AR SB679

Appropriates $300,000 to the Department of Workforce Services from the General Improvement Fund for personal services and operating expenses for job counseling and workforce readiness training programs.

Targets veterans and other employment-challenged persons as recipients of the job counseling and workforce readiness training services.

Permits the department to accept and use grants, donations, and Federal funds to supplement the state appropriation, provided existing agency maintenance and operations funds are not diverted.

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

Establishes an emergency effective date of July 1, 2013, citing the state constitutional prohibition on multi-year appropriations and the essential nature of the funding to agency operations.