An act TO REAPPROPRIATE THE BALANCES OF CAPITAL 10 IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 11 HUMAN SERVICES - DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENTAL 12 DISABILITIES SERVICES, the official text

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1 State of Arkansas           A Bill
2 95th General Assembly

3 Regular Session, 2025                                          HOUSE BILL 1391

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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 DEVELOPMENTAL

12  DISABILITIES SERVICES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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16                       AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN

17                       SERVICES - DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENTAL

18                       DISABILITIES SERVICES REAPPROPRIATION.

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

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23  SECTION 1. REAPPROPRIATION - DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SERVICES.

24 There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Human Services, to be

25 payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of

26 the State, for the Department of Human Services - Division of Developmental

27 Disabilities Services the following:

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

29 in Item (A) of Section 1 of Act 134 of 2024, for implementation of the

30 residential housing plan of the Booneville Human Development Center master

31 plan including costs associated with demolition, construction, replacement,

32 renovation, upgrade, and addition of facilities at the Booneville Human

33 Development Center, in a sum not to exceed .......................$5,686,139.

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

35 in Item (B) of Section 1 of Act 134 of 2024, for continued implementation of

36 the master plans at each Human Development Center including demolition,

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1 construction, replacement, upgrade, and addition of facilities, in a sum not

2 to exceed ........................................................$7,382,597.

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

5 obligations otherwise incurred in relation to the project or projects

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13 otherwise provided by the General Assembly for Maintenance and General

14 Operations of the agency or institutions receiving appropriation herein shall

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

22 otherwise by law.

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24  SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General

25 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations

26 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for

27 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive

28 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget

29 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or

30 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative

31 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.

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33  SECTION 4. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General

34 Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the

35 appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the

36 effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of

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