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 State of Arkansas
 94th General Assembly
 Fiscal Session, 2024                                                                SR 2
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 By: Senator J. Dismang
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                                 SENATE RESOLUTION
                TO AUTHORIZE THE INTRODUCTION OF A NONAPPROPRIATION
                BILL AMENDING THE REVENUE STABILIZATION LAW, CREATING
                FUNDS, REPEALING FUNDS, AND MAKING TRANSFERS TO AND
                FROM FUNDS AND FUND ACCOUNTS.
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                                          Subtitle
                         TO AUTHORIZE THE INTRODUCTION OF A
                         NONAPPROPRIATION BILL AMENDING THE
                         REVENUE STABILIZATION LAW, CREATING
                         FUNDS, REPEALING FUNDS, AND MAKING
                         TRANSFERS TO AND FROM FUNDS AND FUND
                         ACCOUNTS.
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 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF
 ARKANSAS:
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          THAT Senator Dismang is authorized to introduce a bill which as
 introduced will read substantially as follows:
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 "Title
 AN ACT TO AMEND THE REVENUE STABILIZATION LAW; TO CREATE FUNDS, TO REPEAL
 FUNDS, AND TO MAKE TRANSFERS TO AND FROM FUNDS AND FUND ACCOUNTS; TO DECLARE
 AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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 Subtitle
 TO AMEND THE REVENUE STABILIZATION LAW; TO CREATE FUNDS, TO REPEAL FUNDS, AND
 TO MAKE TRANSFERS TO AND FROM FUNDS AND FUND ACCOUNTS; AND TO DECLARE AN
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 EMERGENCY.
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 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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      SECTION 1.       The purpose of this act is to amend the Revenue
 Stabilization Law and to create funds, to repeal funds, and to make transfers
 to and from funds and fund accounts.
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      SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 19-5-1264 is amended to read as follows:
      19-5-1264. Arkansas River Navigation System Fund.
      (a)     There is created on the books of the Treasurer of State, the
 Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a miscellaneous
 fund to be known as the “Arkansas River Navigation System Fund”.
      (b)     The fund shall consist of:
              (1)   The taxes and penalties described in § 26-26-1616(d)(2);
              (2)(1)     Grants made by any person or federal government agency;
              (3)(2)     Any remaining fund balances carried forward from year to
 year; and
              (4)(3)     Any other funds authorized or provided by law.
      (c)     The fund shall be used by the Arkansas Waterways Commission to
 develop, improve, and expand river transportation resources within the
 portion of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System located in the
 State of Arkansas.
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      SECTION 3.       Arkansas Code § 19-5-307 is amended to read as follows:
      19-5-307. Public Health Fund.
      (a)     The Public Health Fund shall be used for the maintenance,
 operation, and improvement required by the regional health centers and the
 various divisions of the Department of Health in carrying out the powers,
 functions, and duties as set out in § 20-7-102 et seq. or other duties
 imposed by law upon:
              (1)   The Department of Health;
              (2)   The Secretary of the Department of Health;
              (3)   The State Board of Health; and
              (4)   The Secretary of the State Board of Health, or the State
 Health Officer, whose office was transferred under § 25-9-101 [repealed] to
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 the Department of Health; and
             (5)   The State Cancer Commission, which was transferred to the
 Department of Health by § 25-9-101 [repealed].
      (b)    The Public Health Fund shall consist of:
             (1)   Those special revenues as set out in § 19-6-301(41), (65),
 (68), (69), (80), (97), (131), (132), (133), (136), (137), (140), (141),
 (142), (143), (144), (147), (155), (166), (177), (194), (204), (205), (250),
 and that portion of § 19-6-301(58) of the Revenue Classification Law, § 19-6-
 101 et seq.;
             (2)   General revenues as may be provided by law;
             (3)   Nonrevenue income derived from services provided by the
 various divisions of the Department of Health;
             (4)   Federal reimbursement received on account of eligible
 expenditures by the various divisions of the Department of Health;
             (5)   Other funds as may be provided by law;
             (6)   Moneys transferred or deposited from the State
 Administration of Justice Fund to support alcoholism treatment programs and
 for use in the drug abuse prevention and treatment program of the Division of
 Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human
 Services;
             (7)   Amusement machine revenues over thirty thousand dollars
 ($30,000), as set out in § 26-57-407; and
             (8)   Criminal, civil, and administrative penalties collected
 under the Arkansas Lead-Based Paint-Hazard Act of 2011, § 20-27-2501 et seq.
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      SECTION 4.    Arkansas Code § 19-6-404 is amended to read as follows:
      19-6-404. Division of Arkansas State Police Fund.
      The Division of Arkansas State Police Fund shall consist of:
             (1)   Those special revenues as specified in § 19-6-301(1), (5),
 (7), (8), (38)-(40), (94), (150), (168), (175), (184)-(186), (190), (218)-
 (220), (222), (226), (227), (234), (252), and (270);
             (2)   Moneys transferred or deposited from the State
 Administration of Justice Fund;
             (3)   Those general revenues as may be provided by law, there to
 be used for the maintenance, operation, and improvement of the Division of
 Arkansas State Police in carrying out the functions, powers, and duties as
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 stated in § 12-8-106 or other duties imposed by law upon the division;
            (4)    Any revenues credited to the Division of Arkansas State
 Police Fund under the Division of Arkansas State Police Headquarters
 Facilities and Equipment Financing Act, § 12-8-601 et seq.; and
            (5)    Federal reimbursements received for eligible expenditures by
 the various programs of the division made payable from the Division of
 Arkansas State Police Fund.
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      SECTION 5.     Arkansas Code § 19-6-405(2), concerning special revenues of
 the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund, is amended to read as
 follows:
            (2)    Those special revenues specified in § 19-6-301(10), (152),
 (187), and (239), and (241);
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      SECTION 6.     EMERGENCY CLAUSE.       It is found and determined by the
 General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that changes in the state's fiscal
 laws must take effect at the beginning of the fiscal year; and that it is
 necessary for this act to become effective on July 1, 2024, to avoid a lapse
 in critical and essential services that the state government provides to the
 citizens of this state at the beginning of the next fiscal year.         Therefore,
 an emergency is declared to exist, and this act being necessary for the
 preservation of the public peace, health, and safety shall become effective
 on July 1, 2024."
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Statutes affected: 
SR 2: 19-5-1264, 26-26-1616(d), 19-5-307, 20-7-102, 25-9-101, 19-6-301(41), 19-6-301(58), 26-57-407, 20-27-2501, 19-6-404, 19-6-301(1), 12-8-106, 12-8-601, 19-6-405(2)