| 3 | 2 | | *JLL261* 03/05/2025 9:59:44 AM JLL261 |
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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 378 3 |
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| 8 | 7 | | By: Senator Crowell 5 |
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| 9 | 8 | | By: Representative Cavenaugh 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 REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE ARKANSAS 9 |
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| 13 | 12 | | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SUBMIT A QUARTERLY 10 |
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| 14 | 13 | | REPORT CONCERNING THE TRAINING ACTIVITIES OF THE 11 |
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| 15 | 14 | | ARKANSAS INDUSTRY TRAINING PROGRAM; 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 REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE 17 |
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| 21 | 20 | | ARKANSAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION 18 |
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| 22 | 21 | | SUBMIT A QUARTERLY REPORT CONCERNING THE 19 |
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| 23 | 22 | | TRAINING ACTIVITIES OF THE ARKANSAS 20 |
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| 24 | 23 | | INDUSTRY TRAINING PROGRAM. 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 ยง 6 -50-102(b), concerning training activities 25 |
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| 29 | 28 | | under the Arkansas Industry Training Program, is amended to read as follows: 26 |
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| 30 | 29 | | (b)(1) Permissible training under subsection (a) of this section 27 |
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| 31 | 30 | | includes without limitation: 28 |
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| 32 | 31 | | (A)(1) Upgrading skills and abilities of workers to 29 |
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| 33 | 32 | | operate modern, more sophisticated equipment; 30 |
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| 34 | 33 | | (B)(2) Providing workers with skills needed for initiating 31 |
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| 35 | 34 | | more modern processes and using more sophisticated materials; and 32 |
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| 36 | 35 | | (C)(3) Other situations which create a technical -upgrade 33 |
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| 37 | 36 | | training need of employees. 34 |
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| 38 | 37 | | (2) The commission shall prepare a quarterly report detailing 35 |
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| 39 | 38 | | its training activities and submit that report to the Governor and the 36 SB378 |
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| 42 | 41 | | Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint 1 |
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| 43 | 42 | | Budget Committee. 2 |
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