Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas House Bill HB1785 Latest Draft

Bill / Chaptered Version Filed 04/10/2025

                            Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law. 
Act 525 of the Regular Session 
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State of Arkansas     1 
95th General Assembly A Bill     2 
Regular Session, 2025  	HOUSE BILL 1785 3 
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By: Representative J. Moore 5 
By: Senator Hill 6 
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8 
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE MEMBERS OF A 9 
COUNTY DEPOSITORY BOARD; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 10 
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Subtitle 13 
TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE MEMBERS 14 
OF A COUNTY DEPOSITORY BOARD. 15 
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 17 
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 SECTION 1.  Arkansas Code ยง 19 -8-106(a)(1), concerning the county 19 
depository board, is amended to read as follows: 20 
 (a)(1)(A) The quorum court of each of the several counties shall by 21 
ordinance establish a county depository board. 22 
 (B) The county depository board is to be composed of the 23 
county judge, the county treasurer and county collector, or the sheriff when 24 
acting as ex officio tax collector, or those officials performing the duties 25 
of the above officials where an elective county office has been changed in 26 
accordance with Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 55. 27 
 (C)(i)  If the offices of county treasurer and county 28 
collector have been combined by law, the third member of the county 29 
depository board shall be one (1) of the other elected county constitutional 30 
officers as selected by the county quorum court. 31 
 (ii)  The county quorum court shall pass an ordinance 32 
selecting the third member of the county depository board under subdivision 33 
(a)(1)(C)(i) of this section. 34 
APPROVED: 4/10/25 35 
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