Joint Budget Committee

Members for go ahead and take our seats if you're in the back please make a way to the front we're gonna go ahead and get started. Charities quorum. At first we have a report by personnel subcommittee and representative would you're gonna present that report report. Thank you. Yes Sir you're recognized thank you Mr chairman. The personnel committee met on March eleventh. Tuesday March ninth I'm sorry in review day loans listed in the report which is pastel too yep limits be one of those one to seven or house and Senate bills of returned to the Joint Budget as recommended with the list of listed amendments by the personnel committee so any and nine or regular business request the firm the office of personnel management for a miscellaneous federal grant and prosecuting of the coordinator's office and the review of seventy grow cool positions authorized in the the DSS a bill for fiscal year twenty two and that they want to use before the end of the fiscal year twenty one items ten and eleven were reports from the department of higher education the required no action by the committee. I'd be happy to attempt to answer any questions committee chair that's our report all right thank you Mr chairman do we have any questions on the report. All right seeing none we've got a motion to adopt the second all those in favor signify by saying aye All opposed our motion carries members we have several bills that are ready to go inside of the personnel report it's run run through those now. Mr. Thank you Mr chairman we're on B. one personnel committee report item number one Senate bill three forty five department of higher education classification compensation bills ready Mr. Any questions or comments on the. On the bill. Seeing none was pleasure committee got a motion to pass a second all those in favor signify by saying aye. Those opposed motion carries. Mr chairman item number two commissioner state lands house bill eleven eighty two is ready with the amendment I thank you members we have any questions on house bill eleven eighty two. Seeing none was will the committee got a motion to pass in this do pass as amended and second all those in favor signify by saying aye All opposed motion carries. In number four. And the person or committee report house bill ten eighty six DHS secretary of state's office is ready with the amendment all right thank you do have any questions on house bill ten eighty six. Seeing none we've got a motion to adopt or motion do pass as amended we got a second all those in favor signify by saying aye All opposed motion carries Senate bill fifty sixty eight chest Division of church child care and early childhood intervention thank you any questions on Senate bill fifty six all right seeing none we've got a motion do pass as amended in a second all those in favor signify by saying aye All those opposed motion carries on item number six in the personal reports Senate bill forty five energy environment Geological Survey I thank you any questions on Senate bill forty five. The comments seeing none we've got a motion to do pass as amended we've got a second all those in favor signify by saying aye others those motion carries also one six on the agenda Senate bill ninety seven department of inspector general I thank you any questions Those in favor signify by saying aye All opposed motion carries house bill ten eighty three department so security ministration disability determination all right thank you any questions on house bill ten eighty three. Seeing none we've got a Dick a motion do pass as amended a second all those in favor signify by saying aye All opposed motion carries. All right up next member amendments to bills. Members of a number of these has special language or gonna personnel and so we're going to read the the title of the bill number and then we'll we'll send those to appropriate committee. You're gonna. Yes Sir on page one item C. one. Senator Ballinger for the Arkansas Supreme Court this has position especially all right I personnel special language. C. two is on page eleven. This is an amendment by Senator Chesterfield it has special language special language. On item C. three on page fifteen this is amended by Senator Hester it has special language special language. C. four on page twenty one. And items this is Sir this has police special language. Senator Dismang our special language C. five does the same for house bill eleven eighty one special language. On page thirty one C. six police special language special language. C. seven is for senate bill one ten it also delete special language special language. Mr chairman on page forty three items CA this is for house bill twelve twenty by representative shepherded has special language special language. C. nine on page forty nine this bill is for house bill fifteen sixty seven it does establish positions personnel. Mr chairman C. ten on page fifty one this amendment by Senator Caldwell has special language special language okay Mister chairman on page fifty five items C. eleven this is an amendment to Senate bill one thirty two department of commerce this delete sixteen extra help positions for the Office skills development and it adds appropriation of tortilla in a total of fifty eight thousand dollars a regular salary which is payable at a skills development fine. It also has another section that adds seven thousand eight hundred and forty eight an appropriation for salary for the construction industry craft training program which is funded through permit fees I thank you members at with any questions on the amendment. Any comments. All right seeing none of was pleasure committee we got a motion to adopt we've got a second all those in favor signify by saying aye motion carries. I question that takes us to item C. twelve on page sixty one this does have a special language for Senate bill one await a special language. On page sixty seven Senate bill one sixty four. This is C. thirteen on page. Sixty seven this is by Senator Hammer this amendment department of agriculture for the feral hog eradication appropriation of three million dollars which is payable out of funds in fees and fines aren't turning it over to co chair. Hammer. You can give some explanation on what what we're doing here. But you're right there be five. Mr When we started feral hog test for several a couple sessions ago and got a step which we had appropriations appropriation set up so that we could receive a federal grant money and that's what this is intended to do is to have a place holder so that if we are able to get more federal grant money that is appropriated for controlling feral hogs revocation for hog we have to place put it but also represented Vaught Nye running a bill that's going to be dealing with fines associated with those that have the legal activities around feral hogs and we need a place to build a part that money that money and direct sector workers here in correct me if I'm wrong but that money will be used for things like track purchasing of traps like Senator a in order to be able to up for not to feel take care take care of the issue so any revenue being derived from federal funds and fines and fees correct that is correct and generate new that's all right members any questions. We have a motion to adopt the amendment and a second any discussion all in favor say aye. You both. Mr. Thanks chairman of X. next up is Senate bill four forty eight by Senator Hammer. I think if we can't we have the Department. The transportation. Page seventy one I'm sorry. Or do we have anyone here from the Department. All right doesn't look like it. German GS questions that maybe for the sponsor. Senator Hammer is this the up front to get the road in the project pamphlets that what we're doing here. Yes Sir is strictly a place holder in the event the money should become available teachers retirement has money invested in this project or set aside for to use money set aside at the highway department and the firm that is behind the project has been working with the highway department regarding best best practices for getting off of the time both highway over to the job site and they're in the middle of developing that and so the reason I'm asking for a place to park money is so if that does happen to come about that there would be a place to park money should be able to be found and also I did have discussions with the highway department and with guilt over there he communicate up top they do not have any objection to this appropriation. Okay and this is for fifteen million. Yes the operation operation only no request for no request for money with okay thank you thank you your I thank you members we have any other questions. All right seeing them with school committee motion do pass got a motion to pass in the second all those in favor signify by saying aye others posed motion carries. We have just one bill today. Recognized thank thank you Mr chairman there is one bill in the Senate package S. in upper right hand corner and that's on page five in the Senate package. It is Senate bill sixty nine assessment coordination department there are no holes on this I thank you do we have any questions or comments on Senate bill sixty nine seeing none we've got a motion to pass the second all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries. All right members we are good to go the next meeting will be Tuesday at eight thirty I think your time this morning forger. Hi.