An act TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF 10 EDUCATION - DIVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION - NORTHWEST 11 TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, the official text

Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.

1 State of Arkansas                      A Bill
2 95th General Assembly

3 Regular Session, 2025                                            HOUSE BILL 1613

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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 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF

10  EDUCATION - DIVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION - NORTHWEST

11  TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS;

12  AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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15                                       Subtitle

16                       AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION -

17                       DIVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION - NORTHWEST

18                       TECHNICAL INSTITUTE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT

19                       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. APPROPRIATION - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. There is

25 hereby appropriated, to the Department of Education - Division of Higher

26 Education - Northwest Technical Institute, to be payable from the Development

27 and Enhancement Fund, the following:

28  (A) for transfers of or refund to expenditures for balances for

29 construction, renovation, major maintenance, and purchase of equipment for

30 various capital projects or facility improvements, in a sum not to exceed

31 ..................................................................$1,000,000.

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

34 obligations otherwise incurred in relation to the project or projects

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6 otherwise provided by the General Assembly for Maintenance and General

7 Operations of the agency or institutions receiving appropriation herein shall

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15 otherwise by law.

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

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

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

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

21 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

32 effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm

33 upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental

34 programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act

35 being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health

36 and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025.

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