Senator David Wallace
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Committees
- Arkansas Legislative Council (ALC)
- City, County & Local Affairs Committee (Senate & House)
- Public Health Welfare & Labor Committee (Senate & House)
- State Agencies & Govt'l Affairs (Senate)
Recent Meetings
| Date | Committee | Speaking Time |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 2, 2021 | State Agencies & Govt'l Affairs (Senate) | 72s |
| Jan. 28, 2021 | City, County & Local Affairs Committee (Senate & House) | 55s |
| Jan. 19, 2021 | City, County & Local Affairs Committee (Senate & House) | 111s |
| Jan. 14, 2021 | — | 3s |
| Jan. 6, 2020 | Public Health Welfare & Labor Committee (Senate & House) | 22s |
| June 21, 2019 | Arkansas Legislative Council (ALC) | 39s |
Recent Transcript Excerpts
and reports, including a report of reduction in force at the rehabilitation services, which will eliminate 107 employee positions. Review of action items, including authority to pay three department secretaries above the maximum salary of their grade, as well as the continuation differentials labor market rates and pool positions I would be happy to answer any questions and I move to adopt the board at the appropriate
morning, Madam Chair. The personnel subcommittee of ALC met Tuesday, June 18th, and reviewed the items listed in the report. These include communication
Senator Wallace, you're recognized. Hello, ma'am. Could you give us a list of the ten counties that are struggling right now? Yes, sir. I'll be
you mr president my bill my amendment appreciate a good vote
this bill down. I agree, Mr. Chairman, and I'll be glad to pull it down and sit down and talk with my fellow senators and come up with something
i want to let our uh attorneys address that so
counties did not have the ability to remove a person for theft Well,
or individuals that have been incapacitated or individuals that have had a problem with perhaps an election result. and it just it it basically just gives the counties more power at the local level are you finished with it yes sir i'm
And when we dug into the law, the current law, there wasn't a mechanism to where you could actually discharge the county clerk. Now, we got lucky, and that individual resigned. But this bill helped clean that up. It gives the local government, county government, more authority to replace individuals that have done things like that
The situation that brought this bill to us nearly caused our county judge and Senator Sullivan and myself to demon run,
that? That's better. Good. Association of Counties brought this to me. It's a good bill. So we had a situation in Craighead County, Jonesboro, where we had massive theft.
I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS BILL HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ALCOHOL, ALTHOUGH
office and the quorum court will appoint that replacement to fill the remainder of the term And that's in accordance with Amendment 55. And page 5, line 4 is where most of that starts out. And with that, Mr. Chair, I'm prepared for questions. All right, committee, you've heard the, in fact, you've heard
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, FOR LET ME BRING THIS BILL
BACK IN FRONT OF THE COMMITTEE. MEMBERS, THIS BILL, WHILE IT HAS FIVE PAGES, REALLY MOST OF THE CHANGES that we're talking about are only on the last page and essentially this senate bill 20 merely sets forth the provision for a county quorum court to appoint a replacement county elected official when the office holder has already been suspended by the office by court from stealing funds in
or provisional employees can accrue leave now so that they're there on a temporary basis, so they couldn't, this would prevent them from getting catastrophic leave as well. So there's no accrued leave
the answer is the same. Yes, I really need to check with OPM, but I don't think that temporary
now. They can now, and we're going to cut them out. because they're temporary employees, I believe, is the intent behind that and not full-time state employees. Okay.
I believe it's excluding temporary employees from accessing the catastrophic leave. Is that currently the policy right now? No. So they can't access
there's a little bit of language that's contradictory in the current law, and this just expands it where General Assembly or other constitutional offices could set up their own catastrophically fund. Okay. And again, Mr. Chairman, there's no physical
Bills Discussed
| Bill | Title | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| SB20 | TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VACANCY, SUSPENSION, AND REMOVAL PROCEDURES FOR COUNTY ELECTIVE, COUNTY QUORUM COURT DISTRICT, AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS. | 5 |
| HB1025 | TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE TRAINING OF CORONERS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. | 3 |
| HB1211 | TO REQUIRE THAT RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS ARE PROTECTED DURING AN EMERGENCY; TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. | 3 |
| HB1262 | TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. | 3 |
| SB118 | TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM; AND TO ESTABLISH EXTRA HELP POSITIONS FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE INTERNSHIP … | 3 |
| SB123 | TO MODIFY THE LAW CONCERNING THE ELECTRONIC RECORDING COMMISSION. | 3 |
| SB172 | CONCERNING RECORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS KEPT BY THE STATE CRIME LABORATORY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. | 3 |
| SB227 | CONCERNING THE RESPECTIVE DUTIES OF THE PAROLE BOARD, THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, AND THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; … | 3 |
| SB59 | TO BE KNOWN AS THE "INTRASTATE FIREARMS PROTECTION ACT"; AND TO PREVENT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FROM REGULATING THE MANUFACTURE, … | 3 |
| SB76 | TO ESTABLISH AN EXCURSION TRAIN PERMIT; AND TO AUTHORIZE AN EXCURSION TRAIN PERMIT HOLDER TO SELL AND SERVE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. | 3 |
| HB1085 | THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR. | 2 |
| HB1121 | AN ACT TO CREATE CONSISTENT LANGUAGE FOR ALL STATE ENTITIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION STATE DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS, REGARDING … | 2 |
| SB179 | TO REQUIRE MAINTENANCE OF FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT INFORMATION FOR THE EFFICIENT OPERATION OF THE 911 EMERGENCY SERVICE SYSTEM. | 2 |
| SB32 | TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN PERMIT HOLDERS TO DELIVER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DIRECTLY TO A CONSUMER. | 2 |
| SB24 | CONCERNING THE DEFENSE OF A PERSON WITH THE USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE OR DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE. | 2 |
| SB228 | TO MAKE TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO STATUTES GOVERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION AND THE DIVISION OF COMMUNITY CORRECTION. | 2 |
| SB163 | TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS MILITARY AFFAIRS COUNCIL ACT; TO ESTABLISH THE MILITARY AFFAIRS GRANT PROGRAM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. | 2 |
| SB119 | TO AMEND THE UNIFORM ATTENDANCE AND LEAVE POLICY ACT; AND TO AMEND THE CATASTROPHIC LEAVE PROGRAM. | 2 |
| SB75 | TO AMEND THE PROVISIONS OF ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENTS 91 AND 101, TO PROVIDE THAT PROCEEDS MAY BE APPLIED TO MULTILANE … | 1 |
| SB183 | TO AMEND CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW; TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS OR CARRYOVER FUNDS TO PAY FOR AN ETHICS … | 1 |
| SB188 | TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING POLLING PLACES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTIONEERING. | 1 |
| SB217 | AN ACT TO CLARIFY, CREATE ACCOUNTABILITY AND UNIFORMITY FOR, AND SIMPLIFY ABSENTEE BALLOT PROCESSES; TO ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST LAW ENFORCEMENT … | 1 |
| SB73 | TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO CABINET-LEVEL DEPARTMENTS; TO PROVIDE FOR STATE ENTITY TRANSFERS; AND TO AMEND DEFINITIONS. | 1 |
| SB230 | TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VOTING ASSISTANCE FOR VOTERS WITH DISABILITIES. | 1 |
| HB1117 | CONCERNING THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION INMATE FARM FUND. | 1 |
| HB1153 | TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS EMERGENCY SERVICES ACT OF 1973 CONCERNING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. | 1 |
| HB1202 | TO AMEND ELECTION LAWS; TO AMEND PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTIONS; AND TO REQUIRE PUBLICATION OF SAMPLE BALLOTS ON AN INTERNET … | 1 |
| SB241 | TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SALE OF STATE LAND; TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS TO SELL STATE LAND; AND TO … | 1 |
| HCR1004 | CONCERNING THE CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY VESTED IN THE PEOPLE, THE STATES, AND THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. | 1 |
| SB275 | AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REAPPROPRIATION. | 1 |