Title 10 — General Assembly
6 chapters · 247 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-3101 Creation
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(a) The Highway Commission Review and Advisory Subcommittee of the Legislative Council is created. (b) (1) The Highway Commission Review and Advisory Subcommittee of the Legislative Council shall consist of twenty (20) members with at least four (4) or more members of the General…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-3102 Duties
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(a) The Highway Commission Review and Advisory Subcommittee of the Legislative Council shall review:(1) (A) Proposed rules of the State Highway Commission required under § 27-65-107(a)(18)(A).(B) (i) Subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section is limited to rule review only.(ii) Rules …
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-311 Gifts and donations
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The Legislative Council is authorized to accept gifts, grants, contributions, and donations from the federal government or from private persons, associations, or corporations for use in making studies and in performing the functions and duties of the Legislative Council as prescr…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-312 Notification of lawsuits affecting state
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(a) In order that the General Assembly may take whatever steps it deems necessary concerning lawsuits which may affect the State of Arkansas, its officials, or its financial resources:(1) The Attorney General shall notify the Director of the Bureau of Legislative Research who is …
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-313 Meetings — Agenda — Procedures and practices
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(a) (1) The Review Subcommittee of the Legislative Council, the Administrative Rules Subcommittee of the Legislative Council, and the Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review Subcommittee of the Legislative Council shall each meet monthly on a date approximately two (2) week…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-314 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 10-3-314Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-315 Information and records
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(a) For purposes of this section, “state agency” means every department, division, office, board, commission, and institution of this state, including state-supported institutions of higher education. (b) Every state agency shall provide the Bureau of Legislative Research with in…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-316 Charitable, Penal and Correctional Institutions Subcommittee
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The cochairs of the Legislative Council shall appoint a member of the Senate Committee on City, County, and Local Affairs and a member of the House Committee on City, County, and Local Affairs to serve as members of the Charitable, Penal and Correctional Institutions Subcommittee…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-317 Disclosure of school district information and records — Access to electronic databases of Division of Elementary and Secondary Education
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(a) (1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall provide the Bureau of Legislative Research with direct read-and-report-only access to the division's data warehouse concerning school districts and related records.(2) In providing the bureau with the direct read-an…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-318 Review of occupational authorizations and occupational entities — Findings and intent — Definitions
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(a) The General Assembly finds and determines that it is in the best interest of this state to conduct a periodic comprehensive review of all occupational authorizations and the occupational entities that issue them. (b) It is the intent of the General Assembly to determine and i…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-319 Medical Marijuana Advisory Subcommittee
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(a) The Legislative Council shall establish by rule the Medical Marijuana Advisory Subcommittee, which shall provide advice on all matters related to the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2016, Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 98. (b) All matters pertaining to the following…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-320 State Insurance Programs Oversight Subcommittee — Definition
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(a) The Legislative Council shall establish by rule the State Insurance Programs Oversight Subcommittee, which shall have oversight of all decisions of the State Board of Finance related to the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program and the State Captive Insura…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-3201 Legislative intent
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The General Assembly intends to establish the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee as a mechanism to promote transparency and efficiency concerning procedures of child maltreatment investigations in this state.
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-3202 Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee — Creation — Membership — Meetings — Definition
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(a) (1) There is created a legislative committee to be known as the “Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee” that shall review and evaluate:(A) The conduct of child maltreatment investigations completed by the Division of Children and Family Services of the Departm…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-3203 Confidentiality — Unlawful disclosure
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(a) Except as otherwise provided under § 10-3-3202(f), the meetings of the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee are closed and are exempt from public observance under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq. (b) Correspondence between Child Mal…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-3204 Report
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(a) The Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee shall submit its findings and recommendations contained in a report at least annually to the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on Children a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-321 Reporting on protection and advocacy for individuals with developmental disabilities
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(a) The designated Protection and Advocacy Agency for the state and the designated Client Assistance Program for the state shall:(1) Submit biannual reports to the Hospital, Medicaid, and Developmental Disabilities Study Subcommittee of the Legislative Council and the Governor re…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-3301 Joint Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs — Creation — Members
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(a) There is established a joint committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate to be known as the “Joint Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs”. (b) (1) The Joint Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs shall be a select committee of the House of Representative…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-3302 Powers and Duties of Joint Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs
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(a) The Joint Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs may meet during:(1) A regular session, fiscal session, or extraordinary session of the General Assembly;(2) An extended recess of the General Assembly; and(3) The interim between legislative sessions of the General Assembly…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-3303 Interim committee meetings — Expenses — Staff
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(a) (1) Members are entitled to per diem and mileage for attendance at meetings of the Joint Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs at the rate provided by law to be paid from funds appropriated for payment of per diem and mileage for attendance at meetings of interim committ…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-401 Creation
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There is established a committee of the General Assembly to be known as the “Legislative Joint Auditing Committee”. It is the intention of the General Assembly that this shall be a joint interim committee of the General Assembly.
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-402 Purpose and definitions
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(a) It is determined that adequate information is not available at each biennial session of the General Assembly through which the members of the General Assembly may determine the needs and legislative requirements of the various agencies, departments, or other entities of the s…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-403 Members — Selection
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(a) The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee shall consist of members of the General Assembly to be selected as follows:(1) (A) The Senate shall select sixteen (16) members in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Rules of the Senate.(B) (i) At the time of selecting member…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-404 Tenure — Vacancies — Alternates
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(a) Tenure of membership and means of filling vacant positions for members of the House of Representatives shall be as prescribed by the Rules of the House of Representatives. (b) Tenure of membership and the means of filling vacant positions for members of the Senate shall be as…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-405 Meetings
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(a) The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee shall meet upon call or announcement by either cochair or upon petition of ten (10) of the regular members of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee. (b) (1) The official meeting place of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee shal…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-406 Meetings during legislative session
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(a) The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee is authorized to meet and transact its normal business during all legislative sessions as provided in this section. (b) (1) If members of the House of Representatives and members of the Senate each have selected their respective cochai…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-407 Duties — Cochairs
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(a) The duties of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee shall be to provide for the auditing of any entity of the state or political subdivision of the state for the purpose of furnishing the General Assembly with information vital to the discharge of its constitutional duties…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-408 Rules
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The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee may establish any rules as it may deem fit which are not inconsistent with law.
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-409 Compensation of Legislative Auditor and employees — Cooperation with Council of State Governments — Reimbursement
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(a) (1) The Legislative Auditor shall be entitled to such salary as may be authorized by appropriation of the General Assembly.(2) All other employees of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee shall receive such remuneration as may be provided by the annual appropriations. (1) …
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-410 Abolishment or consolidation of agencies
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The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee is authorized to recommend to the General Assembly the abolishment or consolidation of any entity of the state which the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee deems appropriate as a result of its review of audits performed by its staff.
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-411 Investigation and audit of state or local entities — Subpoenas — Contempt
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(a) (1) The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee has the authority to conduct investigations or audits pertaining to the affairs of any entity of the state or political subdivision of the state whenever the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee determines that investigations are n…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-421 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 10-3-421Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-501 Act supplemental
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This act is supplemental to the existing laws of this state pertaining to the selection of members of the Joint Budget Committee and shall modify only those portions of such laws or parts of laws as are specifically in conflict herewith.
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-502 Membership
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(a) (1) (A) The Joint Budget Committee shall consist of:(i) The current cochairs of the Legislative Council;(ii) The immediate past cochairs of the Legislative Council;(iii) The current cochairs of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee;(iv) The immediate past cochairs of the L…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-505 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 10-3-505Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-506 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 10-3-506Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-507 Presession budget hearings
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(a) The members appointed to serve on the Joint Budget Committee at the next-following regular session of the General Assembly who are not members of the Legislative Council shall be privileged to attend all presession budget hearings of the Legislative Council held after the Oct…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-508 Duties
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In addition to participation by members of the Joint Budget Committee in the presession budget hearings of the Legislative Council, as authorized in § 10-3-507, the Joint Budget Committee during a regular session, a fiscal session, and a special session of the General Assembly sh…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-509 Meeting during the interim
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(a) The House of Representatives members of the Joint Budget Committee shall serve as an interim committee to be known as the House Interim Budget Committee. (b) The Joint Budget Committee and the House Interim Budget Committee shall be authorized to meet during the interim to wo…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-601 Intent
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It is the intent of this subchapter to establish procedures whereby the types of contracts to be let for legislative printing or duplicating requirements may be determined after study and review of the printing or duplicating needs of the General Assembly. Adequate specifications…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-602 Creation — Composition
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There is established a joint interim committee of the General Assembly, consisting of the chair and vice chair of the respective efficiency committees of the House of Representatives and Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives or his or her designee, and the President…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-603 Meetings — Officers — Compensation
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(a) (1) The Joint Committee on Legislative Printing Requirements and Specifications shall meet subsequent to the adjournment of each regular session of the General Assembly, at a time to be determined jointly by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Te…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-604 Duties
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(1) It shall be the duty of the Joint Committee on Legislative Printing Requirements and Specifications to:(1) Study and review all purchases by the General Assembly of printing and duplicating services and stationery;(2) Designate those items which should be purchased under comm…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-605 State Procurement Director — Contracts
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The State Procurement Director shall incorporate into all contracts for legislative printing or duplicating requirements the specifications, bond requirements, penalty provisions, and other requirements as may be certified to it by the Joint Committee on Legislative Printing Requ…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-701 Joint Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs — Creation — Members
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(a) There is established a joint committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate to be known as the “Joint Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs”, to consist of twenty (20) members. (b) (1) The ten (10) House members and ten (10) House alternates sh…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-702 Bills referred to Joint Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs — Fiscal note
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(a) All bills introduced in either house of the General Assembly to amend any of the existing publicly supported retirement systems laws of this state or to establish new or expanded public retirement or social security programs shall be referred to the Joint Committee on Public …
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-703 Joint Interim Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs — Members — Duties
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(a) Upon adjournment of each regular session, fiscal session, and special session of the General Assembly, the Joint Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs is designated and constituted as a joint interim committee of the General Assembly to be known as the “…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-801 Subchapter supplemental
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The provisions of this subchapter shall be in addition and supplemental to the laws of this state and the Rules of the House of Representatives and the Rules of the Senate pertaining to the standing and interim committees of the General Assembly and of the House of Representative…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-802 Joint Committee on Energy — Membership — Cochairs
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(a) There is created a joint standing committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate to be known as the “Joint Committee on Energy”. (b) (1) The Joint Committee on Energy shall be a select committee of the House of Representatives and Senate whose members shall be chose…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-803 Duties of Joint Committee on Energy
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Bills pertaining to energy sources, supplies, needs, and problems shall be referred to the Joint Committee on Energy. In addition, the Joint Committee on Energy shall make continuing studies and shall cooperate with the appropriate agencies of this state, agencies of the United S…