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Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 25-16-103. Registration of certain agency officials as lobbyists - An individual employed as an executive head of a state...
Subchapter 2 - Governor
§ 25-16-201. Reorganization of agencies to meet federal program requirements - (a) In order to protect the state's participation in various...
§ 25-16-203. Reports to Governor — Inclusion in message to General Assembly - The Auditor of State and Treasurer of State shall make...
§ 25-16-204. Appointment of commissioners in other states - (a) The Governor may nominate, appoint, and commission, under the...
§ 25-16-205. Transition funds - (a) For the purpose of this section, “transition funds” shall...
Subchapter 3 - Lieutenant Governor
§ 25-16-301. Custodian of Senate Chamber and records - The Lieutenant Governor is the custodian of the Senate Chamber,...
Subchapter 4 - Secretary of State
§ 25-16-401. Bond - The Secretary of State, before he or she enters upon...
§ 25-16-402. Deputy - (a) The Secretary of State may appoint a deputy to...
§ 25-16-403. Powers and duties generally - (a) The Secretary of State shall reside and keep his...
§ 25-16-405. Arkansas Ambassador's Certificate - The Secretary of State shall have the authority to issue...
Subchapter 5 - Auditor of State
§ 25-16-501. Violation of law by Auditor of State - If the Auditor of State shall willfully neglect or refuse...
§ 25-16-502. Bond - (a) Immediately after his or her election, the Auditor of...
§ 25-16-503. Seal - The Auditor of State shall keep a seal of office,...
§ 25-16-504. Deputy - (a) The Auditor of State is authorized to appoint one...
§ 25-16-505. Duties generally - It shall be the duty of the Auditor of State:...
§ 25-16-506. Access to other offices - The Auditor of State shall have free access to all...
§ 25-16-507. Power to administer oaths - The Auditor of State shall have power to administer oaths...
§ 25-16-509. Certification of payments - Whenever any person indebted to the state, on any account...
§ 25-16-510. Auditor of State as state accountant - The Auditor of State shall be the general accountant of...
§ 25-16-511. Recordkeeping requirements - (a) The Auditor of State shall keep a letter book...
§ 25-16-515. Accounting at expiration of term of appropriation - (a) It shall be the duty of the Auditor of...
§ 25-16-516. Warrants — Form and record - (a) In all cases of accounts audited and allowed against...
§ 25-16-517. Warrants — Restrictions on issuance - (a) No warrant shall be drawn by the Auditor of...
§ 25-16-518. Warrants — Prohibitions against receipt in payment of debt to state, use as offset, and bearing of interest - No warrant issued by the Auditor of State shall be...
§ 25-16-519. Warrants — Issuance of duplicates - (a) (1) Whenever Auditor of State's warrants of the State...
Subchapter 6 - Treasurer of State
§ 25-16-601. Violation of law by Treasurer of State - If the Treasurer of State shall willfully neglect or refuse...
§ 25-16-602. Seal - The Treasurer of State shall keep a seal of office...
§ 25-16-603. Deputies - (a) The Treasurer of State is authorized to appoint two...
§ 25-16-604. Duties generally - It shall be the duty of the Treasurer of State:...
§ 25-16-605. Access to other offices - The Treasurer of State shall have free access to all...
§ 25-16-606. Power to administer oaths - The Treasurer of State shall have power to administer oaths...
§ 25-16-607. Payment on Auditor of State's warrants - (a) The Treasurer of State is prohibited from paying any...
§ 25-16-608. Issuance of certificates or scrip on Auditor of State's warrants - It shall be unlawful for the Treasurer of State to...
§ 25-16-609. Claims for reimbursement on uncollectible state warrants or checks - (a) The Treasurer of State shall file a claim for...
§ 25-16-611. Quarterly report on notes and on moneys from sale of state lands - The Treasurer of State shall report quarterly to the Governor...
§ 25-16-612. Balancing books at end of term of appropriation - It shall be the duty of the Treasurer of State,...
§ 25-16-613. Letter book - The Treasurer of State shall keep a letter book, in...
§ 25-16-614. Examination of office - (a) The Governor shall be authorized and required to appoint...
§ 25-16-615. Examination of records by joint legislative committee - (a) Immediately after the commencement of each session of the...
Subchapter 7 - Attorney General
§ 25-16-701. Private practice of law prohibited - During his or her term of office, the Attorney General...
§ 25-16-702. Representation of state agencies and officers generally — Employment of outside counsel - (a) The Attorney General shall be the attorney for all...
§ 25-16-703. Representation of state interests in federal courts - (a) The Attorney General shall maintain and defend the interests...
§ 25-16-704. Representation of state interests in Supreme Court — Writs of quo warranto - (a) The Attorney General shall attend the several sittings of...
§ 25-16-705. Subpoena power — Attendance of witnesses - (a) In all litigation, including criminal matters, in which the...
§ 25-16-706. Opinions - (a) (1) Upon request, the Attorney General without fee or...
§ 25-16-707. Amounts due state to be certified to Attorney General - (a) Within ten (10) days after any amount of money...
§ 25-16-708. Appointment of special counsel to collect moneys due state. [Effective until May 1, 2021.] - (a) When there shall be past due and unpaid any...
§ 25-16-708. Appointment of special counsel to collect moneys due state. [Effective May 1, 2021.] - (a) When there is past due and unpaid any special...
§ 25-16-709. Suits against officers indebted to state - (a) The Attorney General is authorized and empowered, and it...
§ 25-16-711. Disputes between Attorney General and a constitutional officer - In the event that the Attorney General and a constitutional...
§ 25-16-712. Funding restriction - The Attorney General shall not enter into any contract for...
§ 25-16-713. Attorney General — Designated law enforcement agency - (a) The office of the Attorney General is designated as...
§ 25-16-714. Procurement of contingency fee contracts — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Government attorney” means...
§ 25-16-715. Transparency — Contingency fee contracts - (a) A copy of each executed contingency fee contract and...
§ 25-16-716. Fee reimbursement - (a) The Office of the Attorney General may charge a...
Subchapter 8 - Members of Boards and Commissions
§ 25-16-801. Appointments from congressional districts - (a) (1) Whenever any laws of this state shall provide...
§ 25-16-803. Terms not to expire between biennial general election and Governor's swearing in - The terms of office of members of boards and commissions...
§ 25-16-804. Removal and replacement - (a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise...
§ 25-16-805. Special board members - (a) When any member of a state commission, board, council,...
§ 25-16-806. Removal and replacement of positions without confirmation - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Good cause” includes:...
Subchapter 9 - State Boards — Compensation
§ 25-16-901. Definitions — Limitations - (a) For purposes of this subchapter, the term “state board”...
§ 25-16-902. Expense reimbursement - (a) Every state board may, by a majority vote of...
§ 25-16-903. Stipend — Authorization for $60 - Each of the following state boards, by a majority vote...
§ 25-16-904. Stipend — Authorization for $85 - Each of the following state boards, by a majority vote...
§ 25-16-905. Stipend — Authorization for $110 - Each of the following state boards, by a majority vote...
§ 25-16-906. Stipend — State employees — Salaried members — Members of General Assembly - (a) No state employee shall receive any stipend under this...
§ 25-16-907. Effective date - (a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this...
§ 25-16-908. Distribution of copies - As soon as possible after April 11, 1995, the Department...
Subchapter 10 - Hiring of Relatives by Public Officials
§ 25-16-1001. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Employee” means a person...
§ 25-16-1002. Prohibited employment of relatives - (a) A public official shall not appoint, employ, promote, advance,...
§ 25-16-1003. Married state agency employees - (a) If as a result of a marriage that occurs...
§ 25-16-1004. Criminal penalty - (a) A person commits an offense if the person approves...
§ 25-16-1005. Civil penalties - (a) A public official who knowingly violates § 25-16-1002(a) shall...
§ 25-16-1006. Administration and enforcement - (a) The Office of Personnel Management shall establish rules and...
§ 25-16-1007. Applicability - This subchapter shall not apply to the hiring, transfer, or...
Subchapter 11 - Forfeiture of or Disqualification from Public Employment on Conviction of an Offense Related to Public Employment
§ 25-16-1101. Legislative intent - (a) It is the policy of the State of Arkansas...
§ 25-16-1102. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Governmental body” means any...
§ 25-16-1103. Forfeiture of office - (a) A public servant holding an office, position, or employment...
§ 25-16-1104. Disqualification from office - A public servant who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to...
§ 25-16-1105. Enforcement - (a) (1) Forfeiture of an office, position, or employment may...
§ 25-16-1106. Applicability - (a) This subchapter shall apply to a public servant that,...
§ 25-16-1107. Effect of expungement - An expunged record shall not serve as the basis for...