Sanders Provides Additional Funding for Severe Storms and Flooding on January 22, 2024

• May 29, 2026

Sanders Provides Additional Funding for Severe Storms and Flooding on January 22, 2024

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME - GREETINGS:

E.O. 26-09:​ EXECUTIVE ORDER AMENDING DR 24-02 TO PROVIDE FUNDING, AS AUTHORIZED BY ARK. CODE ANN. § 12-75-114, FROM THE GOVERNOR'S DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY FUND

WHEREAS:​ ​On January 22, 2024, severe storms and flooding occurred in Arkansas and caused danger, hardship, and suffering throughout the state, which warrants this executive action;

WHEREAS: ​Adverse circumstances have been brought to bear upon citizens and public properties in Arkansas; and

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

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 DR 24-02 (dated May 6, 2024) to authorize funding in the amount of $439,613.26 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 on this 28^th day of May, in the year of our Lord 2026.

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