AR SB584

Appropriates $700,000 to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff from the General Improvement Fund for matching funds for 1890 Research and Extension Programs.

Prohibits contracts or obligations exceeding available State Treasury funds, but allows institutions to supplement with grants, donations, Federal funds, and unobligated cash income.

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

Specifies that funds must be used in compliance with stated reasons documented in budget manuals, letters, and legislative minutes relating to the bill's adoption.

Declares an emergency effective July 1, 2013, citing the one-year appropriation limit in the Arkansas Constitution and the need for immediate agency operation.