AR HB1028

Appropriates $53,541 to the Arkansas Abstracters' Board for fiscal year 2015-2016, payable from the Abstracters' Examining Board Fund, for personal services and operating expenses.

Establishes one position (Abstracters' Board Secretary General, Grade C107) with regular salary of $8,927 and personal services matching of $7,047.

Allocates $12,567 for operating expenses, $25,000 for professional fees to contract independent or private investigators, with $0 for conference/travel, capital outlay, and data processing.

Prohibits board members from acting as investigators or performing investigative work; restricts professional fees to contracting outside investigators only from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.

Declares an emergency effective July 1, 2015, requiring compliance with State Procurement Law, General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, and other fiscal control laws of Arkansas.