Joint Budget Committee

All right, members. If y'all get to your seats we're gonna get started in one minute I'm gonna call on you after I introduced the county clerks. You ready? All right, members, we're gonna call a joint budget to order. Uh, before we get started, uh, colleagues, I want to let you know that we have our county clerks out here, uh, in the audience with us today we appreciate the work they do for all our counties and to let you know, uh, they're inviting us down to the association of Arkansas County building from 11:30 to 1 and they'll have something good for us to eat and uh get to visit with our county clerk, so let's give him a warm welcome. Appreciate y'all being here. to go to special. First, uh, item on the agenda is the uh rules subcommittee report that was held February 13th, Senator Dees, you are recognized. Hold on. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh, the rule review subcommittee met on Wednesday, February 12, 2025. The subcommittee adopted its subcommittee rules and one rule from the oil and gas commission was reviewed in a approved as noted in the report. We move for adoption of the report. We have a motion to adopt the report. We have a 2nd. We have a 2nd. You got a question, uh, Senator Bryant, you are recognized. Hold on. There you go. Thank you, Mr. Mr. Chair. Uh, if oil gas could come up, I got a, a question. Maybe not pose yesterday. Who did you want to come up? Oil and gas. Oil and gas. You'll identify yourselves, then Senator Bryant can ask the question. Good morning, Keisha Morrison, Chief Counsel, Department of Energy and Environment. Lawrencele oil and gas tribution director. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh, just a quick question on the, I'm a front and center on the, the notification for, um, the 1 mile distance away from facilities that were placed in the rule for those facilities that are already existing that have been here maybe up to 10 years in the state. Going out 1 mile for a facility that's been operating as part of the community that is, that is not in violation necessarily of, of the noise, they're quiet, going out a mile could encompass thousands of parcels of which Some would probably still object to it there just because of the nature of the business was, was the commission think about getting all those complaints in, and then have a business that's been operating there for 10 years. That you may disallow a permit and have to go through that potential legal battle. Yeah, I understand your question. I understand the The, the possibility of that occurring. There was no provision put in a waiver in the rule to amend or allow existing facilities to be, uh, exempt of any portion of the rule. Uh, if there is a, and I understand the cost of doing it for, for a mile for an existing facility. It's been there for 10 years. Everyone knows it. Uh, um, but if there are. Objections that that facility has to go through again. Uh, the commission has to have a hearing on that if there are frivolous objections with I just don't want it there. I don't agree with the process, uh, those will be dealt with at the commission level, uh, the permit would stand and probably be issued. If there were no Uh, issues dealing with the provisions of the, of the rules. OK, so there is no exceptions at this, at this point. We did not put any in the rule. I understand that issue, and we certainly can look at that. OK. All right. Thank you, thank you. Any other questions or discussions? We do have a motion in a second. All in favor say aye to adopt the report. And you polls, the report is adopted. Next item on the agenda is B2. This is the Arkansas State Police, uh, Oh You want to explain 803. Yes, sir. Mr. Chairman, that's item B2 in your pack at Arkansas State Police. This is a monthly report regarding the activity and condition of the uniformed employee health insurance plan. This does not take action. It's just for your information. Do you have any questions on the report? Singan will move on to item 3. Which, uh, this is the letter from Higher Ed for the Capital improvement. All this does will give staff the ability to draft this in bill form. We're we're taking no other action than that. Do we have a motion to adopt the letter? Have a motion in a second, any discussion, all in favor say aye. Any opposed? All right, members, we're going to Adam C, uh, Mr. Anderson, you wanna start at C1. Yes, sir. Item C1, that's on page one. This is an amendment by Representative Lee Johnson. It's the Department of Health licensing and regulation boards. It has new special language. We'll send this to. Item 2 has been pulled for next week, uh, Representative Kavanaugh's kind of under the weather this morning, so we'll put it on member's Day, uh, next Thursday. Mr. Anderson. Like Mr. Chairman, that takes us to item C3. That's on page 7. This is Senate bill number 8 by Senator Peyton. This is an appropriation for used used tire recycling for 5 million. It has special language, Mr. Keep going. Item C4 is on page 10. This is an appropriation bill. It's Senate Bill 201 by Senator Payton. It is for home delivered meals for $5 million. It has special language. Send a special. Mr. Chairman item C5. It's on page 13 by Senator Gilmore. This deletes some special language. Send a special language. Item C6. This is an amendment to House Bill 1202, that's the DFA dispersing bill by Representative Collins. It amends special language. Item C7. It's on page 21. This is the amendment to House Bill 1102 for state turnback for counties and municipalities. This is a mens special language a special language. Mr. Chairman, the last one also a men's special language. It's an amendment to House Bill 1202, DFA dispersing officer. Send a special language. All right, members, we got, uh, if you'll turn to the H packet on the bills we've got some ready. And the first one is gonna be on page one, House Bill 108 87, Mr. Anderson. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. House Bill 1087, Energy and Environment, Oil and Gas commission is ready. We got any questions on this one? We have a motion and a second any discussion all in favor say aye. Any opposed, Mr. Anderson? The Chairman, that takes us to page 4 in the packet. House Bill 1099, the election commissioner's board is ready for a due pass. House Bill 1099. Any questions on it? We have a motion and a motion in a second. Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Any opposed, Mr. Anderson? On page 4, House Bill 1100 Claims commission. Claims commission, do we have any questions? Do a motion, have a motion in a second. Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Any opposed? On page 5, House Bill 1104. Department of Labor. Page 5 House Bill 1104. Any, any questions? have a motion in a second. Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Any opposed? Page 6, House Bill 1114 Land commissioner. That the land commissioner, any questions? Got a motion in a second. Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Any opposed, Mr. Anderson? That takes us to page 9 in the house packet, House Bill 1151, Department of Education, Career and Technical Education. Page 9, House Bill 1151. Do we have any questions on it? We have a motion and a second, any discussion all in favor say aye. Any opposed? All right, we're gonna turn to the well we've got one more 12:35 on page 19, Mr. Anderson. Yes sir, that's East Arkansas Community College. East Arkansas Community College, we have any questions? We have a motion in a second, any discussion all in favor say aye. Any opposed? All right, members, we're gonna turn to our Senate packet. Yes, sir, on page one, Senate Bill 20. This is the Sentencing commission. Sentencing commission, do we have any questions on that? We have a motion in a second. Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Any opposed Mr. Anderson. Page one, Senate Bill 23, judicial discipline and disability commission. Senate Bill 23. Any questions? Seeing none have a motion in a second. Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Any opposed Mr. Anderson on page 3 Senate Bill 28, ethics Commission. Senate Bill 28 Ethics Commission. Any questions? have a motion in a second. Any discussion all in favor say aye. Any opposed? Also on page 3 Senate Bill 31, workers' compensation commission. Senate Bill 31. Any questions? Thing done. We have a motion in a second. Any discussion all in favor say aye. And the opposed Mr. Anderson on page 9 in the Senate packet, page 9, Senate Bill 65, Capital Zoning commissioning, do you have any questions on that? Sing none of a motion in a second. Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Any opposed? It passes. On page 11, Senate Bill 74, Department of Veterans Affairs. Any questions? We have a motion, a motion in a second. Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Any opposed? On page 17, Senate Bill 116 University of Arkansas system. This is the University of Arkansas system. Any questions? have a motion and a second any discussion? All in favor say aye. Any opposed, Mr. Anderson? The last one is on page 21, that's Senate Bill 199, that's the agriculture Department. That is a reappropriation bill, not their ops, reappropriation bill, Senate Bill 199. If you have any questions? I see none of a motion in a second, any discussion? All in favor say aye. Any opposed? All right, members, next Wednesday if you're on the claims commission will is in this room we're 2 and uh Big MacB will have the claims commission next Wednesday morning at 8:30. We will meet back in here and also have members day next Thursday at 9 a.m. Appreciate the work. We're adjourned.