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Senate committee reorganizes governor’s disaster fund, doubles mitigation pot to $6 million
Summary
Committee approved HB1214 to combine and clarify response/recovery/catastrophic allocations and to increase mitigation funding from $3 million to $6 million; emergency management officials said the change improves flexibility and that catastrophic funds still require a state declaration (and federal declaration when applicable).
Lawmakers on the State Agencies committee moved a written cleanup to the state disaster fund and approved a $3 million increase to mitigation funding.
Senator Charles Beckham presented HB1214, and AJ Gary, director of the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management, explained the existing line-item structure: $2 million for response, $5 million for…
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