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AR Code § 21-8-1001 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Subchapter 10 - State Boards, Commissions, and Entities Receiving State Funds|§ 21-8-1001. Conflicts of interest

 (a)  (1) No member of a state board or commission or board member of an entity receiving state funds shall participate in, vote on, influence, or attempt to influence an official decision if the member has a pecuniary interest in the matter under consideration by the board, commission, or entity.  (2) A member of a state board or commission or board member of an entity receiving state funds may participate in, vote on, influence, or attempt to influence an official decision if the only pecuniary interest that may accrue to the member is incidental to his or her position or accrues to him or her as a member of a profession, occupation, or large class to no greater extent than the pecuniary interest could reasonably be foreseen to accrue to all other members of the profession, occupation, or large class.    (b) No member of a state board or commission or board member of an entity receiving state funds shall participate in any discussion or vote on a rule or regulation that exclusively benefits the member.
AR Code § 21-8-1002 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Subchapter 10 - State Boards, Commissions, and Entities Receiving State Funds|§ 21-8-1002. Use of position for privileges or exemptions

 No member of a state board or commission or board member of an entity receiving state funds shall use or attempt to use his or her official position to secure unwarranted privileges or exemptions for himself or herself or others.
AR Code § 21-8-1003 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Subchapter 10 - State Boards, Commissions, and Entities Receiving State Funds|§ 21-8-1003. Confidential information

 No member of a state board or commission or board member of an entity receiving state funds shall disclose confidential information acquired by him or her in the course of the member's official duties or use such information to further his or her personal interests.
AR Code § 21-8-1004 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Subchapter 10 - State Boards, Commissions, and Entities Receiving State Funds|§ 21-8-1004. Penalties — Investigation by Arkansas Ethics Commission

 (a) In addition to any penalty contained in any other provision of law, any member of a state board or commission or board member of an entity receiving state funds who knowingly and intentionally violates any of the provisions of this subchapter may be removed from office by the appointing authority.  (b) The Arkansas Ethics Commission may investigate complaints alleging a violation of this subchapter and may make recommendations to the appointing authority.
AR Code § 21-8-1005 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Subchapter 10 - State Boards, Commissions, and Entities Receiving State Funds|§ 21-8-1005. Subchapter supplemental to other laws

 This subchapter shall be supplemental to all other laws concerning ethics or conflicts of interest.
AR Code § 21-9-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 9 - Liability of State and Local Governments|Subchapter 2 - Liability of State|§ 21-9-201. Definition

 For the purpose of this subchapter, elected state officials and members of commissions, boards, or other governing bodies of agencies are officers of the State of Arkansas.
AR Code § 21-9-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 9 - Liability of State and Local Governments|Subchapter 2 - Liability of State|§ 21-9-202. Jurisdiction of Arkansas State Claims Commission

 (a) The Arkansas State Claims Commission shall have jurisdiction over all claims for indemnification based on a judgment or negotiated settlement in conformity with § 21-9-203.  (b) Proceedings for the recovery of claims and the payment of claims shall be governed by the law governing proceedings before the commission and payment of claims allowed by the commission.
AR Code § 21-9-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 9 - Liability of State and Local Governments|Subchapter 2 - Liability of State|§ 21-9-203. Authority to pay damages — Conflict of interest

 (a) The State of Arkansas shall pay actual, but not punitive, damages adjudged by a state or federal court, or entered by such a court as a result of a compromise settlement approved and recommended by the Attorney General, against officers or employees of the State of Arkansas, or against the estate of such an officer or employee, based on an act or omission by the officer or employee while acting without malice and in good faith within the course and scope of his or her employment and in the performance of his or her official duties.  (b)  (1)  (A) When it has been determined by the Attorney General's office that a conflict of interest for the civil litigation division or any division of the Attorney General's office exists and that therefore the Attorney General's office must decline representation of the officer or employee, the state agency for which the officer or employee is employed is authorized to enter into a contract to hire special counsel to represent the officer or employee under the same conditions that are set out under the provisions of this subchapter and § 21-9-304.  (B) The agency will be responsible for the payment of the contract with funds from its maintenance and general operation accounts.    (2) When situations arise in which the Attorney General feels that a conflict of interest exists and therefore must decline representation of the officer or employee, the Attorney General shall prepare a report that he or she shall submit to the House Committee on Judiciary and Senate Committee on Judiciary, in which he or she shall recite the reasons for the conflict of interest and the reasons his or her office declined representation.    (c) Upon the recommendation of the Attorney General, the State of Arkansas shall have authority to pay damages based on an act or omission by an officer or employee of the State of Arkansas while acting without malice and in good faith within the course and scope of his or her employment and in the performance of his or her official duties, where the amount of damages is determined by negotiated settlement before or after an action has been commenced.
AR Code § 21-9-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 9 - Liability of State and Local Governments|Subchapter 2 - Liability of State|§ 21-9-204. Effect of employee insurance

 Damages payable under this subchapter shall be reduced to the extent that the officer or employee has been indemnified or is entitled to indemnification under any contract of insurance.
AR Code § 21-9-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 9 - Liability of State and Local Governments|Subchapter 2 - Liability of State|§ 21-9-205. Procedure for making claims

 (a) A party desiring to make a claim for indemnification under this subchapter shall notify the Attorney General of the filing of a complaint in any court or the making of any other form of demand for damages promptly after it is filed or made and permit the Attorney General to participate in all trial or settlement negotiations or proceedings regarding the complaint or demand.  (b) Compliance with all requirements of this section shall be prerequisite to payment of any claim under this subchapter.  (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to deny any party desiring to make a claim under this subchapter from employing legal counsel of his or her choosing to defend any lawsuit or other demand for damages.
AR Code § 21-9-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 9 - Liability of State and Local Governments|Subchapter 3 - Liability of Political Subdivisions|§ 21-9-301. Tort liability — Immunity declared

 (a) It is declared to be the public policy of the State of Arkansas that all counties, municipal corporations, school districts, public charter schools, special improvement districts, and all other political subdivisions of the state and any of their boards, commissions, agencies, authorities, or other governing bodies shall be immune from liability and from suit for damages except to the extent that they may be covered by liability insurance.  (b) No tort action shall lie against any such political subdivision because of the acts of its agents and employees.
AR Code § 21-9-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 9 - Liability of State and Local Governments|Subchapter 3 - Liability of Political Subdivisions|§ 21-9-302. Tort liability — Settlement of claims

 Each county, municipal corporation, school district, special improvement district, or any other political subdivision of the state is authorized to provide for hearing and settling tort claims against it.
AR Code § 21-9-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 9 - Liability of State and Local Governments|Subchapter 3 - Liability of Political Subdivisions|§ 21-9-303. Motor vehicle liability insurance required — Minimum amounts

 (a) All political subdivisions shall carry liability insurance on their motor vehicles or shall become self-insurers, individually or collectively, for their vehicles, or both, in the minimum amounts prescribed in the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, § 27-19-101 et seq.  (b) The combined maximum liability of local government employees, volunteers, and the local government employer in any action involving the use of a motor vehicle within the scope of their employment shall be the minimum amounts prescribed in the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, § 27-19-101 et seq., unless the political subdivision has purchased insurance coverage or participates in a self-insurance pool providing for an amount of coverage in excess of the minimum amounts prescribed in the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, § 27-19-101 et seq., in which event the maximum liability of the insurer or pool shall be the limits of the coverage provided for in the policy or agreement.  (c)  (1) Any person who suffers injury or damage to person or property caused by a motor vehicle operated by an employee, agent, or volunteer of a local government covered by this section shall have a direct cause of action against the insurer if insured, or the governmental entity if uninsured, or the trustee or chief administrative officer of any self-insured or self-insurance pool.  (2) Any judgment against a trustee or administrator of a self-insurance pool shall be paid from pool assets up to the maximum limit of liability as provided in this section.
AR Code § 21-9-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 9 - Liability of State and Local Governments|Subchapter 3 - Liability of Political Subdivisions|§ 21-9-304. Indemnification by state for certain actions

 (a) When any city of the first class, city of the second class, incorporated town, county, and its employees are called upon to assist the state and its employees and, as a result, are sued for their actions performed under the supervision of a state official or employee, the Attorney General shall defend the city of the first class, city of the second class, incorporated town, county, and its employees.  (b) Should a judgment be rendered against the city of the first class, city of the second class, incorporated town, county, or its employees, the state shall pay actual, but not punitive, damages adjudged by a state or federal court, or entered by the court as a result of a compromise settlement approved and recommended by the Attorney General, based on an act or omission by the officer or employee while acting without malice and in good faith within the course and scope of his or her employment and in performance of his or her official duties.  (c)  (1) When cities of the first class, cities of the second class, incorporated towns, counties, and their employees are covered by any contract of insurance providing for legal defense, the cities of the first class, cities of the second class, incorporated towns, counties, their employees, and their insurers are not entitled to legal defense by the Attorney General.  (2) Any judgment rendered against the cities of the first class, cities of the second class, incorporated towns, counties, their employees, or their insurers shall be paid by the state only to the extent that the judgment amount exceeds the limits of liability established in the contract of insurance.
AR Code § 21-12-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 12 - Termination of Service|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-12-101. Limitation of employment for preparers of certain grant applications

 (a) For a period of one (1) year after leaving state employment, a person whose principal function in state employment is to apply for or assist in the preparation of applications for state or federal grants shall not assist, for compensation, another person applying for a grant of state or federal funds.  (b) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a violation and subject to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000).
AR Code § 21-12-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 12 - Termination of Service|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-12-102. Discharge of employee for falsifying employment application

 Any person who is employed by the State of Arkansas and who falsified the employment application by alleging to have earned a college degree which in fact was not earned shall be terminated from employment with the state.
AR Code § 21-12-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 12 - Termination of Service|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-12-103. Dismissal of employee for prohibited discrimination

 (a) Every state agency shall include in its personnel manual a statement that discrimination by any officer or employee based upon race, creed, religion, national origin, age, sex, or gender shall constitute grounds for dismissal.  (b) When it is determined by any court of law that any employee of this state is guilty of discrimination based upon race, creed, religion, national origin, age, sex, or gender, such determination shall be grounds for dismissal from employment.
AR Code § 21-12-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 12 - Termination of Service|Subchapter 2 - Impeachments|§ 21-12-201. Definitions

 In this subchapter:   (1) “Articles of impeachment” means the written accusation of the officer, drawn up and approved by the House of Representatives. The articles shall state with reasonable certainty the misdemeanors in office for which the officer is impeached, and, if there is more than one (1), the misdemeanors shall be stated separately and distinctly; and  (2) “Impeachment” means the prosecution, by the House of Representatives before the Senate, of the Governor or other civil officer for misdemeanor in office.
AR Code § 21-12-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 12 - Termination of Service|Subchapter 2 - Impeachments|§ 21-12-202. Suspension of impeached officer

 (a) When any officer shall be impeached, he or she is declared to be suspended from exercising his or her office, after he or she shall be notified thereof, until he or she is acquitted.  (b) If the President of the Senate be impeached, notice shall be immediately given by the House of Representatives to the Senate, that another President of the Senate may be appointed.  (c) In all cases of impeachment of any officer of this state, the Governor is authorized to appoint some suitable person to perform the functions of the office from which the officer is suspended until the case of impeachment is disposed of by trial or otherwise, according to law. The person so appointed shall receive the same salary and emoluments as the officer impeached.
AR Code § 21-12-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 12 - Termination of Service|Subchapter 2 - Impeachments|§ 21-12-203. Initiation of proceedings

 (a) When articles of impeachment have been approved by the House of Representatives and impeachment ordered, a committee shall be appointed to prosecute the impeachment, whose chair, within five (5) days, shall bring the same before the Senate.  (b) The Senate shall appoint a day for hearing the impeachment.  (c)  (1) The accused shall be summoned by a precept issued by the Secretary of State to appear on that day.  (2) The precept shall be served by delivering a copy of the precept and of the articles of impeachment to the accused in person, if to be found, or by leaving the copies at his or her residence with some member of his or her family over sixteen (16) years of age.    (d)  (1) Upon the appearance of the accused, he or she shall have reasonable time to answer the impeachment, and when the answer shall be filed, the committee may reply thereto.  (2) When issue shall be joined on any such impeachment, the Senate shall appoint a time for the trial.    (e) If the accused shall not appear after being notified, or after appearing shall fail to answer, the Senate may proceed ex parte.
AR Code § 21-12-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 12 - Termination of Service|Subchapter 2 - Impeachments|§ 21-12-204. Attendance of witnesses

 (a) The Senate shall have power of coercing the attendance of witnesses and of compelling them to testify and of coercing the production of books and papers, by fine and imprisonment to such extent as shall be necessary.  (b)  (1) The Secretary of the Senate, at the request of the chair of the committee prosecuting the impeachment, or of the accused, shall issue process for summoning witnesses and for producing books and papers.  (2) In case of disobedience of the process, the Senate shall order the clerk to issue process for arresting the witnesses and seizing the books and papers, which process may be executed by the peace officers of the counties or by officers especially appointed for that purpose by the Senate.    (c) Witnesses shall have the same compensation for travel and attendance, and the same exemption in going, remaining, and returning, as witnesses in the circuit courts.  (d) Officers executing the process and orders of the Senate shall have like fees for their services.
AR Code § 21-12-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 12 - Termination of Service|Subchapter 2 - Impeachments|§ 21-12-205. Depositions of witnesses

 (a) The President of the Senate, on the application of the accused, or any of his or her counsel, or of the chair of the committee prosecuting the impeachment, shall issue commissions to take depositions where the witness is unable to attend from sickness or other infirmity or where the witness is without the limits of the state.  (b) Depositions shall be taken in the same manner, and the same notice shall be given, as where depositions are to be taken in the circuit court.
AR Code § 21-12-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 12 - Termination of Service|Subchapter 2 - Impeachments|§ 21-12-206. Trial

 (a) Before the Senate proceeds to try the impeachment, the President of the Senate and every senator present shall take the following oath or affirmation: “I do solemnly swear or affirm that I will faithfully and impartially try the impeachment against A. B., and give my decision according to the law and evidence.”  (b)  (1) The members being sworn, the Senate shall proceed to hear, try, and determine the impeachment and may adjourn the trial to any other time.  (2) The Senate shall determine questions of law arising during the trial, upon the admissibility of evidence, the competency of witnesses, and otherwise.  (3) The Senate may punish any person for contempt committed toward the Senate or for obstructing the administration of justice on the trial, in as full a manner as any court of record could do for a like contempt toward the court.    (c) In all impeachment trials, the accused shall have a right to be heard by himself or herself and his or her counsel.  (d)  (1) All votes on any question whatever shall be given viva voce and entered on the journals.  (2) No judgment or sentence of conviction shall be given against any person upon any impeachment without the concurrence of two-thirds (2/3) of the senators elected.  (3) The Senate shall determine what amount of absence of a senator during the trial shall exclude the senator from voting in the final decision.
AR Code § 21-12-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 12 - Termination of Service|Subchapter 2 - Impeachments|§ 21-12-207. Transcript of proceedings

 The Secretary of the Senate shall make out a transcript of the proceedings on impeachment and of the judgment of the Senate, whether of conviction or acquittal, which shall be signed by the officer presiding at the trial, attested by the Secretary of the Senate and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State.
AR Code § 21-12-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 12 - Termination of Service|Subchapter 2 - Impeachments|§ 21-12-208. Decision no bar to indictment

 The party convicted or acquitted shall, notwithstanding such acquittal or conviction, be subject to indictment, trial, judgment, and punishment for any indictable offense, according to the law of the land.
AR Code § 21-12-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 12 - Termination of Service|Subchapter 2 - Impeachments|§ 21-12-209. Allocation of costs

 (a)  (1) If the accused is acquitted, he or she shall be entitled to his or her costs, to be taxed by the Secretary of the Senate and paid by the Treasurer of State.  (2) If convicted, the accused shall pay the costs, to be taxed by the Secretary of the Senate, and recovered upon a motion by the Attorney General in the Pulaski County Circuit Court, at the first term thereof, without notice, or afterward on notice.    (b)  (1) If the impeachment is prosecuted on the petition of some citizen of the state, whose name is set at the foot of the articles of impeachment, the petitioner shall be liable for the costs of the accused if he or she is acquitted and also for the costs of prosecuting the impeachment, and, in that case, the state shall not be liable to pay any part of the costs.  (2)  (A) If the accused is convicted, the petitioner shall be entitled to recover from the accused the costs of the impeachment, for which the accused is liable.  (B) The costs shall be taxed by the Secretary of the Senate and recovered by suit in a court of competent jurisdiction.