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1 State of Arkansas A Bill
2 95th General Assembly
3 Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1392
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5 By: Joint Budget Committee
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7 For An Act To Be Entitled
8 AN ACT TO REAPPROPRIATE THE BALANCES OF CAPITAL
9 IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
10 CORRECTIONS - DIVISION OF COMMUNITY CORRECTION; AND
11 FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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15 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
16 - DIVISION OF COMMUNITY CORRECTION
17 REAPPROPRIATION.
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20 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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22 SECTION 1. REAPPROPRIATION - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS - SPECIAL
23 REVENUE. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Corrections, to
24 be payable from the Community Correction Revolving Fund, for the Department
25 of Corrections - Division of Community Correction the following:
26 (A) Effective July 1, 2025, the balance of the appropriation provided
27 in Item (A) of Section 1 of Act 83 of 2024, for maintenance, acquisition,
28 replacement, repair, expansion, construction, equipping, renovation,
29 purchase, improvement and upgrade of real property and facilities of the
30 Division of Community Correction, in a sum not to exceed ...........$671,398.
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32 SECTION 2. REAPPROPRIATION - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS - CASH.
33 There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Corrections, to be payable
34 from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief
35 Fiscal Officer of the State, for the Department of Corrections - Division of
36 Community Correction the following:
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1 (A) Effective July 1, 2025, the balance of the appropriation provided
2 in Item (A) of Section 2 of Act 83 of 2024, for elevators at SWACCC, in a sum
3 not to exceed ....................................................$1,300,000.
4 (B) Effective July 1, 2025, the balance of the appropriation provided
5 in Item (C) of Section 2 of Act 83 of 2024, for roof project at SWACCC, in a
6 sum not to exceed ................................................$3,500,000.
7 (C) Effective July 1, 2025, the balance of the appropriation provided
8 in Item (D) of Section 2 of Act 83 of 2024, for parking lot repair at NECCC,
9 in a sum not to exceed .............................................$350,000.
10 (D) Effective July 1, 2025, the balance of the appropriation provided
11 in Item (E) of Section 2 of Act 83 of 2024, for steam bundle and HVAC repairs
12 at ECACCC, in a sum not to exceed ..................................$110,000.
13 (E) Effective July 1, 2025, the balance of the appropriation provided
14 in Item (F) of Section 2 of Act 83 of 2024, for tankless hot water system at
15 SWACCC, in a sum not to exceed .....................................$175,000.
16 (F) Effective July 1, 2025, the balance of the appropriation provided
17 in Item (G) of Section 2 of Act 83 of 2024, for tankless hot water system at
18 ECACCC, in a sum not to exceed .....................................$150,000.
19 (G) Effective July 1, 2025, the balance of the appropriation provided
20 in Item (H) of Section 2 of Act 83 of 2024, for surveillance camera upgrade
21 project at Omega Facility, in a sum not to exceed ..................$125,000.
22 (H) Effective July 1, 2025, the balance of the appropriation provided
23 in Item (I) of Section 2 of Act 83 of 2024, for camera system upgrades at
24 SWACCC, in a sum not to exceed .....................................$200,000.
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26 SECTION 3. DISBURSEMENT CONTROLS. (A) No contract may be awarded nor
27 obligations otherwise incurred in relation to the project or projects
28 described herein in excess of the State Treasury funds actually available
29 therefor as provided by law. Provided, however, that institutions and
30 agencies listed herein shall have the authority to accept and use grants and
31 donations including Federal funds, and to use its unobligated cash income or
32 funds, or both available to it, for the purpose of supplementing the State
33 Treasury funds for financing the entire costs of the project or projects
34 enumerated herein. Provided further, that the appropriations and funds
35 otherwise provided by the General Assembly for Maintenance and General
36 Operations of the agency or institutions receiving appropriation herein shall
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1 not be used for any of the purposes as appropriated in this act.
2 (B) The restrictions of any applicable provisions of the State
3 Purchasing Law, the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, the
4 Revenue Stabilization Law and any other applicable fiscal control laws of
5 this State and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and
6 Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in
7 disbursement of any funds provided by this act unless specifically provided
8 otherwise by law.
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10 SECTION 4. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General
11 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
12 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
13 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
14 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
15 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
16 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
17 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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19 SECTION 5. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General
20 Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the
21 appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the
22 effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of
23 the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in
24 the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the
25 effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm
26 upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental
27 programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act
28 being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health
29 and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025.
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