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                                                Act 40 of the Fiscal Session
 State of Arkansas
 94th General Assembly                            A Bill
 Fiscal Session, 2024                                                                     SENATE BILL 49
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 By: Joint Budget Committee
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                                      For An Act To Be Entitled
                 AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES
                 AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                 AND ENVIRONMENT - LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS BOARD FOR
                 THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025; AND FOR OTHER
                 PURPOSES.
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                           AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND
                           ENVIRONMENT - LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
                           BOARD APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2024-2025
                           FISCAL YEAR.
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 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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         SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES.               There is hereby established for the
 Department of Energy and Environment - Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board for the
 2024-2025 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees.
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                                                                                      Maximum Annual
                                                                    Maximum              Salary Rate
  Item    Class                                                      No. of              Fiscal Year
   No.    Code       Title                                        Employees                     2024-2025
   (1)    N165N LP GAS BOARD DIRECTOR                                         1             GRADE GS12
   (2)    X100C E&E INSPECTOR I                                               3             GRADE GS05
   (3)    A098C FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST                                     1             GRADE GS04
   (4)    C073C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST II                                  1             GRADE GS03
          MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES                                               6
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        SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP.    There is hereby authorized, for the Department
 of Energy and Environment - Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board for the 2024-2025
 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part-time or temporary
 employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated
 herein for such purposes:     one (1) temporary or part-time employees, when
 needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform
 Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the
 appropriate classification.
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        SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS.    There is hereby appropriated,
 to the Department of Energy and Environment, to be payable from the Liquefied
 Petroleum Gas Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of the
 Department of Energy and Environment - Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board for the
 fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, the following:
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 ITEM                                                              FISCAL YEAR
  NO.                                                               2024-2025
 (01)   REGULAR SALARIES                                             $300,945
 (02)   EXTRA HELP                                                        8,300
 (03)   PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING                                    115,226
 (04)   MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION
        (A) OPER. EXPENSE                                             113,300
        (B) CONF. & TRAVEL                                                6,000
        (C) PROF. FEES                                                    5,800
        (D) CAP. OUTLAY                                                  80,000
        (E) DATA PROC.                                                          0
        TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED                                     $629,571
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        SECTION 4. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS.   Disbursement of funds
 authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency
 and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and
 the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and
 Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary
 Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal
 control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by
 the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be
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 strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds.
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      SECTION 5. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.     It is the intent of the General
 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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      SECTION 6. EMERGENCY CLAUSE.   It is found and determined by the General
 Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the
 appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the
 effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2024 is essential to the operation of
 the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in
 the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the
 effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2024 could work irreparable harm
 upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental
 programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act
 being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health
 and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2024.
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                               APPROVED: 4/19/24
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