TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS COME – GREETINGS: 

EO 24-16: EXECUTIVE ORDER AMENDING DR 23-04 TO PROVIDE FUNDING, AS AUTHORIZED BY ARK. CODE ANN. § 12-75-114, FROM THE GOVERNOR’S DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY FUND

WHEREAS: On or about March 1, 2023, severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding began and continued with such severity that executive action was warranted to alleviate hardship and suffering;

WHEREAS: DR 23-04 was signed on March 14, 2023, in response to these storms;

WHEREAS: Adverse circumstances have been brought to bear upon citizens and public properties within 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 23-04 to authorize funding in the amount of $61,769.13 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 18th day of October, in the year of our Lord 2024.