Title 10 — General Assembly

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Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-303 Process — Issuance and execution
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(a) All process issued by the House of Representatives and subpoenas and other process for witnesses when attendance may be required in the House or before a committee of the House shall be under the hand of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and attested by the Chief Cl…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-304 Fees, costs, and expenses
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(a) Every witness attending either house or a committee thereof or a joint meeting of both houses, being summoned, shall be allowed the same fees as allowed by law to witnesses for their attendance in any court, to be paid as other costs. (b) The fees of all officers and witnesse…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-305 Depositions
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(a) In cases not otherwise provided for by law, depositions may be taken and read in either house or before a committee thereof, or before both houses in joint meeting, in all cases in which the taking and reading of depositions would be allowed in any cause pending before a cour…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-306 Administration of oaths by committee — Depositions — Perjury
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(a) The chair or a member at any time acting as chair of a committee of either house of the General Assembly or joint committee of the two (2) houses of the General Assembly, or his or her designee, when the committee is empowered to issue subpoenas for persons, papers, or record…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-307 Subpoena by committee
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The committee so empowered may issue its subpoena signed by its chair or acting chair for the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers or records, and the subpoena may be served by any officer authorized to serve process in civil cases.
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-308 Interrogatories by committee
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(a) If in the discretion of the committee it is desirable to take the testimony of any witness without having the witness present, this may be done by reducing to writing the interrogatories to be proposed to the witness and forwarding them to any officer in this state authorized…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-501 Preparation
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(a) A member of the General Assembly may choose to impose the restrictions of subsection (b) of this section by filing written notice with the Director of the Bureau of Legislative Research. (b) If requested in writing by a member of the General Assembly, the staff of the Bureau …
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1001 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 10-3-1001Current 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. § 10-3-1002 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 10-3-1002Current 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. § 10-3-1003 Routine collaboration with Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, Division of Career and Technical Education, and Division of Higher Education
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(a) The House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education between legislative sessions shall continually and routinely:(1) Assess the needs and problems of:(A) The public school districts of this state;(B) Technical institutes and vocational-technical schools; an…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-101 Presession assignment of regular standing committees
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The presession assignments of members of regular standing Senate and House of Representatives committees and the designation of committee chair and vice chair shall be made in the Senate pursuant to the Rules of the Senate and in the House by the Speaker-elect of the House of Rep…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-102 Presession meetings
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(a) The Senate and House of Representatives standing committees appointed after the biennial general election as provided in § 10-3-101 are authorized to meet during the months of December and January prior to the convening of the General Assembly for the purpose of taking under …
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1101 Creation — Members — Expenses
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(a) There is established a joint interim committee of the Senate and House of Representatives to be known as the “Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities”, to consist of fourteen (14) members of the General Assembly as follows:(1) The Chair of the House Joint Budget Com…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1102 Officers — Meetings
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(a) The Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities shall select from its membership two (2) cochairs, one (1) cochair to be a member of the House of Representatives to be elected by the members of the committee who are members of the House and one (1) cochair to be a Senat…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1103 When committee functions — Administrative responsibilities
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(a) The Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities shall function during the interim between regular sessions, fiscal sessions, or special sessions of the General Assembly and may function, if necessary, while the General Assembly is in regular session, fiscal session, spe…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1104 Powers and duties
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(a) The Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities shall review the existing usage of the space presently used by the General Assembly in the State Capitol Building and shall make such reallocations thereof or improvements thereto as in the judgment of the Joint Interim Co…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1105 Rooms in State Capitol Building assigned for use of General Assembly
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There is assigned in the State Capitol Building for the exclusive and continual use of the General Assembly, its members, its agencies, and its committees the three (3) rooms on the west wing of the third floor, these being rooms heretofore occupied by the Arkansas State History …
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1106 Additional legislative space
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(1) In addition to the space now provided in the State Capitol Building for the General Assembly and its committees, the following additional space in the State Capitol Building is designated as legislative space if the Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities determines…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1107 Allocation of space for General Assembly — Furnishings
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(a) The Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities shall determine the best and most efficient means of allocating the additional space in the State Capitol Building, as provided by this subchapter, to be used by the Senate and the House of Representatives and for providin…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1108 Employment of architect
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The Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities shall have the authority to employ an architect to prepare plans and specifications for the work to be done, to supervise the construction, and to furnish other architectural services which the Joint Interim Committee on Legis…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1109 Contracts
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(a) (1) Construction work to be performed shall be under contract, to be awarded by the Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities to the lowest responsible bidder, but the total cost of the project, including cost of publishing legal notices, payment of architect fees, pa…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1110 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 10-3-1110Current 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. § 10-3-1111 Disbursing officer
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The Director of the Bureau of Legislative Research shall be the disbursing officer for the funds appropriated to the Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities, and all disbursements shall be upon the direction or authorization of the Joint Interim Committee on Legislative…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1301 Construction
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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. § 10-3-1302 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 10-3-1302Current 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. § 10-3-1303 Duties
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The Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth shall make continuing studies and shall cooperate with the appropriate agencies of this state, agencies of the United States Government, and the Congress of the United States in the exchange and dissemination of information and i…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1320 Interim operation — Vacancies
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(a) The Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth shall be composed of ten (10) members appointed pursuant to the Rules of the Senate and shall function in the interim between the sine die adjournment or extended recess of the regular session or fiscal session of each Genera…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1321 Meetings — Intergovernmental cooperation
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(a) The Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth shall meet upon call by the Chair of the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth, or at such other times as may be provided in the rules of the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth, or upon written call by an…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1322 Reimbursement of expenses — Staff assistance
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(a) (1) Members of the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth shall be entitled to per diem and mileage for attending each meeting of the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth or in attending to authorized business of the Senate Interim Committee on Children and …
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1323 Compliance with child welfare reform
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(a) The General Assembly finds that the requirements with which the state must comply pursuant to the consent decree from Angela R., et al. v. Bill Clinton, et al. and the Arkansas Child Welfare Reform Document demand close observation and study; that the future of the state's ch…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1401 Joint Committee on Economic and Tax Policy — Creation
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(a) (1) There is hereby created the “Joint Committee on Economic and Tax Policy” which shall be composed of:(A) The cochairs of the Legislative Council;(B) The cochairs of the Joint Budget Committee;(C) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Revenue and Taxation;(D) The Chair of th…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1402 Office of Economic and Tax Policy — Creation
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(a) There is hereby created within the Bureau of Legislative Research the “Office of Economic and Tax Policy”. (b) The office shall be staffed by such personnel as may be authorized by annual appropriations of the General Assembly.
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1403 Office of Economic and Tax Policy — Powers and duties
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(a) The Office of Economic and Tax Policy shall work under the standards and guidelines of the Joint Committee on Economic and Tax Policy and shall:(1) Review the biennial and annual revenue forecast submitted by the executive branch;(2) Provide legislators with such information …
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1404 Forecast of general revenues
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(a) (1) On or before the third Wednesday in May before the beginning of each fiscal year, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall submit to the Joint Committee on Economic and Tax Policy the following forecasts of general revenues to be available under the Revenue Stabilizati…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1405 Interdepartmental cooperation and assistance
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(a) The Department of Finance and Administration shall cooperate with and assist the Office of Economic and Tax Policy in carrying out its responsibilities by providing:(1) The office with such nonconfidential tax information as may be requested by the office; and(2) Such other a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1501 [Expired.]
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A.C.A. § 10-3-1501Current 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. § 10-3-1502 [Expired.]
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A.C.A. § 10-3-1502Current 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. § 10-3-1503 [Expired.]
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A.C.A. § 10-3-1503Current 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. § 10-3-1504 [Expired.]
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A.C.A. § 10-3-1504Current 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. § 10-3-1505 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 10-3-1505Current 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. § 10-3-1506 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 10-3-1506Current 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. § 10-3-1601 Creation — Members
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(a) To assist the General Assembly, there is established the “Joint Interim Oversight Committee on Education Reform” to be composed of the following members:(1) Seven (7) members of the Senate to be appointed by the Chair of the Senate Committee on Education, in consultation with…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1602 Duties
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(1) The duties of the Joint Interim Oversight Committee on Education Reform shall include, but are not limited to, the following:(1) Reviewing policy issues regarding the creation and implementation of acceptability systems for the state system of education, including the review …
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1701 Purpose
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The General Assembly finds and declares that it is in the highest public interest to provide appropriate means for the continued development and enhancement of educational opportunities, medical care services, and governmental operations throughout the State of Arkansas through t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1702 Definitions
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(1) For the purpose of this subchapter:(1) “Distance learning” means an interactive telecommunications system that:(A) Utilizes information technology, audio, video, and other appropriate elements and is compatible with other distance learning networks; and(B) Is used for the pur…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1703 Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology — Membership — Cochairs
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(a) (1) There is created a joint standing committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate to be known as the “Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology”.(2) This Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology shall funct…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1704 Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology — Members — Duties
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(a) The members of the House of Representatives and the Senate appointed at each regular session of the General Assembly to the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology shall constitute a joint committee of the General Assembly to function during and …
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1705 Duties of joint standing committee
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Bills pertaining to the Office of State Technology, advanced communications and information technology, telemedicine, distance learning, or public information access shall be referred to the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology or the Committee on…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1706 Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology — Meetings
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The Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology shall meet upon call by either or both of the cochairs of the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology, or at such other times as may be provided in the rules of the Joint Commi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-3-1707 Interim committee meetings — Expenses — Staff
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(a) The per diem and mileage, including reimbursement for expenses for attending out-of-state meetings as provided by law, shall be paid from funds appropriated for per diem, mileage, and expenses of members of the General Assembly for attending interim committee meetings or from…