An act TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF 10 CORRECTIONS - DIVISION OF CORRECTION FOR CAPITAL 11 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 1617

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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  CORRECTIONS - DIVISION OF CORRECTION FOR CAPITAL

11  IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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15                       AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

16                       - DIVISION OF CORRECTION CAPITAL

17                       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 - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS - CASH. There

23 is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Corrections - Division of

24 Correction, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury

25 as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the following:

26  (A) for the Camera Project at the Wrightsville Unit, in a sum not to

27 exceed ...........................................................$3,800,000.

28  (B) for the Flooring Project at the McPherson Unit, in a sum not to

29 exceed .............................................................$300,000.

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

32 obligations otherwise incurred in relation to the project or projects

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

4 otherwise provided by the General Assembly for Maintenance and General

5 Operations of the agency or institutions receiving appropriation herein shall

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13 otherwise by law.

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

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

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

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

19 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

31 upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental

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

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

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

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