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AR Code § 19-4-1611 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 16 - Salaries and Payroll Disbursement|§ 19-4-1611. Supplemental payments prohibited

 In the event the General Assembly shall have established by law the maximum annual salaries for certain positions for any state agency and shall have appropriated for those positions, no greater salary than that established by law shall be paid to any person occupying the position by making supplemental payments from agency bank funds. However, the salaries may be paid partly from state-appropriated funds and partly from agency bank funds, but the aggregate of the payments shall not exceed the maximum annual salary rate, where it is established by law.
AR Code § 19-4-1612 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 16 - Salaries and Payroll Disbursement|§ 19-4-1612. Overtime pay

 (a) It is the policy of the State of Arkansas that overtime pay for state employees is the least desirable method of compensation for overtime work.  (b)  (1) All state departments, agencies, boards, commissions, and institutions may pay overtime to their employees, under the rules and regulations set out by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.  (2)  (A) The Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services will specify those specific employees or groups of employees other than employees of the Arkansas Department of Transportation eligible to receive overtime compensation, the circumstances under which overtime pay is to be allowed, and other matters the secretary finds appropriate and necessary to comply with the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 as regards the payment of overtime compensation.  (B) The Director of State Highways and Transportation shall make these determinations as to employees of the Arkansas Department of Transportation.      (c) The rules authorized by this section shall not go into effect until the secretary, or the Arkansas Department of Transportation as to its employees, has sought the advice of the Legislative Council.  (d) In the event that the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is held, for whatever reason, to be nonapplicable to state employment, then any state department, agency, board, commission, or institution may pay overtime to its employees only if the General Assembly has given authorization by an appropriation.
AR Code § 19-4-1613 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 16 - Salaries and Payroll Disbursement|§ 19-4-1613. Lump-sum terminal pay

 (a) Upon termination, resignation, retirement, death, or other action by which a person ceases to be an active employee of a state agency, the amount due the employee or his or her estate, including any accrued unpaid annual or holiday leave which is due in accordance with the policies of the state agency and lump-sum payments of sick leave balances upon retirement as provided by law, may, and should, be included in the final pay to the employee or his or her estate for the employee's active work, even though the final payment of salary or wages may exceed one-twenty-sixth (1/26) or other fractional amount based upon days, weeks, or months of the employee's annual authorized compensation at the date active employment ceases.  (b) No employee receiving the additional compensation shall return to state employment until the number of days for which he or she received additional compensation has expired.  (c) Payment of the additional compensation shall not be considered as exceeding the maximum for a position so authorized.  (d) If an employee receives compensation for unused sick leave at retirement pursuant to § 21-4-501 and returns to state employment, the employee shall not be required to wait until the expiration of the number of days for which he or she received additional compensation before returning to state employment or to repay the amount of the compensation.
AR Code § 19-4-1614 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 16 - Salaries and Payroll Disbursement|§ 19-4-1614. Judicial awards under federal laws

 (a) In the event an employee of the State of Arkansas, or the authorized agent of the employee, files suit against the State of Arkansas in a court of competent jurisdiction for relief under the provisions of Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, or the federal Civil Rights Act of 1866, or the federal Civil Rights Act of 1871, or the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the court finds for the employee and in so finding awards wages or salaries for personal services rendered in addition to wages or salaries already paid or due, the additional wages or salaries shall be paid from the regular salary appropriation from which the employee is normally paid. If it is found, however, that such payment will impair the regular salary appropriation, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall transfer the necessary appropriation from the maintenance and general operations appropriation of the employing agency to the regular salary appropriation in order that the additional wages or salaries shall be paid.  (b) Any liquidated damages awarded by the court, pursuant to the federal laws cited in subsection (a) of this section, are to be paid in the same manner as the additional wages or salaries provided for in subsection (a) of this section.  (c) When notified that a state employee has filed suit or is in any other manner claiming redress under the provisions of the federal laws cited in subsection (a) of this section, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State may investigate the circumstances surrounding the claim. If, based on the evidence and facts found during the investigation, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State determines or has reason to believe that the court would sustain the employee's claim and find for the employee and in so doing award wages or salaries in addition to those paid or due for the employee's personal service rendered, then the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall, with the advice of the Legislative Council or the Joint Budget Committee, authorize payment of the additional wages or salaries as provided in subsection (a) of this section.
AR Code § 19-4-1615 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 16 - Salaries and Payroll Disbursement|§ 19-4-1615. Awards from State Claims Commission

 (a) In the event a state employee is awarded a claim by the Arkansas State Claims Commission for wages or salaries for personal services rendered for a state agency, such award shall be processed through the state mechanized payroll system.  (b) The award shall be paid from the regular salaries and personal services matching appropriation from which the employee is normally paid.
AR Code § 19-4-1801 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 18 - Reimbursements, Collections, and Refunds|§ 19-4-1801. Reimbursements and refunds generally

 (a) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall prescribe the method of handling refunds and reimbursements to the state for moneys previously paid out or due the state. If no properly classified appropriation account exists on the books of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and the Auditor of State for which the respective refund is applicable, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State is authorized to establish such appropriation account on the books of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the Auditor of State, and the various fiscal officers.  (b) No such refunds shall cause a transfer of appropriation on the books of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the Auditor of State, and the various fiscal officers except for:  (1) Proceeds received from insurance policies for casualty losses by state agencies;  (2) Proceeds received from vendors on account of overpayment of obligations remitted by state agencies;  (3) Refunds to state agencies for cash advances or over-allocations made to state and local agencies for subgrants;  (4) Refunds to state agencies for the erroneous payment or overpayment of salaries to state employees;  (5) Proceeds derived from the maturity or redemption of investments;  (6) Reimbursements to institutions of higher education for cash fund expenditures for salaries that are properly chargeable to funds in the State Treasury;  (7) Federal reimbursements of expenses paid in advance by the state on behalf of the federal government; and  (8) Reimbursements by vendors or their agents for warranties, product rebates, and service adjustments.
AR Code § 19-4-1802 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 18 - Reimbursements, Collections, and Refunds|§ 19-4-1802. Petty cash imprest funds

 (a) Petty cash imprest funds for any state agency shall be approved by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State only in the case of actual need for such funds in connection with the daily operations of the agency and shall be subject to such limitations with respect to amount and use of the funds as shall be prescribed by him or her.  (b) The petty cash imprest funds shall not be used to circumvent purchasing rules, nor for the purpose of reimbursing individuals for travel expenses.
AR Code § 19-4-1803 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 18 - Reimbursements, Collections, and Refunds|§ 19-4-1803. Collections generally

 All fines, fees, penalties, court costs, taxes, and other collections which, by the laws of this state, are to be remitted directly to the Treasurer of State for credit in the State Treasury to an account of an agency of this state shall be remitted directly to the agency to whose account they are to be credited. Upon receipt, the agency shall transmit them to the Treasurer of State who shall credit them in the State Treasury to the account of the agency.
AR Code § 19-4-1804 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 18 - Reimbursements, Collections, and Refunds|§ 19-4-1804. Geological publications income

 Charges, income, receipts, or revenue derived from the sale of publications by the Arkansas Geological Survey shall be deposited into the State Treasury as a refund to expenditures.
AR Code § 19-4-1805 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 18 - Reimbursements, Collections, and Refunds|§ 19-4-1805. Deposits for highway employees retirement

 All moneys received in the State Treasury for deposit into the State Highway Employees' Retirement System Fund that are derived from the sale or redemption of stocks, bonds, or other securities, other than interest, are to be classified and handled on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Department of Finance and Administration as a refund to expenditures.
AR Code § 19-4-1806 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 18 - Reimbursements, Collections, and Refunds|§ 19-4-1806. Grants, aids, and donations

 All state agencies are authorized to accept grants, aids, and donations and to enter into contracts to accept grants, aids, and donations. Following procedures prescribed by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, funds received from grants, aids, and donations may be deposited, disbursed, budgeted, and regulated.
AR Code § 19-4-1807 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 18 - Reimbursements, Collections, and Refunds|§ 19-4-1807. Federal funds generally

 (a) In the event the United States Congress shall appropriate funds for the benefit of the state or any state agency or in the event any federal funds shall be paid to the state or any agency thereof for the purpose of reimbursing the state for funds previously paid out, and in the event any such federal funds are deposited into the State Treasury and there is no law providing for the depositing of such moneys in a state fund or appropriating them from a state fund, taking into consideration the provisions and requirements of the miscellaneous federal grant appropriation, then the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall have the authority to direct the State Treasury to establish funds, fund accounts, or accounts on the books of the various fiscal officers of the state for the purpose of handling and disbursing these federal funds.  (b) Any such federal funds shall be handled only in accordance with the purpose for which the funds were granted to, or paid over to, the state or any agency thereof. All such federal funds shall be subject to the procedures prescribed by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State for the disbursement of funds.
AR Code § 19-4-1808 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 18 - Reimbursements, Collections, and Refunds|§ 19-4-1808. Federal funds for vocational schools

 Reimbursements of federal funds to the Division of Career and Technical Education Fund Account shall be construed to be income of the fiscal year in which the reimbursements were received.
AR Code § 19-4-1901 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 19 - Federal Grants and Aids|§ 19-4-1901. Submission of requests

 (a) Requests for federal funds for grants, aids, reimbursement, and direct or indirect cost reimbursement plans, other than research grants, originated by a state agency other than a state institution of higher education shall be submitted to the Department of Finance and Administration prior to their submission to the granting source.  (b) Excepting the provisions of § 19-4-1907, the remainder of this subchapter shall not be applicable to state institutions of higher education.
AR Code § 19-4-1902 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 19 - Federal Grants and Aids|§ 19-4-1902. Preliminary or informal proposals

 Preliminary or informal proposals which do not commit personnel, space, facilities, or state funds may be submitted directly to the granting source. However, when the grant requested, if approved, would result in the commitment of state personnel, space, facilities, equipment, or funds, or the program to be proposed by the state agency with the resources from the federal grant has not received specific legislative authorization through an appropriation or specific enabling legislation, the requesting agency shall notify, in writing, the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration that such preliminary or informal proposal is being made and shall briefly describe it.
AR Code § 19-4-1903 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 19 - Federal Grants and Aids|§ 19-4-1903. Evaluation report

 Each request submitted to the Department of Finance and Administration shall be accompanied with an evaluation report prepared by the state agency that includes information as follows, but not necessarily limited thereto:   (1) A description of the purpose of the program;  (2) An explanation of the relationship of the program or plan to the agency's total program and why the program is needed;  (3) Its priority in the total program;  (4) A statement whether similar programs are being conducted, if known, or could be conducted in or by other agencies;  (5) An explanation of the effects of this program and the state's obligation, if any, to continue the program, and the level of continuance, in the event federal funds are curtailed;  (6) A statement of how the agency's programs and objectives would be affected if the request is not approved; and  (7) The amount of overhead payment anticipated from federal funds, and its adequacy, to reimburse the agency and central state services for actual indirect costs reimbursements.
AR Code § 19-4-1904 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 19 - Federal Grants and Aids|§ 19-4-1904. Receipt of funds

 (a) When any federal funds, grants, aids, or reimbursements, including unsolicited funds, are received by a state agency, the Department of Finance and Administration shall be notified on forms to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration.  (b) The department shall prescribe procedures for quarterly reporting information relative to grants, aids, reimbursement, and direct or indirect cost reimbursement plans, and research grants and aids for the institutions of higher education.
AR Code § 19-4-1905 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 19 - Federal Grants and Aids|§ 19-4-1905. Research grants

 The Department of Finance and Administration shall prescribe procedures for reporting information relative to federal research grants and aids for the colleges and universities.
AR Code § 19-4-1907 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 19 - Federal Grants and Aids|§ 19-4-1907. Quarterly reports

 (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall file quarterly reports with the Legislative Council itemizing and summarizing all contracts or agreements entered into by the Governor with the United States Government, or any agencies or instrumentalities thereof, whereby the State of Arkansas is to participate in any program involving the expenditure of federal funds. These reports shall be filed, whether or not state funds are obligated in connection therewith, with respect to new federal programs or expansions of existing federal programs which were not in existence or which were not implemented by state participation, at the time of the adjournment of the regular session of the General Assembly and entered into prior to the convening of the next regular session of the General Assembly.  (b) The report shall list, with respect to each such contract or agreement:  (1) A brief statement of the purposes of the agreement;  (2) The amount of federal funds to be expended thereunder;  (3) The amount of any state matching funds required in connection with such program, if any;  (4) The name of the agency that will administer the program; and  (5) Such additional information as will enable the members of the Legislative Council to determine the nature and purposes of the agreement.
AR Code § 19-4-1908 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 19 - Federal Grants and Aids|§ 19-4-1908. Review and continuance of programs

 (a) The Legislative Council shall review the quarterly reports filed by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration as required in this subchapter. The Legislative Council shall submit such findings and recommendations to each succeeding regular session of the General Assembly for enabling legislation to implement, restrict, or prohibit the state's participation in any such new federal program or expanded federal program which was implemented by contract or agreement entered into by the Governor subsequent to the adjournment of the preceding session of the General Assembly.  (b) In the event the next regular session of the General Assembly shall fail to prohibit or restrict the state's participation in any new or expanded program implemented by contract or agreement signed by the Governor with the United States Government during the interim since the immediately preceding regular session of the General Assembly, then the state may continue to participate in the federal program. On the other hand, if the General Assembly shall restrict or prohibit the state's participation in any new or expanded federal program implemented by contract or agreement subsequent to the last regular session, then it shall be unlawful for the state to continue to participate in or to expend any state funds in connection with any such program. All contracts or agreements entered into by the Governor or any agency of the state acting under authority of the Governor shall be void and the state's participation therein shall cease upon the adjournment of the General Assembly, or at such later date if a later date for the termination of the state's participation therein has been prescribed by law.
AR Code § 19-4-2001 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 20 - Losses and Recoveries|§ 19-4-2001. Notice and proof of loss

 It shall be the duty of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State to give notice and make proof of loss to, and demand payment of, the surety of any bond executed by any state officer or employee in which the audit report by the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee of the records and accounts shows that such officer or employee and his or her surety may in any way be liable.
AR Code § 19-4-2002 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 20 - Losses and Recoveries|§ 19-4-2002. Payment of loss

 (a) Within a reasonable time after the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State has given notice and made proof of loss and demand for payment as prescribed in this subchapter, the surety shall make payment to the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State of the amount so found to be due. The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall forthwith transmit the amounts so received to the Treasurer of State with instructions to credit it to the fund, fund accounts, or accounts entitled to such funds.  (b) If the amounts so recovered are funds that are not required by law to be deposited into the State Treasury, then the funds shall be transmitted by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State to the agency to which the recovered funds belong, with instructions to credit it to the accounts entitled to such funds.
AR Code § 19-4-2003 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 20 - Losses and Recoveries|§ 19-4-2003. Legal action

 In the event any surety shall fail or refuse to pay over the amounts so found to be due, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall give notice of the failure or refusal to the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall immediately take such legal action as shall be necessary to collect the amount so found to be due from the officer or employee and his or her surety.
AR Code § 19-4-2004 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 20 - Losses and Recoveries|§ 19-4-2004. Auditor's testimony

 (a) In all criminal or civil actions brought as the result of the findings set forth in an audit report, the auditors making the audit shall give testimony upon request of the proper officers of the court and otherwise make their services available in the prosecution of any action.  (b) Auditors shall not be entitled to witness fees for giving testimony.
AR Code § 19-4-2101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 4 - State Accounting and Budgetary Procedures|Subchapter 21 - State-Funded Expenses of Constitutional Officers|§ 19-4-2101. Definition

 For purposes of this subchapter the term “constitutional officers” means the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Commissioner of State Lands.