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An act TO ALLOW A COURT TO WAIVE CERTAIN FEES WHEN A 10 JUVENILE IS ORDERED TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER, the official text

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1 State of Arkansas           As Engrossed: S3/20/25
2 95th General Assembly
                                    A Bill

3 Regular Session, 2025                                          SENATE BILL 490

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5 By: Senator Irvin

6 By: Representative Clowney

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8                             For An Act To Be Entitled

9        AN ACT TO ALLOW A COURT TO WAIVE CERTAIN FEES WHEN A

10       JUVENILE IS ORDERED TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER;

11       AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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14                                Subtitle

15                       TO ALLOW A COURT TO WAIVE CERTAIN FEES

16                       WHEN A JUVENILE IS ORDERED TO REGISTER

17                       AS A SEX OFFENDER.

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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 � 9-27-356(k), concerning a juvenile being

22 ordered to register as a sex offender, is amended to read as follows:

23       (k) Once a juvenile is ordered to register as a sex offender, he or

24 she shall be subject to the registration requirements set forth in �� 12-12-

25 904, 12-12-906, 12-12-908, 12-12-909, and 12-12-912, with the exception that

26 the circuit court may waive the two-hundred-fifty-dollar fee under � 12-12-

27 906.

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    *LJH203*                                                     03-20-2025 14:13:04 LJH203
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