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1 State of Arkansas As Engrossed: S3/5/25
2 95th General Assembly
A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 333
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5 By: Senator S. Flowers
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8 For An Act To Be Entitled
9 AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR CONSTRUCTION
10 EXPENSES OF A POLICE STATION FACILITY AT THE
11 UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF FOR THE FISCAL
12 YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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15 Subtitle
16 AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT
17 PINE BLUFF - POLICE STATION FACILITY
18 CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-
19 2026 FISCAL YEAR.
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21 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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23 SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - POLICE STATION FACILITY CONSTRUCTION. There
24 is hereby appropriated, to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, to be
25 payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by
26 the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for construction expenses of a police
27 station facility at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff for the fiscal
28 year ending June 30, 2026, the following:
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30 ITEM FISCAL YEAR
31 NO. 2025-2026
32 (01) CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES OF A
33 POLICE STATION FACILITY $3,000,000
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35 SECTION 2. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds
36 authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency
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1 and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and
2 the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and
3 Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary
4 Procedures and Restrictions Act, the Higher Education Expenditure Restriction
5 Act, or their successors, and other fiscal control laws of this State, where
6 applicable, and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and
7 Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in
8 disbursement of said funds.
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10 SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General
11 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
12 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
13 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
14 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
15 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
16 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
17 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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19 SECTION 4. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General
20 Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the
21 appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the
22 effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of
23 the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in
24 the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the
25 effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm
26 upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental
27 programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act
28 being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health
29 and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025.
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31 /s/S. Flowers
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