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House committee advances bill to split Poinsett County tax collector and sheriff duties
Summary
The House State Agencies & Govt'l Affairs Committee voted to pass House Bill 10, which would separate the tax collector position from the sheriff's office in Poinsett County and place a standalone tax collector on the 2026 general-election ballot if the legislature approves the measure.
Representative Shelton Tosh told the House State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee that House Bill 10 would separate Poinsett County’s tax-collector duties from the sheriff’s office and place election of a standalone tax collector on the 2026 general-election ballot if the measure clears the House and Senate.
The bill’s sponsor said 51 of Arkansas’s 75 counties already have separated those offices and that the Poinsett County quorum court had…
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