SB61 Summary

• Establishes maximum of 1,899 regular employees for University of Arkansas - Division of Agriculture for fiscal year 2022-2023, with specified salary ranges by position category including faculty, administrative staff, and support personnel

• Authorizes up to 700 part-time or temporary "Extra Help" employees at rates not exceeding those in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act

• Appropriates $76,190,026 from University of Arkansas Fund for regular salaries ($53,000,000), extra help, overtime, personal services matching, and operating expenses

• Appropriates $89,562,880 from cash funds for salaries, extra help, operating expenses, conferences and travel, professional fees, capital outlays, and capital improvements

• Restricts sale of Pine Tree Research Station in St. Francis County to non-profit corporations organized for at least 5 years with primary mission to keep land open to public for fishing, hunting, biking, bird watching, and hiking; exempts row crops cultivated in 2020 from public use requirements; provisions effective July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023