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1 State of Arkansas A Bill
2 95th General Assembly
3 Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1649
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5 By: Representative Vaught
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8 For An Act To Be Entitled
9 AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR WATER AND SEWER
10 TREATMENT FACILITIES GRANTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
11 AGRICULTURE - ARKANSAS NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION
12 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; AND FOR
13 OTHER PURPOSES.
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17 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
18 - ARKANSAS NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION
19 APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL
20 YEAR.
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22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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25 SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - WATER AND SEWER TREATMENT FACILITIES GRANTS.
26 There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Agriculture, to be payable
27 from the Water and Sewer Treatment Facilities Grant Program Fund, for water
28 and sewer treatment facilities grants of the Department of Agriculture -
29 Arkansas Natural Resources Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30,
30 2026, the sum of.................................................$50,000,000.
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32 SECTION 2. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds
33 authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency
34 and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and
35 the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and
36 Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary
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1 Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal
2 control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by
3 the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be
4 strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds.
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6 SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General
7 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
8 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
9 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
10 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
11 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
12 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
13 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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15 SECTION 4. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General
16 Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the
17 appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the
18 effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of
19 the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in
20 the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the
21 effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm
22 upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental
23 programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act
24 being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health
25 and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025.
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