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Act 117 of the Fiscal Session
1 State of Arkansas
2 94th General Assembly A Bill
3 Fiscal Session, 2024 HOUSE BILL 1086
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5 By: Joint Budget Committee
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7 For An Act To Be Entitled
8 AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES
9 AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
10 CORRECTIONS - DIVISION OF CORRECTION WHICH SHALL BE
11 SUPPLEMENTAL AND IN ADDITION TO THOSE FUNDS
12 APPROPRIATED BY ACT 890 OF 2023; AND FOR OTHER
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16 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
17 - DIVISION OF CORRECTION SUPPLEMENTAL
18 APPROPRIATION.
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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 - COUNTY JAIL REIMBURSEMENT. There is hereby
24 appropriated, to the Department of Corrections, to be payable from the County
25 Jail Reimbursement Fund, for reimbursement to counties housing state inmates
26 of the Department of Corrections - County Jail Reimbursement which shall be
27 supplemental and in addition to those funds appropriated in Section 3 of Act
28 890 of 2023, the following:
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30 ITEM FISCAL YEAR
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32 (01) REFUNDS/REIMBURSEMENT $4,200,000
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34 SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION - INMATE CARE & CUSTODY. There is hereby
35 appropriated, to the Department of Corrections, to be payable from the
36 Division of Correction Inmate Care and Custody Fund Account, for personal
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1 services of the Department of Corrections - Division of Correction which
2 shall be supplemental and in addition to those funds appropriated in Section
3 10 of Act 890 of 2023, the following:
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5 ITEM FISCAL YEAR
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7 (01) OVERTIME $3,000,000
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9 SECTION 3. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS
10 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. FUND
11 TRANSFER. Immediately upon the effective date of this act, the Chief Fiscal
12 Officer of the State shall transfer on his or her books and those of the
13 State Treasurer and the Auditor of the State the sum of four million two
14 hundred thousand dollars ($4,200,000) from the General Revenue Allotment
15 Reserve Fund to the County Jail Reimbursement Fund to provide funds for
16 reimbursement to counties housing state inmates of the Department of
17 Corrections.
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19 SECTION 4. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds
20 authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency
21 and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and
22 the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and
23 Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary
24 Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal
25 control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by
26 the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be
27 strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds.
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29 SECTION 5. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General
30 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
31 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
32 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
33 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
34 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
35 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
36 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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2 SECTION 6. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General
3 Assembly, that funds provided by the General Assembly for the operations of
4 the Department of Corrections are, due to unforeseen circumstances,
5 insufficient for the Department of Corrections to continue to provide
6 essential governmental services; that the provisions of this act will provide
7 the necessary monies for the Department of Corrections to continue such
8 services; and that a delay in the effective date of this Act could work
9 irreparable harm upon the proper administration and provision of essential
10 governmental programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist
11 and this Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
12 peace, health and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after the
13 date of its passage and approval.
14 If the bill is neither approved nor vetoed by the Governor, it shall
15 become effective on the expiration of the period of time during which the
16 Governor may veto the bill. If the bill is vetoed by the Governor and the
17 veto is overridden, it shall become effective on the date the last house
18 overrides the veto.
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