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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Fiscal Session, 2026 SENATE BILL 56 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 MAINTAINING AND 9
OPERATING A CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR THE 10
COUNTY CLERKS, CIRCUIT CLERKS, COUNTY TREASURERS, 11
COUNTY COLLECTORS AND COUNTY CORONERS FOR THE FISCAL 12
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2027; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 13
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Subtitle 16
AN ACT FOR THE AUDITOR OF STATE - 17
CONTINUING EDUCATION OF LOCAL OFFICIALS 18
APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL 19
YEAR. 20
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 23
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SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - CONTINUING EDUCATION - COUNTY CLERKS. There 25
is hereby appropriated, to the Auditor of State, to be payable from the 26
County and Circuit Clerks Continuing Education Fund, for the County Clerks' 27
Continuing Education Board in carrying out the responsibilities for 28
maintaining and operating a continuing education program and certification 29
program for county clerks by the County Clerks' Continuing Education Board 30
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 31
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 33
NO. 2026-2027 34
(01) EXPENSES FOR COUNTY CLERKS CONTINUING 35
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAM $75,000 36
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SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION - CONTINUING EDUCATION - CIRCUIT CLERKS. 2
There is hereby appropriated, to the Auditor of State, to be payable from the 3
County and Circuit Clerks Continuing Education Fund, for the Circuit Clerks' 4
Continuing Education Board in carrying out the responsibilities for 5
maintaining and operating a continuing education program and certification 6
program for circuit clerks by the Circuit Clerks' Continuing Education Board 7
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 8
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 10
NO. 2026-2027 11
(01) EXPENSES FOR CIRCUIT CLERKS 12
CONTINUING EDUCATION AND 13
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM 75,000 14
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SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - CONTINUING EDUCATION - COUNTY TREASURERS. 16
There is hereby appropriated, to the Auditor of State, to be payable from the 17
County Treasurer's Continuing Education Fund, for the County Treasurer's 18
Continuing Education Board in carrying out the responsibilities for 19
maintaining and operating a continuing education program for county 20
treasurers by the County Treasurer's Continuing Education Board for the 21
fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 22
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 24
NO. 2026-2027 25
(01) MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF 26
CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM $75,000 27
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SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - CONTINUING EDUCATION - COUNTY COLLECTORS. 29
There is hereby appropriated, to the Auditor of State, to be payable from the 30
County Collector's Continuing Education Trust Fund, for the County 31
Collector's Continuing Education Board in carrying out the responsibilities 32
for maintaining and operating a continuing education program and 33
certification program for county collectors by the County Collector's 34
Continuing Education Board for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 35
following: 36
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 2
NO. 2026-2027 3
(01) MAINTENANCE & OPERATION OF CONTINUING 4
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION PROGRAM $75,000 5
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SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - CONTINUING EDUCATION - COUNTY CORONERS. 7
There is hereby appropriated, to the Auditor of State, to be payable from the 8
County Coroners Continuing Education Fund, for carrying out the 9
responsibilities and maintaining and operating a continuing education program 10
and certification program for county coroners by the Arkansas Commission on 11
Law Enforcement Standards and Training for the fiscal year ending June 30, 12
2027, the following: 13
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 15
NO. 2026-2027 16
(01) EXPENSES FOR COUNTY CORONERS 17
CONTINUING EDUCATION AND 18
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM $125,000 19
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SECTION 6. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 21
authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 22
and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 23
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 24
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 25
Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 26
control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 27
the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 28
strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 29
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SECTION 7. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 31
Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 32
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 33
which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 34
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 35
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 36
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summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 1
Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 2
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SECTION 8. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General 4
Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the 5
appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 6
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2026 is essential to the operation of 7
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 8
the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 9
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2026 could work irreparable harm 10
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 11
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 12
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 13
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2026. 14
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