Talk Business: Intriguing Bills of the 2013 Arkansas Legislature

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Updated: 3/07 12:22 pm

Published: 3/07 12:18 pm

During the 2013 session of the Arkansas Legislature, state lawmakers are considering more than 15-hundred bills and they still have time to file a few more.

Roby Brock with Talk Business tells Good Day's Deedra Wilson about some of the ones not getting a lot of attention that are a little unusual.

They include:

The Tennis License Plate Bill (SB 784) - Arkansas Tennis Association license plates. $35; $25 goes to the association, $10 to the state

The Monkey Bill (HB 1391) - This was tried in a previous session. It outlines who can and can't possess a primate, a member of the monkey species. Zoos, the circus, and wildlife sanctuaries are ok, as are folks who already have a monkey for a pet. But health concerns - such as rabies - is a reason this bill is being discussed.

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trapper - 3/7/2013 4:39 PM

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http://www.arkansashouse.org/bill/2013R/HB1391............... Found it. If you want to get a bill passed just sa it is to prevent diseases. The fact is that any mammal can get rabies. Primates no longer carry the diseases they used to. The reason is they are not taken from the wild. Every primate in America was born here so they have not been exposed to the same elements as the wild ones. I am so sorry I ever moved here. Way too many things are regulated here to protect you from you.

itsjustme - 3/7/2013 1:52 PM

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@trapper, Hence the name, "Monkey Bill". A bunch of monkeys making up laws and doing the reporting.

trapper - 3/7/2013 12:38 PM

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When I look up HB 1391 is says it is to enhance penalties for theft of copper. Can anyone explain this?

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