ALC-JBC Special Language

If you start taking your seat will get started in a moment. Okay members if you take your state we're going to get started I'm a call the meeting to order thank you all for coming appreciate you being here. is Mildred you have anything you want to add. She says we're ready to go so with that Mr perish if you'll come down and we'll start taking up Adam the Arkansas item be. Members as we discussed last week we're going to be taking care of items that were carried over from the previous meeting this is department of our parks heritage and tourism Mr parishes the analyst for the agency and the agency is here if there are any questions by members there's going to be a hand out there are two pieces a language that have been requested to be codified. And as soon as those pieces of language handed out Mr perish will begin. Mr Parris once they all get handed out recognize yourself will be ready to. Thank you ma'am Sir Billy pairs your of Legislative Research so the language that begins on page one or two in a separate section on page one oh eight were re worked after concerns emerged it was originally combined into one section but it's not separating the two sections to address those concerns so that's been realized the first section it's it's your hand if you just provide if the state wants to for parks budget allocation and that language requires report to ale C. or GB C. prior to July one on the plan expenses for each Parker entity with a comparison against the anticipated funds expended in the current year any actual funds expended in the prior year this is a legislative recommendation for codification of that special language and the executive commission provides for the codification. Members remember this is a previous items or in volume to. Page one oh two. And one oh eight in the volume to is what we're looking at correct in page one of two those handouts replacement for this in the manual yes. I'm gonna give you a little time to look over it see if anyone has any questions about it. Members are there any questions. All. CNN do I have a motion. Executive wreck all in favor say aye. Those nights that we move forward thank you Mr pairs now will go down to Adam to want to wait it's been now we're on page one oh eight this is that uh piece the was combined thirty receptions Dalby separated staff asking out a replacement page for page one oh eight so you will have that in just a moment. And again the second piece is replacing page it's for purchase of uniforms. Members of your take time to look that over and then we'll see if there's any questions. In this language authorizes divisions within the department to purchase uniforms for personal staff you report I'm sorry staffing sports shows travel shows in other special promotion programs and specifies the any clothing purchase shall remain property of the department this is also a legislative recommendation for codification of the special language and the executor condition provides for the codification. Thank you Mr Parrish representative Tosh you're recognized thank you madam chair doesn't specify the ward the number of uniforms that they would purchase for you it each employee is that is that spelled out anymore so we know exactly how many each employee would be be allotted in that no Sir it's not that specific is not one it's not that specific answer is not a word okay. Mister Tosh representative Tosh would you like to speak to the agency. Yeah I'd like I'd like to know just you know for clarification is anyone from the agency here that might be able to answer. Thank you if you will come down to the table and recognize yourself for the record. Recognize yourself and you're recognized since the Adam let the CFO for the Department of Parks heritage and tourism Leslie this going to for legislative affairs with parks heritage and tourism. The number of uniforms is not specifically spelled out in the special language but are not for is a State Parks Division they do have a part directed in for every every position that is issued and you uniform they have specific guidelines have insurance how many pairs shoes how may pair pants they did we do have a directive that specifically identifies how many articles of clothing each person is about to purchase. Do they make a Do I make a request when they need a uniform or our house that looks procedure for that each position is allotted a certain amount of uniforms and that person is getting is gets into that position and they have we have have rules about when they can be replaced yes hi and how often they can be replaced and what and how to make that replacement request yes okay in your agency partnerships those uniform does not required of the employee to purchase and then be reimbursed you just a recognized the request if they need one and I guess you examine or make sure that they are in the time frame that day be due a new uniform is that correct correct we make the purchase and there are certain things that they may have to expenses that may have to pay for on their own such as certain alterations in certain certain adjustments that are on a personal level but we purchased the the unifies initially they don't have to report to some for reimbursement. Okay I'm just curious as may be a little all the questions here but do you have any and then agency policy of the requirement for the wearing those uniforms as far as how other that but make sure they're presentable when those employees go to work is part of your structure inept agency yes Sir there they have requirements as the when the where them which ones to wear for certain events and yes okay no further mention thank you representantes any other questions. CNN do I have a motion motion decorative brick all in favor I. Okay we'll move forward thank you. with that we're going to move to Adam C. which is actually the part we're going to batch all of these different special languages together so members if you'll take time to look over these real quickly remember if you have one that you want to. Pullout discuss or you have one that you want to do for a separate vote you just need to let us know. Members the highway department manual is separate from your binder it's got a number five on it this highway department so that's what you're going to look at for the first three items on your agenda for the highway department. Members do we have any that we need to have pull out for separate vote or discussion. I would like to have the following items field for flag for session not really help but just for flag for session it would be in the building. Authority Division which is going to be three twenty eight. Three twenty nine. Three thirty. In the department of corrections three sixty eight. And that's all the ones I have marked for flag. Any questions or separate vote. Do I have a motion the batch these and take executive director. Motion all in favor say aye. Follows all right thank you let's move on to item number date. These are going to be the one that we're going to be discussing will have codification on some of them and the first we're going to bring up is going to be Mr Parrish we're going to be talking about the department of transportation and it is in this booklet in case anybody's looking for and it's going to be Pitsch H. two. Thank you madam chair ended a transportation means specially which manual it's page two of that manual this is regarding overtime it's legislative recommendation for codification special language there is no executive recognition as it's a constitutionally independent department in this language authorizes payment of overtime for eligible employees from transfers or some appropriation to the regular salaries line item and there no there are no other changes other than codification. Members I have any questions. See and I do I have a motion. Motion second all in favor for executive wreck. Legislative wreck I'm sorry legislative brick. Are all in favor say aye. Lows ninety all right is passed thank you Mr perish we're going to move down to the department of public safety. Mr Kalman if you'll come for introduce yourself and we'll talk about public safety. Members were back in the binder volume to. Thank you madam chair on dog Coleman with the pure legislative research so we're gonna start on page one hundred twenty two of all into under specialize manuals so this is new language requested by the agency and allows for the fire prevention commission to purchase promotional items not to exceed seventy five hundred dollars Executive rectified for the agency requests on this new language. See the next page we're gonna look at is on page one hundred twenty five. So this is a legislative recommendation to codify this language simply move section forty one of the current public safety bill that outlines a SP overtime processes to code Jack you're recognized by language as well. Next Lee on one twenty seven with another legislative recommendation to codify this language is language details information that must be included in the state police's uniformed employee health insurance reporting and who must be submitted Executive wrecked matches the legislative recommendation to codify. Page one twenty eight of your manual we have another legislative recommendation to codify this language and allows for state police to encourage Spence's for emergency operations which can include food drink and other emergency items during emergency situations. Executive records also to codify this language. Now on page one twenty nine we have another legislative recommendations to codify this link requires state police to submit quarterly reports detailing expenditures from the Court Awards Fund executive wreck also is to codify this language. Thank you Mr common members does anyone have any questions about these. Thank you. I have a separate motion on each one of them so let's. Thank you okay. The second all in favor for batching these. I thank the all right thank you and Senator Irvin you're recognized for your motion. Executive wreck let's. The legislative branch all in favor aye opposed thank you will move on thank you Mr Dalton we're gonna move on down to information systems Mr Penman if you'll come down place. Recognize yourself. Members one volume three now so we're going to start on page thirty four. Thank you madam chair. This is on yes page thirty four. This is language with the legislative recommendation for codification the specific language for information systems. Allows the director to accept gifts grants and donations on behalf of the agency you'll see under section. AT there's a list of the different types of funds that the director may access then part be states that on that the director must publish a quarterly report of any funds received with a with a LC JBC. And exactly recommendation provides for codification. Thank you any questions. Senator I have a motion. I have a motion second all in favor say aye. Nay all right let's move ahead we're gonna be go down to the Department okay corrections Mr Dalton if you'll join us again and recognize yourself for the record. Thank you madam chair and all Coleman and I'm back to talk about the Department correction special language. we're gonna start on page thirty eight of your manuals in this is volume three volume three manuals here. First we have an agency request to codify some language the purpose of this agency change stagger Dalton is that page thirty six thirty six to thirty eight yes thanks sorry. So this is an agency requesting codified this this language with some changes to the existing language the purpose of the agencies change here is to codify our start to add administration service services to The other divisions are allowed to request we are allocations within the department executive recommendation is for continuation of the current special language. Senate next we're gonna move to page forty one. So this language ensures any fund balance remaining in the county jail reimbursement fund at the end of the fiscal year is carried forward into the next fiscal year the agency does request to codify but executive recommendation is to keep the keep the section a special language in the bill. next removing a page forty three. I said this is a this is the leasing of special language in the Division of correction bill because it's request to be codified in the community corrections bill so if you turn to page ninety six of your manuals explain that. On page ninety six we have a legislative recommendation to codify this language and this language simply establishes the required monthly report county jail reimbursements which is to be compiled into an annual port at the end of the fiscal year because it doesn't need to be codified twice we just decided to codify. The language in the Committee corrections bill executive records also to codify this language just to clarify the language that we're deleting is the language that you will now find in page ninety six just for clarification thank you thank you. So next we were moving to page forty four. Hi here we have an agency request to codify this language in this language allows the agency to transfer general revenue appropriations funding to the county jail reimbursement fund in order to meet reimbursement requirements. At executive records to just leave this a special language. Page forty five next page both legislative and executive recommendation provide for the codification this language this language requires the association of Arkansas counties to submit a report annually on the cost of housing state inmates in local facilities. At eight forty six our next section hi Leslie recommendation here's the codified this this language relates the transportation of juvenile offenders the telling of the agency's rules provide reimbursements and grants to transport juvenile offenders the proper facilities executive recommendation also provides for the convocation this language. Next we remove the page fifty eight of the manual. So there's a legislative recommendation to codify this one as well this language requires agency to create a biannual employee compensation report. You check your records also codify this language but you may notice that section D.. Our item D. in section one there has been stricken through and it in the exact a request. On page sixty we move to the next section legislative recommendations to codify this language allows for the agency to use qualified treatment and assessment facilities to for juveniles are in custody and required to register as sex offenders decorative wrecked also provides for this codification. Next these languages on page sixty. I say recommendation is to codify this language as well hi this language outlined the parameters the annual and may cost report and executive wreck also provides for language to be codified. Next piece lands on page seventy five. So we have here legislative recommendation to codify this language in this language is to allow an extra three percent additional compensation for employees involved in emergency response action secretary basic executive recommendation also provides for the convocation this language. seventy six the next piece. Let's say recommendations the codified this and allows for proceeds to sell of state property to go to the polls in prison program an amount not to exceed a hundred thousand dollars executive wreck also provides for the codification. Actually on page seventy seven. We have an eight zero quest that. It's the second. All right from the sources from which the agency can pull money for promoting presented three items and further recruiting needs. it increases the amount from five to ten thousand dollars the executive reconciliation section as is. On page seventy eight of the bill are sent pay Senator manual sorry especially which allows for funds meant for energy and waste efficiency efforts to be carried forward into the next fiscal year. Ninety eight is your quest is to codify this language to include the division of community corrections since they have the same energy savings contract as a division of corrections executive recognized for continuation of the current language. Moving to pay seventy nine. I the agency is requested to codify this language which requires an annual one hundred thousand dollar transfer from that the agency to the state's personal services account status of services fund to find a prosecuting attorney to prosecute all offenses occurring at the department of corrections thank you recommendation is to continue this section a special language instead of codified. And now moving to page eighty five the manual. Hi here we have a simple technical corrections you may notice on the second line that there's a double space after the common this this correction is fixing that. actually on page ninety eight I believe we have our last piece of special language. This is a legislative recommendations codify this language requires a quarterly report of the they can parole officer position along with an average of case loads for each parole officer executive rag recommendations to codify this language as well. Thank you Mister Johnson at members of you'll take a few minutes to look over this I want to just talk a little bit about when we're talking you're looking here you're going to see some executive recommendations for to stay a special language rather than to be codified and the reason we did that is because most of these things that we're asking to be left in special language are one time things that you normally want to have review of the legislative branch to have review of and that's why we've gone with a different request the blues decorative branch has been what the agency had requested. Representative Dotson you're recognized for a question. Thank you madam chair Questions on page fifty eight with regards to the. Difference between the. Agency request and. Exactly rack and wonder if we can hear from the agency on this yes can you if you don't mind please come down recognize yourself for the record you're recognized. Good morning madam chair Sullivan grace Secretary corrections. Thank you So if the if you see the the difference between the striking of the hazardous duty comp this section will. Why is that needed or necessary not necessary here. Separately the from this process the department is working with the office of budget in the office of personnel management all with under the direction of the board of corrections to submit a proposal to the next general assembly next administration that would take our hazardous duty from a unfunded compensation liability that we have to fund through salary savings and roll that into the base pay for those officers the thought being that this is not really what a differential was entitled for because it this is a on going permanent part of their job working in a correctional facility so instead of having to float this and pay it through salary savings were proposing working on a proposal to roll this into base pay if that is achieved then this wouldn't be a of relevant part of this report because it would no longer be considered allow a liability and be part of a spy. So Absent that happening this is only to stay in the language. Yes which is what from. Is absent that happening yes. so since since this is a code amendment this would be going permanently in the code I wonder if this is something we shouldn't. Hold off doing a code amendment on and keep in special language for at least one more year. and if that's the wheels that that that would be my suggestion recognition or motion at the proper time manager. I come back to you represent. Representive Tosh you're recognized for a question thank you madam chair. Director Mr secretary I direct your attention to page fifty eight pollution yes. In. What is gap time liability I'm not familiar with that terminology. so gap time is also referred to as straight time this is the amount of time that we pay of four officers going to shift briefing clearing security that part so is actually eighty five hours six eighty six hours that's on a normal check instead of the standard eighty that extra six hours is was considered gap time. Okay and the appreciate that answer that helps me understand it also it says hazardous duty compensation I I kind of thought the all of it was hazardous duty but yeah can you give me an and that would be our position were represented to us as a said representative dot send us while we're working on a proposal to roll that into the base pay because we think it is an in an inherent part of the job of a correctional employee. Okay thank you one last question madam chair yes. On page eighty. Correction page seventy nine. What a transfer a hundred thousand dollars Show that you've got a deputy prosecuting attorney who I guess will handle all the prosecutions of offenses occurring at the Arkansas department of corrections yes Sir so. How's that being handled now I'm just curious as to how differently from this was language that we worked on with the prosecutor coordinator's office in the twenty twenty one session so we're just got that off the ground at the end of FY twenty two we have established a imho you with the prosecutor's office where this DPA is alles with this does is a predominantly handles cases out of Southeast Arkansas and has and also has the ability to be deputized to handle cases out of East Arkansas we realize because of how our facilities are cited it does place a significant burden on the prosecutor in Southeast Arkansas so this provides them additional capacity to handle our cases because we want this level of accountability for got criminal activity within our system we had no objection when asked to pay for the position. Make sure I understand of. So this deputy prosecutor he will be a signage. Strictly to the department of corrections that are me is yes. Full time job is correct yeah I understand she will the current encompasses us a sheet but yes the prosecutor is assigned to handle cases originating out of the division of correction within the judicial district and any other incidents of offenses occurring within side the US department of corrections yes other locations throughout St would if they were if they were to be deputized by that elected prosecutor yes Sir okay thank you. Thank you. Any other questions members. With that I'm all state we're probably gonna need a separate motion on each one of these because there's a lot of different changes from what had originally been done so I think it'll be a little difficult to match those so with that representative Dotson you're recognized. Thank you madam chair I'll take that one on page fifty eight to start with the for doing an individually and just make a motion that that. continues current language as special language and not be a code amendment so the agency request with continuing current language as opposed to a code amendment so the motion is for agency request. I have a second exactly no it's sent legislative it's legislative it's. The agency request keeping that language in there. A special language cannot as a code amendment until the Until the plan the department has is worked out during the session we can always make an amendment during the session and make this a code amendment or a strike that language but until that. Agreement is made or that language is put into place. I think we need to keep this a special language as the current executives as the current agency request. Looks okay so members just so everybody understands what we're drafting the bill this is not going to appear as a piece of codified language it's just going to go into the bill as it is without the codification that the legislative recommendation made by representative Dotson they're pretty understand. I have a motion the second. All in favor say aye. Hold okay we'll move on fifty eight is taken care of represent us Senator Irvin you're recognized. So the question on the other remaining are all executive recommendations another some that are different from agency or court recommendations but. to your point the executive recommendations were to leave some of them as special language. So can we balance the rest of them. The. The difference though is that you get. If we do it thank you. Just remember if we did if we batch amend do executive is whatever occurs on that call so you're going to have to make sure everything that were batch and we're okay with the executive recommendation on. I am and I'm okay for batch that everybody. Okay so. In my motion would be to batch the remaining items and then to accept the executive a recommendation for all of that stuff. So the motion is backed and then executive that could recommendation I have a second all in favor say aye aye follows okay thank you very much we have moved through I do want to ask that we flag to items we flag item ninety six jail embarrassment reaction three ninety six and that we also flag the three forty five for session. All right with that. Members. I see no other business we are adjourned our next meeting will be next week be prepared is gonna probably be a long one we're drunk.