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 State of Arkansas
 94th General Assembly                            A Bill
 Fiscal Session, 2024                                                                     SENATE BILL 82
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 By: Senator B. King
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                                      For An Act To Be Entitled
                AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR A POULTRY FLOCK
                DEPOPULATION GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
                FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION - DISBURSING OFFICER FOR
                THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025; AND FOR OTHER
                PURPOSES.
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                           AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
                           ADMINISTRATION - DISBURSING OFFICER
                           APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2024-2025 FISCAL
                           YEAR.
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 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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        SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - POULTRY FLOCK DEPOPULATION GRANT PROGRAM.
 There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration
 - Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State
 Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for a state
 action poultry flock depopulation grant program for the fiscal year ending
 June 30, 2025, the following:
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 ITEM                                                                                     FISCAL YEAR
  NO.                                                                                           2024-2025
 (01)   STATE ACTION POULTRY FLOCK
        DEPOPULATION GRANT PROGRAM                                                          $5,000,000
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        SECTION 2. SPECIAL LANGUAGE.                 NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS
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 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW.        FUND
 TRANSFER. Immediately upon the effective date of this act, the Chief Fiscal
 Officer of the State shall transfer on his or her books and those of the
 State Treasurer and the Auditor of the State the sum of five million dollars
 ($5,000,000) or as much as is available from the General Revenue Allotment
 Reserve Fund to the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined
 by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State for the state action poultry flock
 depopulation grant program.
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      SECTION 3. SPECIAL LANGUAGE.      NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS
 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW.        POULTRY
 STOCK DEPOPULATION GRANT PROGRAM. The Department of Finance and
 Administration – Disbursing Officer shall budget, allocate, and expend five
 million dollars ($5,000,000) or as much as was transferred from the General
 Revenue Allotment Reserve Fund to the cash fund deposited in the State
 Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for the
 state action poultry flock depopulation grant program.
      The provisions of this section shall be in affect only from July 1,
 2024 through June 30, 2025.
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      SECTION 4. SPECIAL LANGUAGE — CODE AMENDMENT.      Arkansas Code Title 2,
 Chapter 33, Subchapter 3, is amended to add an additional section to read as
 follows:
      2-33-309.      State Action Poultry Flock Depopulation Grant Program.
      (a)   There is established within the Department of Finance and
 Administration the State Action Poultry Flock Depopulation Grant Program to
 be administered by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and
 Administration.
      (b)   The secretary shall award grants under the program to provide
 financial assistance to eligible poultry growers within the state.
      (c)(1)     A poultry grower whose poultry flock was depopulated by the
 state is eligible to receive grant funds under this section.
               (2)   Subdivision (c)(1) of this section includes without
 limitation a poultry grower whose poultry flock was depopulated by the state
 prior to the effective date of the act.
      (d)(1)     The department shall promulgate rules necessary for the
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 implementation of the program under this section.
            (2)   The rules promulgated under subdivision (d)(1) of this
 section shall include without limitation the process for:
                   (A)   Submitting documentation to the department showing a
 poultry grower's loss due to state-mandated depopulation of the poultry
 grower's poultry flock; and
                   (B)   Distribution of grant funds.
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      SECTION 5. SPECIAL LANGUAGE.     DO NOT CODIFY.   Rules.
      (a)   When adopting the initial rules required under this act, the
 Department of Finance and Administration shall file the final rules with the
 Secretary of State for adoption under § 25-15-204(f):
            (1)   On or before January 1, 2025; or
            (2)   If approval under § 10-3-309 has not occurred by January 1,
 2025, as soon as practicable after approval under § 10-3-309.
            (b)   The department shall file the proposed rules with the
 Legislative Council under § 10-3-309(c) sufficiently in advance of January 1,
 2025, so that the Legislative Council may consider the rules for approval
 before January 1, 2025.
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      SECTION 6. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS.     Disbursement of funds
 authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency
 and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and
 the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and
 Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary
 Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal
 control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by
 the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be
 strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds.
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      SECTION 7. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.     It is the intent of the General
 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
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 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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      SECTION 8. EMERGENCY CLAUSE.   It is found and determined by the General
 Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the
 appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the
 effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2024 is essential to the operation of
 the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in
 the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the
 effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2024 could work irreparable harm
 upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental
 programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act
 being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health
 and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2024.
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