HB 1081

Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
  Act 104 of the Fiscal Session
1 State of Arkansas
2 95th General Assembly  A Bill
3 Fiscal Session, 2026  HOUSE BILL 1081
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5 By: Joint Budget Committee
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8For An Act To Be Entitled
9AN ACT TO REAPPROPRIATE THE BALANCES OF CAPITAL
10IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
11ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - OIL AND GAS COMMISSION; AND
12FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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16AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND
17ENVIRONMENT - OIL AND GAS COMMISSION
18REAPPROPRIATION.
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21 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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23SECTION 1. REAPPROPRIATION - EDUCATION CENTER/WAREHOUSE ROOF REPAIR -
24 FEDERAL.      There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and
25 Environment, to be payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief
26 Fiscal Officer of the State, for the Department of Energy and Environment -
27 Oil and Gas Commission the following:
28(A)   Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided
29 in Item (A) of Section 1 of Act 338 of 2025, for roof repair for Education
30 Center/Warehouse, in a sum not to exceed ...........................$275,274.
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32SECTION 2. REAPPROPRIATION - EDUCATION CENTER/WAREHOUSE ROOF REPAIR -
33 CASH.    There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and
34 Environment, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury
35 as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for the Department of
36 Energy and Environment - Oil and Gas Commission the following:
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1      (A)   Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided
2 in Item (A) of Section 2 of Act 338 of 2025, for roof repair for Education
3 Center/Warehouse, in a sum not to exceed ...........................$296,552.
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5      SECTION 3. DISBURSEMENT CONTROLS. (A)   No contract may be awarded nor
6 obligations otherwise incurred in relation to the project or projects
7 described herein in excess of the State Treasury funds actually available
8 therefor as provided by law.   Provided, however, that institutions and
9 agencies listed herein shall have the authority to accept and use grants and
10 donations including Federal funds, and to use its unobligated cash income or
11 funds, or both available to it, for the purpose of supplementing the State
12 Treasury funds for financing the entire costs of the project or projects
13 enumerated herein.   Provided further, that the appropriations and funds
14 otherwise provided by the General Assembly for Maintenance and General
15 Operations of the agency or institutions receiving appropriation herein shall
16 not be used for any of the purposes as appropriated in this act.
17      (B) The restrictions of any applicable provisions of the State
18 Purchasing Law, the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, the
19 Revenue Stabilization Law and any other applicable fiscal control laws of
20 this State and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and
21 Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in
22 disbursement of any funds provided by this act unless specifically provided
23 otherwise by law.
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25      SECTION 4. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.   It is the intent of the General
26 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
27 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
28 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
29 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
30 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
31 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
32 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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34      SECTION 5. EMERGENCY CLAUSE.   It is found and determined by the General
35 Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the
36 appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the
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1 effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2026 is essential to the operation of
2 the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in
3 the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the
4 effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2026 could work irreparable harm
5 upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental
6 programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act
7 being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health
8 and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2026.
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11APPROVED: 4/27/26
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