Section 1. Composition of Package

The Jurisprudence and Law Reform Committee shall recommend to the Board of Trustees a Legislative Package of bills to be presented by the Association for passage by the Arkansas legislature at each Regular Session. The Legislative Package shall consist of bills relating to jurisprudence and procedure, including reforms of substantive law, improvements in practice, and administration of the courts, and other related matters. The package shall not contain more than ten (10) separate bills.

Section 2. Proposals from Members, Committees, and Sections

Regular members, committees, or sections of the Association may submit legislation proposed for inclusion in the Legislative Package. Proposed legislation must be in bill form and submitted to the committee no later than January 31 of the year preceding the Regular Session.

Section 3. Report and Recommendation

The committee shall report and recommend to the Board of Trustees bills to be included in the Legislative Package no later than the June Board meeting preceding the Regular Session. The written report shall include a description of all legislation considered and a brief explanation of why each item was or was not recommended.

Section 4. Adoption of Bills

No bill may become part of the Legislative Package unless reviewed and reported out by the committee and adopted by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Trustees present and voting, either at a regular meeting or a special meeting held for that purpose.

Section 5. Additional Bills

If circumstances require, an affirmative vote of three-fourths of Trustees present and voting may add up to three (3) additional bills to the ten-bill package. For uniform laws proposed by the Arkansas Commission on Uniform Laws, the filing and reporting deadlines in this Article may be waived.

Section 6. Position on Other Bills

The Board of Trustees may determine the Association’s position on any state agency rule, regulation, legislation under consideration or expected to be considered by the Arkansas Legislature or its interim committees, or any proposed initiated act (excluding amendments to the U.S. or Arkansas Constitutions). A two-thirds vote of Trustees present and voting is required.

Before any such vote, the matter must first be referred to the Legislation Committee for review and recommendation.