AR SB584

Appropriates $100,000 to Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas from the General Improvement Fund for personal services, operating expenses, construction, improvements, equipment, renovation, and maintenance.

Prohibits contracts or obligations in excess of available State Treasury funds, but allows the institution to supplement with grants, donations, Federal funds, and unobligated cash income.

Requires strict compliance with State Purchasing Law, General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, Revenue Stabilization Law, and other applicable fiscal control laws and Department of Finance and Administration regulations.

Declares that funds must be disbursed in compliance with stated reasons for the appropriation as documented in budget manuals, letters, and official legislative meeting minutes.

Establishes an emergency effective date of July 1, 2011, citing the constitutional restriction on appropriations exceeding one year and the need for immediate operational funding.