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Act 133 of the Fiscal Session
1 State of Arkansas
2 93rd General Assembly A Bill
3 Fiscal Session, 2022 HOUSE BILL 1114
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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 PERSONAL SERVICES
9 FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - FORT SMITH WHICH
10 SHALL BE SUPPLEMENTAL AND IN ADDITION TO THOSE FUNDS
11 APPROPRIATED BY ACT 118 OF 2021; AND FOR OTHER
12 PURPOSES.
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16 AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS -
17 FORT SMITH SUPPLEMENTAL 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 - STATE OPERATIONS. There is hereby
23 appropriated, to the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith, to be payable from
24 the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Fund, for personal services of the
25 University of Arkansas - Fort Smith which shall be supplemental and in
26 addition to those funds appropriated in Section 3 of Act 118 of 2021, the
27 following:
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29 ITEM FISCAL YEAR
30 NO. 2021-2022
31 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,275,602
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33 SECTION 2. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds
34 authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency
35 and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and
36 the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and
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1 Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary
2 Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal
3 control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by
4 the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be
5 strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds.
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7 SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General
8 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
9 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
10 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
11 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
12 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
13 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
14 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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16 SECTION 4. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General
17 Assembly, that funds provided by the General Assembly for the operations of
18 the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith are, due to unforeseen circumstances,
19 insufficient for the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith to continue to
20 provide essential governmental services; that the provisions of this act will
21 provide the necessary monies for the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith to
22 continue such services; and that a delay in the effective date of this Act
23 could work irreparable harm upon the proper administration and provision of
24 essential governmental programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared
25 to exist and this Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the
26 public peace, health and safety shall be in full force and effect from and
27 after the date of its passage and approval.
28 If the bill is neither approved nor vetoed by the Governor, it shall
29 become effective on the expiration of the period of time during which the
30 Governor may veto the bill. If the bill is vetoed by the Governor and the
31 veto is overridden, it shall become effective on the date the last house
32 overrides the veto.
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35 APPROVED: 3/3/22
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