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Act 866 of the Regular Session
1 State of Arkansas
2 93rd General Assembly A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2021 HOUSE BILL 1533
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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 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
9 CORRECTIONS - DIVISION OF COMMUNITY CORRECTION FOR
10 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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14 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
15 - DIVISION OF COMMUNITY CORRECTION
16 DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCEMENT
17 APPROPRIATION.
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20 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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22 SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. There is
23 hereby appropriated, to the Department of Corrections - Division of Community
24 Correction, to be payable from the Development and Enhancement Fund, the
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26 (A) for partial roof repair and replacement at East Central Arkansas
27 Community Correction Center, in a sum not to exceed ................$378,000.
28 (B) for construction, major maintenance and renovations of all
29 facilities, in a sum not to exceed ...............................$5,000,000.
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31 SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS - SPECIAL.
32 There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Corrections - Division of
33 Community Correction, to be payable from the Community Correction Revolving
34 Fund, the following:
35 (A) for building purchase in Searcy, in a sum not to exceed ..$800,000.
36 (B) for building purchase in Northwest Arkansas, in a sum not to exceed
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1 ..................................................................$1,200,000.
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3 SECTION 3. DISBURSEMENT CONTROLS. (A) No contract may be awarded nor
4 obligations otherwise incurred in relation to the project or projects
5 described herein in excess of the State Treasury funds actually available
6 therefor as provided by law. Provided, however, that institutions and
7 agencies listed herein shall have the authority to accept and use grants and
8 donations including Federal funds, and to use its unobligated cash income or
9 funds, or both available to it, for the purpose of supplementing the State
10 Treasury funds for financing the entire costs of the project or projects
11 enumerated herein. Provided further, that the appropriations and funds
12 otherwise provided by the General Assembly for Maintenance and General
13 Operations of the agency or institutions receiving appropriation herein shall
14 not be used for any of the purposes as appropriated in this act.
15 (B) The restrictions of any applicable provisions of the State
16 Purchasing Law, the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, the
17 Revenue Stabilization Law and any other applicable fiscal control laws of
18 this State and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and
19 Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in
20 disbursement of any funds provided by this act unless specifically provided
21 otherwise by law.
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23 SECTION 4. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General
24 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
25 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
26 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
27 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
28 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
29 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
30 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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32 SECTION 5. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General
33 Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the
34 appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the
35 effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2021 is essential to the operation of
36 the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in
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1 the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the
2 effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2021 could work irreparable harm
3 upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental
4 programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act
5 being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health
6 and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2021.
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9 APPROVED: 4/23/21
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