An act TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PASSPORT FEES 10 COLLECTED BY COUNTY PASSPORT ACCEPTANCE FACILITIES, the official text

Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.

1 State of Arkansas            A Bill
2 95th General Assembly

3 Regular Session, 2025                                        HOUSE BILL 1901

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5 By: Representative Milligan

6 By: Senator Crowell

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8                              For An Act To Be Entitled

9   AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PASSPORT FEES

10  COLLECTED BY COUNTY PASSPORT ACCEPTANCE FACILITIES;

11  AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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14                             Subtitle

15                       TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PASSPORT

16                       FEES COLLECTED BY COUNTY PASSPORT

17                       ACCEPTANCE FACILITIES.

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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 Title 21, Chapter 6, Subchapter 3, is amended

22 to add an additional section to read as follows:

23  21-6-312. Passport fees collected by county office.

24  (a) A county office that is a passport acceptance facility recognized

25 by the United States Department of State shall collect:

26  (1) The application and execution or acceptance fees for

27 processing passport applications; and

28  (2) Reasonable fees for passport photographs, mail services, and

29 expediting an application in accordance with and as permitted by federal law

30 or regulation as existing on January 1, 2025.

31  (b)(1) The fees collected under subsection (a) of this section that

32 are not directly remitted to the United States Department of State or the

33 United States Postal Service shall be paid into the county treasury to the

34 credit of the fund to be known as the "passport acceptance facility fund".

35  (2) Moneys deposited into the fund shall be appropriated by the

36 county quorum court and expended for the operation of the county office that

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