HB 1013 Summary

• Reappropriates capital improvement fund balances to the Department of Arkansas State Police effective July 1, 2016, from multiple prior appropriation acts totaling approximately $133.7 million.

• Includes $9.2 million for fleet vehicle purchases, $10.8 million for ASP Troop L Headquarters in Lowell, and $3.2 million for ASP Troop F Headquarters in Warren.

• Allocates $70 million for replacement of 700 MHz repeater equipment and radios to comply with FCC narrowbanding mandates, plus $17 million for radio repeater infrastructure replacement on the Arkansas Wireless Information Network.

• Appropriates $3.9 million for centralized evidence storage facility construction and $12.9 million for microwave radio equipment replacement on AWIN.

• Declares an emergency clause making the act effective July 1, 2016, and requires all disbursements to comply with state purchasing and budgetary procedures laws.