Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas Senate Bill SB600 Compare Versions

OldNewDifferences
11 Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
2-Act 771 of the Regular Session
3-*ANS470* 04-08-2025 10:54:58 ANS470
4-
5-State of Arkansas As Engrossed: S4/7/25 S4/8/25 1
2+*ANS470* 04/01/2025 1:09:40 PM ANS470
3+State of Arkansas 1
64 95th General Assembly A Bill 2
75 Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 600 3
86 4
97 By: Senator C. Tucker 5
10-By: Representative Gazaway 6
8+ 6
119 7
1210 For An Act To Be Entitled 8
1311 AN ACT TO REGULATE CONTRACTS; TO MANDATE CONTRACTUAL 9
1412 PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTS; TO CLARIFY PROPER 10
1513 JURISDICTION FOR CERTAIN CONTACTS; AND FOR OTHER 11
1614 PURPOSES. 12
1715 13
1816 14
1917 Subtitle 15
2018 TO REGULATE CONTRACTS; TO MANDATE 16
2119 CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN 17
2220 CONTRACTS; AND TO CLARIFY PROPER 18
2321 JURISDICTION FOR CERTAIN CONTACTS. 19
2422 20
2523 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21
2624 22
2725 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 4, Chapter 56, Subchapter 1, is amended 23
2826 to add an additional section to read as follows: 24
2927 4-56-108. Jurisdiction and venue requirements for certain contracts. 25
30- (a) Notwithstanding any contractual provision to the contrary, if an 26
28+ Notwithstanding any contractual provision to the contrary, if an 26
3129 Arkansas resident, while in this state, enters into a contract to purchase or 27
32-to finance a purchase of real or personal property in Arkansas in an amount 28
33-equal to or less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), then: 29
30+to finance a purchase of real or personal property in an amount equal to or 28
31+less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), then: 29
3432 (1) Arkansas law governs the transaction; and 30
3533 (2) Any litigation pertaining to a contract described under this 31
3634 section is subject to the jurisdiction of this state. 32
37- (b) This section only applies to personal property if the personal 33
38-property is used as a dwelling unit in Arkansas. 34
39- (c) As used in this section, "resident" means an individual only and 35
40-does not include a corporate entity. 36 As Engrossed: S4/7/25 S4/8/25 SB600
41-
42- 2 04-08-2025 10:54:58 ANS470
43-
44-
45-/s/C. Tucker 1
46- 2
47- 3
48-APPROVED: 4/17/25 4
49- 5
50- 6
51- 7
52- 8
53- 9
54- 10
55- 11
56- 12
57- 13
58- 14
59- 15
60- 16
61- 17
62- 18
63- 19
64- 20
65- 21
66- 22
67- 23
68- 24
69- 25
70- 26
71- 27
72- 28
73- 29
74- 30
75- 31
76- 32
7735 33
7836 34
7937 35
8038 36