Joint Budget Committee

It's going to go against started B. one litigation oversight report board of trustees a university of Arkansas we have some folks here there any questions. All right seeing none of the motion to review got a motion the second house of favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries a B. two. Thank you Mr chairman I'd be too this is a letter from the division of higher education this is to amend Senate bill one twenty three university of Arkansas for medical sciences and it has additional positions Mr chairman I personnel. C. one. I have this amendment Senator thirty two has positions and special language all right of personal and special language. And the members C. two is a. An amendment to the Department of Parks heritage and tourism is tied to. While the ones doing it but it's tied to the historic rehabilitation tax credit it It allows for the wordy of forty million I'd appreciate any questions. Thank you it is not general revenue preparation on. Right senator king. I didn't hear what you said you said it's not general revenue is not generated news preparation on right but citation to fund yes. Any other questions. Seeing none in a motion to adopt. I've got a motion I've got a second all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed. All right motion carries in the N. C. in so house bill eleven seventy nine is now ready for a passage to any comments or questions on house bill eleven seventy nine. All right seeing none in the motion to adopt as amended. I've got a motion I've got a second any discussion saying none of the favor signify by saying aye. All those opposed motion carries C. three thank you Mr chairman this is on page nine this item C. three this is an amendment by Senator Hammer two Senate bill fifty hew services it adds positions Mr personnel. And then we're gonna pass over see for I believe. Okay. All right we'll pass over C. five C. six. C. seven. That's going to bring us to see. C. eight. Yes Sir. Or on page thirty one. In your packet this is item CA this is Senate bill three thirty four by Senator Leding. This has an appropriation for rapid DNA technology for the state crime lab. Of one point three million. It also has a cash appropriation in which German. All right thank you members to any questions this one we can do here today do we have any questions on the amendment for Senator Leding. I'm sorry on. Which is the preparation and run. The bill I'm sorry bills are right on SP three thirty four Waverly questions. The comments. All right seeing one or nine was will the committee we've got a motion to pass that got a second string discussion seeing none all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries all right C. nine we're going to pass over and then it brings to see ten. The question. Thank you Mr chairman one page thirty seven item C. ten this is an amendment to the tenant governor Senate bill eighteen by Senator Hester it has special language in positions all right personnel special language Texas to governors letters D. one. Thank you Mr chairman in the packet governor's letter number sixteen GL number sixteen in the upper right hand corner of this has position changes are personal. I do too. That's on page fifteen in your pack you Mr chairman that also has position changes all right personnel C. three. On page nineteen governor's letter number eighteen this also has position changes not personnel we are going to pass over the for I think we're waiting on a bill Sir that has made its way through get that brings us to D. five and this one is ready for adoption. Thank you Mr chairman one page twenty five governors letter number twenty on page twenty five. This is to amend Senate. Senate bill fifty two division of child care and early childhood education this as an appropriation and it's federal to allow division to utilize federal grants and operating expenses for personnel and matching. All right thank you members of any questions on governor's letter twenty. Any discussion. All right uh we need a motion to adopt. Got a motion to adopt the got a second all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries. Governor and we're not ready for the bill no Sir all right of D. six. That is governor's letter number twenty one is on page twenty nine. This is an amendment to house bill ten ninety sixty if a disbursing officer. Of the short of this is this a as appropriation authority for the overtime and that's where agencies and institutions can come to the peer subcommittee to get additional appropriation authority that has to be approved by the committee and adopted in Nailsea that's the same situation for the very Caspary said appropriation and it's to increase these appropriation levels also the various temporary in the infrastructure investment job acts appropriation authority all this appropriation authority on Mr all right thank you but it is our intention funded. Senator Hickey members for any questions on governor's letter twenty one. Seeing none was will the committee with a motion to adopt we got a second all those in favor signify by saying aye All opposed motion carries governor Slater number twenty two D. seven yes Sir that's on page thirty three. This is an amendment to house bill ten eighty four. Former finance administration this is to add a point five million to upgrade the state's financial accounting system that's on page one and then on the bottom of page one and across on page two top is some cleanup language to allow them to use an appropriation that section one does at a point by main St century all right thank you members to have any questions on governor slayer twenty two. In comments. All right seeing them with little committee we got a motion to adopt the got a second all those in favor signify by saying aye All those opposed motion carries house bill ten eighty four is now ready for do pass motion as amended to any questions on. Amended house bill ten eighty four. All right seeing none we have a motion to motion do pass as amended on house bill ten eighty four we've got a second any discussion seeing none all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries a governor's letter twenty three D. eight. Mr chairman this is the last item is on page thirty seven this is governor's letter to amend Senate bill forty nine department of Veterans Affairs there are several changes on page one the first change is to add general revenue of sixty six thousand dollars this is for salary and matching for the department of Veterans Affairs. At the bottom of page one top Page two is another general revenue increase of forty three thousand five hundred dollars to support sponsor trainings for the veterans service services office. In the middle there amending section six that is a cash appropriation that is not general revenue that increases that appropriation. And you see the bottom of page thirty eight in the men's of the veterans cemetery appropriation that is amendment for cash for eighteen thousand two hundred dollars this is to upgrade their computers. At the very bottom of page thirty eight and the top of page thirty nine is another cash appropriation increase that's is that's to purchase a vehicle and a trailer for hauling items the cemetery at the bottom page thirty nine as a general revenue increase of one thousand six hundred ninety six dollars that is for their operations that is for upgrading computers thank you members our next nation on governor's letter twenty three when the questions. The comments. All right seeing none I was wheeled Committee we've got a motion to adopt we got a second all those in favor signify by saying aye All those opposed motion carries Senate bill forty nines ready for a do pass a motion as amended during discussion on. Of those service. That's it. It's not reading. Yeah. It is ready is ready okay all right so Senate bill forty nine. Get ready for the past motion is amended we have any questions on Senate bill forty nine. Seeing none I will get a motion do pass as amended we've got a second any discussion seeing none all in favor signify center Chesterfield you're recognized. Yes Sir I'm I'm looking at the but someone program I can't I'm sorry I am I am looking at it on page eight and I'm looking at the ombudsman for the use services department I think that's what that is could you explain what is going on with that. At that moment personnel okay all right so we're not gonna deal with that today thank you. All right so we've got a motion do pass as amended with a second all those in favor signify by saying aye others posed motion carries do we have any other items there's no other bills that ready to go if you have a hold on anything please let's go ahead and get those cleared up talk to staff talk to the agency whatever it may be it's time for us to start start moving forward with those appear is going to meet at eight on Wednesday and personnel will meet upon adjournment on Wednesday Thursday special language is going to kick off at eight and we back in here at nine and with that we are adjourned think three times more than.