SB13 Summary

• Appropriates $281,864 for the Office of the Secretary, including $221,420 for regular salaries and $60,444 for personal services matching.

• Appropriates $2,338,494 for State Operations, including $1,139,076 for regular salaries, $431,918 for personal services matching, and $516,000 for aid to county veterans' service offices.

• Appropriates $27,730,079 for Veterans' Homes operations from cash funds, including $8,005,689 in salaries, $900,000 for overtime, and $15,652,808 for operating expenses.

• Appropriates $15,000,000 in state matching funds and $30,000,000 in federal funds for construction, improvements, and equipment for a Northwest Arkansas State Veterans' Home.

• Appropriates additional funds for Veterans' Cemeteries ($826,870 cash; $1,220,026 state), Military Funeral Honors Program ($45,900), North Little Rock Cemetery expansion ($2,000,000 federal), and establishes contingency position pool with maximum $250,000 annual general revenue funding.