SB662 Summary

• Appropriates $50,000 from the General Improvement Fund to the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission for project grants.

• Funds may be used for construction, repairs, equipment purchase, land acquisition, and related costs for water and wastewater projects, levee repair, flood control, drainage, fire protection, and irrigation projects.

• Appropriations are not restricted by requirements applicable to other state programs, and new rules and regulations may be adopted to carry out the intent of the appropriations.

• Requires strict compliance with State Purchasing Law, General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, Revenue Stabilization Law, and fiscal control regulations unless specifically provided otherwise by law.

• Declares an emergency effective date of July 1, 2011, finding that the appropriation is essential to the operation of the agency.