HB 1289 Summary

• Amends Arkansas Code § 21-5-104(b) to correct criminal offense classification and grammar regarding penalties for employers who deduct jury duty fees from public employee salaries, maintaining fines of $25 to $250 and grounds for dismissal from office.

• Amends Arkansas Code § 21-5-1403 to correct a quote from Arkansas Constitution Article 16, § 4 by adding an exception reference to Article 19, § 31, and corrects grammatical language regarding salary procedures for higher education positions.

• Amends Arkansas Code § 21-6-101 to repeal the reference to § 17-90-303 regarding fees for recording optometrist licenses, as fees are no longer prescribed in that section.

• Establishes legislative intent that this act makes only technical, not substantive, changes to the Arkansas Code and does not expressly or impliedly repeal acts from the 94th General Assembly regular session.