| 3 | 2 | | *SSS153* 02/25/2025 8:05:51 AM SSS153 |
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| 4 | 3 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 5 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 6 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1608 3 |
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| 7 | 6 | | 4 |
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| 8 | 7 | | By: Representative Rose 5 |
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| 9 | 8 | | By: Senator K. Hammer 6 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 7 |
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| 11 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 12 | 11 | | AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE MANAGEMENT OF 9 |
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| 13 | 12 | | PUBLIC RECORDS AND ARCHIVES; TO REQUIRE APPROVAL OF 10 |
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| 14 | 13 | | THE ARKANSAS STATE ARCHIVES PRIOR TO THE DESTRUCTION 11 |
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| 15 | 14 | | OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12 |
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| 16 | 15 | | 13 |
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| 17 | 16 | | 14 |
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| 18 | 17 | | Subtitle 15 |
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| 19 | 18 | | TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE 16 |
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| 20 | 19 | | MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC RECORDS AND 17 |
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| 21 | 20 | | ARCHIVES; AND TO REQUIRE APPROVAL OF THE 18 |
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| 22 | 21 | | ARKANSAS STATE ARCHIVES PRIOR TO THE 19 |
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| 23 | 22 | | DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS. 20 |
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| 25 | 24 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22 |
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| 26 | 25 | | 23 |
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| 27 | 26 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 13-4-204(a), concerning destruction of an 24 |
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| 28 | 27 | | original document, is amended to read as follows: 25 |
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| 29 | 28 | | (a) When any document is recorded by the means prescribed by § 13 -4-26 |
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| 30 | 29 | | 201, the paper original may be destroyed unless the document is over fifty 27 |
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| 31 | 30 | | (50) years old and handwritten or and has been determined to be of historical 28 |
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| 32 | 31 | | value by the Arkansas State Archives. 29 |
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| 34 | 33 | | SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 13 -4-301(b)(1), concerning retention and 31 |
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| 35 | 34 | | destruction of county records, is amended to read as follows: 32 |
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| 36 | 35 | | (b)(1) If a record is photographically or electronically transferred 33 |
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| 37 | 36 | | to other media of a permanent nature, the original documents may be 34 |
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| 38 | 37 | | destroyed, except that no handwritten records over fifty (50) years old shall 35 |
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| 39 | 38 | | be destroyed without the consultation and approval of the Arkansas State 36 HB1608 |
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| 42 | 41 | | Archives. 1 |
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