The bill amends the Arkansas Code regarding the payment of a tool allowance to certain employees of the Arkansas Department of Transportation. Specifically, it updates the existing law to include carpenters as eligible recipients of the tool allowance, which is set at five hundred forty dollars ($540) per annum.

In the revised language, the bill removes the terms "or body repairer, and painter" from the list of eligible job titles while adding "and carpenter" to ensure that carpenters are recognized alongside mechanics, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical repairers, and welders for the tool allowance. This change aims to provide equitable compensation for all relevant employees who work on highway equipment and facilities.

Statutes affected:
HB 1384: 27-65-140(a)
Act 265: 27-65-140(a)