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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 270 3 |
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| 7 | 6 | | 4 |
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| 8 | 7 | | By: Senator Crowell 5 |
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| 9 | 8 | | By: Representative Wooldridge 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 FILING PERIODS 9 |
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| 13 | 12 | | OF CERTAIN NONPARTISAN SCHOOL BOARD AND MUNICIPAL 10 |
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| 14 | 13 | | CANDIDATES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 11 |
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| 16 | 15 | | 13 |
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| 17 | 16 | | Subtitle 14 |
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| 18 | 17 | | TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE FILING 15 |
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| 19 | 18 | | PERIODS OF CERTAIN NONPARTISAN SCHOOL 16 |
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| 20 | 19 | | BOARD AND MUNICIPAL CANDIDATES. 17 |
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| 22 | 21 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 19 |
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| 24 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 6 -14-111(e)(1)(B), concerning the candidate 21 |
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| 25 | 24 | | filing procedures for school board elections, is amended to read as follows: 22 |
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| 26 | 25 | | (B) During a one-week period beginning at 12:00 noon and 23 |
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| 27 | 26 | | ending at 12:00 noon ninety (90) days before a school election held in 24 |
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| 28 | 27 | | November. 25 |
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| 30 | 29 | | SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 14 -42-206(b)(1), concerning nominating 27 |
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| 31 | 30 | | petitions for municipal elections, is amended to read as follows: 28 |
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| 32 | 31 | | (b)(1) Any person desiring to become an independent candidate for 29 |
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| 33 | 32 | | municipal office in cities and towns with the mayor -council form of 30 |
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| 34 | 33 | | government shall file his or her petition during a one -week period beginning 31 |
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| 35 | 34 | | at 12:00 noon and ending at 12:00 noon ninety (90) days before the general 32 |
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| 36 | 35 | | election with the county clerk. 33 |
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| 38 | 37 | | SECTION 3. Arkansas Code § 14 -47-110(a)(2), concerning the election of 35 |
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| 39 | 38 | | directors in a city manager form of government, is amended to read as 36 SB270 |
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| 42 | 41 | | follows: 1 |
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| 43 | 42 | | (2) The petition mentioned in subdivision (a)(3) of this section 2 |
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| 44 | 43 | | supporting the candidacy of each candidate to be voted upon at any general or 3 |
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| 45 | 44 | | special election shall be filed with the city clerk or recorder during a one -4 |
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| 46 | 45 | | week period beginning at 12:00 noon and ending at 12:00 noon ninety (90) days 5 |
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| 47 | 46 | | before the election; 6 |
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| 49 | 48 | | SECTION 4. Arkansas Code § 14 -48-109(a)(4), concerning the election of 8 |
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| 50 | 49 | | directors and mayor in a city administrator form of government, is amended to 9 |
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| 51 | 50 | | read as follows: 10 |
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| 52 | 51 | | (4) The statement of candidacy and the petition for nomination 11 |
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| 53 | 52 | | supporting the candidacy of each candidate to be voted upon at any general or 12 |
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| 54 | 53 | | special election shall be filed with the city clerk or recorder during the 13 |
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| 55 | 54 | | one-week period beginning at 12:00 noon and ending at 12:00 noon ninety (90) 14 |
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| 56 | 55 | | days before the general election; 15 |
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