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                                             Act 230 of the Regular Session
 1   State of Arkansas
 2   93rd General Assembly                            A Bill
 3   Regular Session, 2021                                                                  HOUSE BILL 1493
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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 OPERATING
 9                  EXPENSES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS COMMUNITY
10                  COLLEGE AT RICH MOUNTAIN WHICH SHALL BE SUPPLEMENTAL
11                  AND IN ADDITION TO THOSE FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY ACT 41
12                  OF 2020; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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16                             AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
17                             COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT RICH MOUNTAIN
18                             SUPPLEMENTAL 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 - STATE OPERATIONS.                       There is hereby
24   appropriated, to the University of Arkansas Community College at Rich
25   Mountain, to be payable from the University of Arkansas Community College at
26   Rich Mountain Fund, for operating expenses of the University of Arkansas
27   Community College at Rich Mountain which shall be supplemental and in
28   addition to those funds appropriated in Section 3 of Act 41 of 2020, the
29   following:
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31   ITEM                                                                                     FISCAL YEAR
32    NO.                                                                                           2020-2021
33   (01)   MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION
34          (A) OPER. EXPENSE                                                                       $133,208
35          (B) CONF. & TRAVEL                                                                             0
36          (C) PROF. FEES                                                                                  0
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 1        (D) CAP. OUTLAY                                                       0
 2        (E) DATA PROC.                                                         0
 3        TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED                                      $133,208
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 5        SECTION 2. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS.     Disbursement of funds
 6   authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency
 7   and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and
 8   the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and
 9   Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary
10   Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal
11   control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by
12   the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be
13   strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds.
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15        SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.     It is the intent of the General
16   Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
17   contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
18   which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
19   Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
20   manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
21   summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
22   Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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24        SECTION 4. EMERGENCY CLAUSE.   It is found and determined by the General
25   Assembly, that funds provided by the General Assembly for the operations of
26   the University of Arkansas Community College at Rich Mountain are, due to
27   unforeseen circumstances, insufficient for the University of Arkansas
28   Community College at Rich Mountain to continue to provide essential
29   governmental services; that the provisions of this act will provide the
30   necessary monies for the University of Arkansas Community College at Rich
31   Mountain to continue such services; and that a delay in the effective date of
32   this Act could work irreparable harm upon the proper administration and
33   provision of essential governmental programs. Therefore, an emergency is
34   hereby declared to exist and this Act being necessary for the immediate
35   preservation of the public peace, health and safety shall be in full force
36   and effect from and after the date of its passage and approval.
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 1        If the bill is neither approved nor vetoed by the Governor, it shall
 2   become effective on the expiration of the period of time during which the
 3   Governor may veto the bill.   If the bill is vetoed by the Governor and the
 4   veto is overridden, it shall become effective on the date the last house
 5   overrides the veto.
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