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AR Code § 10-2-121 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 2 - Legislative Proceedings|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 10-2-121. Designation of members to assist Boys State and Girls State — Compensation

 (a) The Speaker of the House of Representatives is authorized to designate up to ten (10) members of the House of Representatives at any one (1) time and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate is authorized to designate up to five (5) senators at any one (1) time to assist in the annual Boys State and Girls State sponsored by the American Legion and other student government organizations.  (b) Monetary allowances for per diem and reimbursements for mileage as authorized by § 10-2-217 for members assisting such organizations shall be paid to members of the House from any unexpended balance of House funds and to members of the Senate from any unexpended balance of Senate funds appropriated to support the respective houses of the General Assembly.
AR Code § 10-2-122 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 2 - Legislative Proceedings|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 10-2-122. Designation of members to represent state at national conferences — Expenses

 (a) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate or the Chair of the Senate Efficiency Committee, or both, are hereby authorized to designate one (1) or more members of the Senate or staff, or both, to represent the Senate at regional or national conferences of legislators or other official meetings held during the interim between legislative sessions at which the State of Arkansas is requested to be represented by members of the General Assembly and may pay the actual and necessary travel, meals, and lodging, and other expenses therefor from the funds appropriated to the Senate.  (b) The Speaker of the House of Representatives is authorized to designate, subsequent to the adjournment of the General Assembly, one (1) or more members of the House of Representatives to represent the House at regional or national conferences of legislators or other official meetings held during the interim between legislative sessions at which the State of Arkansas is requested to be represented by members of the General Assembly and may pay the actual and necessary travel, meals and lodging, and other expenses.
AR Code § 10-2-123 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 2 - Legislative Proceedings|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 10-2-123. Institute of Legislative Procedure

 (a) The General Assembly hereby determines that the conducting of an Institute of Legislative Procedure prior to the convening of regular sessions of the General Assembly on rules and legislative procedure and current fiscal conditions and other problems in state government is essential to the proper functioning of each regular session of the General Assembly.  (b) The Senate, the House of Representatives, the Legislative Council, and the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee shall cooperate in jointly sponsoring a biennial Institute of Legislative Procedure to carry out the aforementioned purposes.  (c)  (1) Members of the preceding General Assembly and the newly elected members of the House and Senate shall be eligible to attend the biennial Institute of Legislative Procedure and shall be entitled upon filing claim therefor to per diem in the amount fixed by law for members of the General Assembly to receive for attendance at legislative sessions, for each day in attending the biennial Institute of Legislative Procedure plus mileage for traveling from their place of residence to the biennial Institute of Legislative Procedure and return.  (2) Per diem and mileage for members of the General Assembly and newly elected members of the General Assembly for attending the biennial Institute of Legislative Procedure shall be paid by the respective houses from the moneys appropriated therefor.
AR Code § 10-2-124 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 2 - Legislative Proceedings|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 10-2-124. Bills introduced to change existing circuit court districts

 (a) All bills introduced in either house of the General Assembly to change any of the existing circuit court districts through redistricting or by providing additional judgeships shall be referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee if the bill is from the Senate or the House Judiciary Committee if the bill is from the House of Representatives.  (b) The Senate Judiciary Committee or House Judiciary Committee shall request a letter certifying whether or not the proposed change meets the criteria of the Arkansas Judicial Council which shall be certified by the Secretary-treasurer of the Arkansas Judicial Council.  (c) No bill to change any of the existing circuit court districts through redistricting or providing additional judgeships shall be acted upon in either committee until a letter certifying that the proposed change meets the criteria has been attached to the bill. Upon suspension of the Joint Rules of the House of Representatives and the Senate, a bill may be withdrawn from the House Judiciary Committee or Senate Judiciary Committee and acted upon without the certification of the council attached thereto.
AR Code § 10-2-125 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 2 - Legislative Proceedings|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 10-2-125. Employees and officers

 (a) The House Management Committee with the approval of the Speaker of the House of Representatives may employ at its discretion employees of the House of Representatives and may transfer or discharge any employee if it is deemed in the best interest of the House of Representatives.  (b)  (1) The Senate Efficiency Committee at its discretion and subject to the approval of the Senate may employ, transfer, or discharge Senate employees if it is determined by the Senate Efficiency Committee to be in the best interest of the Senate.  (2) The actual salaries to be paid to employees of the Senate shall be determined by the Senate Efficiency Committee within the funds, appropriations, and maximum annual salaries as may be available.
AR Code § 10-2-126 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 2 - Legislative Proceedings|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 10-2-126. Assistant to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate

 (a) The Assistant to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall be under the direction of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.  (b) The amount of salary to be paid to the assistant shall be determined by the Senate Efficiency Committee.
AR Code § 10-2-127 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 2 - Legislative Proceedings|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 10-2-127. Fiscal impact statement — Definition

 (a)  (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, “fiscal impact statement” means a realistic written statement of the purpose of a proposed law, or a rule promulgated under a law, and the estimated financial cost to the state or any local school district of implementing or complying with the proposed law or rule.  (2) The fiscal impact statement shall be developed by the Office of Economic and Tax Policy with the assistance of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education within the guidelines adopted by the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education, as applicable.    (b) Any bill filed in the House of Representatives or Senate that will impose a new or increased cost obligation for education in grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12) on the State of Arkansas or any local school district shall have a fiscal impact statement attached to it prepared and filed with the chair of the committee to which the bill is referred:  (1) At least three (3) days before the bill may be called up for final action in the committee during a regular session of the General Assembly;  (2) At least three (3) days before the bill may be called up for final action in the committee during a fiscal session; and  (3) At least one (1) day before the bill may be called up for final action in the committee during a special session of the General Assembly.    (c)  (1)  (A) If any such House or Senate bill is called up for final passage in the House or Senate and a fiscal impact statement has not been provided by the author of the bill or by the committee to which the bill was referred, any member of the House or Senate may object to the bill's being called up for final passage until a fiscal impact statement is prepared and made available on the desk of each member of the House or Senate at least one (1) day prior to the bill's being called up for final passage.  (B) An affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of a quorum present and voting shall override the objection.    (2) If an objection is made without override, the presiding officer of the House or Senate shall cause the bill to be referred to the office for the preparation of a fiscal impact statement which shall be filed with the presiding officer not later than five (5) days from the date of the request.
AR Code § 10-2-128 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 2 - Legislative Proceedings|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 10-2-128. Observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday

 In respect to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and in observance of his birthday, neither the House of Representatives nor the Senate shall convene in session nor shall any of their committees meet on the third Monday in January.
AR Code § 10-2-129 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 2 - Legislative Proceedings|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 10-2-129. Drafting and information requests to legislative employees — Definitions

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “Legislative employee” means an employee of the House of Representatives, the Senate, the Bureau of Legislative Research, Arkansas Legislative Audit, and the Arkansas Code Revision Commission; and  (2) “Legislator” means any member of the General Assembly or a member-elect of the General Assembly.    (b)  (1) A drafting request or information request made to a legislative employee by or on behalf of a legislator is confidential.  (2) The identity of the legislator making the request, except to the extent necessary to fulfill the request, and the existence of the request shall not be revealed to any person who is not a legislative employee without the consent of the legislator.    (c)  (1) Any supporting documents submitted or caused to be submitted to a legislative employee by a legislator in connection with a drafting or information request are confidential.  (2) Except to the extent necessary to fulfill the request, the document, copies of the document, or the identity of the person, firm, or association producing it shall not be provided to any person who is not a legislative employee without the consent of the legislator.    (d) Unless made public by the legislator, a drafting request, information request, supporting documents, and the drafts or the work product for a drafting request or information request are not public records under § 25-19-103.  (e)  (1) The Legislative Council may authorize the staff of the bureau to provide assistance to state agencies and constitutional officers in preparing legislation.  (2) If the Legislative Council authorizes the staff of the bureau to provide assistance to state agencies and constitutional officers in preparing legislation, the request, supporting documents, working papers, and drafts in the possession of the bureau are confidential and are not public records under § 25-19-103.    (f) Nothing in this section prohibits a legislative employee from working on similar or identical drafting requests or information requests from more than one (1) legislator.
AR Code § 10-2-130 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 2 - Legislative Proceedings|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 10-2-130. Use of education studies commissioned by General Assembly

 (a)  (1) Any cost study analysis, cost study audit, adequacy study, or other study commissioned or funded by the General Assembly concerning the state's education system and any conclusion or recommendation resulting from a cost study analysis, cost study audit, adequacy study, or other study concerning the state's education system is not binding upon the General Assembly.  (2) The General Assembly may reject at any time any analysis, audit, or study and any conclusion or recommendation resulting from an analysis, audit, or study concerning the state's education system.    (b) A cost study analysis, cost study audit, adequacy study, or other study concerning the state's education system shall include, but is not limited to:  (1) Studies conducted under § 10-3-2101 et seq. and Acts 2003, No. 1181 [expired]; and  (2) Any study concerning the adequacy or equitability of the state's education system, including, but not limited to, the state's method of funding public school districts.
AR Code § 10-2-131 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 2 - Legislative Proceedings|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 10-2-131. Internet broadcast of proceedings

 (a) During regular sessions, fiscal sessions, and special sessions of the General Assembly, the House of Representatives and the Senate may broadcast live audio and video of their proceedings on the Internet.  (b) This requirement includes only proceedings held in the House Chamber and the Senate Chamber.
AR Code § 10-2-132 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 2 - Legislative Proceedings|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 10-2-132. People First advisory legislative sessions concerning disability issues

 Each biennium, the House of Representatives and the Senate shall establish a People First advisory legislative session concerning disability issues and authorize staff assistance to conduct the People First advisory legislative session.
AR Code § 10-2-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 2 - Legislative Proceedings|Subchapter 2 - Compensation and Expenses|§ 10-2-201. Payment of salaries

 (a)  (1) The annual salaries of members of the Senate and the House of Representatives established by law shall be payable in equal monthly installments from funds appropriated for that purpose.  (2) The Auditor of State is designated as disbursing officer of funds appropriated for payment of salaries of members of the General Assembly.  (3) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any per diem, mileage, or other allowances payable to members of the General Assembly, and the per diem, mileage, or other allowances shall be payable in the manner prescribed by law.    (b) The salaries which are due the members and officers of the General Assembly shall be certified by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively, to the Auditor of State, who shall issue his or her warrant therefor on the Treasurer of State, which shall be paid out of any moneys in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
AR Code § 10-2-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 2 - Legislative Proceedings|Subchapter 2 - Compensation and Expenses|§ 10-2-202. Salary of deceased member

 (a) The Auditor of State is authorized and directed to pay to the surviving spouse, or if there is no surviving spouse then to the surviving children, or if there is no surviving spouse or children then to the next of kin of any member of the General Assembly who shall die before the expiration of his or her elected term, the monthly salary of the deceased member due and payable from the time of death to:  (1) The expiration of the deceased member's term; or  (2) Until the deceased member's successor shall have been elected and qualified.    (b) The payment shall be made monthly and shall be payable from the funds appropriated for the payment of legislative salaries.
AR Code § 10-2-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 2 - Legislative Proceedings|Subchapter 2 - Compensation and Expenses|§ 10-2-212. Per diem and mileage reimbursement

 (a)  (1) The Senate Efficiency Committee shall determine, within the limitations of the Arkansas Constitution and Internal Revenue Service guidelines, the amount of per diem and mileage reimbursement to be paid from Senate appropriations.  (2) Subdivision (a)(1) of this section does not apply to per diem, mileage, and expense reimbursements paid from funds disbursed by the Legislative Auditor or the Director of the Bureau of Legislative Research.    (b)  (1)  (A) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall determine, within the limitations of the Arkansas Constitution and Internal Revenue Service guidelines, the amount of per diem and mileage reimbursement to be paid from House of Representatives appropriations.  (B) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall notify the House of Representatives disbursing officer regarding the actions of the Speaker of the House of Representatives under this subsection.    (2) Subdivision (b)(1) of this section does not apply to per diem, mileage, and expense reimbursements paid from funds disbursed by the Legislative Auditor or the Director of the Bureau of Legislative Research.    (c) A member of the General Assembly shall not file with the House of Representatives or Senate claims for per diem or mileage reimbursement in excess of the maximum amount prescribed by law.
AR Code § 10-2-217 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 2 - Legislative Proceedings|Subchapter 2 - Compensation and Expenses|§ 10-2-217. Compensation for members of interim committees and for performance of other interim duties

 (a)  (1) Members or alternate members serving as members of the interim committees of the General Assembly as defined in subsection (b) of this section and members of the General Assembly who shall perform “other interim legislative duties as authorized by law” as defined in subsection (b) of this section shall be entitled to receive per diem and mileage reimbursement in the amount prescribed by the Legislative Council not to exceed the amount as prescribed by regulations of the Internal Revenue Service.  (2) However, members of the General Assembly shall not be entitled to per diem for attendance at regional or national meetings and seminars held outside the State of Arkansas, but in lieu thereof they shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual, reasonable, and necessary expenses for meals, lodging, transportation, and mileage, as authorized by law.    (b) As used in this section:  (1) “Interim committees of the General Assembly” means and includes:  (A) The Legislative Council, as established by § 10-3-301;  (B) The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, as established by § 10-3-401;  (C) The respective interim committees of the General Assembly, established and authorized by § 10-3-203;  (D) The Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities, as established by § 10-3-1101;  (E) The Joint Committee on Legislative Printing Requirements and Specifications, as established by § 10-3-602;  (F) The Joint Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs, as established by § 10-3-701;  (G) The Joint Interim Committee on Energy, as established by § 10-3-820;  (H) The Joint Performance Review Committee, as established by § 10-3-901; and  (I) Any other interim committee of the General Assembly created by law; and    (2) “Other interim legislative duties as authorized by law” includes:  (A) Service by members of the General Assembly in connection with the legislative program of Boys State and Girls State, as authorized by § 10-2-121;  (B) Attendance by members and members-elect of the General Assembly at the biennial Institute of Legislative Procedure held preceding the convening of each regular session of the General Assembly, as authorized by law; and  (C) The performance of other interim legislative duties which are not specifically enumerated in this section, but for which per diem and mileage reimbursement is authorized by law.      (c) It is the intent of this section to establish uniform per diem and mileage allowances for attendance by members of the General Assembly at meetings of interim committees of the General Assembly and for performing other interim legislative duties as members of the General Assembly where authorized by law.  (d) The allowances provided in this section shall be in lieu of per diem and mileage allowances which otherwise may have been established by laws enacted prior to February 26, 1985.
AR Code § 10-2-221 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 2 - Legislative Proceedings|Subchapter 2 - Compensation and Expenses|§ 10-2-221. Contingent expenses

 (a) Each house shall control its own contingent expenses. When any account properly chargeable to the House of Representatives shall be adjusted and allowed according to the Rules of the House of Representatives, a certificate thereof shall be granted, signed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and attested by the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives. When any account or demand for contingent expenses of the Senate shall be allowed, according to the Rules of the Senate, a certificate thereof shall be granted, signed by the President of the Senate and attested by the Secretary of the Senate.  (b) All joint and contingent expenses shall be controlled by the concurrent vote of both houses and shall be ascertained and adjusted according to their joint rules, and a certificate thereof shall be signed by the President of the Senate and countersigned by the Secretary of the Senate.  (c) Every certificate issued in accordance with the provisions of this section shall specify the amount due, on what account, and the fund out of which it is to be paid. The Auditor of State, on the delivery of any such certificate to him or her, shall draw his or her warrant therefor accordingly as in the case of other demands against the state.
AR Code § 10-2-222 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 2 - Legislative Proceedings|Subchapter 2 - Compensation and Expenses|§ 10-2-222. Printing, stationery, and supplies

 (a) The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives shall procure all printing, stationery, paper, and other necessary supplies for the use of the House of Representatives and shall have the power to distribute them among the members.  (b) The Secretary of the Senate shall procure all printing, stationery, paper, and other necessary supplies for the use of the Senate and shall have the power to distribute them among the members thereof.  (c) The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate shall let all contracts for the articles enumerated in this section. Contracts shall be let to the lowest and best responsible bidder.  (d) The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate shall give notice by one (1) publication in a newspaper having a circulation in the State of Arkansas that contracts for the printing and supplies herein enumerated are to be let and that three (3) days from the date of publication of the newspaper all bids for the contracts of printing and for furnishing supplies will be opened to ascertain the best and lowest bid. No bid shall be opened sooner than three (3) days from the date of publication of the notice.  (e) All bids must be in writing and under seal.
AR Code § 10-2-223 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 2 - Legislative Proceedings|Subchapter 2 - Compensation and Expenses|§ 10-2-223. Authorization to meet during legislative recess — Compensation

 (a) The various committees of the General Assembly that are authorized to meet during the interim between legislative sessions are hereby authorized to meet during a recess of the General Assembly of two (2) weeks or more in duration.  (b) A member of the General Assembly attending meetings of his or her assigned committees or meetings of committees to which he or she is invited by the chair or chairs during the recess shall be entitled to mileage and per diem at the same rate and from the same sources as for attending committee meetings held after sine die adjournment of the General Assembly.