Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to the Arkansas
Constitution.
1 State of Arkansas
2 93rd General Assembly
3 Regular Session, 2021 HJR 1022
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5 By: Representative Gazaway
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7 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
8 AN AMENDMENT TO THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION CONCERNING
9 THE POWERS OF THE SUPREME COURT AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
10 PERTAINING TO THE ADOPTION OF COURT RULES TO MIRROR
11 THE FEDERAL RULES ENABLING ACT.
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14 Subtitle
15 AN AMENDMENT TO THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION
16 CONCERNING THE POWERS OF THE SUPREME
17 COURT AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY PERTAINING TO
18 THE ADOPTION OF COURT RULES TO MIRROR THE
19 FEDERAL RULES ENABLING ACT.
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22 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL
23 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, AND BY THE SENATE, A MAJORITY OF ALL
24 MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH HOUSE AGREEING THERETO:
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26 That the following is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of
27 the State of Arkansas, and upon being submitted to the electors of the state
28 for approval or rejection at the next general election for Representatives
29 and Senators, if a majority of the electors voting thereon at the election
30 adopt the amendment, the amendment shall become a part of the Constitution of
31 the State of Arkansas, to wit:
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33 SECTION 1. The purpose of this joint resolution is to propose an
34 amendment to the Arkansas Constitution concerning the powers of the Supreme
35 Court and General Assembly pertaining to the adoption of court rules to
36 mirror the Federal Rules Enabling Act.
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