HB1600 Summary

• Appropriates $15,000,000 to the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission from the General Improvement Fund for construction, repairs, equipment purchase, land acquisition, fees, administrative costs, operating expenses, improvements, professional fees, and grants or loans.

• Allows the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission to adopt new rules and regulations to implement the appropriations without being restricted by requirements applicable to other programs.

• Permits the agency to supplement state funds with grants, donations, Federal funds, and unobligated cash income, but prohibits using existing maintenance and operations funds for these appropriated purposes.

• Requires strict compliance with state purchasing law, accounting procedures, revenue stabilization law, and fiscal control regulations in disbursing appropriated funds.

• Establishes an emergency effective date of July 1, 2013, citing the constitutional limitation on appropriations to one-year periods and the necessity for immediate agency operations.