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1 State of Arkansas A Bill
2 95th General Assembly
3 Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 8
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5 By: Senator J. Payton
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8 For An Act To Be Entitled
9 AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR USED TIRE
10 RECYCLING AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAM EXPENSES FOR THE
11 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - DIVISION OF
12 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WHICH SHALL BE SUPPLEMENTAL AND
13 IN ADDITION TO THOSE FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY ACT 149 OF
14 2024; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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18 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND
19 ENVIRONMENT - DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL
20 QUALITY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION.
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23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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25 SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - USED TIRE RECYCLING AND ACCOUNTABILITY
26 PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and
27 Environment, to be payable from the Used Tire Recycling Fund, for expenses of
28 the Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality
29 - Used Tire Recycling and Accountability Program for the fiscal year ending
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33 NO. 2024-2025
34 (01) USED TIRE RECYCLING AND
35 ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAM EXPENSES $5,000,000
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1 SECTION 2. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS
2 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. FUNDING
3 TRANSFER - USED TIRE RECYCLING AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAM. Immediately upon
4 the effective date of this act, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall
5 transfer on his or her books and those of the State Treasurer and the Auditor
6 of the State the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) from the General
7 Revenue Allotment Reserve Fund to the Used Tire Recycling Fund to provide
8 funds for the appropriation provided herein.
9 The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1,
10 2024 through June 30, 2025.
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12 SECTION 3. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds
13 authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency
14 and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and
15 the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and
16 Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary
17 Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal
18 control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by
19 the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be
20 strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds.
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22 SECTION 4. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General
23 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
24 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
25 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
26 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
27 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
28 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
29 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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31 SECTION 5. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General
32 Assembly, that funds provided by the General Assembly for the operations of
33 the Department of Energy And Environment - Division of Environmental Quality
34 are, due to unforeseen circumstances, insufficient for the Department of
35 Energy And Environment - Division of Environmental Quality to continue to
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1 provide the necessary monies for the Department of Energy And Environment -
2 Division of Environmental Quality to continue such services; and that a delay
3 in the effective date of this Act could work irreparable harm upon the proper
4 administration and provision of essential governmental programs. Therefore,
5 an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act being necessary for the
6 immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety shall be in
7 full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and approval.
8 If the bill is neither approved nor vetoed by the Governor, it shall
9 become effective on the expiration of the period of time during which the
10 Governor may veto the bill. If the bill is vetoed by the Governor and the
11 veto is overridden, it shall become effective on the date the last house
12 overrides the veto.
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