Section 6-63-308 - Overtime for certain positions - Limitations(a)(1) The institutions of higher education are authorized to pay overtime, in critical circumstances, to those employees with job responsibilities subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., as existing on January 1, 2023.(2) The payment of overtime under this subsection shall not be considered as exceeding the line-item maximum salary for the position enumerated in the operative appropriation act for each institution.(b)(1) In no event, however, shall the total of all overtime payments for any institution except the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, also known as UAMS, exceed in any one (1) fiscal year an amount equal to two percent (2%) of the expenditures in the immediately preceding fiscal year for regular salaries for such institution.(2) The total of all overtime payments for UAMS shall not exceed in any one (1) fiscal year, an amount equal to three percent (3%) of the expenditures of UAMS in the immediately preceding fiscal year for regular salaries.Amended by Act 2023, No. 778,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2023.Acts 1983, No. 147, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-5603.