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Act 10 of the Regular Session
1 State of Arkansas
2 94th General Assembly A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2023 SENATE BILL 46
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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 EXPENSES OF THE
9 GOVERNOR'S LEGISLATIVE LIAISONS DURING THE NINETY-
10 FOURTH SESSION OF THE ARKANSAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR
11 THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
12 JUNE 30, 2023; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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15 AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR -
16 LEGISLATIVE LIAISONS APPROPRIATION FOR
17 THE 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR.
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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 - LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANCE. There is hereby
23 appropriated, to the Office of the Governor, to be payable from the
24 Constitutional Officers Fund, for operating expenses of the Office of the
25 Governor for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the following:
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27 ITEM FISCAL YEAR
28 NO. 2022-2023
29 (01) MAINTENANCE, OPERATION AND EXPENSES $226,250
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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. LIAISONS
33 AUTHORIZED. The Governor is hereby authorized to employ one (1) Lead
34 Legislative Liaison who shall serve without pay but shall be entitled to per
35 diem of up to two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) for each day the General
36 Assembly is in Regular Session and nine (9) Legislative Liaisons who shall
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1 serve without pay but shall each be entitled to per diem of up to two hundred
2 dollars ($200) for each day the General Assembly is in Regular Session. After
3 receiving approval of the Governor, the Department of Finance and
4 Administration - Management Services Division is hereby authorized to process
5 payments to said Liaisons from funds authorized by this Act.
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7 SECTION 3. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS
8 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. PAYMENT
9 OF PER DIEM. Per Diem as authorized in Section 2 – Liaisons Authorized of
10 this Act shall be in effect from and after January 10, 2023.
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12 SECTION 4. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds
13 authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency
14 and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and
15 the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and
16 Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary
17 Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal
18 control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by
19 the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be
20 strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds.
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22 SECTION 5. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General
23 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
24 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
25 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
26 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
27 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
28 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
29 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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31 SECTION 6. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General
32 Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the
33 appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the
34 effectiveness of this Act on the date of its passage and approval is
35 essential to the operation of the agency for which the appropriations in this
36 Act are provided, and that in the event of an extension of the Regular
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1 Session, the delay in the effective date of this Act beyond the date of its
2 passage and approval could work irreparable harm upon the proper
3 administration and provision of essential governmental programs. Therefore,
4 an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act being necessary for the
5 immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety shall be in
6 full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and approval. If
7 the bill is neither approved nor vetoed by the Governor, it shall become
8 effective on the expiration of the period of time during which the Governor
9 may veto the bill. If the bill is vetoed by the Governor and the veto is
10 overridden, it shall become effective on the date the last chamber overrides
11 the veto.
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