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Call the roll Ballenger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey hello Ingram Irvin Fite Johnson mark Johnson leading page Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan T. Tucker Wallace. Everyone in the gallery please stand up the centers please stand Senator Wallace good leaders and. Senator Wallace can lead to some personal thank you governor. Lord. Thank you this day for allowing us together here thank you lord for giving us the blessings you've given us. Lord please watch over a body have post that we make the right decisions what your family or loved ones lord god bless our law enforcement officers in the military Jesus nine I'm in. I pledge allegiance to the flag the. America two. One. Under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. The announcement C.. Senator sample recognized for the announcement thank you members of our doctor the day is doctor Jean Chevrier friend from hot springs emerge through doctor and make sure Garner hers welcome. Thank members with any other announcements to come before us. Anybody else madam secretary we have any items to be read across to this yes Sir will your committee on Iran Bills to whom was first Senate bill one twenty four by Senator Sturch December one twenty nine by Senator English per the enrolled copies with their it the original delivered to the governor at ten forty two AM for his approval. Where your committee on engrossed bills to whom was first Senate bill five by Senator sampled compare the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed. Where the. Okay retirement. When you committee on engrossed bills to whom was first Senate bill twenty three by Senator Blake Johnson compare the engrossed copy with the original funds and correctly engrossed insurance commerce. For your committee on grass Bills to whom was referred Senate bill one fifty nine by Senator eats compare the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed Education Committee on engrossed bills to whom was first Senate bill three oh nine by Senator Irving compare the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed insurance commerce committee on grass Bills to whom was referred house bill twelve twenty nine The Representative Bentley compare the engrossed copy with the original plan same correctly engrossed Texas Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill thirty fifty eight per cent of Barker compare the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed Judiciary. Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill thirteen fifty nine Senator marker compare the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed Judiciary. Senator Blake Johnson recommend to pass as amended number one. Calendar Committee on a primetime was referred house bill twelve seventy three by Representative Smith recommend to pass. Greenwood. Calendar. Committee on it was referred house bill thirteen fifteen by represented fault recommend to pass. Calendar committee on I am proud of him was for house bill twelve ten membership center Hillman recommend to pass as amended number one. Calendar Committee on city county local to whom was first Senate bill three eighty six by Senator Clark recommend to pass calendar Committee on city county to whom was first Senate bill two sixty three by Senator hammer recommend to pass as amended number two calendar Committee on city county to whom was first Senate bill three fifty seven by Senator Ballinger recommend to pass as amended number one calendar the committee on transportation rooms whom was referred Senate bill two twenty five by Senator Blake Johnson recommend to pass calendar committee on transportation to whom was referred Senate bill four six by Senator Chesterfield recommend to pass calendar committee on transportation to whom was referred house bill eleven fifteen or Senator Warhol recommend to pass the owner. Is there anything else. Thank you for the body at this time. Okay we'll move to the business agenda. Okay first item on the agenda is going to be SRH Center hammer Senate resolution eight by Senator hammer time March twenty twenty one American red cross month in Arkansas. Senator a recognized thank Mr president this is a. Thank knowledge when resolution and it's to declare March is the American red cross month in Arkansas. Branch founded in eighteen eighty one by clear Martin to serve the people in need the American Red Cross received the first congressional charter ninety nineteen hundred continue stay with transfer the United States government to provide service members the United States armed forces and their families to provide disaster relief in United states around the world I don't think I have to can thank you very long about the value of the red cross as far as it meeting the needs of the citizens of the state also those around the world serving in our armed forces and this is just a simple act to it knowledge your kindness and dedication of volunteers and the organization red cross so I just ask that you would join me passing Senate resolution and express your appreciation to the red cross as we do if you would please by giving them a round of applause thank you Mr president. Thank you Senator hamburger everybody's heard the presentation of the resolution all in favor say aye opposed motion carries. Thanks Sir next up will be Senator Stubblefield. Amendment one to House Bill twelve fifty one. Gross okay. You're recognized under. You just adopting the amendment. We're gonna come back to Senator Stubblefield. Senator Stubblefield I believe we haven't figured out you'll come back without a doubt the amendment. Are you present amendment. Yes Sir yeah my bill my amendment. Okay all favor the moment police say aye. He opposed by sending gross. Senator English. S. B. one forty seven. Senate bill one forty seven by Senator English German provisions of the Arkansas code concerning the Arkansas opportunity public school choice that and to amend provisions of the Arkansas code concerning the public school choice active twenty fifteen. Senator recognized thank you very much so basically this is a cleanup bill for the opportunity that school choice act changes in dates in here and some mechanisms for applying for a school choice. Okay members anyone have any questions. Anyone wanna speak for against the bill senator You closed. Is there any objection rolling vote. Please read the vote. Ballenger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Hey Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson mark Johnson leading page Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. City one way to change your vote. Hey C. N. nine by a vote of thirty forty eight zero may the bill is passed please transmit to the House. Three hundred. Ellery number of. Okay yes the. One forty seven. One seventy four I'm sorry one seventy four. Senate bill one seventy four by Senator Teague. Senator. Eighteen concerning the termination of active membership under the Arkansas teacher retirement system and amending the definition of normal retirement age. You're recognized thank you Mr president remembers this is a bill that you probably got some hate mail loan the teacher the teachers decided I was messing with their retirement and. for for at least a couple weeks I was the lowest life this will be in the in the Senate bill just ship we have. H.. This bill simply takes. Somebody that is sixty. Could you get close to the Mayak for events so they can hear you. I seldom too quiet and too loud or what so this bill You got a twenty eight years of service and be at least sixty years old and actually got to be ninety eight oh for the. Sixty eight eighty. Anyway this bill let you retire without taking the thirty days off If your age and your service add up to ninety eight done affect teachers and all that and it just really does people who who been working and our age total ninety eight years all entry questions hopefully they're not gonna be complicated or car the body having questions for standard TV. Anyone. Thank you anyone will speak for against the bill. See innocent you're close right center to any. Any direction throwing the vote. Okay here's anyone there's any objections. Barbara the vote please Ballenger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang aids Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey hill Ingram Irvin like Johnson mark Johnson leading page Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan T. Tucker Wallace is the one wish to change your vote. Please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty five eight zero nine eight U. pastor bill please transmit to the House cinder English Senate bill two ninety nine Senate bill ten ninety nine by Senator English to a man the Division of workforce services law related to disclosure of information. You're very much this is also a very simple bill it allows members relate to loud in here. Centering with. Thank you this bill basically just allows the department of workforce services to share its data so that we can use it for all longitudinal study. It anybody have any questions of Senator English. Senator. Centering the senator has question you want to ensure that. Thank you Mr chairman thank you senator English so I understand what you're trying to do my question. My question is about whether the information that shared with public officials can personally identify. The person. Okay and and that's that's what I thought the intent was but the language in here I just have a concern about that Senators entering that you're going to be at the mac this is all included by the labor department had gone through the labor department and no identifiable full information will be available. So nobody's in personal information is available. Okay all right thank you senator. L. seven questions. It will speak for against the bill. Are you closing during. R. their injections drawing the vote please read the vote. Ballenger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang aids Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson mark Johnson leading page Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Okay. Okay. Anyone wish to change your vote or vote or change their vote. Please cast of the ballot. By a vote of thirty four U. A. zero nays and one present the bill is passed please transmit to the House. Senator garner have a. Personal privilege centers are I I think we're so what Sir what reason a lot to discuss the volume of the microphones yes Sir I think there's a problem I decide because I've been back here in today it's something that just gets way low even when people ask questions I just wanted staff to look into that it's not the presenters is just something to with our IT systems one bring that to your work. Roberson you can hear this so if you can if you can work or just on it now it would be good thank you senator garner. Senator Johnson did you have a question we trying to get my attention. Mr resolve does say is that since rob provided me with this little device I've actually been able to hear. Don't think it would be an insult any of you to try it actually works I even carry it to the well so I can hear a question from senator taking in the far corner went on down there and and while it's not perfect it's a whole lot better than trying to get by without it I want to thank the staff in rob's specially this thank you Sir Johnson. Cideries are you ready to present you. Senate bill three thirty eight by Senator aids to amend the Arkansas tobacco products tax act of nineteen seventy seven and to provide a grace period to certain circumstances at a permitted business location. You're recognized injuries thank you Mr president colleagues sometimes when of a business is sold to a new a proprietor and they apply for a license from division of tobacco control there could be up to a thirty day gap before that her permit is approved and what this bill would do that would allow them up to thirty days to operate with the permission of tobacco control and the previous permit owner to prop to operate under that previous permit for those thirty days while they're permit is getting approved so that they don't have a loss in revenue Warren operations while they're waiting on that to happen and in the thirty days the Max and then once they're. It is approved it moves over to the new permit and I would be happy to take any questions we won't have any questions of centuries. It will speak for against the bill. Arkansas senator gestural your vote please relative of Ballenger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang aids Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson mark Johnson leading page Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan T. Tucker Wallace. C. one which the voter change their vote. Please cast the ballot. By a vote of thirty five U. A. zero ninety your bill is passed please transmit to the House Senator Davis you're recognized to present HB thirty three forty four Senate bill three forty four by Senator Davis to amend an exception from nursing licensure to allow employees of the city or county detention center to draw and measure ongoing or insulin for a person who is incarcerated or in casting Senator Davis you're recognized thank you and members currently and and county jails to give an inmate and insulin bay it has to be a nurse or medical professional and and all this does is gives the ability for those medical professionals to train and some of the jailers to measure drawl and measure the insulin that they need to the exact amount before handing it over to the inmate it will not give them the ability to and actually give them the insulin but and this is important for a few reasons one and most at county jails across the state do not have that funding to be able to have medical staff on site all the time and so they're having to call people to come in at all different hours and to be able to give and inmates insulin if they need it and and so this just allows them and to train someone to hand and swung over and it's also honestly M. A. at care issue with inmates and if you just give an insulin all their insulin and they are the ones drawing and measuring and sometimes they can be in a situation where they're looking to do self harm M. or min maybe sometimes they're suicidal and that's an issue and that this bill will rectify so they'll get the exact amount and so that they need so that's what this does and I'll take any questions anyone having questions of a Senator Davis. You want to speak for against the bill. Senator You closed yes thank you there any objections rolling the vote. Please hold while. Ballenger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang E. Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey hill Ingram Irvin Fite Johnson mark Johnson leading page Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan T. Tucker Wallace. Jay Z. one which the voters change their vote. Please cast a ballot. By voting thirty three a zero nays and to present the bill is passed please transmit to the House center quality would be recognized. Thank you to present I do this morning in Senate ag we passed out house bill thirteen fifteen I would like to re refer that back to committee for an amendment. K.. House Bill thirteen fifteen re referred back to the a committee for an amendment all in favor say aye. He opposed. Transmitter to a. Okay any other announcements before we moved that the House bills at this time. Senate bill. This chair yes I wish to move SB three ninety one to interim study. Thank members you've heard the the request to move this B. three three ninety one interim study all in favor say aye. He opposed. In the end just for those who were supportive of the bill the department is working with me to accomplish what we were talking about doing so I appreciate I appreciate thank you Mr thank you senator. Senator been his question. Okay so we're not gonna put it on the intended to run for Senate okay thank you. Anything else before we move to the House bills. They will move to the House bills first one is H. B. Jan twenty so soon ten twenty seven center here. House Bill ten twenty seven by represented Cavenaugh on center hill to amend the law concerning the sale and remove removal procedure of personal property from a self service storage facility Senate bill you're recognized thank you Sir members as well again in here. Members all this bill does is allows a mini storage unit the opportunity in the bility to sail the confiscated Probably they have a use were confiscated the. Based off of someone who owes the money allows him to sail the property. Either through an advertisement in the newspaper are you a commercially accepted practice for their type of business so if you hear anyone saying that it takes a newspaper advertisement thing it does not because they have an option are so they can continue to use a newspaper for the advertisement that sale that is all this bill does anyone have any questions for Centerville. You will speak for against the bill. Center you close. Any objections growing the vote. Please remote Ballenger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey hill Ingram Irvin bike Johnson mark Johnson leading page Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan T. Tucker Wallace anyone wishing to vote or change their vote. Senator Tucker is no. Senator Elliot is not voting. President. Centre back. President. Senate bill Moore were you doing anything. Senate Chesterfield's present. Anyone else. What else would change their vote. Please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty days one million three one non voting and three present. The bill is passed please transmit to the House. Senator what we. You may return to the House Senator Wallace. Eleven fifty four by represented Ladyman Senator Wallace to amend and update the Arkansas Code regarding regulation of all ionizing radiation to comply with federal laws and regulations. Senate while you're recognized thank you Mr president members this is a clean that bill by public health it deals with nuclear regulatory commission and the regulations there Mr sure that Arkansas local law concerning radiation. Is compatible with federal law and regulations as mistreated by the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Our our law hasn't been updated since nineteen sixty one so it's a bit out of date. the federal law does require the state law concerning review activity be compatible with federal law regulations. And the NRC has reviewed all this they have no concerns with it. And I'm open for questions. Hey Senator Wallace is presented as anyone have any questions. Any questions. It will speak for against the bill. Are you closing under. Sure I am closed any objection role in the vote. CNN please rose above Ballenger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson mark Johnson leading page Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan T. Tucker Wallace. The one wish to change your vote. Please cast of the bill. By a vote of a thirty five U. A. zero nineties the bill is passed please return to the House. Thanks bill twelve forty four Senator Stubblefield Hester twelve forty four per cent of hall to authorize the issuance of a driver's license or identification card without a photograph in certain circumstances you're recognized center thank you Mr president of colleagues represent fall brought this bill to committee as a result of many of you know that was large there's been a large amount of of Mennonites and Amish population the move in Northwest Arkansas especially around the pea ridge area of many of you know I have a lot of friends that are on a mission been announced you know they have deeply held religious beliefs of this bill will allow them to have a driver's license without a photograph. The reason for that is they do not believe in having a graven image of themselves on any any kind of certificate so whenever I whenever I agreed to do this I listen to the testimony from state police and maybe save some the other agencies there's already an existing law that allows this this Bills apps this bill simply strengthens the existing law by. Causing them to have to come to a central location here in Little Rock sign a sworn affidavit they are they are who they say they are so. With that being said I'll take any questions. By the way A. B. C.. Of. Department transportation state police all calls are fine with this. We won't have any questions Senator Stubblefield. He will speak for against the bill. Are you closing under yes some cost. During objection role in the vote. Please road. Ballenger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey hill Ingram Irvin Johnson mark Johnson leading page Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Okay does anyone wish to change your vote. Please cast of the ballot. By a vote of thirty forty eight zero noise the bill is passed please return to the House. Senator Stubblefield. House bill twelve forty eight by represented Bentley and center Stubblefield to amend the law concerning consolidation of certain levee districts and boards you're recognized President of this package of bills was brought about as a result of the flooding of to that two thousand nineteen most of you remember the governor formed a task force that was made up of county judges circuit clerk's. office of emergency management and legislators as well including myself represented Bentley represent of Hillman represent a Senator Rapert. Of. I was I was amazed to learn I thought I knew a lot about ladies but I didn't know that what I didn't know was that there was such a huge disparity among what we knew and didn't know about just how many ladies that work in the state and how many of. Functioning and non functioning and active and non active. Levee and drainage district board to work there's just a lot we didn't know in fact I found out that. One is in one of the county there was a breach that was designated as a lady so we still don't know how many lives there are the average age of the ladies in Arkansas is around seventy years and half of those ladies have been designated of unacceptable by the corps of engineers so we met for eight months what delivery sites political legislation most of the statutory framework for the levy system was put in before nineteen sixty a and before the nineteen sixties and much but still in place I know there's been some more current bills by Senator Senator Rapert is files legislation and all these bills came out of that task force they have been vetted by the farm bureau and a number of other agencies such as parts of counties Senate bill a House bill skis B. twelve forty eight. The world. Twelve forty eight. While there this this bill simply of talks about consolidation of levee district within. Counties different counties well the well the statutory method for consolidation district twenty two or more counties there's no such provision providing medicines for consolidation but to of two more districts within the same county so this this bill simply will provide for that plus it provides for more transparency in reporting. A judge Hart from up in Conway County came and testified before the levy district we send it only makes common sense for these levee districts Babel consolidate because in Conway County Polk County whatever happens in Polk County is going to affect Conway County whatever happens you Conway County it's going to affect Polk County so this allows you districts to come together and consolidated specially when you have a a a a levy that goes to multiple counties you have one district that is not active has not been active in decades another district that is functioning another district is not so that's basically what this bill does. Right you ready for question senator yes sure Senator Elliot you have a question yes I do. I feel that I I was trying to pull up the bill on my iPad but it's just not doing that kind of function right now but I'm just wondering with this bill and the series of others Will will this legislation and others with that lead to better integrity of the levees themselves as someone who's who's responsible for funding so that they can be maintained all all of those things entered in your legislation. What eleven districts are responsible once the Swansea's levies are put in place but even by the court they're turned over to local levee districts to maintain those living district but over the years many of those boards have. Members have either died or retired or they just dissolved banded. So okay. The question I'm getting too when I think about what they're trying to figure out our our by the lead these cells are they in good shape but this is what I faced in two thousand nine when I was taking a look at this it was not people did not want to have led these that were not in good shape and would do what they heard they're supposed to do. It wouldn't matter even and but then unless we are answering answering this this problem now it wouldn't matter if you let me districts consolidated if there is no funding to maintain the integrity of the ladies are make sure there is even a let me where somebody says there was a lady we're not any better off so is that issue answered. And what and what you discovered and decide to do it with your study. Yes you entered whether or not there's a levy that saved in there. Eight no that was that was one issue back in two thousand nine when I was taking a look at this. Okay sorry about that Senator only would you let me just say it again yes real quickly when I was looking at this back in two thousand nine and when it was definitely not taken seriously one of the problems was that is not that people did not want to have a lead is that what functional. Have the funds they don't have the capability of making sure the letters were functional and more maintained so it wouldn't matter unless that has been answered it wouldn't matter six districts consolidated. They are not capable we are not answering that question of how we're going to build the land so that they are. They are functional and how we're going to keep them that way that's all I'm asking is there's two different ways to fund those levies one is to assessments and one is a five percent increase in the property values on the CPI so. You know it's up to those levee boards to make sure that those assessments to put in place and by the way the the the assessment was was made at twenty five cents back in nineteen thirty seven so that's one of the in fact we cover that one of the bill Sir because twenty five cents an acre in nineteen thirty seven you're not going to maintain levy with twenty five cents and I computer most of us realize it so of but it but up to now you're with those assessments have been collected. And it's up to those living board to make sure that they use of assessments to maintain those ladies I won't the last thing I'm I'm I want to try to find out if we're going to fund them through these assessments are those do those assessments yield enough funding so that they can maintain the Lebanese. A lot of that depends on whether or not those ladies have been attended to over the years let me boards is often those ladies go thirty forty years without without being attended to and they've got trees growing on with with root balls down inside the ladies in animals that a bird holes in the levees and drainage pipes it rusted out no there's probably won't be enough money there. So you're looking at maybe getting a loan from a in our city are you know other avenues to try to get those levees back. Within the guidelines of specialty court today what one sees ladies are are maintaining gotten within the guidelines of the of the corps of engineers they can be entered into a what they call re program right and that will cover in case there's a breach in or over top the destroys the ladies there their eligible for federal funds in what that that's the main thing I wanted to know if if the court engineers are working with them and making sure that everybody understands what it takes for the labor the young lady to have the integrity it needs to work well right wing Corbin junior engineers guidelines that's a good thing. The court does work with those levee district all right. Thank you Senator Stubblefield and I'd also like to thank senator Rapert and Representative Hillman for working on this. This is kind of a statement but I really appreciate about the three bill package they brought for as long as anybody can remember in Crawford County when we had a flood not even close to what we had last year the regular flooding of the river we flooded an entire six to thirteen thousand acres and it kept the longer in Crawford County rather than running downstream well our levee board working independently in Crawford County build up the levy. And this time with a five hundred year flood we didn't flood over the levee and at some level without working in tandem with other levee boards down river we sent all that water all the way down towards Dardanelle Faulkner County Conway at center. And that's what I appreciate about these bills because they did look at. They've got to be a related and I guess I would enter that as a don't you agree so it's a question yes yes I do. And I'll tell you most of us drive by these ladies some of the server data on daily basis and we and we don't realize that the structural integrity these ladies does much more than just hold back water it increases property values multiple times it also without the commerce city creates our economy would look much different today than it. That would have been without those ladies they do a lot of things and you know nobody thought considering the amount of water in that perfect storm that happened in northeast Oklahoma or northeast Oklahoma and southwest Kansas. These Kansas there was an enormous amount of water that came down that river And considering that amount of water we fared relatively well considering the shape that are ladies warning and that does not mean if we do everything right we're never going to have an issue because mother nature is a formidable foe in. but we can do a lot I think these bills will do a lot to mitigate some of that damage it could come tomorrow Johnson your day. Thank you Mr president Senator Stubblefield. I know that part of the twenty nineteen flooding Senator Rapert had done a great job of getting some work done in making sure that at least in Perry County our our levees were protected and word to the core standards and therefore they were eligible for FEMA finding that I think ninety percent or ninety five percent level hi my house because they were maintained we have some areas and I know some down river from the Lasky county which was not it is hard but we're you literally have had the levee district boards age in place for twenty eight to play sometimes you pass away and you literally didn't have functioning boards. Is it my understanding that this bill would allow these neighboring districts to come together and kind of monitor each other both on the ministry well as the functional side of the engineering of the levee and solve problems much is Senator Pitsch alluded to that they did in Crawford K. is that sort of the intent of the bill yes. Lousy lousy districts that to come together to consolidate work together. because within these within these levee districts there there's a lot of boards that are not active anymore haven't been for decades we learned about how to fix that last year when we knew we had to have a functioning and this is a great bill I appreciate what you said about the economic development in Conway County how would out with judge chart to the levy and thanks to some local services and immediately went to work and fixed the breach we were able to keep the roads open to Green Bay packaging paper mill which employs over four hundred people plus a whole lot of lawyers and that was absolutely because that lady did not breaching if it had not only would we had all the other flooding problems we would have a tremendous loss of employment there so thank you for this bill in the package that you work thank. Senator Blake Johnson. Senator so this can be a consolidation of districts between counties so in the bill is not they don't statement usually the the county judge. Or is the one who appoints those people to that drainage disturb our levee district or drainage district so is this going to be split proportionally that in those you know those seats between counties so you don't know the taxpayer's represented equally and that'll I saying that will have to be decision might have to the county judge. And this might be a quorum court to make those decisions of how those boards we. And I'll put together thank you. Any other questions. The way I will speak for against this bill. US. I don't lose person record I believe you were first and then Senator Irvin will be next. Senator Rapert you're recognized Sir thank you Mr president numbers I actually just will rise in support of the work Senator Stubblefield and represented Bentley I've done and I've been I've been very honored to be part of it but I I want to ask a favor is really to Senator Elliot it's question and that is he explained the way that the that the levee district Fund. but absolutely in the disaster like we've experienced a Senator Pitsch described many of them are just walked out. If they have to have help and here's what I want to ask and ask you to vote for the bill. We come to this pandemic we see this money that's going out to support. And I raise my voice a few weeks ago in objected to literally several billion dollars is being sent outside of our nation. To help people that are in our taxpayers. There were never going to get a return on. And I had one of our congressmen that actually chastised me for speaking up and said that I was nitpicking. And I just want to you. One of the levees I know of in there several there are several levees that to this day if we had a major flood like we've had water's gonna port right through those levies because they've not been fixed and so when I brought my voice up and I said if you call nitpicking. Being concerned over mutual constituents when there's a levy that I know of and just one location that is waiting on a million dollar situation just on the red tape with the corps of engineers and you send seven hundred million dollars. To another country when Arkansas needs those funds I just wanna ask all of you members to please raise your voices that we've got to pay attention to infrastructure and levies are critical to many states including our own thank you Mr president Senator Rapert as well before the bill is anyone will speak against the bill. Centerview was big for the bill. You're recognized senator. Thank you and I do appreciate all the work that everybody is done on these issues Senator Stubblefield and I just you know to add this is such a huge problem and it affects not only our state but that water that starts to flood Missouri also comes down into the northern part of Arkansas and when I represented Randolph County in two thousand eleven in my previous district we had a massive flood at the Black River in the levees you know broke and it was just such a mess and so you know this is just such important work and I think it's just so important that no we're talking about all areas of the state of Arkansas that truly can be impacted particularly when that water is collecting and slowing down down the river from our state to the east or west or or to the north of us so I just appreciate Senator subfield lawyer work and and represent bill and everybody thanks. Thank Centerville Centerville break as before the bill anyone else will speak for against. Center you close for your bill. Thirty objection any object just role in the vote please reload Ballenger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey hill Ingram Irvin bike Johnson mark Johnson leading page Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan T. Tucker Wallace. The one wish to change your vote. One wish to change their vote. Please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty five eight zero nine a may the the bill is passed please return to the House. Senator Stubblefield. Forty nine by represented Bentley as centrist of afield to crack to create a procedure for the dissolution or abolishment of a living district. You're recognized for house bill twelve forty to. Thank you Mr president you know you can't you can't for new district to the one is dissolved house bill twelve forty nine is provides an Avenue for that this bill would make sure that involved chapters of the one twenty one one twenty three that the language will be the same and allow these non active districts which most most of the districts are not active or non functioning haven't been for many many years this will allow them to be dissolved. That's the basis of the bill if anybody have any questions for singles Senator Stubblefield on this bill. Senate Chesterfield. Thank you Mr chair representing In any event that. Representing an area that suffered considerable flooding and also area and the area that has a lot of those ladies that are no longer functioning just wanted to say thank you will for these bills as we deal with the levees thank you for inviting me to be a part of the conversation thank you for being here again. Members were out here again. Anybody else have any questions. Anyone was speak for against this bill. Senator you closed. He by object role in the vote. Zero of. Ballenger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Johnson leading page Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan D. Tucker Wallace. C. one wish to change your vote. Please cast a ballot. Well voted thirty four thirty five U. A. zero nine the bill is pass please return to the House. The Bill pass twelve fifty by represented Bentley and Senator Stubblefield to amend the law concerning assessments in certain living or drainage improvement district. Senator Stubblefield you're recognized to present HB twelve fifty thank you Mr president. Senate bill twelve fifty simply updates the arbitrary cap that was set on assessment please back in nineteen thirty seven like us said before twenty fives sent tonight it simply gives of the Board Avenue to raise that if they see fit up to two fifty should I need to they cannot rise any higher. The twenty five cents an acre set in nineteen thirty seven certainly is not adequate to handle any kind of maintenance today. The. By having questions center Stubblefield Senator Blake Johnson. Senator back in the late nineties our our navy District drainage district was default hadn't been in effect for a long time after the levees were built. And the everybody was dead that was on there and I. We assist or you know the Kurisu this letter and you you guys got to fix this so we assist herself four dollars. Initially and two dollars maintenance after all the initial work was done. Do you think we were outside the bounds I mean at that time because I mean everybody wanted the drainage that's the biggest problem in our area and I mean it says now the five percent increase in value so that whenever you that's the old language so the land values being what they are now is the comparison that twenty five cents that I don't think we're outside the bounds and all with this two dollars and fifty cents no. Now do I think you were outside the bounds by four dollars I just wondered you know to me back the in the late nineties we did four dollars and two dollars maintenance and but I think most of us remember early to a lot of us remember special goes up year round Pocahontas area that when the Black River breached that that lady Board dissolved in nineteen sixty and after forty years they came back together and they raised to they raised it up to fifty cents per acre assessment to raise the level of that lady I think three quarters of the foot and then it was just a few years later at two twenty eight point seven five eight then for years later you know what happened they had a flood in the it overtopped in the major flooding up in that area. So yeah you you can't I mean twenty five cents the septic two fifty cap can go about that that's very reasonable. I mean we we were doing it to ourselves so. G. hardly complain about that and I don't think this is outside the bounds thank you for bringing this senator. Any other questions. He will speak for against this bill. Are you closing under yes sometimes there any objection rolling the vote. Zero. Ballenger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson mark Johnson leading page Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan T. Tucker Wallace. A senator garner wishes to vote no. Anyone else would change their vote. Anyone else want to change their vote. Yes it the ballot. By a vote of thirty four yeas one may the bill is passed please return to the House center Hendren you're recognized Haspel twelve seventy by represent defined center Hendren to find childcare institution of the child welfare agency licensing act and to amend the law concerning criminal record out maltreatment check under the child welfare agency licensing at you're recognized under this bill brings is in compliance with federal law and also brings in compliance with the statute with what they've been doing since October two thousand nineteen and that is requiring that all adults that are in these facilities that are housing foster children I have background checks at the current law decision that says if they work in close contact this as all the adults which is what the federal law says. Retiarius Senators present is building by having questions. Any questions. Anyone will speak for against the bill. Senator You closed. No I understand the independent caucus unanimously supports this bill. Thank you Sir. There is growing the vote. K. C. and please road Ballenger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey hill Ingram Irvin bike Johnson mark Johnson leading page Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan T. Tucker Wallace anyone wishing to change their vote. Please cast a ballot. By voting thirty five BA zero nine the Bill pass please return to the House. Senator Hendren you want to present twelve seventy eight. Cassville twelve seventy eight best represented find senator Hendren. Amend the law concerning the closure of investigations and investigative determinations. Under the child maltreatment and. You want to be recognized for twelve seventy eight. I'm sure. This is another DCFS bill that had no opposition and I and I know it does good things for kids. Thank members are there any questions. You will speak Senator Blake Johnson you have a question center interview all take a. I think that's a smart move. You will speak for against the bill. Is there any objection role in the vote. Please reload Ballenger back on Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang eats Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson mark Johnson leading Page driver rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan T. Tucker Wallace anyone would change their vote. Please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty five U. SEC Ronay the bill is passed please per please return to the House. Centre back. You're recognized. House Bill thirteen seventy two by represented private to amend the Arkansas law concerning campaign finance to amend Arkansas law concerning carryover funds and to establish a minimum amount of carryover funds for an office without an annual salary. Senate burger. Thank you Mr president members disability does exactly what the title says creates a an amount for carryover funds for JP's members like that that they get paid per diem and don't have an actual salary. Mr three thousand dollars. Preciado we won't have any questions as an American. Senator Sturch. Your name is business center they can I guess I'm a little bit confused just on the language part then it is three thousand dollars or more is it also considered carryover funds or they would still report like we do to the next election or. It is three thousand dollars or more yes the bill says that carryover funds will now be defined as three thousand dollars or less at least that's the way I read it so I'm asking if they had I mean I don't expect AJP or a school board member anybody to have more than that but I'm just asking gets three thousand dollars or more to they still act as if it's carryover funds like we do and transferred to the campaign fund for the next time or how they go about that. Why is it that number is currently there's no number set for JP's they can't carry over anything. Because they have no salary Senate. And service three thousand dollars or more they'll have to return it or donate it same as we do if it's over a cap okay limited we're limited on the mail we can carry over year to year correct yes but it's up to a yes with a salary right so they have no salary because our pay per diem right school board members things like that they have no salary so they can keep up to three thousand dollars from campaign to campaign I guess it's just the. Settlement to run for state house okay thank you Sir any other questions. They want to speak for against this bill. Center you close close. Was I will not this takes twenty four votes is there any objection rolling the vote. Please read the vote Ballenger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey hill Ingram Irvin Johnson mark Johnson leading Page riper rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Anyone would change their vote. Please cast a ballot by voting thirty four BA zero nineties the bill is passed please return to the House. Sooner than you want to be recognized members if you would listen to centerman she is a very important announcement. Senator Chesterfield it shall come up to the podium field is going to. Like the mail with Senator Irvin. Members yesterday and. There is a tragic there is a such a tragedy that occurred at Watson chapel school and a young man fifteen year old young man was shot in the head at the school that young man continues to be on life support that's the last that I've heard and it's a very difficult situation for the family and particularly this boy's mother and So senator Chesterfield let us and per yesterday and I'm I ask her if she will lead us today in a moment of silence an op order prayer. Members of a moment of silence in the purpose built at I think it's important to that we not only pray for the family of the victim. We pray for the family of the perpetrator. Whose mother also is hurting. Because your child is done something that will follow him for the rest of his life. So I just asked that we pray for the family and the father we lift you up and we ask your blessings in your guidance as we move through this difficult time we ask that you wrap your loving arms around the families involved in this incident and that you make the young man hole in your way. We will be careful to give you the price a man. Thank you senator. My signature is there anything to be read across this yes Sir will your committee on engrossed bills to whom was first house bill twelve fifty one by represented Bentley compare the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed calendar. Senate resolution nine by Senator Garner to encourage the Arkansas department of transportation to designate a portion of US highway eighty two in Union County as the German wines in Benjamin one as Memorial Highway Senate resolution nine calendar Senate bill four fifty bass Senator Irvin. To create the gender integrity and reinforcement legislation for sports girls act and to create a legal calls of action for violation of the gender into integrity Enforcement legis all legislation for Kerr for sports girls you to let your bill for fifty four fifty one by Senator hammer. Determine the requirements regarding visual visual art music and performing arts requirements for students in grades five through five and six enrolled in public schools that are not configured and as elementary schools Senate bill four fifty one education. Are there any other announcements. Senate you're recognized thank you Mr president Insurance and Commerce will meet ten minutes upon adjournment room one seventy one. Senator sample. Revenue and Tax to meet in the morning at nine thirty.