Representative Nate Bell
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So with that, I'll take any questions. If not,
That has a limiting factor on the number of times that they avoid going to work. That's the primary reason they assess it. No one is denied access to care if they can't pay the fee. It simply becomes a lien against their future commissary balance. This bill does allow them statutorily to go up to $5. They have told me that they have no intention of doing so, but that they wanted that authority where they didn't have to come back and revisit it in the future if they needed to do that.
This bill passed the Senate 32 to 1. This is kind of an outgrowth for those of you that attended some of the rules and regs committee meetings over the last year and heard Senator Malone frequently state how important he believed it was to get in statute some of the fees that were being assessed and also to comply with the 2009 statute that was passed. These agencies are bringing forward their fees that they're currently assessing to make certain that they have statutory authority to do so. The Department of Corrections currently assesses a $3 fee on an inmate who makes a sick call.
next time. This is also a Department of Corrections bill carrying for Senator Pierce once again.
back to my seat. That way I'd vote for my own bill
This bill also passed the Senate 35 to 0. I'll be glad to take any questions. If nobody has any, I'd appreciate
you, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. I'm carrying this bill for Senator Pierce in the Senate and Department of Corrections. This bill would allow the Department of Corrections to take advantage of some sales and other things that are offered in some of the ag commodities that they purchase. It would also allow them, if they get a large order, to be able to respond to that promptly in the purchase of some of the commodities that they use in the process of producing some of the products that they produce.
cases, that's correct. Many of these young people are going into social work careers, et cetera. Thank you. I'd appreciate a good
I agree with you. And, again, this was exempted under federal law. Arkansas updated our code to match the federal law in 2006 with the other statutory exemptions that are included, and this was inadvertently left out of the law at that time. This is just simply bringing us back in line with
If they could get somebody to show up, that's correct. These are typically college students that work for the summer. They're provided their room and board. And they work, the issue is that they work many hours in the day because their days are very long, but their duties are infrequent. And these camps regularly deal with that issue. And they've historically been exempt. They've never been assessed. This bill passed the Senate 35 to 0. Well, it doesn't
are in line with the federal law currently, there is no restriction. So you're saying that these people could
They are currently exempted under federal law, but we don't have any provision in state law that
So without belaboring the point, I'd appreciate a good vote. If anybody has any questions, I'll be
are six of these camps in the state of Arkansas.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This bill is pretty simple. Back in 2006, we passed a law to align with the federal law and inadvertently excluded our nonprofit camps that are included in the federal law. Our current state law is in line with the federal law except for these nonprofit camps.
of the governor to call out the National Guard or otherwise address the police, or is this simply dealing with the rights of citizens to keep and bear arms?
do that. I'll make a motion table. Mr. Chair, tabling's going to deny him control of
I'm just into the table, but I'm still
for waivers for several people based on what up my knowledge of the recent history but
contact you or anything no ma'am as I said it's been made pretty clear on the record that they don't intend to allow this
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