NOTICE FOR AMENDMENTS REFERRED TO THE PEOPLE BY THE ARKANSAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY Issue No. 1 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Pursuant to Article 19, Section 22, of the Arkansas Constitution, the 92nd General Assembly refers the following constitutional amendment to a vote of the people on November 3, 2020, and will appear on the ballot as Issue No. 1. Each elector upon voting his/her ballot shall vote for or against this amendment. Underlined language would be added to the present Constitution. Stricken language would be deleted from the present Constitution. This Amendment was proposed in the Regular 2019 Session by Representative J. Wardlaw and filed as HJR1018.
ISSUE NO. 1 Popular Name Ballot Title
SECTION 1. The Arkansas Constitution is amended to read as follows:
§ 1. Intent of amendment.
(a) Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 91, levies a one-half percent sales and use tax to provide additional funding for the state’s four-lane highway system, county roads, and city streets.
(b) The one-half percent sales and use tax under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 91, shall be abolished when there are no bonds outstanding to which tax collections are pledged as provided in this amendment. (c) Notwithstanding Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 91, § 8, it is the intent of this amendment that the sales and use tax levied under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 91, continue after the retirement of the bonds authorized in Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 91, to provide special revenue for use of maintaining, repairing, and improving the state’s system of highways, county roads, and city streets.
§ 2. Excise tax.
(a)(1) Except for food and food ingredients, an additional excise tax of one-half percent (0.5%) is levied on all taxable sales of tangible personal property, specified digital products, a digital code, and services subject to the tax levied by the Arkansas Gross Receipts Act of 1941, Arkansas Code § 2652-101 et seq.
(2) The tax shall be collected, reported, and paid in the same manner and at the same time as is prescribed by law for the collection, reporting, and payment of all other Arkansas gross receipts taxes. (b)(1) Except for food and food ingredients, 1949, Arkansas Code § 26-53-101 et seq. (2) The tax shall be collected, reported, and paid in the same manner and at the same time as is prescribed by law for the collection, reporting, and payment of Arkansas compensating taxes.
§ 3. Disposition of revenue.
(a) The revenue from the taxes levied under provided in sections § 27-70-201 and § 2770-206 of the Arkansas Highway Revenue Distribution Law.
(b) No revenue derived from the taxes levied under § 2 of this amendment shall be used to secure bonds issued by the State Highway Commission.
§ 4. Effective date.
(a) If the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State
8(b), has been filed with the Chief Fiscal 2023.
8(b), is filed with the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State.
(2) The popular name shall be “An Amendment to the Arkansas Constitution Continuing a One-Half Percent (0.5%) Sales and Use Tax for State Highways and Bridges; County Roads, Bridges and Other Surface Transportation; and City Streets, Bridges, and Other Surface Transportation After the Retirement of the Bonds Authorized in Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 91”.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND FIXED THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE ON THIS 15TH DAY OF APRIL, 2020.
Issue No. 2 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Pursuant to Article 19, Section 22, of the Arkansas Constitution, the 92nd General Assembly refers the following constitutional amendment to a vote of the people on November 3, 2020, and will appear on the ballot as Issue No. 2. Each elector upon voting his/her ballot shall vote for or against this amendment. Underlined language would be added to the present Constitution. Stricken language would be deleted from the present Constitution. This Amendment was proposed in the Regular 2019 Session by Senator A. Clark and filed as SJR15.
ISSUE NO. 2 Popular Name
A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO AMEND THE TERM LIMITS APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE “ARKANSAS TERM LIMITS AMENDMENT”
Ballot Title
SECTION 1. Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 73, § 2, is amended to read as follows:
2. Legislative Branch.
(a) The Arkansas House of Representatives shall consist of members to be chosen every second year by the qualified electors of the several counties.
(b) The Arkansas Senate shall consist of members to be chosen every four (4) years by the qualified electors of the several districts.
(c)(1)(A) A Except as provided in subdivision (c)(1)(E) of this section, a person first elected as a member of the
General Assembly before January 1, 2021, shall serve no more than sixteen (16) years, whether consecutive or nonconsecutive. (2)(B) A member first elected as a member of the General Assembly before January 1, 2021, who completes his or her sixteenth year of service during a term of office for which he or she has been elected may serve until the completion of that term of office. (3)(C) The years of service in both the Senate and the House of Representatives shall be added together and included to determine the total number of years in office of a member of the General Assembly first elected as a member of the General Assembly before January 1, 2021. (4)(D) A partial legislative term served as a result of a special election under Article 5, § 6, or a two-year term served as a result of apportionment of the Senate shall not be included in calculating the total number of years served by a member of the General Assembly first elected as a member of the General Assembly before January 1, 2021. (E)(i) A person who has served sixteen (16) or more years in the General Assembly under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall not be eligible for subsequent service in the General Assembly until four (4) years after the expiration of the last term of office in the General Assembly for which he or she was elected.
(ii) Subsequent service in the General Assembly under subdivision (c)(1)(E)(i) of this section shall be as provided under subdivision (c)(2) of this section. (2)(A)(i) A person first elected as a member of the General Assembly on or after January 1, 2021, shall serve no more than twelve (12) consecutive years.
(ii) A member of the General Assembly first elected to the General Assembly on or after January 1, 2021, who serves twelve (12) or more consecutive years shall not be eligible for subsequent service in the General Assembly until four (4) years after the expiration of the last term of office in the General Assembly for which he or she was elected.
(B) A member first elected to the General Assembly on or after January 1, 2021, who completes his or her twelfth consecutive year of service during a term of office for which he or she has been elected may serve until the completion of that term of office. (C) Consecutive years of service in both the Senate and the House of Representatives shall be added together and included to determine the total number of consecutive years in office of a member first elected to the General Assembly on or after January 1, 2021.
(D)(i) A two-year term served as a result of apportionment of the Senate shall be included in calculating the total number of consecutive years served by a member of the General Assembly first elected to the General Assembly on or after January 1, 2021.
(ii) A partial legislative term served as a result of a special election under Article 5,