EO 25 02: EXECUTIVE ORDER AMENDING DR 23 08 TO PROVIDE FUNDING, AS AUTHORIZED BY ARK. CODE ANN. § 12 75 114

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS COME - GREETINGS:

WHEREAS: On or about June 25, 2023, severe storms and straight-line winds struck Arkansas, causing dangers, hardships, and suffering throughout the state, which in turn, warrant this executive action;

WHEREAS: Adverse circumstances have been brought to bear upon citizens and public properties within the State of Arkansas;

WHEREAS: The affected political subdivisions require supplemental assistance from the state to recover from these losses; and

WHEREAS: DR 23-08 was signed on July 14, 2023, in response to these storms.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS, acting under the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Arkansas, and pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. §§ 12-75-101, et seq., do hereby amend Proclamation DR 23-08 (dated July 14, 2023) to provide funding in the amount of $548,279.79, to be obligated from the Governor's Disaster Response and Recovery Fund under the Public Assistance Program. Such funds will be used at the discretion of the Director of the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management to defray both program and administrative costs.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Arkansas to be affixed this 24^th day of January, in the year of our Lord 2025.