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1 State of Arkansas As Engrossed: H3/5/25 H3/18/25
2 95th General Assembly
A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1635
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5 By: Representative McCullough
6 By: Senator C. Tucker
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8 For An Act To Be Entitled
9 AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR A GRANT FOR AN
10 ARKANSAS TEACHING VETERINARIAN HOSPITAL AT THE LITTLE
11 ROCK ZOO FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
12 ADMINISTRATION - DISBURSING OFFICER FOR THE FISCAL
13 YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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15
16 Subtitle
17 AN ACT FOR A GRANT FOR AN ARKANSAS
18 TEACHING VETERINARIAN HOSPITAL AT THE
19 LITTLE ROCK ZOO FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
20 FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION - DISBURSING
21 OFFICER APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026
22 FISCAL YEAR.
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24 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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26 SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - LITTLE ROCK ZOO GRANT. There is hereby
27 appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing
28 Officer, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as
29 determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for a grant for
30 construction-related expenses for an Arkansas Teaching Veterinarian Hospital
31 at the Little Rock Zoo for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the
32 following:
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34 ITEM FISCAL YEAR
35 NO. 2025-2026
36 (01) GRANT FOR ARKANSAS TEACHING VETERINARIAN
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As Engrossed: H3/5/25 H3/18/25 HB1635
1 HOSPITAL AT THE LITTLE ROCK ZOO $5,000,000
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4 SECTION 2. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds
5 authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency
6 and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and
7 the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and
8 Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary
9 Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal
10 control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by
11 the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be
12 strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds.
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14 SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General
15 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
16 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
17 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
18 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
19 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
20 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
21 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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23 SECTION 4. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General
24 Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the
25 appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the
26 effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of
27 the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in
28 the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the
29 effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm
30 upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental
31 programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act
32 being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health
33 and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025.
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35 /s/McCullough
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