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 1   State of Arkansas
 2   94th General Assembly                            A Bill
 3   Regular Session, 2023                                                                  SENATE BILL 208
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 5   By: Senator B. Johnson
 6   By: Representative Richmond
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 8                                        For An Act To Be Entitled
 9                  AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR BUSINESS AND
10                  COMMERCIAL SERVICES IT SYSTEM FOR THE SECRETARY OF
11                  STATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2023; AND
12                  FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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16                             AN ACT FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
17                             APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2022-2023 FISCAL
18                             YEAR.
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21   BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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23          SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES IT SYSTEM.
24   There is hereby appropriated, to the Secretary of State, to be payable from
25   the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief
26   Fiscal Officer of the State, for costs related to a new Business and
27   Commercial Services IT System of the Secretary of State for the fiscal year
28   ending June 30, 2023, the following:
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30   ITEM                                                                                     FISCAL YEAR
31    NO.                                                                                           2022-2023
32   (01)   COSTS RELATED TO A NEW BUSINESS AND
33          COMMERCIAL SERVICES IT SYSTEM                                                            $500,000
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35          SECTION 2. SPECIAL LANGUAGE.                NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS
36   CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW.                                FUNDING
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 1   TRANSFER.   Immediately upon the effective date of this act, the Chief Fiscal
 2   Officer of the State shall transfer on his or her books and those of the
 3   State Treasurer and the Auditor of the State the sum of five hundred thousand
 4   dollars ($500,000) from the General Revenue Allotment Reserve Fund to the
 5   Secretary of State cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as appropriated
 6   in this Act to be used exclusively for costs related to a new Business and
 7   Commercial Services IT System.
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 9        SECTION 3. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS.     Disbursement of funds
10   authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency
11   and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and
12   the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and
13   Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary
14   Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal
15   control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by
16   the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be
17   strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds.
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19        SECTION 4. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.     It is the intent of the General
20   Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
21   contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
22   which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
23   Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
24   manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
25   summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
26   Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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28        SECTION 5. EMERGENCY CLAUSE.   It is found and determined by the General
29   Assembly, that funds provided by the General Assembly for the operations of
30   the Secretary of State are, due to unforeseen circumstances, insufficient for
31   the Secretary of State to continue to provide essential governmental
32   services; that the provisions of this act will provide the necessary monies
33   for the Secretary of State to continue such services; and that a delay in the
34   effective date of this Act could work irreparable harm upon the proper
35   administration and provision of essential governmental programs.    Therefore,
36   an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act being necessary for the
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 1   immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety shall be in
 2   full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and approval.
 3        If the bill is neither approved nor vetoed by the Governor, it shall
 4   become effective on the expiration of the period of time during which the
 5   Governor may veto the bill.   If the bill is vetoed by the Governor and the
 6   veto is overridden, it shall become effective on the date the last house
 7   overrides the veto.
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