HB1601 Summary

• Reappropriates balances of capital improvement appropriations for the Department of Arkansas State Police from Act 105 of 2016, effective July 1, 2017, totaling approximately $128.7 million from the General Improvement Fund.

• Allocates funds for fleet vehicle purchases ($7.2 million), construction of Troop L Headquarters in Lowell ($10.8 million), and Troop F Headquarters in Warren ($3.2 million).

• Appropriates $70 million for FCC 700 MHz narrowbanding compliance equipment and $12.9 million for microwave radio equipment replacement on the Arkansas Wireless Information Network (AWIN).

• Provides $1.64 million for information technology equipment and software, $3.88 million for centralized evidence storage facility, and $2.5 million for new radio repeater sites and critical infrastructure upgrades.

• Includes an additional $875,000 reappropriation from the State Police Fund for Troop L Headquarters construction and establishes that funds must comply with state purchasing, accounting, and budgeting laws with an emergency clause making the act effective July 1, 2017.