| 3 | 2 | | *CRH237* 03/11/2025 10:02:36 AM CRH237 |
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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 1740 3 |
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| 8 | 7 | | By: Representatives K. Moore, Breaux, C. Cooper, Cozart, Hall, Jean, Lynch, McNair, J. Moore, Puryear, 5 |
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| 9 | 8 | | Richmond, Steele, Unger, Vaught, Walker, D. Whitaker 6 |
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| 10 | 9 | | By: Senator Crowell 7 |
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| 11 | 10 | | 8 |
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| 12 | 11 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 9 |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING AGRICULTURE; TO 10 |
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| 14 | 13 | | EXEMPT CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION FROM THE 11 |
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| 15 | 14 | | FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; AND FOR OTHER 12 |
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| 16 | 15 | | PURPOSES. 13 |
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| 18 | 17 | | 15 |
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| 19 | 18 | | Subtitle 16 |
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| 20 | 19 | | TO EXEMPT CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL 17 |
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| 21 | 20 | | INFORMATION FROM THE FREEDOM OF 18 |
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| 22 | 21 | | INFORMATION ACT OF 1967. 19 |
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| 24 | 23 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21 |
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| 26 | 25 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 2, Chapter 33, Subchapter 1, is amended 23 |
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| 27 | 26 | | to add an additional section to read as follows: 24 |
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| 28 | 27 | | 2-33-117. Exemption from disclosure. 25 |
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| 29 | 28 | | The following items received by or in the custody of the Department of 26 |
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| 30 | 29 | | Agriculture are not public records and are exempt from examination or 27 |
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| 31 | 30 | | disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25 -19-101 et seq.: 28 |
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| 32 | 31 | | (1) A certificate of veterinary inspection as defined in § 2 -40-29 |
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| 33 | 32 | | 801; and 30 |
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| 34 | 33 | | (2) Personal information obtained from or associated with any 31 |
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| 35 | 34 | | animal electronic identification tag. 32 |
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