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1 State of Arkansas
2 94th General Assembly A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2023 SENATE BILL 330
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5 By: Senators L. Chesterfield, S. Flowers, F. Love, R. Murdock
6 By: Representatives Scott, F. Allen, Ennett, K. Ferguson, V. Flowers, Nicks, J. Richardson, T. Shephard,
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9 For An Act To Be Entitled
10 AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR ARKANSAS BAPTIST
11 COLLEGE - COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE (CDL) TRAINING
12 PROGRAM FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - DIVISION OF
13 HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30,
14 2024; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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18 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION -
19 DIVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION - ARKANSAS
20 BAPTIST COLLEGE - CDL TRAINING PROGRAM
21 APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL
22 YEAR.
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25 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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27 SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS BAPTIST COLLEGE - CDL TRAINING
28 PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Education -
29 Division of Higher Education, to be payable from the Higher Education Grants
30 Fund Account, the following:
31 (A) for a grant to Arkansas Baptist College for expenses related to the
32 establishment and operation of a Commercial Driver's License Training
33 Program, in a sum not to exceed ..................................$1,000,000.
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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 Auditor of the State the sum of one million dollars
4 ($1,000,000) from the General Revenue Allotment Reserve Fund to the Higher
5 Education Grants Fund Account for a grant to Arkansas Baptist College for the
6 establishment and operation of a Commercial Driver's License Training Program
7 as appropriated by this act.
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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 the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the
30 appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the
31 effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2023 is essential to the operation of
32 the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in
33 the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the
34 effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2023 could work irreparable harm
35 upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental
36 programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act
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1 being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health
2 and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2023.
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