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1 State of Arkansas A Bill
2 95th General Assembly
3 Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1616
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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 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - OIL AND GAS COMMISSION FOR
11 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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15 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND
16 ENVIRONMENT - OIL AND GAS COMMISSION
17 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION.
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20 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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22 SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - EDUCATION CENTER/WAREHOUSE ROOF REPAIR -
23 FEDERAL. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and
24 Environment - Oil and Gas Commission, to be payable from the federal funds as
25 designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the following:
26 (A) for roof repair for Education Center/Warehouse, in a sum not to
27 exceed .............................................................$275,274.
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29 SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION - EDUCATION CENTER/WAREHOUSE ROOF REPAIR -
30 CASH. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and
31 Environment - Oil and Gas Commission, to be payable from the cash fund
32 deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of
33 the State, the following:
34 (A) for roof repair for Education Center/Warehouse, in a sum not to
35 exceed .............................................................$296,552.
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1 SECTION 3. DISBURSEMENT CONTROLS. (A) No contract may be awarded nor
2 obligations otherwise incurred in relation to the project or projects
3 described herein in excess of the State Treasury funds actually available
4 therefor as provided by law. Provided, however, that institutions and
5 agencies listed herein shall have the authority to accept and use grants and
6 donations including Federal funds, and to use its unobligated cash income or
7 funds, or both available to it, for the purpose of supplementing the State
8 Treasury funds for financing the entire costs of the project or projects
9 enumerated herein. Provided further, that the appropriations and funds
10 otherwise provided by the General Assembly for Maintenance and General
11 Operations of the agency or institutions receiving appropriation herein shall
12 not be used for any of the purposes as appropriated in this act.
13 (B) The restrictions of any applicable provisions of the State
14 Purchasing Law, the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, the
15 Revenue Stabilization Law and any other applicable fiscal control laws of
16 this State and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and
17 Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in
18 disbursement of any funds provided by this act unless specifically provided
19 otherwise by law.
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21 SECTION 4. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General
22 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
23 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
24 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
25 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
26 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
27 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
28 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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30 SECTION 5. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General
31 Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the
32 appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the
33 effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of
34 the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in
35 the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the
36 effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 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 July 1, 2025.
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