Representative Jim Nickels
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in mind... What does the Scripture say about suing folks? Well,
but I'm afraid if we just use anecdotal information or one incident to blanket all churches with immunity, it causes me a little bit of concern. May I respond to that? May I respond to that?
community and open up their place to vote. Of course, I don't know much about the facts as you just related them, but it sounds like an outcome that I would not have expected,
comfort level I just don't see a legal reason for having this mr. hammer can you give us a little bit more background on this one incident you're you have I'll be
find those accessible polling sites now when you are the election officials that are conducting the election I assume that they have an immunity based upon their their their public entities is that correct right so if if churches have not waived their charitable immunity and the people conducting the elections have immunity other than
Nichols Mr. Hammer you mentioned a particular incident that caused you to come up with this bill can you did that church had they waived their charitable immunity by opening up a polling their their church to as a polling location I mean, a church would have charitable immunity.
find as interesting the representative Bell but you know if this I guess if we pass it we
based upon the prices you've obtained from Lowe's I
zoning district we can certainly have that debate but so now you want us to legislate on the height of the fence
fence heights would interest somebody from MENA well
running the bill about the capital zoning district I mean I guess I'm just a little confused about why
any questions and a good vote represent Nichols why is a representative from Mena Arkansas
approval has to form now and some of the materials I think that we received from the Secretary of State or Ethics Commission it has forms in that book for certain candidates to utilize that as a Secretary of State will be developing comparable forms that the candidates can
I'm sure that the lawyers for the state of Arkansas will argue sovereign immunity unless there's some strong language in the statute itself that waives that. And I haven't seen that. So, Mr. Bell,
represent much that you recognize for
to court. Okay. Well, that's just a concern I have about the statute. I like the statute. I think it's something we need, but I don't want to see it knocked out on the constitutional grounds because of sovereign immunity, and I'm afraid that if the state gets hit with a 10% award that is extremely high,
waive sovereign immunity. Would you agree?
they called it Chancery Court, and I just have always wondered how, and I don't recall the statute itself trying to waive sovereign immunity, and since sovereign immunity is part of our Constitution, it's pretty hard to
I believe, did give a cause of action, and I think at that time
but I think the the act itself though my recollection of it I think it was passed in the early 90s,
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