City, County & Local Affairs Committee - Senate

This bill is is one that is a really particularly need today and the and that's a for folks in my district but it shouldn't shouldn't have any impact on anyone else so if you all remember if you're part of this committee back in two thousand nineteen we had a bill that we had to had to tweak to make some changes work with Municipal League in order to to enable holiday islands take a vote to decide to become a municipality city or not and and they have since then have that boat the problem is that the current law requires that the worker from census numbers in order to get to turn back funds well the clearly we don't have census numbers yet and we're not likely that substances numbers until until in the fall and so what this allows is for the treasury to the to go off from a number estimate provided by GIS in order to do so does someone work with the Municipal League to get language but together working GIS make sure it's something they can do the treasures department to to make sure it's something they can do it doesn't mean any additional money from the state it just means that the money that would normally have have gone to the county what's the county judge has allocate some of that money for holiday Allen anyway will now go to the The New that community mentality of all the island. I'm happy to answer any questions real simple simple little bill. Our committee for the bill anyone have any questions. Senate anyone in the audience would like to come speak for against the bill. If not I would we have a motion motion do pass and a second any discussion. All those in favor. All opposed. Resolutions center around thank you very much committee. March next item on the agenda is a centre Johnson. Senate bill four fifty two. Mr chairman I would I would like to hold for fifty two and four fifty four took Tuesday if possible. The card thank you Sir will go into that we have a a House Bill. I represented Bryant. See you run that sentry to. Third if you want to go into the table. The house bill thirteen twenty eight. Thank you Mr chair a committee in two thousand sixteen Amendment ninety five was passed to change the county officer positions from two year to four year terms and this is the clean up building found a few places in statute that didn't match up with that so there's no substantive change just brings the code in line with what the Amendment did to the constitution to make sure they're all on the same page so I would be happy to answer questions. Our committee heard an explanation the bill in question. Committee. Anyone here would like to speak for against the bill. Saying no is there a motion. I have a motion center Hendren do pass a second center Sullivan. In discussion. All those in favor say aye. All opposed. Graduation rate thank Mr the Committee. House Bill ten thirty six. Sent of Tosh you have one that Senator Wallace. The you're recognized present House Bill. Ten thirty six. Sure center Dave Wallace district twenty two. Good morning members Mr chairman. This bill simply makes it tougher for any county official this think about going to the dark side Senator walls yes I didn't route you could could you pull that Mike a little closer. Thank you Sir hello yes good that's better do it members this bill is pretty simple bill just makes a little bit tougher. For a county official that's thinking about going to the dark side which we had cricket county. it requires that when you're doing pay row. That within thirty days you have to share that information with your county judge your county Clerk in your county treasurer so there's more eyes looking at Payroll taxes retirement system contributions. This is. Is this was brought the to me by the association of counties. And I am open for questions all right we have a question Johnson you're recognized thank you Mr chairman. Senator Wallace of average here for the the other bill and I'm glad dollar clean this up the only question I have is has there been a problem. where the. The proper withholding everything taxes was not done or was it just that the other official just plain didn't know about it but I guess what I wanna make sure this proper withholding was done on those employees during that time in question you know I mean it's he could have done it rights and not told anybody but I'm curious if that's where the shall we say the leak Wallace well it in this situation actually stole money I'm sure in that said Leah put that out of talking in the league in with the old system. He was he was only required to submit that the state with no other eyes from the county to verify any of our county judge or other county officials with patients to see that they would probably know something was wrong so it applies is weaker III close that door a little bit more so it is for all I know it was a quarterback one point four million dollars or something then I thank one point six then right it was a lot of money and I'll be sure to it might of potentially mitigated that down to a lesser map that will be called earlier yes that we that thank you senator thank you Mr. Any other questions from committee members. Anyone the artist like to speak for against this bill. Sing nine we have a motion. I have a motion by Senator Rice do pass second by Senator Sullivan any discussion. All those in favor say aye. All opposed. Regulations Wallace thank you Mr chairman. Represented Johnson. Here for house bill twelve twenty eight. I believe the center Davis is carrying that bill. I wish people that go to House Bill thirteen thirty one. Per cent percent to million you can island that says walls. Yes Sir our server the nicest present the bill thank you Sir. Sure this is this is a bill that the only substantial change in this bill is that the city council can now call a special election if it chooses on the positions of Marshall recorder or treasurer or recorder treasurer when is a vacancy this the terms of purely optional so the county may still appoint. The the vin fill the vacancy as I've always done or they now have the option to call elections. In this section one through three consolidates cities of the second class will fill vacancies in these elected offices. And Mr chairman up stand open for questions. All right committee any questions from committee members. Anyone in the audience. Mr whiny. Richmond. You will come to the in the table again for yourself. State who you're with. Yes monies Laney Richmond legal counsel the Arkansas Municipal League this is a bill that's cleaning up some provisions for some of our members and it's this one everything's very positive in pretty non controversial things any questions I'd be happy to answer. Anyone have any questions. Per se nine thank you. Thank you anyone else in the audience would like to speak. Sing nine we have a motion. Senator Johnson motion do pass second by Senator sobre. In discussion all those in favor say aye All opposed. Installations and Wallace thank you Mr chairman thank you members. Anyone else here has a building need to present. We started this out thank you will be about three hours.