HB 1090

Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
  Act 172 of the Fiscal Session
1 State of Arkansas
2 95th General Assembly  A Bill
3 Fiscal Session, 2026  HOUSE BILL 1090
4 By: Joint Budget Committee
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7For An Act To Be Entitled
8AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES
9AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10AND ENVIRONMENT - DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
11WHICH SHALL BE SUPPLEMENTAL AND IN ADDITION TO THOSE
12FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY ACT 791 OF 2025; AND FOR OTHER
13PURPOSES.
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17AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND
18ENVIRONMENT - DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL
19QUALITY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION.
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22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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24SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - USED TIRE RECYCLING AND ABATEMENT - CASH.
25 There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Energy and Environment, to
26 be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined
27 by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for expenses of the Department of
28 Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Used Tire
29 Recycling and Abatement - Cash which shall be supplemental and in addition to
30 those funds appropriated in Section 33 of Act 791 of 2025, the following:
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33  NO.  2025-2026
34 (01)     USED TIRE RECYCLING AND ABATEMENT  $2,500,000
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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 two million five
5 hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) from the General Revenue Allotment
6 Reserve Fund to the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined
7 by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State to provide funds for expenses of the
8 Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality -
9 Used Tire Recycling and Abatement - Cash.
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11      SECTION 3. 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 4. 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 5. EMERGENCY CLAUSE.   It is found and determined by the General
31 Assembly, that funds provided by the General Assembly for the operations of
32 the Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality
33 are, due to unforeseen circumstances, insufficient for the Department of
34 Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality to continue to
35 provide essential governmental services; that the provisions of this act will
36 provide the necessary monies for the Department of Energy and Environment -
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1 Division of Environmental Quality to continue such services; and that a delay
2 in the effective date of this Act could work irreparable harm upon the proper
3 administration and provision of essential governmental programs. Therefore,
4 an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act being necessary for the
5 immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety shall be in
6 full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and approval.
7      If the bill is neither approved nor vetoed by the Governor, it shall
8 become effective on the expiration of the period of time during which the
9 Governor may veto the bill.   If the bill is vetoed by the Governor and the
10 veto is overridden, it shall become effective on the date the last house
11 overrides the veto.
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14APPROVED: 5/1/26
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