AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR.

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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Fiscal Session, 2026 SENATE BILL 48 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 UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS 10
AT PINE BLUFF FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 11
2027; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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Subtitle 15
AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT 16
PINE BLUFF APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-17
2027 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 - OPERATIONS. There is hereby established 23
for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, 24
the following maximum number of regular employees. 25
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Maximum Annual 27
Maximum Salary Rate 28
Item No. of Fiscal Year 29
No. Title Employees 2026-2027 30
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 31
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 32
(1) Chancellor 1 $300,566 33
(2) Chief of Staff 1 $239,531 34
(3) Project/Program Administrator 28 35
Executive Project/Program Director $213,928 36
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Exec. Project/Program Manager $186,892 1
Sr. Project/Program Director $172,738 2
Project/Program Director $140,094 3
Project/Program Manager $126,956 4
Executive Assistant $118,680 5
Project/Program Specialist $109,536 6
(4) Provost 1 $207,742 7
(5) IT Pool 20 8
Network Engineer $207,404 9
Information Systems Manager $133,122 10
Computer Network Coordinator $132,901 11
Technical Support Staff $126,956 12
Coordinator, Academic Computing $125,461 13
Coord., Administrative Computing $125,461 14
Coordinator of Information Tech. $123,806 15
Website Developer/Programmer $123,806 16
System Programmer/Web Developer $122,387 17
Computer Systems Mgr. $112,475 18
Database Administrator $110,019 19
Systems Administrator $108,925 20
Information Systems Security Spec. $106,894 21
Institution Information Tech Coord $104,736 22
Assistant Database Administrator $100,790 23
Computer Support Manager $100,708 24
Information Systems Coordinator $100,708 25
Senior Software Support Specialist $100,708 26
Systems Specialist $100,708 27
Information Technology Manager $99,493 28
Network Support Specialist $96,834 29
Senior Software Support Analyst $96,834 30
Tech Support/Systems Admin. $95,330 31
Tech Support/Applications Support $95,330 32
Information Systems Business Mgr. $93,110 33
Security Analyst $93,110 34
Systems Analyst $93,110 35
Information Technology Specialist $91,166 36
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Computer Support Coordinator $89,529 1
Software Support Analyst $89,529 2
Systems Applications Supervisor $89,529 3
Computer Operations Coordinator $86,085 4
Systems Coordination Analyst $86,085 5
PC Support Specialist $84,480 6
Computer Support Specialist $82,775 7
Database Analyst $82,775 8
Digital Broadcast Specialist $79,590 9
Network Support Analyst $79,590 10
Website Developer $79,590 11
Information Systems Analyst $76,530 12
Info Systems Security Analyst $76,530 13
Computer Support Analyst $76,530 14
Software Support Specialist $73,587 15
Telecommunications Supervisor $73,587 16
Media Specialist $72,215 17
Computer Support Technician $70,756 18
Help Desk Specialist $70,756 19
Computer Operator $68,035 20
Network Analyst $68,035 21
Telecommunications Specialist $68,035 22
Multimedia Specialist $64,199 23
Information Technology Assistant $60,483 24
Computer Lab Technician $58,156 25
Multimedia Technician $52,766 26
Audiovisual Laboratory Assistant $48,785 27
(6) Vice Chan. for Finance & Admin. 1 $200,539 28
(7) V-C for Res., Innov. & Econ. Devel. 1 $194,516 29
(8) Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs 1 $194,516 30
(9) Vice Chan. for Advancement/Dev. 1 $194,516 31
(10) Vice Chan. for Enrollment Mgmt 1 $194,516 32
(11) Dean 7 $179,480 33
(12) Dean of Graduate Studies 1 $179,480 34
(13) Dir. of Research & Sponsored Prgms. 1 $179,017 35
(14) Director of Counseling 1 $159,757 36
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(15) Director of Computer Services 1 $150,231 1
(16) Director of Corporate Giving 1 $148,886 2
(17) Director of Facilities Planning 1 $147,464 3
(18) Director of University Relations 1 $147,460 4
(19) Director of Physical Plant 1 $147,288 5
(20) Assistant to the Chancellor 1 $146,541 6
(21) Associate Vice Chancellor 3 $146,541 7
(22) Business Affairs Administrator 1 $146,541 8
(23) Director of International Programs 1 $146,541 9
(24) Director of Development 2 $146,540 10
(25) Controller 1 $142,738 11
(26) Director of Affirmative Action 1 $140,091 12
(27) Director of Social Work 1 $140,091 13
(28) Dir. of Alumni and Gov. Relations 1 $137,859 14
(29) Director of Institutional Research 1 $136,822 15
(30) Registrar 1 $133,303 16
(31) Director of Admissions 1 $130,264 17
(32) Director of Student Financial Aid 1 $130,264 18
(33) Director of Cooperative Education 1 $128,007 19
(34) Development/Advancement Manager 1 $125,202 20
(35) Budget Director 1 $124,818 21
(36) Director of University Police 1 $124,694 22
(37) Dean of Students 2 $123,712 23
(38) Director of Administrative Services 1 $119,995 24
(39) Assoc. Dean of Students 2 $117,036 25
(40) Associate Dean 2 $117,036 26
(41) Assistant Dean 1 $110,156 27
(42) Dir. of Educational Assessment 1 $110,156 28
(43) Director of Health Services 1 $110,156 29
(44) Director of Recruitment 1 $110,156 30
(45) Student Development Specialist 2 $103,875 31
(46) Director of Disability Services 1 $101,826 32
(47) Associate for Administration 2 $96,949 33
(48) Director of Publications 1 $96,949 34
(49) Fiscal Support Pool 17 35
Fiscal Support Manager $95,029 36
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Fiscal Support Supervisor $78,106 1
Accountant II $75,103 2
Accountant I $72,215 3
Fiscal Support Analyst $69,437 4
Fiscal Support Specialist $61,729 5
Accounting Technician $57,071 6
Fiscal Support Technician $52,766 7
(50) Public Safety Pool 20 8
HE Public Safety Commander III $93,110 9
Director Public Safety I $91,374 10
HE Public Safety Commander II $89,529 11
HE Public Safety Commander I $86,085 12
HE Public Safety Supervisor $76,530 13
Public Safety Officer $73,587 14
Public Safety Officer II $68,035 15
Security Officer Supervisor $64,199 16
Public Safety/Security Officer $58,156 17
HE Public Safety Dispatcher $48,785 18
Parking Control Supv. $48,785 19
Security Officer $48,785 20
Parking Control Officer $46,909 21
Watchman $40,098 22
(51) Asst. Dir. of Continuing Educ. 2 $93,020 23
(52) Asst. Dir. of Coop. Education 2 $93,020 24
(53) Director of Materials Management 1 $93,020 25
(54) Grants Manager 1 $87,860 26
(55) Personnel Manager 1 $87,860 27
(56) Television Program Manager 1 $87,860 28
(57) Public Information Coordinator 1 $84,480 29
(58) Campus Maintenance Supervisor 3 $81,232 30
(59) Education Counselor 3 $81,232 31
(60) Payroll Services Coordinator 1 $81,232 32
(61) Research Technologist 1 $81,232 33
(62) Admissions Counselor 3 $79,654 34
(63) Academic Advisor 5 $79,654 35
(64) Transfer Coordinator 1 $79,654 36
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(65) Skilled Trades Pool 26 1
Skilled Trades Foreman $76,530 2
Skilled Trades Supervisor $73,587 3
Skilled Tradesman $70,756 4
Skilled Trades Helper $53,769 5
Apprentice Tradesman $47,801 6
(66) Asst. Dir. Financial Aid 1 $75,103 7
(67) Budget Specialist 1 $75,103 8
(68) Human Resources Analyst 1 $75,103 9
(69) Research Project Analyst 4 $75,103 10
(70) HEI Program Coordinator 1 $72,215 11
(71) Print Shop Manager 1 $72,215 12
(72) Administrative Support Pool 58 13
Administrative Assistant $69,437 14
Administrative Analyst $69,437 15
Administrative Support Supervisor $64,199 16
Administrative Specialist III $61,729 17
Administration Support Specialist $61,729 18
Administrative Specialist II $54,877 19
Administrative Support Specialist $54,877 20
Administrative Specialist I $48,785 21
Extra Help Assistant $40,098 22
(73) Assistant Registrar 3 $69,437 23
(74) Financial Aid Analyst 4 $69,437 24
(75) Library Support Pool 11 25
Library Supervisor $69,437 26
Library Specialist $59,355 27
Library Technician $54,877 28
Library Support Assistant $50,737 29
(76) Payroll Services Specialist 1 $69,437 30
(77) Purchasing Specialist 2 $69,437 31
(78) Broadcast Production Specialist 1 $66,767 32
(79) Institutional Printer 2 $66,767 33
(80) Warehouse Manager 1 $66,767 34
(81) Financial Aid Specialist 3 $64,199 35
(82) Human Resources Specialist 2 $64,199 36
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(83) Inventory Control Manager 1 $64,199 1
(84) Student Recruitment Specialist 2 $64,199 2
(85) Maintenance Specialist 1 $61,729 3
(86) Research Assistant 2 $61,729 4
(87) Athletic Facility Supervisor 1 $59,355 5
(88) Coordinator of Housekeeping 2 $59,355 6
(89) Storeroom Supervisor 1 $59,355 7
(90) Human Resources Assistant 1 $57,071 8
(91) Laboratory Technician 3 $57,071 9
(92) Institutional Bus Driver 3 $54,877 10
(93) Research Technician 2 $54,877 11
(94) Inventory Control Technician 1 $52,766 12
(95) Maintenance Assistant 14 $52,766 13
(96) Registrar's Assistant 1 $50,737 14
(97) Shipping & Receiving Clerk 4 $46,909 15
(98) Institutional Services Supervisor 4 $45,105 16
(99) Institutional Services Assistant 27 $43,370 17
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 18
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 19
(100) Department Chairperson 16 $165,258 20
(101) Faculty 38 21
Professor $158,071 22
Associate Professor $140,094 23
Assistant Professor $129,312 24
Instructor $107,729 25
(102) Director of Library Services 1 $140,094 26
(103) Research Associate 1 $137,697 27
(104) Assoc. Director of Library 1 $134,145 28
(105) Associate Librarian 5 $113,600 29
(106) Special Instructor 1 $107,729 30
(107) Assistant Librarian 2 $99,839 31
(108) Graduate Assistant 2 $35,621 32
NINE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 33
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 34
(109) Faculty 132 35
Distinguished Professor $167,008 36
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Professor $154,477 1
Associate Professor $136,493 2
Assistant Professor $125,710 3
Instructor $104,137 4
(110) Special Instructor 2 $104,137 5
(111) Lecturer 2 $77,681 6
(112) Part-Time Faculty 53 $57,840 7
(113) Laboratory Assistant 6 $41,449 8
TWELVE MONTH AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES 9
POSITIONS 10
(114) Head Coach 7 $202,060 11
(115) Director of Athletics 1 $164,962 12
(116) Director of Auxiliary Enterprises 1 $129,567 13
(117) Assistant Director of Athletics 2 $126,169 14
(118) Senior Women's Sports Administrator 1 $126,169 15
(119) Coach 13 $126,152 16
(120) Athletic Compliance Coordinator 1 $122,671 17
(121) Assistant Coach 8 $118,481 18
(122) Head Athletic Trainer 1 $118,480 19
(123) Business Manager 1 $102,992 20
(124) Sports Information Director 1 $102,991 21
(125) Athletic Facility Manager 1 $99,669 22
(126) Eligibility Specialist 1 $99,669 23
(127) Registered Nurse 1 $84,480 24
(128) Education Counselor 3 $81,232 25
(129) Director of Student Union 1 $78,106 26
(130) UAPB Director of Housing 1 $78,106 27
(131) Athletic Ticket Sales Coord. 1 $72,215 28
(132) HEI Program Coordinator 2 $72,215 29
(133) Administrative Support Pool 2 30
Administrative Assistant $69,437 31
Administrative Analyst $69,437 32
Administrative Support Supervisor $64,199 33
Administrative Specialist III $61,729 34
Administration Support Specialist $61,729 35
Administrative Specialist II $54,877 36
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Administrative Support Specialist $54,877 1
Administrative Specialist I $48,785 2
Extra Help Assistant $40,098 3
(134) Asst. Director Student Union 1 $69,437 4
(135) Food Service Pool 1 5
Food Preparation Manager $66,767 6
Food Preparation Supervisor $59,355 7
Food Preparation Coordinator $52,766 8
Food Preparation Specialist $45,105 9
Food Preparation Technician $41,702 10
(136) Licensed Practical Nurse 1 $64,199 11
(137) Recreation Coordinator 1 $61,729 12
(138) Resident Hall Specialist 12 $59,355 13
(139) Athletic Trainer 2 $57,071 14
(140) Inventory Control Technician 1 $52,766 15
(141) Mail Services Coordinator 1 $50,737 16
(142) Mail Services Assistant 2 $46,909 17
(143) Institutional Services Assistant 5 $43,370 18
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 19
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 20
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 21
(144) Dir. of UAPB Agri. Exp. Stat. 1 $179,480 22
(145) Resident Director 1 $109,001 23
(146) Administrative Support Pool 6 24
Administrative Assistant $69,437 25
Administrative Analyst $69,437 26
Administrative Support Supervisor $64,199 27
Administrative Specialist III $61,729 28
Administration Support Specialist $61,729 29
Administrative Specialist II $54,877 30
Administrative Support Specialist $54,877 31
Administrative Specialist I $48,785 32
Extra Help Assistant $40,098 33
(147) Research Assistant 3 $61,729 34
(148) Landscape Specialist 1 $57,071 35
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 36
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ACADEMIC POSITIONS 1
(149) Faculty 37 2
Distinguished Professor $167,008 3
Professor $158,073 4
Associate Professor $140,094 5
Assistant Professor $129,312 6
Instructor $107,729 7
(150) Research Associate 12 $137,697 8
(151) Research Specialist 7 $109,527 9
(152) Senior Research Assistant 14 $104,137 10
(153) Graduate Assistant 33 $59,215 11
UAPB 1890 EXTENSION PROGRAM 12
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 13
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 14
(154) Project/Program Administrator 2 15
Executive Project/Program Director $213,928 16
Exec. Project/Program Manager $186,892 17
Sr. Project/Program Director $172,738 18
Project/Program Director $140,094 19
Project/Program Manager $126,956 20
Executive Assistant $118,680 21
Project/Program Specialist $109,536 22
(155) UAPB 1890 Extension Administrator 1 $179,480 23
(156) Administrative Support Pool 3 24
Administrative Assistant $69,437 25
Administrative Analyst $69,437 26
Administrative Support Supervisor $64,199 27
Administrative Specialist III $61,729 28
Administration Support Specialist $61,729 29
Administrative Specialist II $54,877 30
Administrative Support Specialist $54,877 31
Administrative Specialist I $48,785 32
Extra Help Assistant $40,098 33
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 34
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 35
(157) Extension Faculty 35 36
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Extension Specialist V $250,126 1
Extension Specialist IV $231,053 2
Extension Specialist III $197,146 3
Extension Specialist II $186,547 4
Extension Specialist I $132,901 5
Extension Asst. Specialist $117,084 6
(158) Extension Associate 9 $104,144 7
(159) Multi-County Ext. Agent 5 $61,007 8
(160) Extension Program Aide 7 $58,047 9
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 880 10
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SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - OPERATIONS. There is hereby authorized, for 12
the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the 13
following maximum number of part-time or temporary employees, to be known as 14
"Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: nine 15
hundred twenty-four (924) temporary or part-time employees, when needed, at 16
rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform Classification and 17
Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the appropriate 18
classification. 19
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SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS. There is hereby 21
appropriated, to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, to be payable from 22
the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Fund, for personal services and 23
operating expenses of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff for the fiscal 24
year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 25
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 27
NO. 2026-2027 28
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $18,886,087 29
(02) EXTRA HELP 317,860 30
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 4,882,693 31
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 32
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 10,000 33
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 34
(C) PROF. FEES 575,000 35
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 36
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(E) DATA PROC. 0 1
(05) CONTINGENCY 1,000,000 2
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $25,671,640 3
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SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS - 1890 EXTENSION PROGRAM. 5
There is hereby appropriated, to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, to 6
be payable from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Fund, for personal 7
services and operating expenses of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff 8
1890 Extension Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 9
following: 10
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 12
NO. 2026-2027 13
(01) EXTENSION PROGRAM PERSONAL SERVICES 14
AND OPERATING EXPENSES $5,997,200 15
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SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - CASH FUNDS. There is hereby appropriated, 17
to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, to be payable from cash funds as 18
defined by Arkansas Code 19-4-801, for personal services and operating 19
expenses of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff for the fiscal year 20
ending June 30, 2027, the following: 21
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 23
NO. 2026-2027 24
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $16,122,263 25
(02) EXTRA HELP 1,815,986 26
(03) OVERTIME 500,000 27
(04) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 5,235,857 28
(05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 29
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 21,273,367 30
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 776,093 31
(C) PROF. FEES 4,440,232 32
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 4,000,000 33
(E) DATA PROC. 0 34
(06) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 36,000,000 35
(07) DEBT SERVICE 2,602,223 36
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(08) FUND TRANSFERS, REFUNDS AND 1
INVESTMENTS 20,000 2
(09) PROMOTIONAL ITEMS 113,499 3
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $92,899,520 4
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SECTION 6. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 6
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. JENKINS 7
CENTER. Of the funds appropriated in the State Operations appropriation 8
section, the sum of $252,558 for the fiscal year shall be used to provide 9
support to the Jenkins Center in Pine Bluff. Provided, however, such funds 10
shall be used to conduct and maintain a University training program in 11
cooperation with the Jenkins Center. Provided, further, any reductions in 12
funding for appropriation provided in the State Operations appropriation 13
section shall be proportionately applied to the funds set out herein for 14
support. 15
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 16
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 17
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SECTION 7. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 19
authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 20
and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 21
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 22
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 23
Procedures and Restrictions Act, the Higher Education Expenditure Restriction 24
Act, or their successors, and other fiscal control laws of this State, where 25
applicable, and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and 26
Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in 27
disbursement of said funds. 28
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SECTION 8. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 30
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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Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 1
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SECTION 9. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General 3
Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the 4
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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