HB1333 Summary

• Appropriates $25,000,000 from the General Improvement Fund for maintenance, renovation, equipping, construction, and repair of Arkansas Agriculture Department real property and facilities, including professional services contracts for air tankers.

• Appropriates $10,000,000 for similar maintenance and improvement projects related to agricultural disasters, including personal services and operational expenses.

• Appropriates $847,200 for maintenance, renovation, equipping, construction, and repair of real property and facilities relating to County and District Fairs.

• Appropriates $13,800,000 as a low-interest loan grant to pay debts associated with the Arkansas Boll Weevil Suppression Eradication Act.

• Establishes disbursement controls requiring compliance with state purchasing and fiscal control laws, and declares the act effective July 1, 2015, on an emergency basis.