HB 1082

Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
  Act 105 of the Fiscal Session
1 State of Arkansas
2 95th General Assembly  A Bill
3 Fiscal Session, 2026  HOUSE BILL 1082
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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
11HUMAN SERVICES - DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENTAL
12DISABILITIES SERVICES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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16AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
17SERVICES - DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENTAL
18DISABILITIES SERVICES REAPPROPRIATION.
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21 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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23SECTION 1. REAPPROPRIATION - DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SERVICES.
24 There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Human Services, to be
25 payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of
26 the State, for the Department of Human Services - Division of Developmental
27 Disabilities Services the following:
28(A)    Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided
29 in Item (A) of Section 1 of Act 133 of 2025, for implementation of the
30 residential housing plan of the Booneville Human Development Center master
31 plan including costs associated with demolition, construction, replacement,
32 renovation, upgrade, and addition of facilities at the Booneville Human
33 Development Center, in a sum not to exceed .......................$5,382,921.
34(B)    Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided
35 in Item (B) of Section 1 of Act 133 of 2025, for continued implementation of
36 the master plans at each Human Development Center including demolition,
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1 construction, replacement, upgrade, and addition of facilities, in a sum not
2 to exceed ........................................................$7,227,176.
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4      SECTION 2. DISBURSEMENT CONTROLS. (A)   No contract may be awarded nor
5 obligations otherwise incurred in relation to the project or projects
6 described herein in excess of the State Treasury funds actually available
7 therefor as provided by law.   Provided, however, that institutions and
8 agencies listed herein shall have the authority to accept and use grants and
9 donations including Federal funds, and to use its unobligated cash income or
10 funds, or both available to it, for the purpose of supplementing the State
11 Treasury funds for financing the entire costs of the project or projects
12 enumerated herein.   Provided further, that the appropriations and funds
13 otherwise provided by the General Assembly for Maintenance and General
14 Operations of the agency or institutions receiving appropriation herein shall
15 not be used for any of the purposes as appropriated in this act.
16      (B) The restrictions of any applicable provisions of the State
17 Purchasing Law, the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, the
18 Revenue Stabilization Law and any other applicable fiscal control laws of
19 this State and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and
20 Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in
21 disbursement of any funds provided by this act unless specifically provided
22 otherwise by law.
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24      SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.   It is the intent of the General
25 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
26 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
27 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
28 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
29 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
30 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
31 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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33      SECTION 4. EMERGENCY CLAUSE.   It is found and determined by the General
34 Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the
35 appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the
36 effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2026 is essential to the operation of
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1 the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in
2 the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the
3 effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2026 could work irreparable harm
4 upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental
5 programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act
6 being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health
7 and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2026.
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10APPROVED: 4/27/26
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