Ark. Code Ann. § 7-9-107

Filing of original draft before circulation

Applied in 17 court decisions — leading case Christian Civic Action Committee v. McCuen (1994)

Most recently applied in Bill Paschall, Individually and on Behalf of Arkansans for Patient Access, a Ballot Question Committee v. John Thurston, in His Capacity as Arkansas Secretary of State, and Jim Bell, Individually and on Behalf of Protect Arkansas Kids, a Ballot Question Committee, Intervenor (October 2024)

Acts 1943, No. 195, § 4; 1977, No. 208, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 2-208; Acts 1989, No. 280, § 3; 1989, No. 912, § 6; 2013, No. 1413, §§ 8, 9; 2019, No. 376, § 6.

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(1) Before any initiative petition or referendum petition ordering a vote upon any amendment or act shall be circulated for obtaining signatures of petitioners, the sponsors shall file the original draft with the Secretary of State.

(2) The original draft shall include: The full text of the proposed measure;

(3) A ballot title for the proposed measure; and

(4) A popular name for the proposed measure.

(5) The Secretary of State shall return to the sponsor a file-marked copy of the original draft that shall serve as evidence that the original draft was filed in compliance with this section.

(6) The sponsor may begin circulating an initiative petition or referendum petition upon receipt of the file-marked copy under subsection (c) of this section.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.