Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas House Bill HB1102

Introduced

1/13/25

Refer

1/13/25

Report Pass

1/21/25

Engrossed

1/22/25

Enrolled

1/23/25

Refer

1/28/25

Report Pass

4/2/25

Enrolled

4/8/25

Chaptered

4/10/25

Passed

4/10/25

Caption

An Act To Make An Appropriation For State Turnback For Counties And Municipalities By The Office Of The Treasurer Of State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2026; And For Other Purposes.

Summary

HB1102 is the annual appropriation act for Arkansas state turnback funding for counties and municipalities for fiscal year 2025-2026. It authorizes the Office of the Treasurer of State to distribute specified amounts from the Municipal Aid Fund, County Aid Fund, and Property Tax Relief Trust Fund to cities and counties. The bill also provides appropriations for unanticipated special revenues, including proceeds from mineral, oil, and gas leases on federal military lands, and it continues the mechanism for short-term loans from the Budget Stabilization Trust Fund to help local governments manage early-year cash flow. In addition to the core appropriations, the bill carries forward several special provisions from prior years. These include the property tax relief distribution rules, the loan and repayment structure for local aid, the county share of funding for deputy prosecuting attorneys, and carry-forward procedures for unexpended county and municipal aid balances. The bill is structured as a one-year appropriation measure with an emergency clause, making it effective July 1, 2025, and limiting the provisions to the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

Impact

HB1102 affects Arkansas fiscal law by setting the annual spending authority and distribution framework for state turnback payments to local governments. It directs the Treasurer of State to distribute general revenue and special revenue to cities and counties, and it ties some distributions to existing statutory formulas in the Arkansas Code, including the Municipal Aid Fund and County Aid Fund formulas. The bill also temporarily extends special language governing property tax relief transfers, local government cash-flow loans, deputy prosecutor funding responsibility, and carry-forward of unspent aid, but only for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

Sentiment

The bill appears to have broad bipartisan support and little visible controversy. Recorded votes show overwhelming approval in both chambers, with several unanimous third-reading votes and one near-unanimous vote with only a single no vote. The absence of committee transcript discussion suggests the measure was treated as a routine budget appropriation rather than a contested policy bill.

Contention

There is little evidence of substantive disagreement in the available record. The only notable issues embedded in the bill are technical and fiscal: the size and timing of local aid distributions, the conditions under which property tax relief funds may be transferred, and the continued county contribution toward deputy prosecuting attorney costs. Any contention would likely center on budget allocation details or local government funding formulas, but the voting history indicates these matters did not generate significant opposition.

Latest AR HB1102 Activity

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Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

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