| 6 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 7 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 271 3 |
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| 8 | 6 | | 4 |
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| 9 | 7 | | By: Senator Crowell 5 |
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| 10 | 8 | | By: Representative Wooldridge 6 |
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| 12 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 13 | 11 | | AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A COUNTY CLERK'S 9 |
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| 14 | 12 | | CERTIFICATION OF SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES TO THE 10 |
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| 15 | 13 | | COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS; AND FOR OTHER 11 |
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| 16 | 14 | | PURPOSES. 12 |
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| 19 | 17 | | Subtitle 15 |
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| 20 | 18 | | TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A COUNTY 16 |
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| 21 | 19 | | CLERK'S CERTIFICATION OF SCHOOL BOARD 17 |
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| 22 | 20 | | CANDIDATES TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF 18 |
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| 23 | 21 | | ELECTION COMMISSIONERS. 19 |
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| 25 | 23 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21 |
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| 27 | 25 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 6 -14-111(j), concerning candidate filing 23 |
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| 28 | 26 | | procedures for school board elections, is amended to read as follows: 24 |
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| 29 | 27 | | (j) On the day after the deadline for candidates to file for a 25 |
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| 30 | | - | position on the board of directors by petition, the The county clerk of the 26 |
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| 31 | | - | county in which the school district is domiciled for administrative purposes 27 |
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| 32 | | - | shall certify to the county board of election commissioners the names of 28 |
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| 33 | | - | those candidates who are registered voters in the school district and the 29 |
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| 34 | | - | electoral zone, if applicable, and who have qualified for the ballot by 30 |
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| 35 | | - | petition: 31 |
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| 36 | | - | (1) On the date of the certification deadlines under § 7 -7-32 |
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| 37 | | - | 304(b) in even-numbered years for school elections held concurrently with a 33 |
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| 38 | | - | preferential primary election; or 34 |
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| 39 | | - | (2) On the date of the certification deadline under § 7 -5-203(b) 35 |
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| 40 | | - | in even-numbered years for school elections held concurrently with a general 36 As Engrossed: S3/3/25 S3/11/25 SB271 |
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| 47 | | - | /s/Crowell 3 |
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| 28 | + | position on the board of directors by petition date of the deadlines under § 26 |
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| 29 | + | 7-7-304(b)(1), the county clerk of the county in which the school district is 27 |
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| 30 | + | domiciled for administrative purposes shall certify to the county board of 28 |
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| 31 | + | election commissioners the names of those candidates who are registered 29 |
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| 32 | + | voters in the school district and the electoral zone, if applicable, and who 30 |
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| 33 | + | have qualified for the ballot by petition. 31 |
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