Arkansas § 25-4-119 Budget procedures

Arkansas Statutes

§ 25-4-119 — Budget procedures

Arkansas § 25-4-119

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Bluebook

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-4-119 (2026).

Text

(a)(1) Prior to the commencement of budget hearings conducted by the Legislative Council, the Director of the Division of Information Systems shall prepare an operating budget indicating the amount of money that will be required to operate the Division of Information Systems each year of the succeeding biennium.

(2)The director shall also provide cost information to users of information technology centers, and those who require new or expanded information technology shall be provided cost estimates for inclusion in their budget requests.

(b)(1) When the General Assembly has completed the appropriation process, the director shall oversee budgetary planning for the division for each fiscal year of the biennium.

(2)The proposed annual operating budget shall be submitted to the Secretary o

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(a) (1) Prior to the commencement of budget hearings conducted by the Legislative Council, the Director of the Division of Information Systems shall prepare an operating budget indicating the amount of money that will be required to operate the Division of Information Systems each year of the succeeding biennium. (2) The director shall also provide cost information to users of information technology centers, and those who require new or expanded information technology shall be provided cost estimates for inclusion in their budget requests. (b) (1) When the General Assembly has completed the appropriation process, the director shall oversee budgetary planning for the division for each fiscal year of the biennium. (2) The proposed annual operating budget shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services for his or her approval prior to the beginning of each fiscal year. (3) (A) During the course of the biennium, the director shall make certain that the expenditures of the division do not exceed the income to be received by the division for the current fiscal year. (B) Subject to the written approval of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State upon the written application of the division and review by the Legislative Council, in order to effect compliance with state and federal statutory and regulatory provisions: (i) The director shall adjust rates for services or issue billing adjustments as necessary; or (ii) Funds sufficient to effect compliance shall be provided to the division. (4) (A) If rates charged to a customer are increased to ensure compliance with state and federal statutory and regulatory provisions under subdivision (b)(3) of this section, then the director shall promptly notify the Governor, the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology, and all state agencies and other customers before any changes shall be effected. (B) Rates shall be reviewed by the division on no less than an annual basis in order to ensure compliance with state and federal statutory and regulatory provisions. (c) The quarterly allotment procedures applicable to state agencies, as defined by the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, § 19-4-101 et seq., shall be applicable to all appropriations funded directly through general revenue.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 6284, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1979, No. 951, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 5-1413.1; Acts 1997, No. 914, § 19; 2001, No. 1722, § 14; 2005, No. 1999, § 7.