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Senate committee expunges prior amendment, adopts new amendment to change filing fees for SB 252
Summary
The Senate City, County & Local Affairs Committee voted to expunge an amendment previously adopted for Senate Bill 252 and adopted a new amendment that, according to sponsors, cuts the bill's filing fees to 500 upfront for the first year and 2.50 for recurring years; votes were by voice and counts were not recorded.
The City, County & Local Affairs Committee of the Arkansas Senate voted to expunge an amendment previously adopted to Senate Bill 252 and then adopted a replacement amendment that its sponsor says reduces the bill's filing fees.
Senator Jonathan Dismanks, identified during the committee as representing District 18, explained that the committee had "adopted an amendment, last week" and asked members to expunge that earlier vote so the committee could consider a new amendment. He described the new amendment as making clerical changes recommended by the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) and lowering filing fees "to 500 upfront for the first year and 2.50 for every reoccurring year." The committee then moved and approved a motion to expunge the previous amendment by voice vote. No roll-call tally was recorded.
After the expungement, Dismanks presented the replacement amendment, identified in the committee as Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 252, saying it encompassed the earlier clerical changes and the revised fee schedule and that the new fees would "put[] it below, what is currently charged to tobacco companies." Committee members asked no substantive questions and no members of the public rose to speak for or against the amendment. The committee adopted the replacement amendment by voice vote; no recorded roll-call was taken.
The committee proceeded without further debate on the bill during that segment. The record in the transcript shows the committee handled the expungement and adoption by voice votes and that the sponsor framed the fee change as a reduction; the transcript text lists the amounts as "500" and "2.50" as quoted above. The committee chair closed the item after the voice vote and the sponsor left the table.
Votes at a glance: the committee approved the motion to expunge the prior amendment and approved the replacement amendment by voice votes; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.
