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ArkansasHB10892025 Regular SessionHouse
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - ARKANSAS WATERWAYS COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Sponsored By: Joint Budget Committee
Enacted
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Development grants for Arkansas port authorities
The law provides $5 million for grants to port authorities and intermodal authorities, which connect different types of transportation. The money comes from the Arkansas Port, Intermodal, and Waterway Development Grant Program Fund. Projects must meet the definition of port development in Arkansas Code 15-23-205. Funding covers July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The grants fund eligible authorities and projects, not direct household payments.
Funding for Arkansas river transportation improvements
The law provides $2 million from the Arkansas River Navigation System Fund for river transportation resources. The money supports development, improvements, and expansion within Arkansas’s portion of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. Funding covers July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. It supports transportation infrastructure, not direct household payments.
Funding for Arkansas Waterways Commission operations
The law provides $335,324 for Arkansas Waterways Commission operations from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. It allows three regular employees: one director at grade GS11, one business operations manager at GS08, and one research project analyst at GS06. Funding includes $171,883 for salaries and $63,856 for related employee costs. It also includes $88,879 for operating expenses, $8,151 for conferences and travel, and $2,555 for state contributions. Professional fees, capital purchases, and data processing each receive $0. All spending under the law is limited to the approved amounts and money available by law. Spending must follow state purchasing, accounting, budget, revenue, and salary laws, plus Department of Finance and Administration rules. It must also follow the purposes documented in budget materials, letters, or official legislative committee records. This funding does not provide direct household payments.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Joint Budget Committee
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/8/2025
Senate Vote - Tuesday, April 8, 2025 1:56:58 PM
Yes: 35 • No: 0
House vote • 4/7/2025
House Vote - Monday, April 7, 2025 2:20:57 PM
Yes: 95 • No: 0 • Other: 1
Actions Timeline
Notification that HB1089 is now Act 618
4/14/2025HouseTO BE ENROLLED
4/8/2025HouseReturned from the Senate as passed.
4/8/2025HouseReturned to the House as passed.
4/8/2025SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
4/8/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
4/8/2025SenateRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar.
4/7/2025SenateReceived from the House.
4/7/2025SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
4/7/2025HouseRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
4/7/2025HouseConsidered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
4/7/2025HouseRULES SUSPENDED
4/7/2025HouseREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
4/3/2025HouseAmendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
4/3/2025HousePlaced on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
4/3/2025HouseReturned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
4/2/2025HouseRe-referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
2/10/2025HouseReturned by the Committee Do Pass
2/6/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
1/13/2025HouseFiled
1/13/2025House
Bill Text
HB1089 - Introduced
1/13/2025
Act Version
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