HB1120 Summary

• Appropriates $17,009,245 to the Office of Attorney General Operations for fiscal year 2019-2020, including $10,651,174 for regular salaries for 142 maximum employees and $37,224 for extra help.

• Establishes separate appropriations for Crime Victims Reparations Program ($1,966,103 total), Medicaid Fraud Division - State ($674,986) and Federal ($1,862,203), and Cooperative Disability Investigation Program ($329,460).

• Authorizes the Attorney General to charge fees to governmental units to reimburse expenditures and deposit attorney fees as direct revenues to the State Central Services Fund.

• Permits the Attorney General to transfer up to $2,000,000 from unobligated cash funds from court orders or settlement agreements to the State Central Services Fund with Chief Fiscal Officer approval.

• Allows transfers between line items within the Operations Appropriation with approval from the Chief Fiscal Officer and prior review by the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee, effective July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020.