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| 5 | 4 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 6 | 5 | | 94th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 7 | 6 | | Regular Session, 2023 HOUSE BILL 1517 3 |
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| 8 | 7 | | 4 |
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| 9 | 8 | | By: Representatives Andrews, Barker 5 |
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| 10 | 9 | | By: Senator Stone 6 |
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| 11 | 10 | | 7 |
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| 12 | 11 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT TO SEPARATE T HE OFFICES OF SHERIF F AND TAX 9 |
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| 14 | 13 | | COLLECTOR IN OUACHIT A COUNTY; TO CONSOLI DATE THE 10 |
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| 15 | 14 | | OFFICES OF TAX COLLE CTOR AND COUNTY TREA SURER IN 11 |
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| 16 | 15 | | OUACHITA COUNTY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12 |
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| 17 | 16 | | 13 |
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| 18 | 17 | | 14 |
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| 19 | 18 | | Subtitle 15 |
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| 20 | 19 | | TO SEPARATE THE OFFICES OF SH ERIFF AND 16 |
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| 21 | 20 | | TAX COLLECTOR IN OUACHITA COUNTY; AND TO 17 |
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| 22 | 21 | | CONSOLIDATE THE OFFICES OF TAX COLLECTOR 18 |
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| 23 | 22 | | AND COUNTY TREASURER IN OUACHITA COUNTY. 19 |
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| 26 | 25 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22 |
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| 27 | 26 | | 23 |
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| 28 | 27 | | SECTION 1. DO NOT CODIFY. 24 |
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| 29 | 28 | | (a) Effective January 1, 2026, the offices of sheriff and tax 25 |
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| 30 | 29 | | collector in Ouachita County, Arkansas, shall be separate offices. 26 |
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| 31 | 30 | | (b) Effective January 1, 2026, the offices of tax collector and 27 |
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| 32 | 31 | | treasurer in Ouachita County, Arkansas, shall be consolidat ed into one (1) 28 |
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| 33 | 32 | | office. 29 |
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| 34 | 33 | | (c) At the 2026 general election, the electors of Ouachita County 30 |
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| 35 | 34 | | shall elect both a sheriff and a tax collector -treasurer, and each officer so 31 |
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| 36 | 35 | | elected shall take office on January 1, 2027. 32 |
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| 37 | 36 | | (d) The sheriff and the tax collector -treasurer in Ouachita County 33 |
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| 38 | 37 | | shall each give bond for the faithful performance of their respective duties 34 |
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| 39 | 38 | | as provided by law. 35 |
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| 40 | 39 | | (e) The sheriff and the tax collector -treasurer of Ouachita County 36 HB1517 |
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| 45 | 44 | | shall each receive compensation that shall be determined by t he Ouachita 1 |
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| 46 | 45 | | County Quorum Court within the minimum and maximum compensation range 2 |
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| 47 | 46 | | prescribed by the General Assembly and shall hire deputies and have other 3 |
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| 48 | 47 | | allowances as prescribed by the Ouachita County Quorum Court. 4 |
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