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1 State of Arkansas
2 94th General Assembly A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2023 SENATE BILL 328
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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 PHILANDER SMITH
11 COLLEGE - HEALTH PROGRAMS EXPANSION GRANTS FOR THE
12 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - DIVISION OF HIGHER
13 EDUCATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2024;
14 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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18 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION -
19 DIVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION - PHILANDER
20 SMITH COLLEGE - HEALTH PROGRAM EXPANSION
21 GRANTS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024
22 FISCAL 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 - PHILANDER SMITH COLLEGE - HEALTH PROGRAM
28 EXPANSION GRANTS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of
29 Education - Division of Higher Education, to be payable from the Higher
30 Education Grants Fund Account, the following:
31 (A) for a grant to Philander Smith College for expenses related to the
32 creation of a Certified Nursing Assistant and Licensed Practical Nursing
33 Program, for the expansion of the Elders Community Health Clinic, and the
34 expansion of the Philander Smith College Food Pantry, in a sum not to exceed
35 ..................................................................$5,000,000.
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1 SECTION 2. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS
2 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. FUNDING
3 TRANSFER. Immediately upon the effective date of this act, the Chief Fiscal
4 Officer of the State shall transfer on his or her books and those of the
5 State Treasurer and Auditor of the State the sum of five million dollars
6 ($5,000,000) from the General Revenue Allotment Reserve Fund to the Higher
7 Education Grants Fund for a grant to Philander Smith College for the creation
8 of a Certified Nursing Assistant and Licensed Practical Nurse Program, the
9 expansion of the Elders Community Health Clinic, and the expansion of the
10 Philander Smith College Food Pantry as appropriated by this act.
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12 SECTION 3. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds
13 authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency
14 and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and
15 the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and
16 Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary
17 Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal
18 control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by
19 the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be
20 strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds.
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22 SECTION 4. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General
23 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
24 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
25 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
26 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
27 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
28 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
29 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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31 SECTION 5. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General
32 Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the
33 appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the
34 effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2023 is essential to the operation of
35 the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in
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1 effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2023 could work irreparable harm
2 upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental
3 programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act
4 being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health
5 and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2023.
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