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Act 99 of the Fiscal Session
1 State of Arkansas
2 93rd General Assembly A Bill
3 Fiscal Session, 2022 HOUSE BILL 1088
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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 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL
11 QUALITY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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14 Subtitle
15 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND
16 ENVIRONMENT - DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL
17 QUALITY 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 - DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCEMENT. There is
23 hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to be
24 payable from the Development and Enhancement Fund, for the Department of
25 Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality the following:
26 (A) Effective July 1, 2022, the balance of the appropriation provided
27 in Item (A) of Section 1 of Act 868 of 2021, for state investment for vital
28 infrastructure for public buildings, water treatment systems, environmental
29 concerns, energy needs, telecommunications, water and sewer systems, in a sum
30 not to exceed ...................................................$10,000,000.
31 (B) Effective July 1, 2022, the balance of the appropriation provided
32 in Item (B) of Section 1 of Act 868 of 2021, for construction, renovation,
33 maintenance, equipment, grants, loans, personal services, and operating
34 expenses for projects that protect, enhance, and/or restore the environment,
35 in a sum not to exceed ..........................................$40,000,000.
36 (C) Effective July 1, 2022, the balance of the appropriation provided
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1 in Item (C) of Section 1 of Act 868 of 2021, for state investment for
2 infrastructure for public buildings, water treatment systems, environmental
3 concerns, energy needs, telecommunications, water and sewer systems, in a sum
4 not to exceed ....................................................$5,000,000.
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6 SECTION 2. DISBURSEMENT CONTROLS. (A) No contract may be awarded nor
7 obligations otherwise incurred in relation to the project or projects
8 described herein in excess of the State Treasury funds actually available
9 therefor as provided by law. Provided, however, that institutions and
10 agencies listed herein shall have the authority to accept and use grants and
11 donations including Federal funds, and to use its unobligated cash income or
12 funds, or both available to it, for the purpose of supplementing the State
13 Treasury funds for financing the entire costs of the project or projects
14 enumerated herein. Provided further, that the appropriations and funds
15 otherwise provided by the General Assembly for Maintenance and General
16 Operations of the agency or institutions receiving appropriation herein shall
17 not be used for any of the purposes as appropriated in this act.
18 (B) The restrictions of any applicable provisions of the State
19 Purchasing Law, the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, the
20 Revenue Stabilization Law and any other applicable fiscal control laws of
21 this State and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and
22 Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in
23 disbursement of any funds provided by this act unless specifically provided
24 otherwise by law.
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26 SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General
27 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
28 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
29 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
30 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
31 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
32 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
33 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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35 SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This act is effective on and after July 1,
36 2022. APPROVED: 2/25/22
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