TO AMEND THE LAW TO ALLOW FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS IN THE MUNICIPAL AID FUND, TURNBACK FUNDS, AND COUNTY SALES AND USE TAX REVENUES TO NEWLY INCORPORATED MUNICIPALITIES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
HB 1522, now Act 620, allows newly incorporated municipalities in Arkansas to receive funds from the Municipal Aid Fund, Turnback Funds, and County Sales and Use Tax Revenues. The bill requires that the population of these municipalities - which determines the amount of funds they receive - be calculated by the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office using the most recent federal decennial census. This change ensures funding allocations are based on up-to-date census data rather than prior methods. The bill was enacted into law on April 14, 2025, after passing both legislative chambers.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Feb 18, 2025
Signed Apr 14, 2025
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Act 620
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HB 1522
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MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from 'Act 620' to 'HB 1522' with minor formatting adjustments including the removal of an approval date line and addition of blank lines. No substantive policy changes were made to the legislative content.
TECHNICAL
Removed the approval date 'APPROVED: 4/14/25' from the document header.
Added two blank lines at the beginning of the bill text.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
9
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Apr 14, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1522 is now Act 620
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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