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AR Code § 25-16-707 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 16 - State Officers|Subchapter 7 - Attorney General|§ 25-16-707. Amounts due state to be certified to Attorney General

 (a) Within ten (10) days after any amount of money is due and payable to the state, the official, department, institution, or other agency through which the amount is payable shall certify that fact to the Attorney General for his or her attention.  (b) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to indictment and upon conviction fined in any sum not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) and, upon proper proceedings, removed from office.
AR Code § 25-16-708 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 16 - State Officers|Subchapter 7 - Attorney General|§ 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 special license fee, franchise tax, privilege tax, or other moneys due the state by individuals, officers, companies, firms, or corporations, and when in his or her judgment it would be for the best interest of the state to do so, the Attorney General shall have the authority to appoint special counsel to take any steps which shall be necessary for the collection of all those sums which are due and unpaid.  (b) In all cases in which the Attorney General may appoint special counsel under the provisions of this section, the special counsel shall receive a reasonable compensation for his or her services, dependent on recovery, to be fixed by the Attorney General where collection is made without suit, and by the court or judge trying the cause where suits are instituted. The compensation shall in no case be more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount recovered.  (c) The venue of all suits contemplated by the provisions of this section shall be in the circuit court of any county in Arkansas where legal service of summons can be made.  (d) In cases in which the Attorney General deems it for the best interest of the state to do so, he or she is given authority to make any compromises of delinquent taxes or moneys, as herein described, as in his or her judgment shall secure for the state the most advantageous settlement.  (e) All moneys collected under the provisions of this section, less the compensation of special counsel fixed under authority of subsection (b) of this section, shall be paid over promptly to the Treasurer of State, who shall issue his or her receipt therefor to the Attorney General.  (f) This section shall not be so construed as to repeal § 22-5-401.
AR Code § 25-16-708 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 16 - State Officers|Subchapter 7 - Attorney General|§ 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 license fee, privilege tax, or other moneys due the state by individuals, officers, companies, firms, or corporations, and when in his or her judgment it would be in the best interest of the state to do so, the Attorney General may appoint special counsel to take any steps necessary for the collection of all those sums that are due and unpaid.  (b) In all cases in which the Attorney General may appoint special counsel under the provisions of this section, the special counsel shall receive a reasonable compensation for his or her services, dependent on recovery, to be fixed by the Attorney General where collection is made without suit, and by the court or judge trying the cause where suits are instituted. The compensation shall in no case be more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount recovered.  (c) The venue of all suits contemplated by the provisions of this section shall be in the circuit court of any county in Arkansas where legal service of summons can be made.  (d) In cases in which the Attorney General deems it for the best interest of the state to do so, he or she is given authority to make any compromises of delinquent taxes or moneys, as herein described, as in his or her judgment shall secure for the state the most advantageous settlement.  (e) All moneys collected under the provisions of this section, less the compensation of special counsel fixed under authority of subsection (b) of this section, shall be paid over promptly to the Treasurer of State, who shall issue his or her receipt therefor to the Attorney General.  (f) This section shall not be so construed as to repeal § 22-5-401.
AR Code § 25-16-709 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 16 - State Officers|Subchapter 7 - Attorney General|§ 25-16-709. Suits against officers indebted to state

 (a) The Attorney General is authorized and empowered, and it is made his or her duty, to institute and prosecute all suits in behalf of the state against all officers of the state who are indebted to the state by reason of any moneys collected or received and not accounted for according to law.  (b) Suits against these officers may be brought in any county of this state, at the option of the Attorney General, except in cases wherein the prosecuting attorneys of the different judicial districts are expressly authorized by law to bring suit.  (c) Whenever it shall become necessary to institute legal proceedings on the part of the state against defaulting or delinquent state officers, the Governor shall have the power to employ such competent attorneys at law as he or she may deem proper to assist the Attorney General in the proceedings and to pay a reasonable fee for the services rendered by them.  (d) Whenever under the provisions of this section the Attorney General shall fail to bring suit against any officer in default or to investigate the books and accounts of any officer when there are reasonable grounds for believing that he or she is a defaulter, the Governor may employ some competent attorney to prosecute the action. The attorney shall be allowed a reasonable fee.
AR Code § 25-16-711 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 16 - State Officers|Subchapter 7 - Attorney General|§ 25-16-711. Disputes between Attorney General and a constitutional officer

 In the event that the Attorney General and a constitutional officer disagree on the interpretation of any constitutional provision, act, rule, or regulation which affects the duties of that constitutional officer, the constitutional officer is authorized to employ special counsel to resolve the disagreement by litigation. This special counsel shall receive a reasonable compensation for his or her services.
AR Code § 25-16-712 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 16 - State Officers|Subchapter 7 - Attorney General|§ 25-16-712. Funding restriction

 The Attorney General shall not enter into any contract for the employment of outside legal counsel without first seeking prior review by the Legislative Council.
AR Code § 25-16-713 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 16 - State Officers|Subchapter 7 - Attorney General|§ 25-16-713. Attorney General — Designated law enforcement agency

 (a) The office of the Attorney General is designated as a law enforcement agency.  (b) A person designated and employed as a special investigator by the Attorney General shall:  (1) Be a certified law enforcement officer under § 12-9-101 et seq.; and  (2) Have statewide law enforcement jurisdiction and authority.
AR Code § 25-16-715 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 16 - State Officers|Subchapter 7 - Attorney General|§ 25-16-715. Transparency — Contingency fee contracts

 (a) A copy of each executed contingency fee contract and the Attorney General's written determination to enter into a contingency fee contract with a private attorney shall be posted on the state transparency website for public inspection within five (5) business days after the date the contract is executed and shall remain posted on the state transparency website for the duration of the contingency fee contract, including any extensions of or amendments to the contingency fee contract.  (b) Each payment of a contingency fee shall be posted on the state transparency website within fifteen (15) days after the payment of the contingency fee to the private attorney and shall remain posted on the state transparency website for at least one (1) year thereafter.  (c)  (1) A private attorney under contract to provide services to the Attorney General on a contingency-fee basis shall maintain, from the inception of the contract until at least four (4) years after the contract expires or is terminated, detailed current records, including without limitation documentation of all expenses, disbursements, charges, credits, underlying receipts and invoices, and other financial transactions that concern the provision of attorney services under the contingency fee contract.  (2) The private attorney shall make the records maintained under this subsection available for inspection and copying by the Attorney General upon request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.  (3) A private attorney shall maintain detailed contemporaneous time records for the attorneys and paralegals working on the matter in increments of no greater than one-tenth (1/10) of an hour and shall promptly provide these records to the Attorney General upon request.    (d)  (1) By February 1 of each year, the Attorney General shall submit a report to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives describing the use of contingency fee contracts with private attorneys in the preceding calendar year.  (2) The Attorney General may take reasonable steps to protect the evidentiary privileges of the state when producing the report required under this subsection.  (3) At a minimum, the report required under this subsection shall:  (A) Identify all new contingency fee contracts entered into during the year and all previously executed contingency fee contracts that remain current during any part of the year, including the following information:  (i) The name of the private attorney with whom the Attorney General has contracted, including the name of the attorney's law firm;  (ii) The nature and status of the legal matter;  (iii) The names of the parties to the legal matter;  (iv) The amount of any recovery; and  (v) The amount of any contingency fee paid; and    (B) Include copies of any written determinations made under § 25-16-714 during the year.
AR Code § 25-16-716 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 16 - State Officers|Subchapter 7 - Attorney General|§ 25-16-716. Fee reimbursement

 (a) The Office of the Attorney General may charge a fee to a governmental unit to reimburse the office for an expenditure made on behalf of a governmental unit.  (b) A fee under subsection (a) of this section shall be deposited by the office into the State Central Services Fund as a refund to an expenditure.
AR Code § 25-16-801 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 16 - State Officers|Subchapter 8 - Members of Boards and Commissions|§ 25-16-801. Appointments from congressional districts

 (a)  (1) Whenever any laws of this state shall provide for the appointment of members of boards and commissions from each congressional district, they shall be deemed to mean the congressional districts of the state existing at the time of the appointment, and not the congressional districts existing at the time of the passage of those laws.  (2) Whenever the total membership of any board or commission shall exceed the number of congressional districts from which appointments are to be made, the members in excess of congressional district appointees shall be appointed from the state at large.    (b) If the number of congressional districts in this state shall be reduced to fewer than six (6), the members of all boards and commissions of this state, including the Legislative Council and the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, who are selected or apportioned on the basis of congressional districts, shall continue to be selected or apportioned upon the basis of the six (6) congressional districts, as established by Act 297 of 1951 [repealed], until otherwise specifically provided by law.
AR Code § 25-16-803 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 16 - State Officers|Subchapter 8 - Members of Boards and Commissions|§ 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 of this state which by law expire between the date of the biennial general election and the date of the swearing in of the Governor elected at the election shall be extended until the date of the swearing in of the Governor. However, this section shall have no effect upon the filling of vacancies otherwise occurring during that time period.
AR Code § 25-16-805 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 16 - State Officers|Subchapter 8 - Members of Boards and Commissions|§ 25-16-805. Special board members

 (a) When any member of a state commission, board, council, committee, or similar body is disqualified or is otherwise temporarily unable or unwilling to serve in regard to any matter or matters pending before the entity, the Governor or other appointing authority may appoint a qualified person to serve as a special member of the entity to hear and participate in the decision on the particular matter or matters.  (b) The special board member appointed under this section shall have all authority and responsibility of a regular board member with respect to the particular matter or matters before the entity but shall have no authority or responsibility with respect to any other matter or matters before the board.  (c) The chair of the entity requesting a special board member shall inform the Governor or other appointing authority of the request in writing no later than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the meeting in which the special board member shall serve.  (d) A person appointed as a special member of a state commission, board, council, committee, or similar body pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be entitled to receive stipends and expense reimbursement in the same amount and under the same procedure as prescribed for regular members. The stipends and expense reimbursement shall be paid from the same source as stipends and expense reimbursement payment to regular members.
AR Code § 25-16-901 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 16 - State Officers|Subchapter 9 - State Boards — Compensation|§ 25-16-901. Definitions — Limitations

 (a) For purposes of this subchapter, the term “state board” means every state board, commission, committee, council, task force, and similar entity except the General Assembly, the State Highway Commission, and the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.  (b) This subchapter shall have no effect on the payment of mileage, expense reimbursement, and per diem authorized by law to be paid to members of the General Assembly, the State Highway Commission, and the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.
AR Code § 25-16-902 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 16 - State Officers|Subchapter 9 - State Boards — Compensation|§ 25-16-902. Expense reimbursement

 (a) Every state board may, by a majority vote of the total membership of the board cast during its first regularly scheduled meeting of each calendar year, authorize expense reimbursement for each board member for performing official board duties.  (b) The expense reimbursement shall not exceed the rate established for state employees by state travel regulations.
AR Code § 25-16-904 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 16 - State Officers|Subchapter 9 - State Boards — Compensation|§ 25-16-904. Stipend — Authorization for $85

 Each of the following state boards, by a majority vote of the total membership of the board cast during its first regularly scheduled meeting of each calendar year, may authorize payment to its members of a stipend not to exceed eighty-five dollars ($85.00) per day for each meeting, examination, evaluation, or inspection attended or for any day while performing any proper business of the board, and the board members shall receive no other compensation, expense reimbursement, or in-lieu-of payments except as provided in § 25-16-902:   (1) Auctioneer's Licensing Board;  (2) Arkansas Economic Development Commission;  (3) Supervisory Board for the Arkansas Crime Information Center;  (4) Board of Corrections;  (5) State Board of Education;  (6) State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services;  (7) State Board of Health;  (8) Arkansas Health Policy Council;  (9) State Parks, Recreation, and Travel Commission;  (10) Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission;  (11) Parole Board;  (12) Arkansas Racing Commission;  (13) Arkansas Sentencing Commission;  (14) Career Education and Workforce Development Board;  (15) Oil and Gas Commission;  (16) Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board;  (17) Arkansas Natural Resources Commission;  (18) Red River Commission;  (19) Board of Trustees of the Arkansas School for the Blind and the Arkansas School for the Deaf;  (20) Board of Directors of the Arkansas Development Finance Authority;  (21) [Repealed.]  (22) Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board; and  (23) [Repealed.]
AR Code § 25-16-905 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 16 - State Officers|Subchapter 9 - State Boards — Compensation|§ 25-16-905. Stipend — Authorization for $110

 Each of the following state boards, by a majority vote of the total membership of the board cast during its first regularly scheduled meeting of each calendar year, may authorize payment to its members of a stipend not to exceed one hundred ten dollars ($110) per day for each meeting, examination, evaluation, or inspection attended or for any day while performing any proper business of the board, and the board members shall not receive any other compensation, expense reimbursement, or in-lieu-of payments except as provided in § 25-16-902:   (1) Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners;  (2) Arkansas State Medical Board;  (3) State Board of Optometry;  (4) Sex Offender Assessment Committee;  (5) Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners;  (6) Arkansas State Board of Nursing;  (7) Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy;  (8) Arkansas Board of Podiatric Medicine; and  (9) Arkansas State Board of Public Accountancy.
AR Code § 25-16-906 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 16 - State Officers|Subchapter 9 - State Boards — Compensation|§ 25-16-906. Stipend — State employees — Salaried members — Members of General Assembly

 (a) No state employee shall receive any stipend under this subchapter.  (b) Those persons who are paid a salary for serving as a member of a state board shall continue to receive the salary and shall receive no stipend under this subchapter.  (c) State board members who are also members of the General Assembly shall continue to receive mileage, expense reimbursement, and per diem as prescribed for legislators attending meetings of interim committees of the General Assembly.
AR Code § 25-16-907 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 16 - State Officers|Subchapter 9 - State Boards — Compensation|§ 25-16-907. Effective date

 (a)  (1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this subchapter becomes effective on a board-by-board basis on the date of the board's first regularly scheduled meeting in 1996, and, thereafter, this subchapter shall be the sole authority for expense reimbursement, per diem, and stipends.  (2) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, for boards which do not have regularly scheduled meetings, this subchapter becomes effective on a board-by-board basis on the date of the board's first meeting in 1996, and, thereafter, this subchapter shall be the sole authority for expense reimbursement, per diem, and stipends.    (b) Any state board may, by a majority vote of the total membership of the board cast during any meeting in 1995, exercise its powers under this subchapter for calendar year 1995, but, until a board acts or has the opportunity to act in 1996, the law existing on February 1, 1995, as to the board's expense reimbursement and per diem authorization shall apply.
AR Code § 25-16-908 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 16 - State Officers|Subchapter 9 - State Boards — Compensation|§ 25-16-908. Distribution of copies

 As soon as possible after April 11, 1995, the Department of Finance and Administration shall provide a copy of this subchapter to every state board which is subject to the provisions hereof.
AR Code § 25-16-1001 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 16 - State Officers|Subchapter 10 - Hiring of Relatives by Public Officials|§ 25-16-1001. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Employee” means a person whose employment is not seasonal or temporary and whose actual performance of duty requires one thousand (1,000) or more hours during a fiscal year;  (2) “Public official” means:  (A) The Secretary of State, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer of State, Auditor of State, Attorney General, Commissioner of State Lands, a member of the Senate, or a member of the House of Representatives; and  (B) The executive head of any agency, department, board, commission, institution, bureau, or council of this state;    (3) “Relative” means a husband, wife, mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother, half-sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, daughter, son, stepdaughter, stepson, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, or niece;  (4) “State agency” means:  (A) All boards, commissions, departments, agencies, institutions, state-supported institutions of higher learning, and offices of constitutional officers of the State of Arkansas; and  (B) The General Assembly, including divisions, commissions, and bureaus operating under the authority of the General Assembly; and    (5) “Supervisory employee” means any individual having:  (A) Authority in the interest of the state agency to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees of a state agency; or  (B) The responsibility to direct other employees of a state agency, to adjust their grievances, or to effectively recommend an action if the exercise of authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature but requires the use of independent judgment.