AR SB718

Appropriates $1,000,000 to Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas from the General Improvement Fund for technology upgrades and equipment.

Permits the college to supplement state funds with grants, donations, and Federal funds, and to use unobligated cash income to finance the project.

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

Specifies that appropriated funds must be used in compliance with agency requests, executive recommendations, and legislative recommendations documented in budget manuals and legislative minutes.

Declares an emergency clause with an effective date of July 1, 2015, citing the constitutional prohibition on appropriations extending beyond one year.