Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas House Bill HB1461 Compare Versions

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3	3	State of Arkansas 1
4	4	95th General Assembly A Bill 2
5	5	Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1461 3
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7	7	By: Representative L. Johnson 5
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10	10	For An Act To Be Entitled 8
11	11	AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE EVALUATION OF 9
12	12	NECESSITY OF VARIOUS COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS; AND FOR 10
13	13	OTHER PURPOSES. 11
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16	16	Subtitle 14
17	17	TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE 15
18	18	EVALUATION OF NECESSITY OF VARIOUS 16
19	19	COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS. 17
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21	21	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 19
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23	23	SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 25-1-106 is amended to read as follows: 21
24	24	25-1-106. Evaluation of necessity of various commissions and boards — 22
25	25	Definitions. 23
26	26	(a) For purposes of this section: 24
27	27	(1) “Constitutional board or commission” means the Arkansas 25
28	28	State Game and Fish Commission, the State Highway Commission, and all boards 26
29	29	or commissions charged with the management or control of all charitable, 27
30	30	penal or correctional institutions, or institutions of higher learning under 28
31	31	Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 33; and 29
32	32	(2) “State board or commission” means every state board, 30
33	33	commission, committee, council, task force, and similar entity created by the 31
34	34	General Assembly except: 32
35	35	(A) A constitutional board or commission; and 33
36	36	(B) An entity of the General Assembly. 34
37	37	(b) A state board or commission that has not convened a meeting or has 35
38	38	convened without a quorum for two (2) consecutive regularly scheduled meeting 36 HB1461
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41	41	dates within the preceding two -year period shall vote to elect a new chair 1
42	42	and vice chair. 2
43	43	(c)(1) A state board or commission or an advisory council that has no 3
44	44	powers or duties prescribed by law and that has not convened a meeting or has 4
45	45	convened without a quorum within the preceding two -year period shall be 5
46	46	abolished. 6
47	47	(2) Upon abolition of a state board or commission or an advisory 7
48	48	council under subdivision (c)(1) of this section, the controlling agency or 8
49	49	department of the board, commission, or advisory council shall report the 9
50	50	abolition to the Legislative Council before the next meeting of the 10
51	51	Legislative Council. 11
52	52	(c)(1) (d)(1) If a state board or commission has not convened a 12
53	53	regularly scheduled meeting or has convened without a quorum for four (4) 13
54	54	consecutive regularly scheduled meeting dates within the preceding two -year 14
55	55	period, the Joint Performance Review Committee shall reevaluate the purpose, 15
56	56	need, and effectiveness of the state board or commission. 16
57	57	(2) The Joint Performance Review Committee shall report its 17
58	58	findings and any recommendations concerning the existence of the state board 18
59	59	or commission to the Legislative Council no later than December 1 of each 19
60	60	even-numbered year and shall draft legislation to implement the 20
61	61	recommendations. 21
62	62	(d)(1) (e)(1) No later than August 1 of each even -numbered year, each 22
63	63	state board and commission shall provide the Joint Performance Review 23
64	64	Committee with a report of the regularly scheduled meeting dates for the 24
65	65	state board or commission for the previous two (2) fiscal years, including 25
66	66	the attendance record of each member and the number of meetings that were 26
67	67	convened. 27
68	68	(2) If a state board or commission, other than a constitutional 28
69	69	board or commission, has not submitted the report required in subdivision 29
70	70	(d)(1) (e)(1) of this section to the Joint Performance Review Committee by 30
71	71	August 1 of each even -numbered year, the authority of the state board or 31
72	72	commission may shall be suspended on August 1 of the even -numbered year by 32
73	73	the Joint Performance Review Committee at the next Joint Performance Review 33
74	74	Committee meeting, and the state board or commission may shall not take any 34
75	75	action, including the expenditure of funds, until the report required in 35
76	76	subdivision (d)(1) (e)(1) of this section is provided to the Joint 36 HB1461
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79	79	Performance Review Committee. 1
80	80	(3) If a state board or commission, other than a constitutional 2
81	81	board or commission, has not submitted the report required in subdivision 3
82	82	(d)(1) (e)(1) of this section to the Joint Performance Review Committee by 4
83	83	December 1 of the even -numbered year, the Joint Performance Review Committee 5
84	84	may shall direct the Bureau of Legislative Research to draft legislation 6
85	85	that: 7
86	86	(A) Abolishes the state board or commission upon sine die 8
87	87	adjournment of the next regular session of the General Assembly; 9
88	88	(B) Allows the reversion of all authority of the state 10
89	89	board or commission to the General Assembly or to the General Assembly's 11
90	90	designee; and 12
91	91	(C) Requires all funds, income, and revenue to revert to 13
92	92	the General Revenue Fund Account or other fund or account as provided by the 14
93	93	General Assembly. 15
94	94	(4) This section does not prohibit the General Assembly from: 16
95	95	(A) Abolishing a state board or commission, other than a 17
96	96	constitutional board or commission, that has submitted a report; or 18
97	97	(B) Considering any other legislation relative to a state 19
98	98	agency subject to this chapter. 20
99	99	(5) Except as otherwise provided, abolition of a state board or 21
100	100	commission does not affect rights and duties that mature, penalties that were 22
101	101	incurred, civil or criminal liabilities that arose, or proceedings that were 23
102	102	begun before the effective date of the abolition of the state board or 24
103	103	commission. 25
104	104	(e)(1) (f)(1) If a constitutional board or commission has not convened 26
105	105	a regularly scheduled meeting or has convened without a quorum for four (4) 27
106	106	consecutive, regularly scheduled meeting dates within the preceding two -year 28
107	107	period, the Joint Performance Review Committee shall reevaluate the purpose, 29
108	108	need, and effectiveness of the constitutional board or commission. 30
109	109	(2) The Joint Performance Review Committee shall report its 31
110	110	findings and any recommendations concerning the constitutional board or 32
111	111	commission to the Legislative Council no later than December 1 of each even -33
112	112	numbered year and may draft legislation to implement the recommendations. 34
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