City, County & Local Affairs Committee - Senate
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Bills discussed (5)
| Bill | Title | Sponsor | Status |
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SB154
Act 83
· 3 mentions in chapter, transcript, agenda
Matched: “SB154 K. Hammer TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CREATION AND ASSE…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CREATION AND ASSESSMENT COLLECTION MATTERS OF CERTAIN FIRE DEPARTMENTS … | K. Hammer | Notification that SB154 is now Act 168 |
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SB70
Act 66
· 3 mentions in chapter, transcript, agenda
Matched: “SB70 B. Johnson TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING COUNTY FINANCIAL REC…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING COUNTY FINANCIAL RECORDS AND THE FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF A COUNTY. | B. Johnson | Notification that SB70 is now Act 66 |
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SB123
Act 78
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…FINANCIAL RECORDS AND THE FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF A COUNTY. SB123 L. Eads TO MODIFY THE LAW CONCERNING THE ELECTRONIC RECORDI…”
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TO MODIFY THE LAW CONCERNING THE ELECTRONIC RECORDING COMMISSION. | L. Eads | Notification that SB123 is now Act 78 |
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SB127
Act 380
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “AGENDA (Revised 1/21/21 @ 7:35 am ) Moved SB127 to Referred Items List Senate Committee on City, County, an…”
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TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE TO ALLOW LIBRARIES TO ACCEPT DEBIT CARD AND … | J. English | Notification that SB127 is now Act 380 |
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SB59
Act 872
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…PROVEMENT DISTRICTS. DEFERRED ITEMS Number Sponsor Subtitle SB59 B. Ballinger THE ARKANSAS SECOND AMENDMENT LIBERTIES SAFEGU…”
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TO BE KNOWN AS THE "INTRASTATE FIREARMS PROTECTION ACT"; AND TO PREVENT THE UNITED STATES … | B. Ballinger | Notification that SB59 is now Act 872 |
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Chair sees a quorum. I'm going to call this meeting of City, County, and Local to session. We have Senator Flowers that will be participating via Zoom. Anybody have anything to say before we get started? First bill on the agenda today is Senator Johnson.
Mr. Johnson, you are recognized to present Senate Bill 70.
Speaker 4
0:35
Thank you, Chairman. This bill was brought to me by the county treasurers, and it's pretty much a cleanup bill and updating language to modern times. It cleans up the treasurer's financial records. it gives the this is mainly for the larger counties the giving them an option based on savings and efficiency a way to outsource their payroll and jury checks and also in 1995 there
It covers two bills, and it cleans up the language with those dual judicial districts in the county. Also their checks, the banking system is six months, and our laws say a year, so it cleans that language up to match the banking. It allows the disbursements of the county funds through electronic transfer for payments to the federal or the state governmental entities.
It amends the code requiring pre-numbered checks to include electronic transfers as one of the exceptions, and it also allows the county government offices to accept payment through credit card or debit card. that's a modernization of our for our treasurers if there's any questions got some a treasurer here Tara McNatt and I'd appreciate a good vote our
committee you've heard an explanation of the bill does anyone have
any questions All right, anybody in the audience that would like to speak for or against the bill? Seeing none, what are the wishes of the committee? We have a motion to do pass. Need a second?
So you got a second? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed? Congratulations,
Senator Johnson. Second bill is Senator Hammer. Do you have
Senator Stephanie Flowers
Unverified
3:11
a bill? Did the chair see a quorum? Yes, Senator Flowers. And they left or something?
They left? Yeah, I don't see a quorum in there. I see Rice and Senator Sullivan and you
Speaker 11
3:27
and me. We've got five here. Counting you. Who's the fifth? Well,
there's Senator Sullivan, Senator Flowers, Senator Hammer, Senator Rice, Senator Stubblefield. That's five. Oh, Hammer just got in
there. Thank you. All right, you're welcome.
Senator Kim Hammer
Unverified
3:49
Senator Hamer, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Chair. The bill before you, Senate Bill 154, is a bill to work on with the association counties, also with the county judges, and I'll hit the three high points of the bill, And then we have Saline County Judge Jeff Ferry, who is in the holding room, and also Mark Whitmore with the Association of Counties to testify if the chair would like to.
Basically what the bill does is it establishes the fact that the county clerk or clerks, because some fire districts are in more than one county, is determined to be the official keeper and verifier of the signatures of the petition that would be required to be turned in, which is actually part of old language that's referenced on page one line 30 it talks about the number of signatures that would have to be gathered in the event of fire department wanted to convert to be a fire protection district and so it establishes the fact that the clerk is the keeper of the official records then over on page two lines 17 through 19 it establishes that the quorum court that once those signatures are presented to the quorum court that they shall
have a public hearing in order to discuss no less than 30 days no more than 60 days historically there's been a problem throughout the state in some areas where a petition has been presented and it's just laid dormant and last legislative session we tried to address that and this is a modification to that process but it does require in law that the quorum court would have to hear the public hearing once the threshold of the signatures are presented and so it does provide for that public hearing then to take place.
And then it strikes out some of the old language that would have allowed for a letter to be presented to the quorum court to be acted on. And so that's essence what the bill does. Mr. Chair, I'll be glad to answer any questions or if you allow Saline County Judge to come in and also Mark Whitmore, they maybe can add more to the conversation than I've given. All right, committee, you've
heard an explanation of the bill. Are there any questions from committee members?
Anyone in the audience that would like to speak for or against the bill? If not, the chair will entertain a motion. We have a motion to pass. Have a second? Second? Any discussion? all those in favor say aye aye all opposed the bill passes thank you mr chair thank members committee that that
is the only two bills we had on the agenda today so if
Unknown speaker
6:56
no one has anything to add we are adjourned Thank you.
Agenda
Call To Order
SB70 B. Johnson TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING COUNTY FINANCIAL RECORDS AND THE FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF A COUNTY.
SB154 K. Hammer TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CREATION AND ASSESSMENT COLLECTION MATTERS OF CERTAIN FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS.
Adjournment
Documents
| Title | Type | Pages | Source |
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| Agenda — CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE AND HOUSE, Jan 21, 2021 | Agenda | 1 | Official source ↗ |
Speakers
Senator Gary Stubblefield Chair
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Speaker 4
Senator Stephanie Flowers
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Speaker 11
Senator Kim Hammer
Unverified