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Act 101 of the Fiscal Session
1 State of Arkansas
2 93rd General Assembly A Bill
3 Fiscal Session, 2022 HOUSE BILL 1090
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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 EDUCATION - EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION DIVISION FOR
11 MAINTENANCE, UPGRADES, AND MATCHING; AND FOR OTHER
12 PURPOSES.
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16 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION -
17 EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION DIVISION
18 REAPPROPRIATION.
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21 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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23 SECTION 1. REAPPROPRIATION - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - AETN -
24 MAINTENANCE, UPGRADES, AND MATCHING. There is hereby appropriated, to the
25 Department of Education - Educational Television Division, to be payable from
26 the Development and Enhancement Fund, for the Department of Education -
27 Educational Television Division the following:
28 (A) Effective July 1, 2022, the balance of the appropriation provided
29 in Item (A) of Section 1 of Act 860 of 2021, for maintenance of state-owned
30 broadcast infrastructure and the network distribution system, and for
31 operating expenses, maintenance and payment of federal and other matching
32 grant requirements, in a sum not to exceed .......................$4,700,000.
33 (B) Effective July 1, 2022, the balance of the appropriation provided
34 in Item (B) of Section 1 of Act 860 of 2021, for Next Gen TV Advanced
35 Television Systems Committee - 3.0 Broadcast Standard Upgrade, in a sum not
36 to exceed ........................................................$8,000,000.
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1 SECTION 2. DISBURSEMENT CONTROLS. (A) No contract may be awarded nor
2 obligations otherwise incurred in relation to the project or projects
3 described herein in excess of the State Treasury funds actually available
4 therefor as provided by law. Provided, however, that institutions and
5 agencies listed herein shall have the authority to accept and use grants and
6 donations including Federal funds, and to use its unobligated cash income or
7 funds, or both available to it, for the purpose of supplementing the State
8 Treasury funds for financing the entire costs of the project or projects
9 enumerated herein. Provided further, that the appropriations and funds
10 otherwise provided by the General Assembly for Maintenance and General
11 Operations of the agency or institutions receiving appropriation herein shall
12 not be used for any of the purposes as appropriated in this act.
13 (B) The restrictions of any applicable provisions of the State
14 Purchasing Law, the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, the
15 Revenue Stabilization Law and any other applicable fiscal control laws of
16 this State and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and
17 Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in
18 disbursement of any funds provided by this act unless specifically provided
19 otherwise by law.
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21 SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General
22 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
23 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
24 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
25 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
26 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
27 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
28 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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30 SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This act is effective on and after July 1,
31 2022.
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34 APPROVED: 2/25/22
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