Sanders Signs Executive Order Authorizing Additional Funds for Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes On or About March 14, 2024

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS COME - GREETINGS:

EO 26-06: EXECUTIVE ORDER AMENDING DR 24-03 TO PROVIDE FUNDING, AS AUTHORIZED BY ARK. CODE ANN. § 12-75-114, FROM THE GOVERNOR'S DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY FUND

WHEREAS: On March 14, 2024, severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding began and continued with such severity that executive action was warranted to alleviate hardship and suffering;

WHEREAS: Adverse circumstances have been brought to bear upon citizens and public properties in the State of 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 Proclamation DR 24-03 (dated May 6, 2024) to authorize funding in the amount of $118,070.95 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 5^th day of March, in the year of our Lord 2026.

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