2016 - 2017 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT INST: 0150 U OF A MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS ACT#: 361 SECTION#: 42 CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST) AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION positions established from this pool and the source and duration of funds associated with the positions. (c) If the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences requests continuation of any "Clinical Expansion and Research Pool" position(s) as established herein during the next fiscal year, the position(s) must be requested as a new position(s) in the agency's budget request. (d) Determining the number of personnel to be employed by a state agency is the prerogative of the General Assembly and is usually accomplished by delineating the maximum number of personnel by identifying job titles and the maximum grade or salary attached to those titles. The General Assembly has determined that the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences could be operated more efficiently if some flexibility is given to that institution. That flexibility is being accomplished by providing a position pool in Subsection (a) of this Section and since the General Assembly has granted the agency broad powers under the growth pool concept, it is both necessary and appropriate that the General Assembly maintain oversight of the utilization of the position pool by requiring review of the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee in the utilization of the position pool. Therefore, the requirement of review by the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee is not a severable part of this section. If the requirement of review by the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee is ruled unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this entire section is void. The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2015 2016 through June 30, 2016 2017. Page 32
2016 - 2017 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT INST: 0150 U OF A MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS ACT#: 361 SECTION#: 42 CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST) AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION positions established from this pool and the source and duration of funds associated with the positions. (c) If the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences requests continuation of any "Clinical Expansion and Research Pool" position(s) as established herein during the next fiscal year, the position(s) must be requested as a new position(s) in the agency's budget request. (d) Determining the number of personnel to be employed by a state agency is the prerogative of the General Assembly and is usually accomplished by delineating the maximum number of personnel by identifying job titles and the maximum grade or salary attached to those titles. The General Assembly has determined that the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences could be operated more efficiently if some flexibility is given to that institution. That flexibility is being accomplished by providing a position pool in Subsection (a) of this Section and since the General Assembly has granted the agency broad powers under the growth pool concept, it is both necessary and appropriate that the General Assembly maintain oversight of the utilization of the position pool by requiring review of the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee in the utilization of the position pool. Therefore, the requirement of review by the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee is not a severable part of this section. If the requirement of review by the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee is ruled unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this entire section is void. The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2015 2016 through June 30, 2016 2017. Page 32
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