HB 1089

Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
  Act 171 of the Fiscal Session
1 State of Arkansas
2 95th General Assembly  A Bill
3 Fiscal Session, 2026  HOUSE BILL 1089
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5 By: Joint Budget Committee
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8For An Act To Be Entitled
9AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PREGNANCY HELP
10ORGANIZATION GRANTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
11ADMINISTRATION - DISBURSING OFFICER WHICH SHALL BE
12SUPPLEMENTAL AND IN ADDITION TO THOSE FUNDS
13APPROPRIATED BY ACT 1006 OF 2025; AND FOR OTHER
14PURPOSES.
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18AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
19ADMINISTRATION - DISBURSING OFFICER
20SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION.
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23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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25SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - PREGNANCY HELP ORGANIZATION GRANTS. There is
26 hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and Administration -
27 Disbursing Officer, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund
28 Account, for grants for the Pregnancy Help Organizations which shall be
29 supplemental and in addition to those funds appropriated in Section 37 of Act
30 1006 of 2025, the following:
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32 ITEM  FISCAL YEAR
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34 (01)     PREGNANCY HELP ORGANIZATION GRANTS  $1,500,000
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36SECTION 2. SPECIAL LANGUAGE.  NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS
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1 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. FUND
2 TRANSFER. Immediately upon the effective date of this act, the Chief Fiscal
3 Officer of the State shall transfer on his or her books and those of the
4 Treasurer of State and the Auditor of the State the sum of three million five
5 hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) from the General Revenue Allotment
6 Reserve Fund to the Pregnancy Help Organization Grant Sub-Fund in the
7 Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account to provide funds for grants to Pregnancy
8 Help Organizations.
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10      SECTION 3. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS.   Disbursement of funds
11 authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency
12 and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and
13 the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and
14 Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary
15 Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal
16 control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by
17 the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be
18 strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds.
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20      SECTION 4. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.   It is the intent of the General
21 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
22 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
23 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
24 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
25 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
26 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
27 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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29      SECTION 5. EMERGENCY CLAUSE.   It is found and determined by the General
30 Assembly, that funds provided by the General Assembly for the operations of
31 the Department Of Finance And Administration - Disbursing Officer are, due to
32 unforeseen circumstances, insufficient for the Department Of Finance And
33 Administration - Disbursing Officer to continue to provide essential
34 governmental services; that the provisions of this act will provide the
35 necessary monies for the Department Of Finance And Administration -
36 Disbursing Officer to continue such services; and that a delay in the
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1 effective date of this Act could work irreparable harm upon the proper
2 administration and provision of essential governmental programs. Therefore,
3 an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act being necessary for the
4 immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety shall be in
5 full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and approval.
6      If the bill is neither approved nor vetoed by the Governor, it shall
7 become effective on the expiration of the period of time during which the
8 Governor may veto the bill.   If the bill is vetoed by the Governor and the
9 veto is overridden, it shall become effective on the date the last house
10 overrides the veto.
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13APPROVED: 5/1/26
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