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Act 7 of the Regular Session
1 State of Arkansas
2 94th General Assembly A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2023 SENATE BILL 1
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5 By: Senate Efficiency
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7 For An Act To Be Entitled
8 AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR EXPENSES FOR THE
9 ARKANSAS SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
10 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2023; AND FOR
11 OTHER PURPOSES.
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15 AN ACT FOR THE EXPENSES FOR THE ARKANSAS
16 SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
17 ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023
18 FISCAL YEAR.
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21 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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23 SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - SENATE EXPENSES. There is hereby
24 appropriated, to the Arkansas Senate, to be payable from the Constitutional
25 Officers Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the following:
26 (A) for Mileage Allowances, Per diem, Maintenance and General
27 Operations and other expenses authorized by law, the sum of.........$675,000.
28 (B) for Salaries of Employees, in a sum not to exceed ........$650,000.
29 (C) for Employer Matching Funds, in a sum not to exceed .......$75,000.
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31 SECTION 2. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS
32 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER.
33 If the Senate Efficiency Committee and the Secretary of the Senate, subject
34 to approval by the Arkansas Senate, should determine that any item or portion
35 thereof appropriated herein for a specific purpose is not needed for such
36 purpose, the Secretary of the Senate may certify such fact to the State
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1 Auditor and the State Auditor shall cause transfer to be made from one item
2 to another.
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4 SECTION 3. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds
5 authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency
6 and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and
7 the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and
8 Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary
9 Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal
10 control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by
11 the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be
12 strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds.
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14 SECTION 4. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General
15 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
16 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
17 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
18 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
19 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
20 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
21 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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23 SECTION 5. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General
24 Assembly that the Arkansas Senate of the 94th General Assembly convenes in
25 regular session on January 9, 2023; that expenses of the session begin
26 immediately; and that the expenses are a just expense of the state which must
27 be paid at the time services are provided. Therefore, an emergency is hereby
28 declared to exist and this Act being necessary for the immediate preservation
29 of the public peace, health and safety shall be in full force and effect from
30 and after the date of its passage and approval. If the bill is neither
31 approved nor vetoed by the Governor, it shall become effective on the
32 expiration of the period of time during which the Governor may veto the bill.
33 If the bill is vetoed by the Governor and the veto is overridden, it shall
34 become effective on the date the last house overrides the veto.
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36 APPROVED: 1/20/23
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