HB1359 Summary

• Amends Arkansas Code § 21-4-203 to reorganize and alphabetize defined terms related to public officers and employees in state government

• Changes "shall not" to "does not" regarding annual leave exclusions of compensatory time and modernizes language throughout the definitions section

• Renumbers definition subsections (1) through (17) to reflect alphabetical ordering while maintaining substantive content for terms including "catastrophic illness," "employee," "severe illness," and "shared leave"

• Establishes that the act makes only technical, not substantive, changes to Arkansas Code and does not repeal or conflict with other acts from the 91st General Assembly regular session

• Approved February 21, 2017