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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Fiscal Session, 2026 SENATE BILL 47 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 SAU-TECH FOR THE 10
FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2027; AND FOR OTHER 11
PURPOSES. 12
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Subtitle 15
AN ACT FOR THE SAU-TECH APPROPRIATION FOR 16
THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR. 17
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 20
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SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - OPERATIONS. There is hereby established 22
for the SAU-Tech for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number 23
of regular employees. 24
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Maximum Annual 26
Maximum Salary Rate 27
Item No. of Fiscal Year 28
No. Title Employees 2026-2027 29
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 30
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 31
(1) Chancellor, SAUT 1 $214,799 32
(2) IT Pool 6 33
Network Engineer $207,404 34
Information Systems Manager $133,122 35
Computer Network Coordinator $132,901 36
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Technical Support Staff $126,956 1
Coordinator, Academic Computing $125,461 2
Coord., Administrative Computing $125,461 3
Coordinator of Information Tech $123,806 4
Website Developer/Programmer $123,806 5
System Programmer/Web Developer $122,387 6
Computer Systems Mgr. $112,475 7
Database Administrator $110,019 8
Systems Administrator $108,925 9
Information Systems Security Spec. $106,894 10
Institution Information Tech Coord $104,736 11
Assistant Database Administrator $100,790 12
Computer Support Manager $100,708 13
Information Systems Coordinator $100,708 14
Senior Software Support Specialist $100,708 15
Systems Specialist $100,708 16
Information Technology Manager $99,493 17
Network Support Specialist $96,834 18
Senior Software Support Analyst $96,834 19
Tech Support/Systems Admin. $95,330 20
Tech Support/Applications Support $95,330 21
Information Systems Business Mgr. $93,110 22
Security Analyst $93,110 23
Systems Analyst $93,110 24
Information Technology Specialist $91,166 25
Computer Support Coordinator $89,529 26
Software Support Analyst $89,529 27
Systems Applications Supervisor $89,529 28
Computer Operations Coordinator $86,085 29
Systems Coordination Analyst $86,085 30
PC Support Specialist $84,480 31
Computer Support Specialist $82,775 32
Database Analyst $82,775 33
Digital Broadcast Specialist $79,590 34
Network Support Analyst $79,590 35
Website Developer $79,590 36
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Information Systems Analyst $76,530 1
Info Systems Security Analyst $76,530 2
Computer Support Analyst $76,530 3
Software Support Specialist $73,587 4
Telecommunications Supervisor $73,587 5
Media Specialist $72,215 6
Computer Support Technician $70,756 7
Help Desk Specialist $70,756 8
Computer Operator $68,035 9
Network Analyst $68,035 10
Telecommunications Specialist $68,035 11
Multimedia Specialist $64,199 12
Information Technology Assistant $60,483 13
Computer Lab Technician $58,156 14
Multimedia Technician $52,766 15
Audiovisual Laboratory Assistant $48,785 16
(3) Vice-Chan. for Instruction 1 $172,403 17
(4) Vice-Chan. for Dev. & Ext. Ed. 1 $161,671 18
(5) Vice-Chan. for Finance 1 $161,671 19
(6) Vice-Chan. for Information Tech 1 $161,671 20
(7) Vice-Chan. for Student Services 1 $161,671 21
(8) Director of Human Resources 1 $136,981 22
(9) Director of Institutional Research 1 $136,981 23
(10) Counselor 1 $131,589 24
(11) Registrar 1 $126,161 25
(12) Director of Student Financial Aid 1 $125,910 26
(13) Project/Program Administrator 1 27
Project/Program Director $124,789 28
Project/Program Manager $104,496 29
Project/Program Specialist $94,333 30
(14) Director of Computer Services 1 $123,806 31
(15) Controller 1 $120,931 32
(16) Director of Development 1 $117,086 33
(17) Director of Cont. Ed/Bus. Outreach 1 $117,085 34
(18) Director of Physical Plant 1 $116,722 35
(19) Director of Admissions 1 $115,020 36
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(20) Coordinator of Student Recruitment 2 $114,926 1
(21) Director of Special Programs 3 $114,924 2
(22) Assistant to the Chancellor 1 $107,799 3
(23) Dir. of Student Activities/Org. 1 $105,207 4
(24) Communications Coordinator 1 $105,207 5
(25) Fiscal Support Pool 3 6
Fiscal Support Manager $95,029 7
Fiscal Support Supervisor $78,106 8
Accountant II $75,103 9
Accountant I $72,215 10
Fiscal Support Analyst $69,437 11
Fiscal Support Specialist $61,729 12
Accounting Technician $57,071 13
Fiscal Support Technician $52,766 14
(26) Public Safety Pool 4 15
HE Public Safety Commander III $93,110 16
Director Public Safety I $91,374 17
HE Public Safety Commander II $89,529 18
HE Public Safety Commander I $86,085 19
HE Public Safety Supervisor $76,530 20
Public Safety Officer $73,587 21
Public Safety Officer II $68,035 22
Security Officer Supervisor $64,199 23
Public Safety/Security Officer $58,156 24
HE Public Safety Dispatcher $48,785 25
Parking Control Supv. $48,785 26
Security Officer $48,785 27
Parking Control Officer $46,909 28
Watchman $40,098 29
(27) Maintenance Manager 1 $87,860 30
(28) Payroll Services Coordinator 1 $81,232 31
(29) Procurement Coordinator 1 $81,232 32
(30) Academic Advisor 2 $79,653 33
(31) Research and Statistics Manager 1 $78,106 34
(32) Skilled Trades Pool 6 35
Skilled Trades Foreman $76,530 36
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Skilled Trades Supervisor $73,587 1
Skilled Tradesman $70,756 2
Skilled Trades Helper $53,769 3
Apprentice Tradesman $47,801 4
(33) Assistant Director of Financial Aid 1 $75,103 5
(34) Maintenance Coordinator 1 $75,103 6
(35) Buyer 1 $72,215 7
(36) Administrative Support Pool 22 8
Administrative Assistant $69,437 9
Administrative Analyst $69,437 10
Administrative Support Supervisor $64,199 11
Administrative Specialist III $61,729 12
Administration Support Specialist $61,729 13
Administrative Specialist II $54,877 14
Administrative Support Specialist $54,877 15
Administrative Specialist I $48,785 16
Extra Help Assistant $40,098 17
(37) Assistant Registrar 1 $69,437 18
(38) Financial Aid Analyst 1 $69,437 19
(39) Library Support Pool 3 20
Library Supervisor $69,437 21
Library Specialist $59,355 22
Library Technician $54,877 23
Library Support Assistant $50,737 24
(40) Payroll Services Specialist 1 $69,437 25
(41) Statistician 1 $66,767 26
(42) Human Resources Specialist 1 $64,199 27
(43) Residential Advisor 1 $59,355 28
(44) Landscape Specialist 1 $57,071 29
(45) Warehouse Specialist 1 $57,071 30
(46) Admissions Analyst 1 $54,877 31
(47) Maintenance Assistant 6 $52,766 32
(48) Institutional Services Supervisor 1 $45,105 33
(49) Institutional Services Assistant 4 $43,370 34
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 35
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 36
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(50) Division Chairperson 2 $150,880 1
(51) Librarian 1 $136,981 2
NINE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 3
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 4
(52) Faculty 41 $114,926 5
(53) Part-Time Faculty 71 $57,840 6
TWELVE MONTH AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES 7
POSITIONS 8
(54) Athletic Admin. & Support Pool 9 9
Coach $108,248 10
Asst. Coach $57,839 11
Athletic Trainer $43,298 12
CAREER ACADEMY 13
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 14
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 15
(55) Director, SAUT Career Academy 1 $114,924 16
(56) Academic Counselor 1 $97,361 17
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 18
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 19
(57) Director of Adult Education 1 $131,590 20
(58) Faculty 12 $114,926 21
TWELVE MONTH AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES 22
POSITIONS 23
(59) Assistant Bookstore Manager 1 $61,729 24
(60) Cashier 1 $52,766 25
(61) Institutional Services Assistant 2 $43,370 26
FIRE TRAINING ACADEMY 27
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 28
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 29
(62) IT Pool 1 30
Network Engineer $207,404 31
Information Systems Manager $133,122 32
Computer Network Coordinator $132,901 33
Technical Support Staff $126,956 34
Coordinator, Academic Computing $125,461 35
Coord., Administrative Computing $125,461 36
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Coordinator of Information Tech $123,806 1
Website Developer/Programmer $123,806 2
System Programmer/Web Developer $122,387 3
Computer Systems Mgr. $112,475 4
Database Administrator $110,019 5
Systems Administrator $108,925 6
Information Systems Security Spec. $106,894 7
Institution Information Tech Coord $104,736 8
Assistant Database Administrator $100,790 9
Computer Support Manager $100,708 10
Information Systems Coordinator $100,708 11
Senior Software Support Specialist $100,708 12
Systems Specialist $100,708 13
Information Technology Manager $99,493 14
Network Support Specialist $96,834 15
Senior Software Support Analyst $96,834 16
Tech Support/Systems Admin. $95,330 17
Tech Support/Applications Support $95,330 18
Information Systems Business Mgr. $93,110 19
Security Analyst $93,110 20
Systems Analyst $93,110 21
Information Technology Specialist $91,166 22
Computer Support Coordinator $89,529 23
Software Support Analyst $89,529 24
Systems Applications Supervisor $89,529 25
Computer Operations Coordinator $86,085 26
Systems Coordination Analyst $86,085 27
PC Support Specialist $84,480 28
Computer Support Specialist $82,775 29
Database Analyst $82,775 30
Digital Broadcast Specialist $79,590 31
Network Support Analyst $79,590 32
Website Developer $79,590 33
Information Systems Analyst $76,530 34
Info Systems Security Analyst $76,530 35
Computer Support Analyst $76,530 36
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Software Support Specialist $73,587 1
Telecommunications Supervisor $73,587 2
Media Specialist $72,215 3
Computer Support Technician $70,756 4
Help Desk Specialist $70,756 5
Computer Operator $68,035 6
Network Analyst $68,035 7
Telecommunications Specialist $68,035 8
Multimedia Specialist $64,199 9
Information Technology Assistant $60,483 10
Computer Lab Technician $58,156 11
Multimedia Technician $52,766 12
Audiovisual Laboratory Assistant $48,785 13
(63) Director 1 $141,151 14
(64) Deputy Director 1 $111,648 15
(65) Fiscal Support Pool 1 16
Fiscal Support Manager $95,029 17
Fiscal Support Supervisor $78,106 18
Accountant II $75,103 19
Accountant I $72,215 20
Fiscal Support Analyst $69,437 21
Fiscal Support Specialist $61,729 22
Accounting Technician $57,071 23
Fiscal Support Technician $52,766 24
(66) Administrative Support Pool 10 25
Administrative Assistant $69,437 26
Administrative Analyst $69,437 27
Administrative Support Supervisor $64,199 28
Administrative Specialist III $61,729 29
Administration Support Specialist $61,729 30
Administrative Specialist II $54,877 31
Administrative Support Specialist $54,877 32
Administrative Specialist I $48,785 33
Extra Help Assistant $40,098 34
(67) Maintenance Assistant 2 $52,766 35
(68) Institutional Services Assistant 1 $43,370 36
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TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 1
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2
(69) Assistant Director for Training 1 $118,115 3
(70) Faculty 21 $114,926 4
(71) Satellite Center Coordinator 1 $105,403 5
(72) Part-Time Faculty 25 $57,840 6
ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING ACADEMY 7
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 8
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 9
(73) Director 1 $123,888 10
(74) Assistant Director for Training 1 $118,115 11
(75) Administrative Support Pool 3 12
Administrative Assistant $69,437 13
Administrative Analyst $69,437 14
Administrative Support Supervisor $64,199 15
Administrative Specialist III $61,729 16
Administration Support Specialist $61,729 17
Administrative Specialist II $54,877 18
Administrative Support Specialist $54,877 19
Administrative Specialist I $48,785 20
Extra Help Assistant $40,098 21
(76) Maintenance Assistant 1 $52,766 22
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 23
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 24
(77) Faculty 7 $114,926 25
(78) Part-Time Faculty 12 $57,840 26
ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING ACADEMY 27
STATEWIDE SOLID WASTE PROGRAM 28
PURSUANT TO ACT 1850 OF 2005 29
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 30
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 31
(79) Stwd. Solid Waste Trng. Inst. Coor. 1 $72,900 32
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 333 33
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SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - OPERATIONS. There is hereby authorized, for 35
the SAU-Tech for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of 36
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part-time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from 1
funds appropriated herein for such purposes: one hundred seventy-five (175) 2
temporary or part-time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed 3
those provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its 4
successor, or this act for the appropriate classification. 5
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SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS. There is hereby 7
appropriated, to the SAU-Tech, to be payable from the SAU-Tech Fund, for 8
personal services and operating expenses of the SAU-Tech for the fiscal year 9
ending June 30, 2027, the following: 10
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 12
NO. 2026-2027 13
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $4,200,000 14
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 1,200,000 15
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 16
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 504,546 17
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 56,627 18
(C) PROF. FEES 0 19
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 20
(E) DATA PROC. 0 21
(04) CONTINGENCY 298,059 22
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $6,259,232 23
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SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - CASH FUNDS. There is hereby appropriated, 25
to the SAU-Tech, to be payable from cash funds as defined by Arkansas Code 26
19-4-801, for personal services and operating expenses of the SAU-Tech for 27
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 28
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 30
NO. 2026-2027 31
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $3,000,000 32
(02) EXTRA HELP 150,000 33
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 1,100,000 34
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 35
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 4,500,000 36
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(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 200,000 1
(C) PROF. FEES 300,000 2
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 1,300,000 3
(E) DATA PROC. 0 4
(05) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 23,000,000 5
(06) DEBT SERVICE 375,000 6
(07) FUND TRANSFERS, REFUNDS AND 7
INVESTMENTS 600,000 8
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $34,525,000 9
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SECTION 5. EXTRA HELP - FIRE TRAINING ACADEMY. There is hereby 11
authorized, for the SAU-Tech - Fire Training Academy for the 2026-2027 fiscal 12
year, the following maximum number of part-time or temporary employees, to be 13
known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated herein for such 14
purposes: fifty-five (55) temporary or part-time employees, when needed, at 15
rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform Classification and 16
Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the appropriate 17
classification. 18
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SECTION 6. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS - FIRE TRAINING ACADEMY. 20
There is hereby appropriated, to the SAU-Tech, to be payable from the SAU-21
Tech Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of the SAU-Tech - 22
Fire Training Academy for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 23
following: 24
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 26
NO. 2026-2027 27
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,022,990 28
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 393,776 29
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 30
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 500,000 31
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 38,500 32
(C) PROF. FEES 0 33
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 28,782 34
(E) DATA PROC. 0 35
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,984,048 36
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SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS - FIRE TRAINING ACADEMY. 2
There is hereby appropriated, to the SAU-Tech, to be payable from the SAU-3
Tech Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of the SAU-Tech - 4
Fire Training Academy 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) PERSONAL SERVICES AND OPERATING 10
EXPENSES $3,045,637 11
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SECTION 8. APPROPRIATION - CASH FUNDS - FIRE TRAINING ACADEMY. There 13
is hereby appropriated, to the SAU-Tech, to be payable from cash funds as 14
defined by Arkansas Code 19-4-801, for personal services and operating 15
expenses of the SAU-Tech - Fire Training Academy for the fiscal year ending 16
June 30, 2027, the following: 17
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 19
NO. 2026-2027 20
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $265,200 21
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 80,000 22
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 23
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 300,000 24
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 65,000 25
(C) PROF. FEES 85,751 26
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 120,000 27
(E) DATA PROC. 0 28
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $915,951 29
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SECTION 9. EXTRA HELP - ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING ACADEMY. There is 31
hereby authorized, for the SAU-Tech - Environmental Training Academy for the 32
2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part-time or temporary 33
employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated 34
herein for such purposes: fifty (50) temporary or part-time employees, when 35
needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform 36
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Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the 1
appropriate classification. 2
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SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS - ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING 4
ACADEMY. There is hereby appropriated, to the SAU-Tech, to be payable from 5
the SAU-Tech Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of the SAU-6
Tech - Environmental Training Academy for the fiscal year ending June 30, 7
2027, the following: 8
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 10
NO. 2026-2027 11
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $244,110 12
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 45,000 13
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 14
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 125,000 15
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 30,000 16
(C) PROF. FEES 0 17
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 18
(E) DATA PROC. 0 19
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $444,110 20
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SECTION 11. APPROPRIATION - CASH FUNDS - ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING 22
ACADEMY. There is hereby appropriated, to the SAU-Tech, to be payable from 23
cash funds as defined by Arkansas Code 19-4-801, for personal services and 24
operating expenses of the SAU-Tech - Environmental Training Academy for the 25
fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 26
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 28
NO. 2026-2027 29
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $242,000 30
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 119,900 31
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 32
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 165,000 33
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 30,000 34
(C) PROF. FEES 11,000 35
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 55,000 36
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(E) DATA PROC. 0 1
(04) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 55,000 2
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $677,900 3
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SECTION 12. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 5
authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 6
and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 7
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 8
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 9
Procedures and Restrictions Act, the Higher Education Expenditure Restriction 10
Act, or their successors, and other fiscal control laws of this State, where 11
applicable, and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and 12
Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in 13
disbursement of said funds. 14
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SECTION 13. 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 14. 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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