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Act 81 of the Fiscal Session
1 State of Arkansas
2 93rd General Assembly A Bill
3 Fiscal Session, 2022 SENATE BILL 77
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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 DEPARTMENT OF
10 FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION - DISBURSING OFFICER; AND
11 FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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15 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
16 ADMINISTRATION - DISBURSING OFFICER
17 REAPPROPRIATION.
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20 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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22 SECTION 1. REAPPROPRIATION - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. There is
23 hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration, to be
24 payable from the Development and Enhancement Fund, for the Department of
25 Finance and Administration - Disbursing Officer the following:
26 (A) Effective July 1, 2022, the balance of the appropriation provided
27 in Item (A) of Section 1 of Act 857 of 2021, for major maintenance,
28 renovation, repair or construction to provide contingency appropriation for
29 capital projects, in a sum not to exceed ...........................$500,000.
30 (B) Effective July 1, 2022, the balance of the appropriation provided
31 in Item (B) of Section 1 of Act 857 of 2021, for State Motor Vehicle
32 Acquisition, in a sum not to exceed .............................$25,000,000.
33 (C) Effective July 1, 2022, the balance of the appropriation provided
34 in Item (C) of Section 1 of Act 857 of 2021, for information technology
35 enhancement, innovation, operation, equipping, consolidation, incentive,
36 construction, repair, expansion, major maintenance, improvement, replacement
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1 and upgrade to the states existing technology systems as well as the
2 development and implementation of new projects, in a sum not to exceed
3 .................................................................$50,000,000.
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5 SECTION 2. DISBURSEMENT CONTROLS. (A) No contract may be awarded nor
6 obligations otherwise incurred in relation to the project or projects
7 described herein in excess of the State Treasury funds actually available
8 therefor as provided by law. Provided, however, that institutions and
9 agencies listed herein shall have the authority to accept and use grants and
10 donations including Federal funds, and to use its unobligated cash income or
11 funds, or both available to it, for the purpose of supplementing the State
12 Treasury funds for financing the entire costs of the project or projects
13 enumerated herein. Provided further, that the appropriations and funds
14 otherwise provided by the General Assembly for Maintenance and General
15 Operations of the agency or institutions receiving appropriation herein shall
16 not be used for any of the purposes as appropriated in this act.
17 (B) The restrictions of any applicable provisions of the State
18 Purchasing Law, the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, the
19 Revenue Stabilization Law and any other applicable fiscal control laws of
20 this State and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and
21 Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in
22 disbursement of any funds provided by this act unless specifically provided
23 otherwise by law.
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25 SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General
26 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
27 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
28 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
29 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
30 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
31 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
32 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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34 SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This act is effective on and after July 1,
35 2022.
36 APPROVED: 2/25/22
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