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1 State of Arkansas A Bill
2 95th General Assembly
3 Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1364
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5 By: Representatives Gazaway, M. Shepherd
6 By: Senators C. Tucker, J. Bryant
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8 For An Act To Be Entitled
9 AN ACT TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 27 OF
10 THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING TRANSPORTATION; AND FOR
11 OTHER PURPOSES.
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14 Subtitle
15 TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE
16 27 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING
17 TRANSPORTATION.
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19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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21 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 27-15-101 is amended to read as follows to
22 repeal obsolete language and make stylistic changes:
23 27-15-101. Decal for deaf persons.
24 (a) The Department of Finance and Administration shall provide a motor
25 vehicle license plate decal for deaf persons upon the payment of a fee of one
26 dollar ($1.00) and satisfactory proof that the person's average loss in the
27 speech frequencies of five hundred hertz to two thousand hertz (500 Hz-2,000
28 Hz) in the better ear is eighty-six decibels (86 dB) or worse more by the
29 International Organization for Standardization.
30 (b) The department shall design a decal to indicate that the operator
31 of the motor vehicle may be deaf.
32 (c) The decals shall be made available beginning September 1, 1985.
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34 SECTION 2. Arkansas Code � 27-15-316(a), concerning disabled veterans
35 under the Access to Parking for Persons with Disabilities Act, is amended to
36 read as follows to repeal obsolete language:
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1 (a) As used in this section, "disabled veteran" means a person who
2 meets the definition of disabled veteran, or disabled veteran -- nonservice
3 injury, or disabled veteran -- World War I, under � 27-24-203.
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5 SECTION 3. Arkansas Code � 27-15-2203(b)(1), concerning the
6 requirements for vehicle restoration when applying for an antique motor
7 vehicle license plate, is amended to read as follows to repeal obsolete
8 language:
9 (b)(1) Beginning on January 1, 2006, the The Office of Motor Vehicle
10 shall require the owner of any antique motor vehicle licensed under this
11 subchapter to provide the Office of Motor Vehicle proof of conformity with
12 this subchapter.
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14 SECTION 4. The introductory language to Arkansas Code � 27-20-104(a),
15 concerning the standard equipment required for street-use motor-driving
16 cycles and motorcycles, is amended to read as follows to repeal obsolete
17 language:
18 (a) After July 5, 1977, all All motor-driven cycles and all
19 motorcycles used upon the public streets and highways of this state shall be
20 equipped with the following standard equipment:
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22 SECTION 5. Arkansas Code � 27-23-128 is amended to read as follows to
23 repeal obsolete language due to the repeal of � 27-50-701 by � 9 of this act
24 and the repeal of � 16-90-904 by Acts 2013, No. 1480, � 7, and to make
25 stylistic changes:
26 27-23-128. Deferment of sentence -- Restrictions.
27 No A circuit court judge or district court judge may not utilize � 5-4-
28 321, � 16-90-115, � 16-90-904, �� 16-93-301 -- 16-93-303, or � 16-93-314, or �
29 27-50-701 or any other program to defer imposition of sentence or enter the
30 person into a diversion program in instances in which the person holds a
31 commercial driver license or a commercial learner's permit and is charged
32 with violating any state or local traffic law other than a parking violation.
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34 SECTION 6. Arkansas Code � 27-24-203(4), concerning the definitions
35 used in relation to special license plates for military service and veterans,
36 is repealed as obsolete.
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1 (4) "Disabled veteran -- World War I" means a World War I veteran
2 who:
3 (A) Received a disabling injury while serving in the
4 United States Armed Forces during World War I; and
5 (B) Is either:
6 (i) The owner of a motor vehicle that is used by or
7 for the totally and permanently disabled veteran; or
8 (ii) Furnished a motor vehicle by the United States
9 Department of Veterans Affairs;
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11 SECTION 7. Arkansas Code � 27-50-310(b), concerning the unlawful use
12 of officially designated school bus colors or the words "school bus", is
13 amended to read as follows to clarify a criminal offense and make stylistic
14 changes:
15 (b) Any person violating the provisions of subsection (a) shall be
16 deemed of this section upon conviction is guilty of a misdemeanor violation
17 and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five
18 dollars ($25.00) and not more than one hundred dollars ($100).
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20 SECTION 8. Arkansas Code � 27-50-505(c), concerning the obligation of
21 an owner of a motor vehicle to provide information regarding the operation of
22 a motor vehicle ticketed for a violation, is amended to read as follows to
23 clarify a criminal offense and make stylistic changes:
24 (c) Failure or refusal of any registered owner of a motor vehicle to
25 comply with the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor is a
26 violation. Upon conviction, the person shall be is subject to a fine of not
27 less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00).
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29 SECTION 9. Arkansas Code Title 27, Chapter 50, Subchapter 7, is
30 repealed because its provisions are codified at � 5-4-321.
31 Subchapter 7 -- Trial and Judgment
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33 27-50-701. Postponement of judgment.
34 In traffic misdemeanor cases, other than cases involving driving under
35 the influence of alcohol or drugs, the judge shall have authority to postpone
36 judgment for not more than one (1) year, during which period the defendant
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1 shall be in a probationary status, supervised or unsupervised, and shall
2 remain in probationary status until judgment is entered.
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4 27-50-702. Request for entry or postponement of judgment.
5 (a) At the request of the defendant, parent of a minor defendant, or
6 counsel for the defense, judgment shall be entered as quickly as feasible and
7 not more than ten (10) days following such request.
8 (b) At the request of the defendant, parent of a minor defendant, or
9 counsel for the defense, probation may be continued and judgment postponed
10 for more than one (1) year.
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12 SECTION 10. Arkansas Code � 27-50-802 is repealed as obsolete.
13 27-50-802. Certain speeding convictions not included in report --
14 Exception for chauffeurs.
15 (a) All courts in this state required by law to furnish records of
16 convictions of all motor vehicle violations to the Office of Driver Services
17 shall continue to furnish the records, but in compiling reports of
18 convictions of traffic violations, the Office of Driver Services shall not
19 include in the traffic violation report of any individual any conviction for
20 the offense of speeding if the conviction is based on speeding upon a public
21 highway in excess of fifty-five miles per hour (55 m.p.h.) speed limit as
22 established pursuant to Pub. L. No. 93-239 of January 2, 1974, but less than
23 seventy-five miles per hour (75 m.p.h.).
24 (b) The Office of Driver Services shall include in the traffic
25 violation report of any person holding a chauffeur's license any conviction
26 for the offense of speeding in excess of the fifty-five miles per hour (55
27 m.p.h.) speed limit as established pursuant to Pub. L. No. 93-239 of January
28 2, 1974, to the employer of the person and shall furnish the complete driver
29 history record of the person pursuant to a written authorization as provided
30 in � 27-50-908 to the employer of the person holding a chauffeur's license.
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32 SECTION 11. Arkansas Code � 27-50-803 is amended to read as follows to
33 clarify the section and make stylistic changes:
34 27-50-803. Notification when minor convicted.
35 (a) As used in this section, "minor" means a person under eighteen
36 (18) years of age.
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1 (b) Whenever any court in this state shall convict any person under
2 eighteen (18) years of age If a minor is convicted of any moving traffic
3 violation under the laws of this state, or under any municipal ordinance,
4 whether the fine and sentence imposed shall be is collected or whether it may
5 be the fine and sentence imposed is suspended, the convicting court shall
6 notify in writing the parents, guardian, or other person who signed the
7 application of the person minor for an instructor's a permit or operator's
8 license as required by the provisions of under � 27-16-702.
9 (c) If the convicted person minor does not have an instructor's a
10 permit or operator's license, the court shall notify the father or mother of
11 the person minor, if living, or the guardian or other person having custody
12 of the person minor of the conviction.
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14 SECTION 12. Arkansas Code � 27-67-320 is amended to read as follows to
15 clarify the section, correct an obsolete reference, and make stylistic
16 changes:
17 27-67-320. Acquisition when county court fails to grant petition.
18 (a) Where If the State Highway Commission petitions any county court
19 asking for a right-of-way for any state highway and where the county court
20 fails to grant the petition and to make issue a court order procuring the
21 right-of-way within sixty (60) days after the petition is presented, then the
22 commission may take such steps as it the commission deems expedient to
23 acquire the right-of-way, either by purchase, exercise of its the
24 commission's right of eminent domain, or otherwise.
25 (b) In that event If the commission acquires the right-of-way by
26 purchase, eminent domain, or otherwise, one-half (�) of the cost of acquiring
27 the right-of-way shall be deducted from the next payment due any the county
28 by reason of any appropriation out of the State Highway County Aid Fund or
29 state revenue from gasoline as motor vehicle fuel or auto license tax to the
30 county or county highway fund of the county.
31 (c) All suits A suit involving the validity of this section or any
32 portion of it shall be deemed matters this section is a matter of public
33 interest and shall be advanced and disposed of at the earliest possible
34 moment, and appeals in such suits must shall be taken and perfected within
35 thirty (30) days from the date of the judgment or decree.
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1 SECTION 13. Arkansas Code � 27-101-412(b), concerning sewage disposal
2 by commercial boating facilities, docks, and marinas, is amended to read as
3 follows to repeal obsolete language:
4 (b) By July 1, 2004, any Any person owning or operating a commercial
5 boating facility, dock, or marina that stores or houses vessels equipped with
6 toilet facilities and marine sanitation devices shall provide access to
7 sewage pumpout facilities.
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9 SECTION 14. DO NOT CODIFY. CONSTRUCTION AND LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
10 It is the intent of the General Assembly that:
11 (1) The enactment and adoption of this act shall not expressly
12 or impliedly repeal an act passed during the regular session of the Ninety-
13 Fifth General Assembly;
14 (2) To the extent that a conflict exists between an act of the
15 regular session of the Ninety-Fifth General Assembly and this act:
16 (A) The act of the regular session of the Ninety-Fifth
17 General Assembly shall be treated as a subsequent act passed by the General
18 Assembly for the purposes of:
19 (i) Giving the act of the regular session of the
20 Ninety-Fifth General Assembly its full force and effect; and
21 (ii) Amending or repealing the appropriate parts of
22 the Arkansas Code of 1987; and
23 (B) Section 1-2-107 shall not apply; and
24 (3) This act shall make only technical, not substantive, changes
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