AR HB1446

Appropriates $250,000 to the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016 for feral hog eradication efforts.

Funds are payable from the Game Protection Fund and cover personal services, operating expenses, and grants related to feral hog eradication.

Requires strict compliance with State Procurement Law, General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, Revenue Stabilization Law, Regular Salary Procedures and Restrictions Act, and other applicable fiscal control laws.

Specifies that funds must be disbursed in accordance with Agency Requests, Executive Recommendations, and Legislative Recommendations documented in budget manuals and legislative meeting minutes.

Declares an emergency effective July 1, 2015, citing the constitutional one-year appropriation limit and the essential nature of the funding for agency operations.