HB1004 Summary

• Reappropriates balances of capital improvement appropriations for 22 Arkansas higher education institutions effective July 1, 2016, including community colleges, technical colleges, and university system schools

• Allocates funding for construction, renovation, maintenance, equipment, technology upgrades, security enhancements, and library resources across multiple campuses

• Transfers $263,056 from the 90th Session Projects Account to the 89th Session Projects Account of the General Improvement Fund to cover inadvertently discontinued reappropriations

• Clarifies that Pulaski Technical College's ADA compliance funding for the Little Rock-West site also covers campus-wide modifications and that SAU-Tech's Auto Body Shop Building funding includes campus safety and technology upgrades

• Takes effect July 1, 2016 under emergency clause, with total reappropriations exceeding $60 million distributed among the institutions for various capital projects