AR SB542

Appropriates $1,252,680 from the General Improvement Fund to Northwest Arkansas Community College for energy conserving critical maintenance projects.

Permits the college to supplement state funds with grants, donations, federal funds, and unobligated cash income to cover full project costs.

Requires compliance with state purchasing law, accounting procedures, revenue stabilization law, and Department of Finance and Administration regulations in fund disbursement.

Restricts use of other maintenance and general operations appropriations for the purposes funded by this act.

Declares an emergency effective date of July 1, 2011, citing the state constitution's one-year appropriation limit and necessity for immediate agency operations.