AR SB484

Appropriates $6,528,534 from the General Improvement Fund to the Arkansas Geographic Information Office for improvements and updating the digital orthography database.

Allocates funds for improvements, updating, and initiating parcel map automation of the statewide parcel map.

Allows the agency to supplement State Treasury funds with grants, donations including Federal funds, and unobligated cash income to finance project costs.

Requires strict compliance with State Purchasing Law, General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, Revenue Stabilization Law, and other applicable fiscal control laws in fund disbursement.

Declares an emergency effective July 1, 2011, citing constitutional restrictions on multi-year appropriations and the essential nature of the appropriations to agency operations.