This bill seeks to reappropriate balances of capital improvement appropriations from 2009 to the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department for fiscal year 2010. Specifically, it reappropriates balances totaling $1,301,050 from previous appropriations for grants to counties/municipalities, construction of tourist information bureaus, infrastructure grants, intermodal facilities, repairs/renovations, and state highway assistance. The bill outlines disbursement controls and legislative intent to comply with budget laws and use funds only for stated reasons. It contains an emergency clause noting the appropriations are essential for agency operations starting July 1, 2010.
This bill seeks to reappropriate balances of capital improvement appropriations from 2009 to the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department for fiscal year 2010. Specifically, it reappropriates balances totaling $1,301,050 from previous appropriations for grants to counties/municipalities, construction of tourist information bureaus, infrastructure grants, intermodal facilities, repairs/renovations, and state highway assistance. The bill outlines disbursement controls and legislative intent to comply with budget laws and use funds only for stated reasons. It contains an emergency clause noting the appropriations are essential for agency operations starting July 1, 2010.
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AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT REAPPROPRIATION.
This bill seeks to reappropriate balances of capital improvement appropriations from 2009 to the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department for fiscal year 2010. Specifically, it reappropriates balances totaling $1,301,050 from previous appropriations for grants to counties/municipalities, construction of tourist information bureaus, infrastructure grants, intermodal facilities, repairs/renovations, and state highway assistance. The bill outlines disbursement controls and legislative intent to comply with budget laws and use funds only for stated reasons. It contains an emergency clause noting the appropriations are essential for agency operations starting July 1, 2010.
This bill seeks to reappropriate balances of capital improvement appropriations from 2009 to the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department for fiscal year 2010. Specifically, it reappropriates balances totaling $1,301,050 from previous appropriations for grants to counties/municipalities, construction of tourist information bureaus, infrastructure grants, intermodal facilities, repairs/renovations, and state highway assistance. The bill outlines disbursement controls and legislative intent to comply with budget laws and use funds only for stated reasons. It contains an emergency clause noting the appropriations are essential for agency operations starting July 1, 2010.
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1 State of Arkansas 2 87th General Assembly A Bill 3 Fiscal Session, 2010 SENATE BILL 103 4 5 By: Joint Budget Committee 6 7 8 For An Act To Be Entitled 9 AN ACT TO REAPPROPRIATE THE BALANCES OF CAPITAL 10 IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE 11 HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT; AND FOR 12 OTHER PURPOSES. 13 14 15 Subtitle 16 AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY 17 AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT 18 REAPPROPRIATION. 19 20 21 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22 23 SECTION 1. REAPPROPRIATION. There is hereby appropriated, to the Arkansas 24 State Highway and Transportation Department, to be payable from the General 25 Improvement Fund or its successor fund or fund accounts, for the Arkansas 26 State Highway and Transportation Department, the following: 27 (A) Effective July 1, 2010, the balance of the appropriation provided in 28 Item (A) of Section 1 of Act 1087 of 2009, for grants to counties and 29 municipalities for operating, construction, improvements, renovation and 30 maintenance of public roadways, in a sum not to exceed ...........$100,000. 31 32 (B) Effective July 1, 2010, the balance of the appropriation provided in 33 Item (A) of Section 1 of Act 137 of 2009, for construction and renovations of 34 the Tourist Information Bureaus at Blytheville, West Memphis and Lake 35 Village, in a sum not to exceed ................................$1,047,447. 36
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1 (C) Effective July 1, 2010, the balance of the appropriation provided in
2 Item (C) of Section 1 of Act 137 of 2009, for grants for infrastructure 3 needs, in a sum not to exceed .....................................$30,000. 4 5 (D) Effective July 1, 2010, the balance of the appropriation provided in 6 Item (D) of Section 1 of Act 137 of 2009, for intermodal facilities and 7 infrastructure projects, in a sum not to exceed ...................$40,000. 8 9 (E) Effective July 1, 2010, the balance of the appropriation provided in 10 Item (E) of Section 1 of Act 137 of 2009, for repairs, draining and various 11 renovations, in a sum not to exceed ...............................$83,603. 12 13 (F) Effective July 1, 2010, the balance of the appropriation provided in 14 Item (F) of Section 1 of Act 137 of 2009, for state assistance including 15 repairs, construction, and maintenance for state highways, in a sum not to 16 exceed ...........................................................$170,000. 17 18 SECTION 2. DISBURSEMENT CONTROLS. (A) No contract may be awarded nor 19 obligations otherwise incurred in relation to the project or projects 20 described herein in excess of the State Treasury funds actually available 21 therefor as provided by law. Provided, however, that institutions and 22 agencies listed herein shall have the authority to accept and use grants and 23 donations including Federal funds, and to use its unobligated cash income or 24 funds, or both available to it, for the purpose of supplementing the State 25 Treasury funds for financing the entire costs of the project or projects 26 enumerated herein. Provided further, that the appropriations and funds 27 otherwise provided by the General Assembly for Maintenance and General 28 Operations of the agency or institutions receiving appropriation herein shall 29 not be used for any of the purposes as appropriated in this act. 30 (B) The restrictions of any applicable provisions of the State Purchasing 31 Law, the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue 32 Stabilization Law and any other applicable fiscal control laws of this State 33 and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and Administration, 34 as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in disbursement of any 35 funds provided by this act unless specifically provided otherwise by law. 36
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1 SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General Assembly
2 that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations contained 3 in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for which this act 4 was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive Recommendations 5 and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget manuals prepared by 6 the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or summarized oral 7 testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative Council or 8 Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 9 10 SECTION 4. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General 11 Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the 12 appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 13 effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2010 is essential to the operation of 14 the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 15 the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 16 effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2010 could work irreparable harm 17 upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 18 programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 19 being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 20 and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2010. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
