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AR Code § 21-1-605 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Whistle-Blower Act|§ 21-1-605. Remedies

 (a) A court in rendering judgment under this subchapter may order any or all of the following remedies:  (1) An injunction to restrain continued violation of the provisions of this subchapter;  (2) The reinstatement of the public employee to the same position held before the adverse action or to an equivalent position;  (3) The reinstatement of full fringe benefits and retirement service credit;  (4) The compensation for lost wages, benefits, and any other remuneration; or  (5) The payment by the public employer of reasonable court costs and attorney's fees.    (b)  (1) A public employee alleging in a civil action that he or she was terminated from his or her position as the result of adverse action prohibited under § 21-1-603 may request an expedited hearing on the issue of the public employee's being reinstated to the public employee's position until the resolution of the civil action brought under this subchapter.  (2) If at an expedited hearing the public employee demonstrates that a reasonable person would conclude that his or her termination was a result of adverse action prohibited under § 21-1-603, the court shall order that the public employee be:  (A) Reinstated to his or her position until the conclusion of the civil action brought under this subchapter; or  (B) Reinstated to his or her position and placed on paid administrative leave until the conclusion of the civil action brought under this subchapter.
AR Code § 21-1-606 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Whistle-Blower Act|§ 21-1-606. Attorney's fees

 (a) A court may order that reasonable attorney's fees and court costs be awarded to an employer if the court determines that an action brought by a public employee under this subchapter is without basis in law or fact.  (b) A public employee shall not be assessed attorney's fees under this section if, after exercising reasonable and diligent efforts after filing the suit, the public employee files a voluntary nonsuit concerning the employer within sixty (60) calendar days after determining that the employer would not be liable for damages.
AR Code § 21-1-607 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Whistle-Blower Act|§ 21-1-607. Protection of confidentiality

 (a) This subchapter shall not be construed to permit a disclosure which would diminish or impair the rights of any person or any public official to the continued protection of confidentiality of records or working papers where a statute or the common law provides for protection.  (b)  (1) All materials and documentation, including without limitation notes, memoranda, recordings, preliminary drafts of investigation reports, and other data gathered in connection with a communication regarding the existence of waste or of a violation, are privileged and confidential and are exempt from the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq., except as provided in subdivisions (b)(2) and (3) of this section.  (2) Final reports issued by a public employer or an appropriate authority concerning a communication regarding the existence of waste or of a violation and any supporting documentation shall be open to public inspection and copying, except for documents that are exempt from disclosure under other law.  (3) This section does not apply to the name and identifying information of a state employee eligible to receive a reward under § 21-1-610 who does not request confidentiality under § 21-1-610(g).    (c) This section applies without limitation to communications regarding the existence of waste or of a violation received by a telephone hotline allowing for the reporting of fraud, waste, or abuse in government.
AR Code § 21-1-608 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Whistle-Blower Act|§ 21-1-608. Notification of rights

 (a) A public employer shall use appropriate means to notify its public employees of their protection and obligations under this subchapter.  (b)  (1) A public employer shall post in a conspicuous place a printed sign at least eight and one-half inches by eleven inches (8½" x 11") in size that:  (A) Informs a public employee of the provisions of this subchapter;  (B) Describes an appropriate authority to whom the public employee may communicate in good faith regarding the existence of waste or of a violation; and  (C) If a telephone hotline exists for the reporting of fraud, waste, or abuse in government, contains the number of the telephone hotline.    (2) Arkansas Legislative Audit shall:  (A) Prepare the printed sign under subdivision (b)(1) of this section; and  (B) Make the sign available electronically on its Internet website in a format that allows it to be printed by a public employer for posting in compliance with subdivision (b)(1) of this section.
AR Code § 21-1-701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Subchapter 7 - State Employee Grievances|§ 21-1-701. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1)  (A) “Employee” means a person regularly appointed or employed in a position of state service by a state agency for which:  (i) He or she is compensated on a full-time basis or on a pro rata basis; and  (ii) A class title and pay grade are established in the appropriation act for the agency or institution in accordance with the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, § 21-5-201 et seq.    (B) “Employee” does not include a supervisory employee;    (2) “Grievance” means an employee's complaint resulting from a termination or suspension;  (3)  (A) “State agency” means a board, commission, department, division, or office of state government within the executive branch.  (B) “State agency” does not include:  (i) An institution of higher education;  (ii) A public school district;  (iii) The Arkansas Department of Transportation; and  (iv) The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission; and      (4) “Supervisory employee” means an individual having:  (A) Authority in the interest of a state agency to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees of the state agency; or  (B) If his or her exercise of authority requires the use of independent judgment and is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, the responsibility to direct other employees of the state agency by which he or she is employed.
AR Code § 21-2-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Commission, Oath, And Bond|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-2-101. Officers commissioned by Governor

 Each Justice of the Supreme Court, judge of a circuit court, presiding judge of a county court, the Secretary of State, the Auditor of State, prosecuting attorney, sheriff, coroner, clerk of a circuit court, county treasurer, county surveyor, notary public, justice of the peace, judge of a district court, mayor of a city or town, and militia officer elected or appointed in this state shall be commissioned by the Governor.
AR Code § 21-2-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Commission, Oath, And Bond|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-2-102. Commission fee and duplicate oath to be forwarded to Secretary of State

 (a)  (1) With the exception of judges elected at the nonpartisan judicial general election without a runoff, all civil and military state and county officers who are required by law to be commissioned by the Governor are required to forward the legal fee for their commissions to the Secretary of State within sixty (60) days after their election.  (2) All judges elected at the nonpartisan judicial general election without a runoff are required to forward the legal fee for their commissions to the Secretary of State within sixty (60) days after the November general election.  (3) Within fifteen (15) days after the commissions have been received, the officers shall forward their duplicate oaths to the Secretary of State to be recorded and filed in his or her office.    (b)  (1) In case any officer, elected or appointed and commissioned by the Governor, shall fail or neglect to apply for or procure his or her commission from the office of the Secretary of State within the time specified in subsection (a) of this section or shall, after the commission has been obtained, fail or neglect to forward to the office of the Secretary of State his or her duplicate oath for recordation in that office, within the time specified, then the office to which that person was commissioned shall be deemed vacant.  (2) The Governor, on being satisfied from the official records of the office of the Secretary of State, by reason of any of the causes enumerated in this section, shall proceed to fill the vacancy in the manner provided by law.
AR Code § 21-2-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Commission, Oath, And Bond|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-2-103. Sending commission fees directly to Treasurer of State — Issuance of commission

 (a) Any officer entitled to a commission may send the fee for the commission to the Treasurer of State, who shall at once execute duplicate receipts for the fee.  (b)  (1) The Treasurer of State shall present the receipts to the Auditor of State, who shall countersign them and charge the amount therein specified to the Treasurer of State.  (2) The Treasurer of State shall then file one (1) of the receipts with the Auditor of State and the other with the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of State shall immediately forward the commission to the officer.
AR Code § 21-2-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Commission, Oath, And Bond|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-2-104. District, county, and township officers — Issuance of commissions — Collection of fees

 (a)  (1) The Secretary of State is authorized, after each general election in this state, and as soon as the full returns of the election in any county are received by him or her, to issue and forward the commissions of all the newly elected district, county, and township officers required by law to be commissioned to the county or circuit clerks of the respective counties for delivery to the person entitled to them.  (2) The clerks shall collect the fees required to be paid for the commissions, before the delivery thereof, and return the fee, or the commissions when default is made, to the Secretary of State.  (3) The Secretary of State shall account for the fee to the State Treasury as directed in § 21-6-202.    (b) It shall be the duty of the county clerk, upon receipt of the commissions from the Secretary of State for the several officers of his or her county, to notify each elected officer of the receipt of the commission and to enter the commission in a well-bound book which shall be kept for that purpose and shall be ruled and divided into columns in the following order:  (1) Name of officer;  (2) Title of office;  (3) Date of commission;  (4) Date of qualification; and  (5) Mailing address.
AR Code § 21-2-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Commission, Oath, And Bond|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-2-105. Administration of oaths generally

 (a)  (1) The Governor shall take the oath of office before:  (A) A justice or judge of the:  (i) Supreme Court;  (ii) Court of Appeals; or  (iii) Circuit court;    (B) The county clerk; or  (C) The clerk of the circuit court.    (2) The justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the Court of Appeals, judges of the circuit courts, judges of the district court, Secretary of State, Treasurer of State, and Auditor of State shall take their oaths before:  (A) The Governor;  (B) A justice or judge of the:  (i) Supreme Court;  (ii) Court of Appeals; or  (iii) Circuit court;    (C) The clerk of the county court; or  (D) The clerk of the circuit court.    (3) All other officers, both civil and military, shall take their oaths before:  (A) The Secretary of State or his or her official designee;  (B) A justice or judge of the:  (i) Supreme Court;  (ii) Court of Appeals;  (iii) Circuit court;  (iv) District court; or  (v) County court;    (C) The clerk of the county court;  (D) The clerk of the circuit court;  (E) A justice of the peace;  (F) A clerk of a city of the first class; or  (G) A recorder of a city of the second class or incorporated town.      (b) However, if the officer is serving in or with the United States Armed Forces, he or she may take the oath of office before any commissioned officer in active service of the United States Armed Forces with the rank of second lieutenant or higher in the United States Army, United States Air Force, or United States Marine Corps, or ensign or higher in the United States Navy or United States Coast Guard.  (c) The oath shall not be rendered invalid by failure to recite a venue or to state the place of execution of the oath, nor is a special form of jurat of affidavit or any authentication thereof required, provided it appears on the instrument that the person taking the oath is a commissioned officer provided for in this section.  (d)  (1) If necessary, a county or district official listed under subsection (a) of this section may act as a holdover officer and administer the oath of office to any incoming county or district official, including without limitation his or her successor.  (2) Upon the completion of the oath:  (A) The outgoing officer immediately vacates his or her position; and  (B) The incoming officer assumes all the rights, privileges, and duties of his or her respective office.
AR Code § 21-2-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Commission, Oath, And Bond|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-2-106. Endorsement of oath on commission

 (a) It shall be the duty of every officer administering the oath of office to any officer of this state to endorse the oath on the commission of the officer.  (b) However, if the officer is serving in or with the United States Armed Forces at the time his or her oath is taken and the oath is taken before a commissioned officer in the manner provided in § 21-2-105, the oath may be attached to the commission of the officer whose oath is taken in lieu of being endorsed thereon.
AR Code § 21-2-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Commission, Oath, And Bond|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-2-107. Bonds of state, county, and district officers generally

 (a) The official bonds of all state, county, and district officers required by law to furnish official bonds shall be executed by those officials as principal and shall be executed by some surety company authorized to do business in Arkansas as surety.  (b)  (1) The official bonds of all state officers covered by subsection (a) of this section shall be filed in the offices of the Secretary of State and the Auditor of State, with the original's being filed in the office of the Secretary of State and a true and correct copy thereof filed in the office of the Auditor of State.  (2) The official bonds of all county officers covered by subsection (a) of this section shall be filed in the office of the recorder in the county in which the officers are elected or appointed.  (3) The official bonds of all district officers covered by subsection (a) of this section shall be filed in the office of the recorder of the county in which the district officer resides.    (c) The recorders of the various counties whose duty it is to file the bonds under the provisions of this section, shall maintain a special record book and shall record therein each official bond filed as provided in this section.  (d) When the original of any bond provided for or covered by this section shall be lost or destroyed, the record of the bond provided for in this section shall be deemed the original, and suit may be instituted on the recorded bond.  (e) When any bond is required of any officer as described in subsection (a) of this section, then the Governor, county judge, mayor, or board of directors of the political entity affected may, in their discretion, make an order providing that the State Treasury or the treasury of a county, city, town, or district shall be drawn upon for the purpose of paying, and in such amount as may be necessary to pay, the expenses of premiums of surety bonds required by this section.  (f) This section is cumulative and supplemental to all existing statutes. It shall repeal, alter, or modify them only where in direct conflict therewith.
AR Code § 21-2-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Commission, Oath, And Bond|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-2-108. Duration of bond

 All official bonds shall be executed for a definite period not to exceed two (2) years.
AR Code § 21-2-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Commission, Oath, And Bond|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-2-109. Payment of premium on bonds

 If state, county, or city officials, including officials of incorporated towns, required to give bond for the faithful performance of their duties and the paying over of funds which may come into their hands shall elect to make a corporate surety bond in a guaranty or bonding company authorized to do business within the state, then the state, county, city, or incorporated town, as the case may be, shall pay the premium on the bonds.
AR Code § 21-2-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Commission, Oath, And Bond|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-2-110. Liability of surety generally

 The surety on an official's bond shall be liable for losses or other liabilities covered by the bond which occur within the term to which the bond applies, regardless of when the loss or liability is discovered.
AR Code § 21-2-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Commission, Oath, And Bond|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-2-111. Discharge of sureties on official bonds

 (a)  (1) Any person bound as surety in any bond given by an officer for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office, whether the office is held under an election or an appointment by the laws of the state or by any ordinance or resolution of any municipal corporation in this state, or by appointment by a board of any municipal corporation in this state, may be discharged from all future liability on the official bond upon his or her petition in writing adduced to the court authorized by law to take and approve the official bond.  (2) In the event the bond is not required to be approved by a particular court, then his or her petition in writing shall be adduced to the circuit court of the county in which the bond is given and required to be filed.    (b) The petition shall set forth the facts upon which the application for a discharge is founded and shall be verified by the affidavit of the petitioner.  (c)  (1) A notice in writing of the intended application, together with a copy of the petition, shall be personally served on the principal in the bond at least twenty (20) days before the making of the application.  (2) If the principal in the bond has been absent from the state for the period of six (6) months, the publication of notice and petition, for three (3) successive weeks, in some newspaper printed in this state shall be a sufficient service of notice.    (d)  (1) The court to whom the petition is addressed shall hear the application and may, on examination thereof, in its discretion, make an order requiring the principal in the bond to give new bond and security for the performance of his or her official duties.  (2) If new bond and security is given, it shall be taken, approved, filed, and recorded in the same manner that the official bond of the officer is required by law to be taken, approved, and recorded.  (3) When a new bond is taken, approved, and filed, it shall immediately operate as a discharge of all the securities on the former bond from all liability arising from any subsequent misconduct or default of the principal therein. The securities on the former bond shall thenceforth be liable on that bond only for breaches thereof which happened prior to the taking, approving, and filing of the new bond.
AR Code § 21-2-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Commission, Oath, And Bond|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-2-112. Remedy of surety against principal and cosureties

 Any person bound as a security in any bond given by an officer to secure the faithful performance of his or her duties, who shall pay any money he or she shall have been liable to pay by reason of the bond, shall have the same right and remedy against the principal and cosureties as are provided in this section and § 21-2-111 against principal and security in bonds, bills, or notes for the payment of money or the delivery of property.
AR Code § 21-2-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Commission, Oath, And Bond|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-2-113. Discrepancies in accounts — Effect on surety

 (a) If any discrepancies are found in the accounts of an officer, the Auditor of State and the county clerk shall immediately notify the bonding company, and the penalties as prescribed in §§ 26-39-215, 26-39-501, and 26-39-502 shall not apply until sixty (60) days have expired from the official notification.  (b)  (1)  (A) If the accounts are found to be correct, then, after final settlement has been made, the county clerk shall issue a quietus to the officer and shall forward a copy to the Auditor of State.  (B) Issuance of a quietus shall automatically release bondsmen or sureties of the official from any and all liability on the bond in force for the term or part thereof covered by the final settlement.    (2) However, if any discrepancy is found in the account of the county clerk or circuit clerk, the county judge shall immediately notify the bonding company.
AR Code § 21-2-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Commission, Oath, And Bond|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-2-114. Bond required of people employed by public officials

 Each public official or employee of this state, or political subdivision thereof, who has appointed deputies or employed individuals who handle any funds for the performance of their duties shall bond the deputies and employees in those amounts which he or she deems necessary to indemnify the state or political subdivision for any loss or mishandling of funds by the deputies or employees.