Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas House Bill HB1050 Latest Draft

Bill / Chaptered Version Filed 01/30/2025

                            Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law. 
Act 12 of the Regular Session 
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State of Arkansas     1 
95th General Assembly A Bill     2 
Regular Session, 2025  	HOUSE BILL 1050 3 
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By: Representative Tosh 5 
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8 
AN ACT TO SEPARATE THE OFFICES OF SHERIFF AND TAX 9 
COLLECTOR IN POINSETT COUNTY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 10 
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Subtitle 13 
TO SEPARATE THE OFFICES OF SHERIFF AND 14 
TAX COLLECTOR IN POINSETT COUNTY. 15 
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 17 
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 SECTION 1. DO NOT CODIFY. 19 
 (a)  Effective January 1, 2027, the offices of sheriff and tax 20 
collector in Poinsett County, Arkansas, shall be separate offices. 21 
 (b)  At the 2026 general election, the electors of Poinsett County 22 
shall elect both a sheriff and a tax collector, and each officer so elected 23 
shall take office on January 1, 2027. 24 
 (c)  The sheriff and the tax collector in Poinsett County shall each 25 
give bond for the faithful performance of their respective duties as provided 26 
by law. 27 
 (d)  The sheriff and the tax collector of Poinsett County shall each 28 
receive compensation that shall be determined by the Poinsett County Quorum 29 
Court within the minimum and maximum compensation range prescribed by the 30 
General Assembly and shall hire deputies and have other allowances as 31 
prescribed by the Poinsett County Quorum Court. 32 
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APPROVED: 1/30/25 35 
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