AR HB1483

Appropriates $1,000,000 from the General Improvement Fund to the Department of Human Services for grants providing after-school and summer literacy and nutrition services for at-risk children and youth.

Allows the Department to adopt new rules and regulations to carry out the appropriation without restriction by requirements applicable to other existing programs.

Permits the Department to accept and use grants, donations, and Federal funds to supplement the state appropriation for project financing.

Requires strict compliance with state purchasing, accounting, budgeting, revenue stabilization, and fiscal control laws in disbursing funds unless otherwise specified by law.

Declares an emergency effective July 1, 2013, citing the constitutional limitation on appropriations to one-year periods and the need for immediate funding to prevent harm to essential government programs.