Representative Larry Prater
8800 Prater Lane, Cedarville, 72932
District: 83
District:
83
Seniority: 32
Seniority:
32
Occupation: Farmer
Occupation:
Farmer
Church Affiliation: Church of Christ
Church Affiliation:
Church of Christ
Veteran:
Veteran:
Public Service: Crawford County School Board, House 1999, 2001,200
Public Service:
Crawford County School Board, House 1999, 2001, 200
Bills
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AN ACT TO AMEND ARKANSAS CODE § 26-27-307, REGARDING THE SECRETARY OF THE EQUALIZATION BOARD.
AN ACT TO AMEND ARKANSAS CODE § 26-27-307 REGARDING THE SECRETARY OF THE EQUALIZATION BOARD.
TO PROVIDE FOR A SURVIVOR BENEFIT IN THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR THE SURVIVING SPOUSE OF A CONTRIBUTORY MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION - DISBURSING OFFICER - STATE ASSISTANCE TO FRANKLIN COUNTY FOR THE FRANKLIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE AT OZARK GENERAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION.
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION - DISBURSING OFFICER - THE CRAWFORD COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION FOR THE CRAWFORD COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS ECONOMIC BUILDING GENERAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION.
TO ALLOW A HOMESTEAD OWNER TO REDEEM HIS OR HER LAND IF HE OR SHE DID NOT RECEIVE ACTUAL NOTICE OF THE SALE.
AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE LIBRARY - CRAWFORD COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM - CEDARVILLE BRANCH GENERAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION.
AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE LIBRARY - MULBERRY LIBRARY GENERAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION.
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION - DISBURSING OFFICER - THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING OF WESTERN ARKANSAS GENERAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE SEPARATE OFFICES OF SHERIFF AND TAX COLLECTOR IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION - DISBURSING OFFICER - CRAWFORD COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS, INC. FOR STATE ASSISTANCE WITH EXPENSES GENERAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION.
COMMENDING AND EXPRESSING SINCERE APPRECIATION TO MS. COLLEEN NICK FOR HER DEDICATION TO THE CAUSE OF MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDEN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND FOR HER OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICE IN PROMOTING THAT CAUSE.
Primary Sponsor for Senate
CoSponsor
AN ACT TO RESTORE THIS STATE'S TRADITIONAL SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING LANDLORDS’ LIENS ON CROPS AND TO EXEMPT LANDLORDS’ LIENS ON CROPS FROM THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE-SECURED TRANSACTIONS.
UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL AND SEXUALLY EXPLICIT ELECTRONIC MAIL FAIR PRACTICES ACT.
AN ACT TO CONNECT VARIOUS AGRICULTURE RELATED AGENCIES TO AN ARKANSAS AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT.
AN ACT TO INSURE FUNDING FOR EDUCATION, CORRECTIONS AND MEDICAID IS AVAILABLE BY LIMITING EXPENDITURES OF STATE GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO MORE EFFECTIVELY UTILIZE SCARCE RESOURCES.
TO EXEMPT FROM THE STATE SALES AND USE TAX THE GROSS RECEIPTS IN EXCESS OF NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS DERIVED FROM THE SALE OF A TRUCK TRACTOR AND IN EXCESS OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS DERIVED FROM THE SALE OF A SEMITRAILER.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE ARKANSAS BUREAU OF STANDARDS; TO REQUIRE BULK OR LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS METERING DEVICES, PUMPS, AND SCALES TO BE TESTED BY REGISTERED SERVICE AGENTS.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT THE ADMISSION PROCESS FOR MEDICAID ELDERCHOICES, A COMMUNITY BASED SERVICE, TO BE IDENTICAL TO THE ADMISSION PROCESS FOR NURSING HOMES.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT TREATING HORSES WITH BEHAVIOR ALTERING SUBSTANCES WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR (24) HOURS OF A SALE.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AN ALTERNATIVE FUELS FUND AND A WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE FUND.
TO PROTECT VETERANS FROM IDENTITY THEFT BY MAKING MILITARY SERVICE DISCHARGE RECORDS FILED WITH THE COUNTY RECORDER CONFIDENTIAL.
TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE GROSS RECEIPTS AND COMPENSATING USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR THE SALE OF A USED MOTOR VEHICLE.
AN ACT TO PROTECT LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY PRODUCERS FROM UNFAIR REBUILDING COSTS AFTER NATURAL DISASTERS.
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE MONEY FROM THE STATE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT TRUST FUND TO THE ARKANSAS COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH INSURANCE POOL.
TO EXEMPT CERTAIN EMPLOYEES' HOME ADDRESS FROM PUBLIC RECORDS UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE TO HELP COLLECT DELINQUENT MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, DISTRICT, OR RURAL WATER BILLS.
AN ACT PERTAINING TO STATE SCHOOL STANDARDS; TO PROVIDE FOR AN ADEQUATE AND EFFICENT EDUCATION IN ARKANSAS SCHOOLS.
AN ACT TO REVISE TITLE 21,CHAPTER 3, SUBCHAPTER 3 CONCERNING VETERANS PREFERENCES.
TO AMEND THE JOINT COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT TO GIVE A SANITATION AUTHORITY THE POWER TO OWN AND OPERATE WASTEWATER FACILITIES AND THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DISTRIBUTION OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY RESULTING FROM THE DEMUTUALIZATION OF AN INSURANCE COMPANY; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
AN ACT PERTAINING TO PERMANENT HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS OF ARKANSAS.
TO PROVIDE THAT ALL FINES LEVIED ON PERSONS CONVICTED OF GAME AND FISH VIOLATIONS MAY BE USED TO FUND SCHOOL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND OTHER PURPOSES CONSISTENT WITH AMENDMENT 35.
AN ACT TO MERGE ARKANSAS VALLEY TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INTO ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY.
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS NURSING HOME BED EXPANSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2003-2005 BIENNIUM.
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES - VARIOUS PROGRAMS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2003-2005 BIENNIUM.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DETERMINE AND PREPARE A LIST OF THE SKILLS THAT A CHILD SHOULD HAVE IN ORDER TO BE PREPARED WHEN ENTERING KINDERGARTEN.
TO INCREASE MINORITY INVOLVEMENT IN RAISING AWARENESS OF THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PROSTATE AND TESTICULAR CANCER.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ADOPT ANTI-BULLYING POLICIES; TO REQUIRE THE POLICIES TO BE FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE AND TO USE FUNDS FOR COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR PUBLIC SERVICE.
URGING LEGISLATORS TO COMMIT TO THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDED HEALTHY BEHAVIOR DURING THE 84TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
COMMENDING THE THREE ARKANSAS JOB CORPS CENTERS FOR THE OUTSTANDING SERVICE PROVIDED THE STATE AND RESIDENTS OF THE STATE, AND DESIGNATING MARCH 26, 2003, AS JOB CORPS RECOGNITION DAY IN ARKANSAS.
COMMENDING AGRICULTURE FOR REDUCING PHOSPHORUS CONTAMINATION AND; URGING CITIES AND CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE TO INFORM NONAGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF PHOSPHORUS.
PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ALLOW THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO CONVENE ITSELF INTO EXTRAORDINARY SESSION UPON WRITTEN REQUEST BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH HOUSE.
PROPOSING TO AMEND AMENDMENT 73 TO THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION TO ESTABLISH TERM LIMITS FOR MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
CoSponsor for Senate
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AN ALTERNATIVE FUELS FUND AND A WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE FUND.
AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - FORT SMITH - HEALTH SCIENCES FACILITY GENERAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION.
AN ACT PERTAINING TO STATE SCHOOL STANDARDS; TO PROVIDE FOR AN ADEQUATE AND EFFICIENT EDUCATION IN ARKANSAS SCHOOLS.
TO ENABLE ARKANSAS TO ENTER INTO THE STREAMLINED SALES AND USE TAX AGREEMENT BY AMENDING THE ARKANSAS SALES AND USE TAX LAW.
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION - DISBURSING OFFICER - BOST LIFEBRIDGE PROJECT FOR FORT CHAFFEE HOUSING FOR AGING DISABLED INDIVIDUALS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION.
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