AR SB413

Appropriates $10,000,000 to the Department of Education - Arkansas School for the Deaf from the Development and Enhancement Fund for maintenance, renovation, equipping, construction, acquisition, improvement, upgrade, and repair of real property and facilities.

Authorizes the school to accept and use grants, donations, Federal funds, and unobligated cash income to supplement State Treasury funds for financing capital improvement projects.

Prohibits use of maintenance and general operations appropriations for the purposes authorized in this act.

Requires strict compliance with State Purchasing Law, General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, Revenue Stabilization Law, and other applicable fiscal control laws in disbursement of funds.

Declares an emergency effective July 1, 2019, citing the constitutional requirement that appropriations cover no more than one year and the essential need for agency operations.