMMUNICATION/TECHNOLOGY DELIVERY 59,702,882 29
(07) MAINTENANCE & OPERATIONS 1,000,000 30
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $91,594,107 31
32
SECTION 24. APPROPRIATION - OFFICE OF STATE TECHNOLOGY - EQUIPMENT 33
ACQUISITIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS. There is hereby 34
appropriated, to the Department of Shared Administrative Services, to be 35
payable from the Information Technology Reserve Fund, for major equipment 36
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acquisitions and information technology improvements, as set out in Arkansas 1
Code §25-4-122 and §25-4-123 by the Department of Shared Administrative 2
Services - Office of State Technology for the fiscal year ending June 30, 3
2027, the following: 4
5
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 6
NO. 2026-2027 7
(01) EQUIPMENT ACQUISITIONS AND 8
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS $3,500,000 9
10
SECTION 25. REGULAR SALARIES - ARKANSAS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS 11
OFFICE. There is hereby established for the Department of Shared 12
Administrative Services - Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office for 13
the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 14
15
Maximum Annual 16
Maximum Salary Rate 17
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 18
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 19
(1) EEX52A TSS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION OFFICER 1 GRADE EXE02 20
(2) PSS02C TSS DIVISION ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE SPC08 21
(3) SAS03C STATE SURVEYOR 1 GRADE SPC05 22
(4) SAS04I SURVEYOR 1 GRADE SPC03 23
(5) PAS02P ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SGS04 24
(6) PAS03P ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS02 25
(7) IGI03P STATE GIS ANALYST 7 GRADE IST07 26
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 13 27
28
SECTION 26. EXTRA HELP - ARKANSAS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS 29
OFFICE. There is hereby authorized, for the Department of Shared 30
Administrative Services - Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office for 31
the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part-time or 32
temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds 33
appropriated herein for such purposes: one (1) temporary or part-time 34
employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the 35
Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act 36
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for the appropriate classification. 1
2
SECTION 27. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS GEOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS OFFICE - 3
OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Shared 4
Administrative Services, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund 5
Account, for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of 6
Shared Administrative Services - Arkansas Geographic Information Systems 7
Office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 8
9
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 10
NO. 2026-2027 11
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $937,997 12
(02) EXTRA HELP 6,463 13
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 318,912 14
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 15
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 470,742 16
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 14,350 17
(C) PROF. FEES 107,000 18
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 450,000 19
(E) DATA PROC. 0 20
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $2,305,464 21
22
SECTION 28. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS 23
OFFICE - GEOSTOR & FRAMEWORK. There is hereby appropriated, to the 24
Department of Shared Administrative Services - Arkansas Geographic 25
Information Systems Office, to be payable from the Geographic Information 26
Systems Fund, to carry out the duties, responsibilities, and authority of the 27
Arkansas State Land Information Board as described by Arkansas Code 15-21-28
504; to create, operate, and maintain Geostor, the Arkansas Spatial Data 29
Infrastructure; and to create, update, maintain, and disseminate framework 30
spatial data as defined by Arkansas Code 15-21-502 for the fiscal year ending 31
June 30, 2027, the following: 32
33
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 34
NO. 2026-2027 35
(01) GEOSTOR & FRAMEWORK $1,200,000 36
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SECTION 29. REGULAR SALARIES - OFFICE OF PROPERTY RISK. There is 2
hereby established for the Department of Shared Administrative Services - 3
Office of Property Risk for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum 4
number of regular employees. 5
6
Maximum Annual 7
Maximum Salary Rate 8
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 9
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 10
(1) PSS02C TSS DIVISION ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE SPC08 11
(2) LAT04P ATTORNEY II 1 GRADE SPC05 12
(3) PRM03P RISK MANAGEMENT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 2 GRADE SPC05 13
(4) FAC05P ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SPC04 14
(5) PRM01P RISK CONSULTANT 8 GRADE SPC01 15
(6) PCA03P CLAIMS SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS08 16
(7) PCR01P CLAIMS REVIEW ANALYST 2 GRADE SGS05 17
(8) IIP01P IT PROJECT COORDINATOR 1 GRADE IST06 18
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 17 19
20
SECTION 30. APPROPRIATION - OFFICE OF PROPERTY RISK - OPERATIONS. 21
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Shared Administrative 22
Services, to be payable from the State Captive Insurance Program Trust Fund, 23
for personal services, operating expenses, and claims of the Department of 24
Shared Administrative Services - Office of Property Risk for the fiscal year 25
ending June 30, 2027, the following: 26
27
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 28
NO. 2026-2027 29
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $747,496 30
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 298,998 31
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 32
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 80,750,000 33
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 12,000 34
(C) PROF. FEES 3,000,000 35
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 100,000 36
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(E) DATA PROC. 0 1
(04) CLAIMS 50,000,000 2
(05) EXPENSES AND CLAIMS 107,000,000 3
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $241,908,494 4
5
SECTION 31. APPROPRIATION - OFFICE OF PROPERTY RISK - RESERVE SUB-FUND. 6
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Shared Administrative 7
Services, to be payable from the State Captive Insurance Program Trust Fund, 8
for investments of the Department of Shared Administrative Services - Office 9
of Property Risk for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 10
11
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 12
NO. 2026-2027 13
(01) INVESTMENTS $75,000,000 14
15
SECTION 32. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 16
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. BUILDING 17
AUTHORITY DIVISION - TRANSFER OF FUNDS - JUSTICE BUILDING OPERATIONS ACTUAL 18
EXPENDITURES. Building Authority Division may from time to time as may be 19
necessary and in such amounts as may be necessary and with the approval of 20
the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, request a transfer of funds from the 21
State Central Services Fund to the Arkansas Building Authority Maintenance 22
Fund for operation of the Justice Building for actual expenditures, in an 23
amount not to exceed the dollar amount appropriated in the Justice Building 24
Operation Section. Upon his or her approval, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the 25
State shall then initiate the necessary transfer documents to reflect the 26
transfer upon the fiscal records of the State Auditor, the State Treasurer, 27
the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and Building Authority Division. 28
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 29
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 30
31
SECTION 33. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 32
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. BUILDING 33
AUTHORITY DIVISION - TRANSFER OF FUNDS. Building Authority Division is 34
hereby authorized, after seeking the approval of the Chief Fiscal Officer of 35
the State and the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee to 36
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request transfer from the appropriation made in the Building Maintenance 1
Section for Building Maintenance to the Acquisition and Maintenance 2
appropriation in the Acquisition and Maintenance Section and to receive from 3
another state agency that seeks like approvals its authority, appropriation 4
and the transfer of funds to be deposited into the Building Authority 5
Division Real Estate Fund to become part of the Acquisition and Maintenance 6
appropriation, and to be used for any purposes as set forth by law for said 7
Real Estate Fund. 8
Determining the maximum number of employees and the maximum amount of 9
appropriation and general revenue funding for a state agency each fiscal year 10
is the prerogative of the General Assembly. This is usually accomplished by 11
delineating such maximums in the appropriation act(s) for a state agency and 12
the general revenue allocations authorized for each fund and fund account by 13
amendment to the Revenue Stabilization law. Further, the General Assembly 14
has determined that Building Authority Division may operate more efficiently 15
if some flexibility is provided to Building Authority Division authorizing 16
broad powers under this section. Therefore, it is both necessary and 17
appropriate that the General Assembly maintain oversight by requiring prior 18
approval of the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee as provided by 19
this section. The requirement of approval by the Legislative Council or 20
Joint Budget Committee is not a severable part of this section. If the 21
requirement of approval by the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee 22
is ruled unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this entire 23
section is void. 24
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 25
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 26
27
SECTION 34. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 28
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. BUILDING 29
AUTHORITY DIVISION CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATION TRANSFER AUTHORITY. Building 30
Authority Division may transfer appropriation and funds as needed from the 31
Facilities Management Contingency Appropriation in the Building Maintenance 32
Section of this Act to any appropriation authorized for Building Authority 33
Division. 34
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 35
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 36
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1
SECTION 35. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 2
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. BUILDING 3
AUTHORITY DIVISION - TRANSFER TO FACILITIES MANAGEMENT CONTINGENCY 4
APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY. (a) In order to provide a more cost effective method 5
to address the emerging infrastructure needs of Arkansas State Government, 6
appropriations and funds transferred to the Facilities Management Contingency 7
Appropriation are to be used in the event that the Building Authority 8
Division executes one or more building contracts or maintenance agreements 9
with State Agencies, and the appropriations or funds otherwise provided for 10
the Building Authority Division are not sufficient to address those needs, 11
and it is more cost effective for Building Authority Division to execute 12
these services. Any State Agency may transfer or deposit funds and 13
appropriations to Building Authority Division - Facilities Management 14
Contingency Appropriation authorized in the Building Maintenance Section of 15
this Act to execute one or more building contracts or maintenance agreements 16
with said State Agencies. Building Authority Division shall provide 17
justification to the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State for the need of such 18
appropriations and funds transfers and seek and receive approval of the Chief 19
Fiscal Officer of the State. Building Authority Division shall then seek and 20
receive the approval of the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget 21
Committee. The requirement of approval by the Arkansas Legislative Council 22
or Joint Budget Committee is not a severable part of the section. If the 23
requirement of approval by the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget 24
Committee is ruled unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, 25
this entire section is void. 26
(b) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall make the necessary 27
adjustments on his or her books and the books of the Auditor of the State for 28
the transfer or deposit of the funds and appropriations from each State 29
Agency to the appropriation authorized in the Building Maintenance Section of 30
this Act and to the various Building Authority Division accounts to be used 31
exclusively by Building Authority Division for the fiscal year. 32
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 33
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 34
35
SECTION 36. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 36
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CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 1
BUILDING AUTHORITY DIVISION - SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN PROGRAM - TRANSFER. 2
In the event there is not sufficient appropriation and/or funding provided 3
for by the General Assembly for any state agency, board or commission to 4
participate in the Sustainable Building Design Program for renovations of 5
state owned property which exceeds two hundred fifty thousand dollars 6
($250,000), the agency may request a transfer from the Sustainable Building 7
Design Program appropriation authorized in the Sustainable Building Design 8
Program Section of this Act from the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State. The 9
request shall clearly state the amount required and such other information as 10
may be required by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State necessary to make a 11
decision regarding the request. Upon approval of the Chief Fiscal Officer of 12
the State and prior review by the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint 13
Budget Committee, the State Auditor shall be notified as of the amount and 14
the purposes for which the appropriation and/or funding is to be transferred 15
and shall be established upon the books of the Department of Finance and 16
Administration and the State Auditor. If desired, the appropriation may be 17
supplemental to those regularly appropriated for like purposes by the General 18
Assembly for that agency. 19
Provided further, that all state agencies, boards or commissions shall 20
have prior approval by the Building Authority Division as authorized for the 21
Sustainable Building Design Program in accordance with established Rules and 22
Regulations. 23
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 24
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 25
26
SECTION 37. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 27
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 28
BUILDING AUTHORITY DIVISION - SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN PROGRAM - REVOLVING 29
LOAN FUND. The Sustainable Building Design Program Appropriation is intended 30
to provide additional appropriation authority for the Sustainable Building 31
Design Program. Funding for the program may be made available by the Chief 32
Fiscal Officer of the State, in the form of a loan, from a transfer from the 33
Sustainable Building Design Revolving Loan Fund after the required review by 34
the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee, approval by the 35
Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and approval through rules established and 36
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administered by Building Authority Division. Moneys made available for the 1
repayment of a loan shall be deposited to the credit of the Sustainable 2
Building Design Revolving Loan Fund as a “Refund to Expenditure” for the year 3
in which the deposit is made. In the event that the funds for the repayment 4
of a loan are held in depositories other than the State Treasury, the 5
administrative head of the affected state agency shall issue a check drawn 6
against the funds, which shall be deposited in the Sustainable Building 7
Design Revolving Loan Fund. 8
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 9
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 10
11
SECTION 38. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 12
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. BUILDING 13
AUTHORITY DIVISION - FUNDING TRANSFER - CASH FUND ACCOUNT. Building 14
Authority Division is authorized to transfer any unspent funds remaining in 15
any cash fund account established for the management of a state owned 16
facility managed by, but not owned by, Building Authority Division to the 17
Building Authority Maintenance Fund to support the facility’s Maintenance and 18
Operations appropriations. 19
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 20
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 21
22
SECTION 39. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 23
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. OFFICE OF 24
STATE TECHNOLOGY - COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS. 25
1. In order to effect compliance with the requirements of state and federal 26
statutory and regulatory provisions, the Director shall adjust billing rates 27
or issue billing adjustments to be federally compliant, notwithstanding the 28
provisions of ACA §25-4-105 and §25-4-119 or funds sufficient to effect 29
compliance shall be provided the Division from General Revenues, Special 30
Revenues or such other fund sources as may become available. These actions 31
shall be subject to the approval of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and 32
approval by the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee. 33
2. The Director shall have authority to transfer funds between the 34
Information Technology Reserve Fund established by ACA §25-4-123 and the 35
Division of Information Systems Revolving Fund established by ACA §25-4-121 36
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for cash management purposes. 1
Determining the maximum number of employees and the maximum amount of 2
appropriation and general revenue funding for a state agency each fiscal year 3
is the prerogative of the General Assembly. This is usually accomplished by 4
delineating such maximums in the appropriation act(s) for a state agency and 5
the general revenue allocations authorized for each fund and fund account by 6
amendment to the Revenue Stabilization law. Further, the General Assembly 7
has determined that the Office of State Technology may operate more 8
efficiently if some flexibility is provided to the Office of State Technology 9
authorizing broad powers under this section. Therefore, it is both necessary 10
and appropriate that the General Assembly maintain oversight by requiring 11
prior approval of the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee as 12
provided by this section. The requirement of approval by the Legislative 13
Council or Joint Budget Committee is not a severable part of this section. 14
If the requirement of approval by the Legislative Council or Joint Budget 15
Committee is ruled unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, 16
this entire section is void. 17
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 18
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 19
20
SECTION 40. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 21
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 22
PROVISION - LINE ITEMS - OFFICE OF STATE TECHNOLOGY - OPERATIONS. After 23
receiving approval from the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and prior 24
review by the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee, the 25
Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services is 26
authorized to transfer appropriation between the line items authorized herein 27
for the Office of State Technology - Operations to best utilize resources to 28
respond to the needs of the Division's customers. 29
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 30
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 31
32
SECTION 41. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 33
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. ARKANSAS 34
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS OFFICE - TRANSFER OF CARRY FORWARD. Any 35
unexpended balance of funds remaining on June 30 of each fiscal year in the 36
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Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account for the Arkansas Geographic Information 1
System's Office, shall be transferred to the Geographic Information Systems 2
Fund to be used for operating and maintaining the Arkansas Spatial Data 3
Infrastructure, creating, updating, maintaining and disseminating framework 4
spatial data as defined by Arkansas Code §15-21-502. 5
(1) Prior to June 30, 2026 2027 the Agency shall by written statement set 6
forth its reason(s) for the need to carry forward said funding to the 7
Department of Finance and Administration Office of Budget; 8
(2) The Department of Finance and Administration Office of Budget shall 9
report to the Arkansas Legislative Council all amounts carried forward by the 10
September Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee meeting 11
which report shall include the name of the Agency, Board, Commission or 12
Institution and the amount of the funding carried forward, the program name 13
or line item, the funding source of the appropriation and a copy of the 14
written request set forth in (1) above; 15
(3) Each Agency, Board, Commission or Institution shall provide a written 16
report to the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee 17
containing all information set forth in item (2) above, along with a written 18
statement as to the current status of the project, contract, purpose, etc. 19
for which the carry forward was originally requested no later than thirty 20
(30) days prior to the time the Agency, Board, Commission or Institution 21
presents its budget request to the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint 22
Budget Committee; and 23
(4) Thereupon, the Department of Finance and Administration shall include 24
all information obtained in item (3) above in the biennial budget manuals 25
and/or a statement of non-compliance by the Agency, Board, Commission or 26
Institution. 27
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 28
2025 2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 29
30
SECTION 42. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 31
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 32
CENTRALIZED SERVICES. (a) The Department of Shared Administrative Services 33
may enter into contracts with a state agency or governmental entity as 34
necessary for the centralization of governmental services. 35
(b) The department may establish fair and reasonable rates or fee 36
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schedules to be assessed to a state agency or governmental entity receiving 1
services for the purpose of recovering allowable costs associated with 2
providing the services. 3
(c) The rate or fee schedule under subsection (b) of this section shall 4
apply uniformly to all state agencies or governmental entities receiving 5
substantially similar services. 6
(d) The authority provided in this section is limited to the: 7
(1) Office of State Procurement; 8
(2) Office of Personnel Management; and 9
(3) Fleet Management Program within the Department of Shared 10
Administrative Services. 11
(e) The entities in subdivisions (d)(1)-(3) of this section may 12
establish estimated billing rates to be developed for a period of time to 13
coincide with the state budgeting process. 14
(f) The department may adjust billing as necessary to ensure compliance 15
with applicable: 16
(1) State laws; 17
(2) Federal laws; and 18
(3) State rules and federal regulations. 19
(g) Billing adjustments under subsection (f) of this section are 20
subject to the approval of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State. 21
(h) The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 22
2026 through June 30, 2027. 23
24
SECTION 43. SPECIAL LANGUAGE - CODE AMENDMENT. Arkansas Code § 25-36-25
104(c) and (d), concerning data recording and tracking under the Arkansas 26
Economic Opportunity Expansion Act, are amended to read as follows: 27
(c)(1) Each state agency shall include in its budget report to the 28
Joint Budget Committee a list of all contracts in amounts exceeding fifty 29
thousand dollars ($50,000) awarded to minority-owned businesses. 30
(2) The vice president or vice chancellor for finance of each state 31
college and university shall include in his or her budget report to the Joint 32
Budget Committee a listing of all contracts in amounts exceeding fifty 33
thousand ($50,000) awarded to minority-owned businesses. 34
(d) The director shall promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of 35
this chapter. 36
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1
SECTION 44. SPECIAL LANGUAGE — CODE AMENDMENT. Arkansas Code § 19-61-2
801(6)(A), concerning the definitions used regarding intergovernmental 3
relations under the Arkansas Procurement Law, is amended to read as follows: 4
(6)(A) “Public school Local government construction services” 5
means services procured by a municipality, public school district, or open-6
enrollment public charter school under a contract with a corresponding 7
cooperative purchasing verification letter providing for the making of 8
repairs, alterations, erection, or other permanent improvements to a public 9
building, property, or structure that do not exceed a total aggregate amount 10
of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for a public procurement unit in a fiscal 11
year. 12
13
SECTION 45. SPECIAL LANGUAGE — CODE AMENDMENT. Arkansas Code § 19-61-14
802(a)(1), concerning cooperative purchasing under the Arkansas Procurement 15
Law, is amended to read as follows: 16
(a)(1) A public procurement unit may participate in, sponsor, conduct, 17
or administer a cooperative purchasing agreement for the acquisition of 18
public school local government construction services, commodities, or other 19
services in accordance with an agreement entered into between the 20
participants. 21
22
SECTION 46. SPECIAL LANGUAGE — CODE AMENDMENT. Arkansas Code § 19-61-23
802(a)(2)(A), concerning cooperative purchasing under the Arkansas 24
Procurement Law, is amended to read as follows: 25
(2)(A) A cooperative purchasing agreement is limited to public 26
school local government construction services, commodities, and other 27
services for which the public procurement unit may realize savings or 28
material economic value, or both. 29
30
SECTION 47. SPECIAL LANGUAGE — CODE AMENDMENT. Arkansas Code § 19-61-31
802(b)(2), concerning cooperative purchasing under the Arkansas Procurement 32
Law, is amended to read as follows: 33
(2) The reports required under this subsection shall be 34
submitted by October 1 in the format required by the Legislative Council and 35
shall include the following: 36
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(A) The name of the contractor; 1
(B) The name of the procuring agency; 2
(C) The contact information for the contractor and 3
procuring agency; 4
(D) The total cost of the contract, including all 5
available extensions; 6
(E) A description of the public school local government 7
construction services, goods, or other services procured; and 8
(F) Any other information requested by the Legislative 9
Council or the Joint Budget Committee. 10
11
SECTION 48. SPECIAL LANGUAGE — CODE AMENDMENT. Arkansas Code § 19-61-12
802(d), concerning cooperative purchasing under the Arkansas Procurement Law, 13
is amended to read as follows: 14
(d) If a public procurement unit needs to procure public school local 15
government construction services in excess of the amount provided in § 19-61-16
801(6), the public procurement unit may submit a request for a waiver to the 17
Executive Subcommittee of the Legislative Council. 18
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SECTION 49. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 20
authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 21
and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 22
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 23
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 24
Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 25
control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 26
the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 27
strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 28
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Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 31
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 32
which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 33
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 34
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 35
summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 36
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SECTION 51. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 3
General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 4
the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 5
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2026 is essential to the operation of 6
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 7
the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 8
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2026 could work irreparable harm 9
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 10
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 11
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 12
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2026. 13
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