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1 State of Arkansas As Engrossed: S4/7/25
2 95th General Assembly
A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 71
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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 FOR PERSONAL SERVICES
10 AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR TRIAL COURT
11 ADMINISTRATORS, THE OFFICIAL COURT REPORTERS OF THE
12 CIRCUIT COURTS, JUVENILE PROBATION AND INTAKE
13 OFFICERS AND DRUG COURT JUVENILE PROBATION AND INTAKE
14 OFFICERS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026;
15 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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19 AN ACT FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF
20 THE COURTS - COURT PERSONNEL
21 APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL
22 YEAR.
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25 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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27 SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - TRIAL COURT ADMINISTRATORS. There is
28 hereby established for the Administrative Office of the Courts - Trial Court
29 Administrators for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of
30 regular employees.
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32 Maximum Annual
33 Maximum Salary Rate
34 Item Class No. of Fiscal Year
35 No. Code Title Employees 2025-2026
36 (1) Q226C TRIAL COURT ADMINISTRATOR 127 GRADE SGS08
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1 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 127
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3 SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION - TRIAL COURT ADMINISTRATORS. There is hereby
4 appropriated, to the Administrative Office of the Courts, to be payable from
5 the State Central Services Fund, for personal services, Trial Court
6 Administrator Substitutes expenses and Trial Court Administrators expenses of
7 the Trial Court Administrators of the Circuit Courts for the fiscal year
8 ending June 30, 2026, the following:
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10 ITEM FISCAL YEAR
11 NO. 2025-2026
12 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $7,610,945
13 (02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 2,754,074
14 (03) TRIAL COURT ADMINISTRATOR EXPENSES 175,000
15 (04) TRIAL COURT ADMINISTRATOR SUBSTITUTES 175,000
16 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $10,715,019
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18 SECTION 3. REGULAR SALARIES - COURT REPORTERS. There is hereby
19 established for the Administrative Office of the Courts - Official Court
20 Reporters of the Circuit Courts for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following
21 maximum number of regular employees.
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23 Maximum Annual
24 Maximum Salary Rate
25 Item Class No. of Fiscal Year
26 No. Code Title Employees 2025-2026
27 (1) Q227C COURT REPORTER 127 GRADE SGS09
28 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 127
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30 SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - COURT REPORTERS. There is hereby
31 appropriated, to the Administrative Office of the Courts, to be payable from
32 the State Central Services Fund, for personal services, expenses allowance,
33 indigent transcripts and court reporter substitutes of the Official Court
34 Reporters of the Circuit Courts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the
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1 ITEM FISCAL YEAR
2 NO. 2025-2026
3 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $8,335,221
4 (02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 2,920,440
5 (03) EXPENSES ALLOWANCE 350,000
6 (04) INDIGENT TRANSCRIPTS 600,000
7 (05) COURT REPORTER SUBSTITUTES 375,000
8 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $12,580,661
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10 SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - JUVENILE PROBATION & INTAKE OFFICERS. There
11 is hereby appropriated, to the Administrative Office of the Courts, to be
12 payable from the State Central Services Fund, for reimbursement of a portion
13 of the salaries of full-time juvenile probation and intake officers in
14 accordance with Arkansas Code 16-13-327 and Arkansas Code 16-13-328 for the
15 fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following:
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17 ITEM FISCAL YEAR
18 NO. 2025-2026
19 (01) JUVENILE PROBATION & INTAKE OFFICERS $4,618,100
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21 SECTION 6. REGULAR SALARIES - DRUG COURT JUVENILE PROBATION & INTAKE
22 OFFICERS. There is hereby established for the Administrative Office of the
23 Courts - Drug Court Juvenile Probation & Intake Officers for the 2025-2026
24 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees.
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26 Maximum Annual
27 Maximum Salary Rate
28 Item Class No. of Fiscal Year
29 No. Code Title Employees 2025-2026
30 (1) Q231C DRUG COURT JUV PROB & INTAKE OFF 13 GRADE SGS08
31 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 13
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33 SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - DRUG COURT JUVENILE PROBATION & INTAKE
34 OFFICERS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Administrative Office of the
35 Courts, to be payable from the State Central Services Fund, for personal
36 services for the Drug Court Juvenile Probation & Intake Officers and
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1 operating expenses for risk assessment and behavioral screenings for the
2 fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following:
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4 ITEM FISCAL YEAR
5 NO. 2025-2026
6 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $718,242
7 (02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 267,941
8 (03) ASSESSMENT-SCREENINGS EXPENSES 87,500
9 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,073,683
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11 SECTION 8. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds
12 authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency
13 and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and
14 the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and
15 Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary
16 Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal
17 control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by
18 the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be
19 strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds.
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21 SECTION 9. 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 10. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the
31 General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits
32 the 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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