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                                             Act 796 of the Regular Session
 State of Arkansas           As Engrossed:        H3/29/23 H4/3/23 H4/5/23
 94th General Assembly                            A Bill
 Regular Session, 2023                                                                  HOUSE BILL 1096
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 By: Joint Budget Committee
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                                      For An Act To Be Entitled
                AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS
                GRANTS AND EXPENSES AND VARIOUS AGENCY TRANSFERS FOR
                THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION -
                DISBURSING OFFICER FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE
                30, 2024; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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                                                   Subtitle
                           AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
                           ADMINISTRATION - DISBURSING OFFICER
                           APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL
                           YEAR.
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 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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        SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - STATE'S CONTRIBUTIONS.                         There is hereby
 appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration, to be payable
 from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, for disbursements for Arkansas'
 contribution to various interstate organizations by the Department of Finance
 and Administration - Disbursing Officer for the fiscal year ending June 30,
 2024, the following:
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 ITEM                                                                                     FISCAL YEAR
  NO.                                                                                           2023-2024
 (01)   ASSOCIATION OF RACING COMMISSIONERS                                                      $21,000
 (02)   COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENT                                                              169,000
 (03)   DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY                                                                 225,000
 (04)   FEDERATION OF TAX ADMINISTRATORS                                                          20,000
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 (05)   INTERSTATE MINING COMPACT                                      18,890
 (06)   LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMPACT                             5,000
 (07)   MULTI-STATE TAX COMMISSION                                    300,000
 (08)   NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ATTORNEYS
        GENERAL                                                        52,500
 (09)   NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BUDGET
        OFFICERS                                                       24,500
 (10)   NATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS                              154,500
 (11)   NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF INSURANCE
        LEGISLATORS                                                    20,000
 (12)   NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE
        LEGISLATURES                                                  185,000
 (13)   NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON UNIFORM STATE
        LAWS                                                           50,000
 (14)   NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION                                 85,000
 (15)   SOUTHERN REGIONAL EDUCATION BOARD                             224,000
 (16)   SOUTHERN STATES ENERGY BOARD                                   32,000
 (17)   STATE AND LOCAL LEGAL CENTER                                    6,900
 (18)   THE ENERGY COUNCIL                                             38,400
        TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED                                  $1,631,690
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        SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION - MISCELLANEOUS TRANSFERS.   There is hereby
 appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration, to be payable
 from the Miscellaneous State Treasury Funds, for providing constitutional
 officers and various state agencies with supplemental appropriations by the
 Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing Officer for the fiscal
 year ending June 30, 2024, the following:
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 ITEM                                                             FISCAL YEAR
  NO.                                                               2023-2024
 (01)   REFUND TO EXPENDITURES                                     $1,000,000
 (02)   PERSONAL SERVICES EXTRA HELP                                3,500,000
 (03)   PERSONAL SERVICES OVERTIME                                 10,000,000
 (04)   PERSONAL SERVICES STIPENDS                                    550,000
 (05)   PERSONAL SERVICES-PAYPLAN ADJUSTMENT                       88,500,000
        TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED                                $103,550,000
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        SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS AND EXPENSES.    There is
 hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration, to be
 payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, for miscellaneous
 grants and expenses of the Department of Finance and Administration -
 Disbursing Officer for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, the following:
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 ITEM                                                               FISCAL YEAR
  NO.                                                                2023-2024
 (01)   AGA/VOCATIONAL PROGRAM CERTIFICATION
        EXPENSES                                                       $10,000
 (02)   AR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CONSORTIUM                            150,000
 (03)   BABY SHARON'S CHILDREN'S CATASTROPHIC
        ILLNESS GRANT PROGRAM                                            50,000
 (04)   INTERSTATE PLANNING GRANTS                                       90,000
 (05)   INTRASTATE METRO PLANNING GRANTS                                 90,000
 (06)   MID-AMERICA MUSEUM GRANT                                         50,000
 (07)   MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY GRANT                                        50,000
 (08)   PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS                                360,000
 (09)   PUBLIC DEFENDER REIMBURSEMENT                                    34,372
 (10)   INNOVATION & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT                                229,034
 (11)   MORGAN NICK FOUNDATION                                         400,000
        TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED                                    $1,513,406
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        SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - FIREMEN'S AND POLICE OFFICERS' PENSION AND
 RELIEF FUND.      There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and
 Administration, to be payable from the Firemen's and Police Officers' Pension
 and Relief Fund, for payment of Firemen's and Police Officers' Pension and
 Relief Fund taxes for municipal fire and police relief and pension funds by
 the Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing Officer for the
 fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, the following:
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 ITEM                                                              FISCAL YEAR
  NO.                                                                2023-2024
 (01)   PENSION AND RELIEF FUNDS                                    $68,400,000
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        SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - MISCELLANEOUS FEDERAL PROGRAMS.     There is
 hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration -
 Disbursing Officer, to be payable from any unanticipated Miscellaneous
 Federal Program Funds received by the State of Arkansas or any of its
 agencies which are deposited in the State Treasury, for transfer to state
 agencies as provided by law for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, the
 following:
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 ITEM                                                               FISCAL YEAR
  NO.                                                                2023-2024
 (01)   MISCELLANEOUS FEDERAL GRANTS                             $2,000,000,000
 (02)   MISCELLANEOUS WORKFORCE INVESTMENT
        PROGRAMS                                                    100,000,000
        TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED                                $2,100,000,000
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        SECTION 6. APPROPRIATION - DISASTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS.    There is hereby
 appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing
 Officer, to be payable from the Disaster Assistance Fund, for provision of
 disaster grants as authorized by the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 and for
 complying with the Arkansas Emergency Services Act of 1973 (Arkansas Code 12-
 75-101 et seq.) by the Office of Emergency Services for the fiscal year
 ending June 30, 2024, the following:
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 ITEM                                                              FISCAL YEAR
  NO.                                                                 2023-2024
 (01)   DISASTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS                                  $16,250,000
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        SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION CLAIMS.     There is
 hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration -
 Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the Unemployment Compensation Trust
 Fund, for paying unemployment compensation claims in accordance with the
 Employment Security Amendments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, the
 following:
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 ITEM                                                               FISCAL YEAR
  NO.                                                                2023-2024
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 (01)   UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION                                   $8,000,000
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        SECTION 8. APPROPRIATION - MARKETING AND REDISTRIBUTION.   There is
 hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration -
 Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the Property Sales Holding Fund, for
 state agencies, counties, municipalities or other local governmental units
 for expending or disbursing the net proceeds from property sold through the
 Marketing and Redistribution Division of the Department of Transformation and
 Shared Services for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, the following:
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 ITEM                                                              FISCAL YEAR
  NO.                                                               2023-2024
 (01)   MARKETING AND REDISTRIBUTION PROGRAM                        $4,500,000
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        SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION - CHILD ABUSE/ RAPE/ DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
 CONTRACT.   There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and
 Administration, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account,
 for personal services reimbursement and expenses of the Child Abuse/ Rape/
 Domestic Violence Section of the University of Arkansas - Medical Sciences by
 the Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing Officer for the
 fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, the following:
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 ITEM                                                              FISCAL YEAR
  NO.                                                               2023-2024
 (01)   PERSONAL SERVICES REIMBURSEMENT AND
        EXPENSES                                                      $363,767
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        SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION - CHILD WELFARE RESTRUCTURING.    There is
 hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration -
 Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund
 Account, for payment of contractual services by the Child Abuse/ Rape/
 Domestic Violence Section of the University of Arkansas - Medical Sciences to
 assist multi-disciplinary task coordinators throughout the state to review
 and process child abuse complaints for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024,
 the following:
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 ITEM                                                            FISCAL YEAR
  NO.                                                                 2023-2024
 (01)   CONTRACTUAL SERVICES                                           $274,400
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        SECTION 11. APPROPRIATION - INFORMATION NETWORK OF ARKANSAS.    There is
 hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration, to be
 payable from the Information Network of Arkansas Fund, for operating expenses
 of the Information Network of Arkansas and other state government technology
 initiatives approved by the Information Network of Arkansas Board by the
 Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing Officer for the fiscal
 year ending June 30, 2024, the following:
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 ITEM                                                            FISCAL YEAR
  NO.                                                                 2023-2024
 (01)   MAINTENANCE & OPERATIONS                                  $1,000,000
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        SECTION 12. APPROPRIATION - ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE FUND.     There is
 hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration, to be
 payable from the State Administration of Justice Fund, for distribution to
 state programs and agencies and reimbursement/ refunds to state, cities and
 counties of court costs and filing fees remitted by the cities and counties
 by the Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing Officer for the
 fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, the following:
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 ITEM                                                            FISCAL YEAR
  NO.                                                                 2023-2024
 (01)   STATE AGENCIES DISTRIBUTION                              $39,309,767
 (02)   REFUNDS-STATE/COUNTY/CITY                                     5,000,000
        TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED                                $44,309,767
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        SECTION 13. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION.     There is
 hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration -
 Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the Arkansas Counties Alcohol and Drug
 Abuse and Crime Prevention Program Fund, for grants to the Arkansas Sheriffs'
 Association to be used for the establishment and operation of crime
 prevention and alcohol and drug abuse programs and for a grant to the
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 Arkansas Sheriffs' Association to study ways to improve the administration of
 sheriffs' offices and developing and improving educational programs in
 Arkansas for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, the following:
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 ITEM                                                             FISCAL YEAR
  NO.                                                                 2023-2024
 (01)   ARKANSAS SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION                                 $600,000
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        SECTION 14. APPROPRIATION - DRUG ENFORCEMENT AND EDUCATION.     There is
 hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration -
 Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the Special State Assets Forfeiture
 Fund, for the purpose as defined by Arkansas Code § 5-64-505 for the fiscal
 year ending June 30, 2024, the following:
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 ITEM                                                             FISCAL YEAR
  NO.                                                                 2023-2024
 (01)   DRUG ENFORCEMENT, EDUCATION,
        TREATMENT AND RELATED PURPOSES                             $2,000,000
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        SECTION 15. APPROPRIATION - BABY SHARON ACT GRANTS.   There is hereby
 appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing
 Officer, to be payable from the Baby Sharon's Children's Catastrophic Illness
 Grant Program Trust Fund, for grants to the Baby Sharon's Children's
 Catastrophic Illness Grant Program Committee to assist with the medical
 expenses incurred by families of children with catastrophic illnesses or
 injuries by awarding grants to the families who are liable for the medical
 expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, the following:
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 ITEM                                                             FISCAL YEAR
  NO.                                                                 2023-2024
 (01)   "BABY SHARON ACT" GRANTS                                   $2,000,000
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        SECTION 16. APPROPRIATION - ORGAN DONATION EDUCATION GRANTS.    There is
 hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration -
 Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the Organ Donation Trust Fund, for
 grant funds to the Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency, or its successor
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 agency, to be used for educational or informational materials and other
 related costs to inform and educate the public about organ donations and
 organ donation awareness for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, the
 following: