An act TO REAPPROPRIATE THE BALANCES OF CAPITAL 10 IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 11 HUMAN SERVICES - DIVISION OF AGING, ADULT, AND 12 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, the official text

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1 State of Arkansas                        A Bill
2 95th General Assembly

3 Regular Session, 2025                                            HOUSE BILL 1390

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5 By: Joint Budget Committee

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8                             For An Act To Be Entitled

9   AN ACT TO REAPPROPRIATE THE BALANCES OF CAPITAL

10  IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF

11  HUMAN SERVICES - DIVISION OF AGING, ADULT, AND

12  BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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16                       AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN

17                       SERVICES - DIVISION OF AGING, ADULT, AND

18                       BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES

19                       REAPPROPRIATION.

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22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:

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24  SECTION 1. REAPPROPRIATION - DIVISION OF AGING, ADULT, AND BEHAVIORAL

25 HEALTH SERVICES - RENOVATION FUND. There is hereby appropriated, to the

26 Department of Human Services, to be payable from the Department of Human

27 Services Renovation Fund, for the Department of Human Services - Division of

28 Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services the following:

29  (A) Effective July 1, 2025, the balance of the appropriation provided

30 in Item (A) of Section 1 of Act 133 of 2024, for costs associated with

31 construction, replacement, renovation, upgrade, and addition of a warehouse

32 distribution building for the Arkansas Health Center, in a sum not to exceed

33 ..................................................................$2,000,000.

34  (B) Effective July 1, 2025, the balance of the appropriation provided

35 in Item (B) of Section 1 of Act 133 of 2024, for repair or replacement of

36 roofs at the Arkansas State Hospital, in a sum not to exceed .....$1,175,065.

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2   SECTION 2. DISBURSEMENT CONTROLS. (A) No contract may be awarded nor

3 obligations otherwise incurred in relation to the project or projects

4 described herein in excess of the State Treasury funds actually available

5 therefor as provided by law. Provided, however, that institutions and

6 agencies listed herein shall have the authority to accept and use grants and

7 donations including Federal funds, and to use its unobligated cash income or

8 funds, or both available to it, for the purpose of supplementing the State

9 Treasury funds for financing the entire costs of the project or projects

10 enumerated herein. Provided further, that the appropriations and funds

11 otherwise provided by the General Assembly for Maintenance and General

12 Operations of the agency or institutions receiving appropriation herein shall

13 not be used for any of the purposes as appropriated in this act.

14  (B) The restrictions of any applicable provisions of the State

15 Purchasing Law, the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, the

16 Revenue Stabilization Law and any other applicable fiscal control laws of

17 this State and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and

18 Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in

19 disbursement of any funds provided by this act unless specifically provided

20 otherwise by law.

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22  SECTION 3. 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 4. 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 July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of

35 the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in

36 the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the

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 1 effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm
 2 upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental
 3 programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act
 4 being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health
 5 and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025.
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