cant effect on the length of Regular Sessions. The Arkansas Constitution has provided that the Regular Session would be 60 days in duration unless extended by a 2/3rds vote of each house. In the last 20 years the duration of the 10 biennial regular sessions has averaged over 110 days from commencement to sine die adjournment. Under the new
amendment, the Regular Session will take a 3/4th vote (rather than a 2/3rds vote) to extend the session more than 75 days. 3. An “appropriation bill” is defined as a bill that authorizes the expenditure of moneys if moneys are available. Any other bill would be a “non-appropriation bill.” 4. In re Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure;
Administrative Orders; Rules of Evidence; and Rules of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, 370 Ark. App’x __ (May 25, 2007) (per curiam). 5. In re Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Rule 5-2, 09-540 (May 28, 2009) (per curiam). 6. If the collateral is a farm-stored commodity financed by a loan through the Commodity Credit Corporation of the United States Department of Agriculture, until December 31, 2012, a filing of a financing statement, a termination statement, or a continuation statement to extend the effectiveness of a financing statement will be effective. 7. Ark. Code Ann. § 4-9-501. n
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