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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 416 3 |
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| 8 | 7 | | By: Senator Irvin 5 |
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| 9 | 8 | | By: Representative M. Shepherd 6 |
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| 11 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 12 | 11 | | AN ACT TO REPEAL THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE 9 |
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| 13 | 12 | | GRANT PROGRAM; TO REPEAL THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE 10 |
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| 14 | 13 | | INFRASTRUCTURE FUND; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 11 |
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| 17 | 16 | | Subtitle 14 |
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| 18 | 17 | | TO REPEAL THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE 15 |
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| 19 | 18 | | INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM; AND TO 16 |
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| 20 | 19 | | REPEAL THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE 17 |
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| 21 | 20 | | INFRASTRUCTURE FUND. 18 |
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| 23 | 22 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 20 |
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| 25 | 24 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 15 -10-101 is repealed. 22 |
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| 26 | 25 | | 15-10-101. Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Grant Program. 23 |
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| 27 | 26 | | (a) There is created within the Department of Energy and Environment 24 |
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| 28 | 27 | | the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Grant Program to be administered by the 25 |
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| 29 | 28 | | Secretary of the Department of Energy and Environment. 26 |
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| 30 | 29 | | (b) The secretary has exclusive authority to award grants to public or 27 |
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| 31 | 30 | | private entities under the program to be used for construction, installation, 28 |
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| 32 | 31 | | and associated costs connected with the deployment of Level 2 and Level 3 29 |
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| 33 | 32 | | charging facilities. 30 |
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| 35 | 34 | | SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 19 -5-1273 is repealed. 32 |
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| 36 | 35 | | 19-5-1273. Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund. 33 |
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| 37 | 36 | | (a) There is created on the books of the Treasurer of State, the 34 |
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| 38 | 37 | | Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a miscellaneous 35 |
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| 39 | 38 | | fund to be known as the “Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund”. 36 SB416 |
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| 42 | 41 | | (b) The fund shall consist of: 1 |
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| 43 | 42 | | (1) General revenues authorized by law; 2 |
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| 44 | 43 | | (2) Moneys obtained from private grants or other sources that 3 |
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| 45 | 44 | | are designated to be credited to the fund; and 4 |
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| 46 | 45 | | (3) Any other revenues authorized by law. 5 |
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| 47 | 46 | | (c) The fund shall be used by the Secretary of the Department of 6 |
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| 48 | 47 | | Energy and Environment as provided in § 15 -10-101. 7 |
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