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1 State of Arkansas A Bill
2 95th General Assembly
3 Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1128
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5 By: Joint Budget Committee
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8 For An Act To Be Entitled
9 AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES
10 AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE AUDIT
11 OF THE LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING COMMITTEE WHICH
12 SHALL BE SUPPLEMENTAL AND IN ADDITION TO THOSE FUNDS
13 APPROPRIATED BY 127 OF 2024; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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17 AN ACT FOR ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE AUDIT OF
18 THE LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING COMMITTEE
19 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION.
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22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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24 SECTION 1. EXTRA HELP - OPERATIONS. There is hereby authorized, for
25 the Arkansas Legislative Audit of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee
26 for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part-time or
27 temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds
28 appropriated herein for such purposes: ten (10) temporary or part-time
29 employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the
30 Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act
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33 SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to
34 the Arkansas Legislative Audit of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee,
35 to be payable from the State Central Services Fund, for operating expenses of
36 the Arkansas Legislative Audit of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee
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1 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, the following:
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3 ITEM FISCAL YEAR
4 NO. 2024-2025
5 (01) EXTRA HELP $38,400
6 (02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 8,820
7 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $47,220
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9 SECTION 3. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds
10 authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency
11 and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and
12 the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and
13 Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary
14 Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal
15 control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by
16 the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be
17 strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds.
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19 SECTION 4. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General
20 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
21 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
22 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
23 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
24 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
25 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
26 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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28 SECTION 6. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the
29 General Assembly, that funds provided by the General Assembly for the
30 operations of the Arkansas Legislative Audit of the Legislative Joint
31 Auditing Committee are, due to unforeseen circumstances, insufficient for the
32 Arkansas Legislative Audit of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee to
33 continue to provide essential governmental services; that the provisions of
34 this act will provide the necessary monies for the Arkansas Legislative Audit
35 of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee to continue such services; and
36 that a delay in the effective date of this Act could work irreparable harm
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1 upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental
2 programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act
3 being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health
4 and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its
5 passage and approval.
6 If the bill is neither approved nor vetoed by the Governor, it shall
7 become effective on the expiration of the period of time during which the
8 Governor may veto the bill. If the bill is vetoed by the Governor and the
9 veto is overridden, it shall become effective on the date the last house
10 overrides the veto.
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