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                                                Act 89 of the Fiscal Session
 1   State of Arkansas
 2   94th General Assembly                            A Bill
 3   Fiscal Session, 2024                                                                   HOUSE BILL 1093
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 5   By: Joint Budget Committee
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 7                                        For An Act To Be Entitled
 8                  AN ACT TO REAPPROPRIATE THE BALANCES OF CAPITAL
 9                  IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE ILLINOIS RIVER
10                  WATERSHED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE -
11                  ARKANSAS NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION;                     AND FOR OTHER
12                  PURPOSES.
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16                             AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
17                             - ARKANSAS NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION
18                             REAPPROPRIATION.
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21   BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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23          SECTION 1. REAPPROPRIATION - WATER QUALITY BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.
24   There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Agriculture - Arkansas
25   Natural Resources Commission, to be payable from the Development and
26   Enhancement Fund, for the Department of Agriculture - Arkansas Natural
27   Resources Commission the following:
28          (A)    Effective July 1, 2024, the balance of the appropriation provided
29   in Section 1 of Act 158 of 2023, for expenses associated with implementation
30   of water quality best management practices to improve water quality in the
31   Illinois River Watershed for the Department of Agriculture -                            Arkansas
32   Natural Resources, in a sum not to exceed ........................$6,000,000.
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34          SECTION 2. DISBURSEMENT CONTROLS. (A)                    No contract may be awarded nor
35   obligations otherwise incurred in relation to the project or projects
36   described herein in excess of the State Treasury funds actually available
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 1   therefor as provided by law.   Provided, however, that institutions and
 2   agencies listed herein shall have the authority to accept and use grants and
 3   donations including Federal funds, and to use its unobligated cash income or
 4   funds, or both available to it, for the purpose of supplementing the State
 5   Treasury funds for financing the entire costs of the project or projects
 6   enumerated herein.   Provided further, that the appropriations and funds
 7   otherwise provided by the General Assembly for Maintenance and General
 8   Operations of the agency or institutions receiving appropriation herein shall
 9   not be used for any of the purposes as appropriated in this act.
10        (B) The restrictions of any applicable provisions of the State
11   Purchasing Law, the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, the
12   Revenue Stabilization Law and any other applicable fiscal control laws of
13   this State and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and
14   Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in
15   disbursement of any funds provided by this act unless specifically provided
16   otherwise by law.
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18        SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.     It is the intent of the General
19   Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
20   contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
21   which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
22   Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
23   manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
24   summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
25   Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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27        SECTION 4. EMERGENCY CLAUSE.   It is found and determined by the General
28   Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the
29   appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the
30   effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2024 is essential to the operation of
31   the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in
32   the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the
33   effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2024 could work irreparable harm
34   upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental
35   programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act
36   being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health
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 1   and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2024.
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