AR SB249

Appropriates $5,000,000 to the Department of Education for the Positive Youth Development Grant Program for fiscal year 2013-2014, payable from the General Improvement Fund.

Program authorization derives from Arkansas Code 6-5-901 through 6-5-906.

Restricts obligations and contracts to available State Treasury funds, but allows recipient institutions 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.

Declares emergency effective date of July 1, 2013, citing constitutional prohibition on appropriations exceeding one year and necessity for immediate agency operation.