| 3 | 2 | | *JLL153* 01/30/2025 4:33:56 PM JLL153 |
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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 SENATE BILL 166 3 |
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| 7 | 6 | | 4 |
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| 8 | 7 | | By: Senator J. Dotson 5 |
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| 9 | 8 | | By: Representative Gazaway 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 EMERGENCY 9 |
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| 13 | 12 | | PROCUREMENTS; TO INCLUDE A STATE OF DISASTER 10 |
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| 14 | 13 | | EMERGENCY IN THE DEFINITION OF "CRITICAL EMERGENCY" 11 |
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| 15 | 14 | | FOR PURPOSES OF AN EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT; AND FOR 12 |
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| 16 | 15 | | OTHER PURPOSES. 13 |
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| 17 | 16 | | 14 |
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| 18 | 17 | | 15 |
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| 19 | 18 | | Subtitle 16 |
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| 20 | 19 | | TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMERGENCY 17 |
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| 21 | 20 | | PROCUREMENTS; AND TO INCLUDE A STATE OF 18 |
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| 22 | 21 | | DISASTER EMERGENCY IN THE DEFINITION OF 19 |
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| 23 | 22 | | "CRITICAL EMERGENCY" FOR PURPOSES OF AN 20 |
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| 24 | 23 | | EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT. 21 |
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| 26 | 25 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 23 |
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| 28 | 27 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 19 -11-233(b)(2), concerning emergency 25 |
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| 29 | 28 | | procurements under the Arkansas Procurement Law, is amended to read as 26 |
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| 30 | 29 | | follows: 27 |
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| 31 | 30 | | (2) As used in this subsection, “critical emergency” means : an 28 |
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| 32 | 31 | | (A) An emergency in which human life or health is 29 |
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| 33 | 32 | | imminently endangered ; or 30 |
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| 34 | 33 | | (B) A state of disaster emergency declared under § 12 -75-31 |
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| 35 | 34 | | 107. 32 |
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