AR SB527

Appropriates $1,000,000 to the Department of Education - Educational Television Division from the General Improvement Fund for construction, renovation, maintenance, equipment, security enhancements, technology upgrades, and facility repairs, including grant matching.

Allows the division to accept and use grants, donations, federal funds, and unobligated cash income to supplement state treasury funds for project financing.

Requires strict compliance with state purchasing law, accounting procedures, revenue stabilization law, and fiscal control regulations in disbursement of funds.

Specifies that funds disbursed must comply with stated reasons for the appropriation as documented in budget manuals, letters, and legislative committee minutes.

Declares an emergency effective July 1, 2013, citing the constitutional one-year appropriation limit and essential need for immediate agency operations.