Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
Act 683 of the Regular Session
1 State of Arkansas
2 93rd General Assembly A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2021 HOUSE BILL 1691
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5 By: Representative Tosh
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7 For An Act To Be Entitled
8 AN ACT TO AMEND THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SEX
9 OFFENDER ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE; AND FOR OTHER
10 PURPOSES.
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13 Subtitle
14 TO AMEND THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SEX
15 OFFENDER ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE.
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18 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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20 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code 12-12-921(d), concerning the executive
21 secretary of the Sex Offender Assessment Committee, is amended to read as
22 follows:
23 (d) The Director Secretary of the Department of Correction Corrections
24 or the director's Secretary of the Department of Corrections' designee shall
25 serve as the executive secretary of the committee and the administrative
26 functions of the committee shall be the responsibility of the Department of
27 Corrections.
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29 SECTION 2. Arkansas Code 25-43-402 is amended to read as follows:
30 25-43-402. State entities transferred to Department of Corrections.
31 (a) The administrative functions of the following state entities are
32 transferred to the Department of Corrections by a cabinet-level department
33 transfer:
34 (1) The Arkansas Sentencing Commission, created under 16-90-
35 802;
36 (2) The Corrections School System, created under 12-29-301;
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1 (3) The criminal detention facility review committees, under
2 12-26-101;
3 (4) The Department of Community Correction, created under 12-
4 27-124 12-27-125, and now to be known as the Division of Community
5 Correction;
6 (5) The Department of Correction, created under 12-27-101 12-
7 27-103, and now to be known as the Division of Correction;
8 (6) The Office of Criminal Detention Facilities Review
9 Coordinator, created under 12-26-103;
10 (7) The Parole Board, created under 16-93-201; and
11 (8) The Arkansas State Council for the Interstate Commission for
12 Adult Offender Supervision, created under 12-51-104; and
13 (9) The Sex Offender Assessment Committee, created under 12-
14 12-921.
15 (b) Unless otherwise provided by law, a cabinet-level department
16 transfer under subsection (a) of this section includes all state entities
17 under a state entity transferred to the Department of Corrections under
18 subsection (a) of this section, including without limitation a division,
19 office, program, or other unit of a state entity transferred to the
20 Department of Corrections under subsection (a) of this section.
21 (c) Unless otherwise provided by law, a state entity whose
22 administrative functions have been transferred to the Department of
23 Corrections under subsection (a) of this section shall otherwise continue to
24 exercise the duties of the state entity under the administration of the
25 cabinet-level Department of Corrections in the same manner as before the
26 creation of the cabinet-level department.
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29 APPROVED: 4/13/21
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Statutes affected:
HB 1691: 12-12-921(d)
Act 683: 12-12-921(d)