Senate committee advances bill to make Trails Council secretary role optional
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The Senate Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development Committee advanced a bill to remove a statutory requirement that a member appointed from the Arkansas Trails Council serve as secretary of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism Council; the measure passed the committee by voice vote with no recorded opposition.
The Senate Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development Committee advanced a bill to change an appointment requirement for the Arkansas Trails Council on a voice vote.
State Senator Matt Stone (District 2) told the committee the bill, brought by an agency, would remove a statutory stipulation that the member of the Arkansas Trails Council who serves on the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism Council must serve as that council’s secretary. “They just want to remove the stipulation that that is not mandatory for that person to serve as the secretary,” Stone said.
Stone said the measure was agency-driven and that there was no known opposition. He closed discussion and moved to pass the bill; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
Committee members in the room did not raise questions during the presentation, and no members of the public asked to speak for or against the bill during the committee hearing.
The committee action clears the bill for whatever next step the Senate’s process requires; the transcript does not specify a subsequent Senate floor date or final-reading schedule.