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1 State of Arkansas A Bill
2 95th General Assembly
3 Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 166
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5 By: Senator J. Dotson
6 By: Representative Gazaway
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8 For An Act To Be Entitled
9 AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMERGENCY
10 PROCUREMENTS; TO INCLUDE A STATE OF DISASTER
11 EMERGENCY IN THE DEFINITION OF "CRITICAL EMERGENCY"
12 FOR PURPOSES OF AN EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT; AND FOR
13 OTHER PURPOSES.
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16 Subtitle
17 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMERGENCY
18 PROCUREMENTS; AND TO INCLUDE A STATE OF
19 DISASTER EMERGENCY IN THE DEFINITION OF
20 "CRITICAL EMERGENCY" FOR PURPOSES OF AN
21 EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT.
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23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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25 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 19-11-233(b)(2), concerning emergency
26 procurements under the Arkansas Procurement Law, is amended to read as
27 follows:
28 (2) As used in this subsection, "critical emergency" means: an
29 (A) An emergency in which human life or health is
30 imminently endangered; or
31 (B) A state of disaster emergency declared under � 12-75-
32 107.
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