Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
1 State of Arkansas
2 94th General Assembly A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2023 HOUSE BILL 1596
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5 By: Representative Ray
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7 For An Act To Be Entitled
8 AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE USE OF
9 CAMPAIGN FUNDS AS PERSONAL INCOME; TO AMEND THE LAW
10 CONCERNING THE USE OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS; TO
11 AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1990 AND
12 INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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15 Subtitle
16 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE USE OF
17 CAMPAIGN FUNDS AS PERSONAL INCOME; TO
18 AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE USE OF
19 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS; AND TO AMEND
20 PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1990 AND
21 INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996.
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24 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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26 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 7-6-203(f)(4), concerning contributions,
27 limitations, acceptance or solicitation, use as personal income, and
28 disposition, effective January 1, 2023, and resulting from Initiated Act 1 of
29 1990 and Initiated Act 1 from 1996, is amended to add an additional
30 subdivision to read as follows:
31 (E) The use of campaign funds to pay a candidate's own
32 personal expenses for food, lodging, or travel while campaigning shall not be
33 considered a taking of campaign funds as personal income.
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Statutes affected:
HB 1596: 7-6-203(f)