AR SB490

Appropriates $100,000 to the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management from the General Improvement Fund for community grants supporting operating expenses, equipment, personal services, and emergency communications for search and rescue operations

Allows the appropriated funds to be supplemented with grants, donations, Federal funds, and unobligated cash income available to the department

Exempts the appropriation from standard program requirements but requires strict compliance with state purchasing, accounting, budgetary, and revenue stabilization laws

Establishes that funds must be disbursed in compliance with legislative intent as documented in budget manuals, agency requests, executive recommendations, and legislative council minutes

Declares an emergency clause making the act effective July 1, 2013, citing the constitutional one-year appropriation limit and essential operations of the agency