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AR Code § 21-7-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Accounting and Reporting|Subchapter 2 - State and Local Officers — Income and Expenditures|§ 21-7-209. Credit for fees prohibited — Exception

 (a)  (1) Except as stated in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, no officer coming within the purview of this subchapter shall give credit to any person for fees or other emoluments or perquisites of his or her office unless in cases where parties are permitted by law to give bond for costs and the bond has been given as prescribed by law.  (2) In case any such prohibited credit shall be given, the amount thereof shall be charged to the officer as cash.    (b) A public officer performing services for an agency of the State of Arkansas for which a fee is provided in § 21-6-307 or § 21-6-406 may extend credit to that agency provided that statements demanding payment are submitted on at least a quarterly basis.  (c)  (1) Circuit court clerks and probate clerks of the circuit court, sheriffs, and other elected county officials are authorized to extend credit for the payment of court costs and fees to licensed attorneys, financial institutions, improvement districts, and state and federal agencies and may extend credit for payment of recording fees to the Commissioner of State Lands.  (2) Each official may establish policies within his or her office to implement the provisions of this section, which shall include a provision that withdraws this privilege from any person whose account remains past due and unpaid for thirty (30) days until the delinquent account is paid in full.    (d) When elected county officials are authorized to extend credit to attorneys or other persons or entities or agencies for court costs and fees and the official does so and is unable to collect such court costs or fees from the person, entity, or agency, the official shall not be personally liable for payment of such court costs and fees.
AR Code § 21-7-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Accounting and Reporting|Subchapter 2 - State and Local Officers — Income and Expenditures|§ 21-7-210. Records kept by officers

 (a)  (1) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, the Auditor of State, the Treasurer of State, and the Commissioner of State Lands, and of each officer of any county, city, town, or village receiving fees or emoluments of office to keep a record book in which shall be entered on each day an account of all moneys or other funds received by him or her in payment of fees or by way of emolument pertaining to his or her office.  (2) The record shall show in each instance by whom, on what account, and in what funds such payment was made.    (b)  (1) The record book of fees of each of the state officers, as set forth in subsection (a) of this section, shall, at all times, be open to the inspection of the Governor and other state officers.  (2) The record book of each of the county officers proper shall, at all times, be open to the inspection of the judges of the circuit and county courts of the county.  (3) The record book of justices of the peace and constables shall, at all times, be open to the inspection of the judge of the county court of the county.  (4) The record book of each officer of any city, town, or village shall, at all times, be open to the inspection of the mayor or other chief officer of such city, town, or village.
AR Code § 21-7-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Accounting and Reporting|Subchapter 2 - State and Local Officers — Income and Expenditures|§ 21-7-211. Failure of officer to render and settle accounts

 If any collector, sheriff, clerk, or other officer shall willfully neglect or refuse to render his or her accounts and settle with the county court for moneys received by him or her, or which he or she ought to have received, to the use of the county, in the manner and at the time prescribed by this subchapter or shall render a false account, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office and shall be proceeded against accordingly.
AR Code § 21-7-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Accounting and Reporting|Subchapter 3 - State Officers — Quarterly Reports to Governor|§ 21-7-301. Quarterly statements by certain state officers

 On the first day of January, March, July, and October, it shall be the duty of the Treasurer of State, the Secretary of State, and the Commissioner of State Lands to file with the Governor a sworn statement, in tabulated form, showing:   (1) The balances that the officers were chargeable with on account of the several funds;  (2) All amounts received by the officers during the quarter last past, and the several funds on account of which the same have been received; and  (3) An itemized statement of all expenditures and disbursements made by the officers, and on what account the same have been made during the quarter.
AR Code § 21-7-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Accounting and Reporting|Subchapter 3 - State Officers — Quarterly Reports to Governor|§ 21-7-302. Quarterly statement by Auditor of State

 It shall be the duty of the Auditor of State, on the first day of January, March, July, and October to file with the Governor a report and statement showing:   (1) The different amounts of money which, during the preceding quarter, have been charged upon his or her books to the various fiscal officers of the state;  (2) What disbursements or settlements during the quarter have been made by him or her; and  (3) In what manner the disbursements or settlements have been made.
AR Code § 21-7-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Accounting and Reporting|Subchapter 3 - State Officers — Quarterly Reports to Governor|§ 21-7-303. Statement to be public record — Investigation of deficits

 (a) The statements provided for in this subchapter, when so filed with the Governor, shall remain in his or her hands as public records, subject to inspection upon proper application.  (b) Copies of the statements shall be embraced in or accompany the Governor's message to the General Assembly.  (c) Whenever a deficit occurs in the reports, it shall be the Governor's duty to order through the Attorney General an immediate investigation and, if necessary, to order suit brought against the parties whose report shows the deficit.
AR Code § 21-7-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Accounting and Reporting|Subchapter 4 - Printing and Distribution of State Reports|§ 21-7-401. Biennial reports of Treasurer of State and Department of Finance and Administration

 (a)  (1) The only biennial reports which shall be printed and distributed shall be the biennial reports of the Treasurer of State and the Department of Finance and Administration.  (2) These reports shall be distributed to the constitutional officers of the state, and upon request, to members of the General Assembly.  (3) Copies shall be available for distribution to the general public upon written request.    (b) In addition to the financial statements and tables required to be published in the report, the department shall be required to summarize briefly all of the financial affairs of each state-supported institution or department and to publish the summaries in its biennial report to the constitutional officers of the state.
AR Code § 21-7-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Accounting and Reporting|Subchapter 4 - Printing and Distribution of State Reports|§ 21-7-402. Annual and biennial reports

 (a) Whenever the laws of this state require any state agency, department, board, or commission to prepare and publish an annual or biennial report, the report shall be prepared in the least expensive manner possible.  (b) Fifty (50) copies shall be filed with the Arkansas State Library, and twenty (20) copies shall be filed with the Mullins Library of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, as required by law, for distribution purposes.  (c) The publication and filing of such reports in the manner provided in this section shall constitute sufficient distribution, in lieu of other distribution requirements which may be prescribed by law, provided:  (1) A record or list of reports available at the Arkansas State Library shall be distributed every three (3) months to the appropriate parties, including members of the General Assembly or other public officials who may be designated by law to receive copies thereof. The furnishing of the lists or record shall meet the formalities of any statutory requirements specifying which officials shall receive copies of the reports;  (2) Copies of the reports shall be made available to the maximum extent practicable, upon request therefor, but the Arkansas State Library may provide, by rules, for recovery of the costs of reproduction.
AR Code § 21-8-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-8-101. Nepotism

 (a) A person who is related within the second degree, by consanguinity or affinity, to a member or employee of a state board or commission shall not be eligible for appointment as a member of the board.  (b) A person who is related within the second degree, by consanguinity or affinity, to a member of a state board or commission shall not be eligible for employment by the board or commission.  (c) This section shall apply only to persons hired or appointed after July 28, 1995.
AR Code § 21-8-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-8-102. Restrictions on employment of former state officials and former state employees — Definitions

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “State employee” means an individual employed in the office of:  (A) The Governor;  (B) The Lieutenant Governor;  (C) The Attorney General;  (D) The Secretary of State;  (E) The Auditor of State;  (F) The Treasurer of State;  (G) The Commissioner of State Lands;  (H) A justice of the Supreme Court;  (I) A judge of the Court of Appeals;  (J) A judge of a circuit court; or  (K) A judge of a district court; and    (2) “State official” means:  (A) The Governor;  (B) The Lieutenant Governor;  (C) The Attorney General;  (D) The Secretary of State;  (E) The Auditor of State;  (F) The Treasurer of State;  (G) The Commissioner of State Lands;  (H) A justice of the Supreme Court;  (I) A judge of the Court of Appeals;  (J) A judge of a circuit court;  (K) A judge of a district court;  (L) An executive head of a state agency;  (M) The chief deputy of an executive head of a state agency; and  (N) A member of the Arkansas Public Service Commission.      (b) A former state official or former state employee shall not knowingly act as a principal or agent for anyone other than the state in connection with any of the following if he or she participated personally and substantially through decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation, rendering of advice, investigation, or otherwise while serving in that capacity and the state is a party or has a direct or substantial interest:  (1) A judicial, administrative, or other proceeding, application, request for a ruling, or other determination;  (2) A contract;  (3) A claim; or  (4) A charge or controversy.    (c) A former state official or former state employee shall not knowingly act as a principal or agent for anyone other than the state within one (1) year after cessation of his or her employment with the state agency in connection with any of the following if the matters were within the former state official's or former state employee's official responsibility and the state is a party or has a direct or substantial interest:  (1) A judicial, administrative, or other proceeding, application, request for a ruling, or other determination;  (2) A contract;  (3) A claim; or  (4) A charge or controversy.    (d) A former state official or former state employee who knowingly violates this section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
AR Code § 21-8-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-8-103. Elected state officials prohibited from registering as lobbyists — Definition

 (a) A person serving as an elected state official in any jurisdiction is prohibited from registering as a lobbyist in Arkansas under § 21-8-601 et seq. or similarly in any other jurisdiction while the person is serving as an elected state official.  (b) As used in this section, “elected state official” means a person holding an elective office of state government as a constitutional officer or as a member of the General Assembly and includes persons during the time period between the date that he or she is elected and the date he or she takes office.
AR Code § 21-8-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Subchapter 2 - Income Disclosure by Salaried Employees|§ 21-8-201. Definitions

 For the purposes of this subchapter:   (1) “Public agency” shall include:  (A) The agency with which a state employee is employed, a state board, commission, institution, office, or agency;  (B) Any city, county, or school district, or any agency, division, or instrumentality thereof, including those agencies, divisions, or instrumentalities which are funded in part with funds provided by state appropriations; or  (C) Any area or regional program in this state which derives financial support in whole or in part from state funds or from any nonprofit corporation, foundation, or organization; and    (2)  (A) “Regular salary basis” means employment in a full-time position for which a maximum regular salary is established by law.  (B) “Regular salary basis” shall also include:  (i) In the case of the institutions of higher education, any person employed on a contract basis for nine (9) months or more of services where the maximum regular salary is established by law; and  (ii) Regular salaries paid from funds deposited in the State Treasury or from bank funds belonging to the state agency, or from federal funds, trust funds, grant funds, donated funds, or other funds of whatever nature administered by the state agency.
AR Code § 21-8-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Subchapter 2 - Income Disclosure by Salaried Employees|§ 21-8-202. Penalty

 (a) Any employee of the State of Arkansas, including employees of the state-supported institutions of higher education, who fails to file or who shall falsely file any statement as required under the provisions of this subchapter shall be guilty of a violation.  (b) Upon conviction, he or she shall be fined in an amount not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
AR Code § 21-8-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Subchapter 2 - Income Disclosure by Salaried Employees|§ 21-8-203. Disclosure of income required

 The General Assembly determines that it is essential to the efficient operation of government, and to minimize the opportunities for conflicts of interest, that all state employees who are employed on a regular salary basis shall be required to disclose each source of income in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) earned during any calendar year from sources other than their regular salary from employment or from professional or consultant services rendered for any public agency.
AR Code § 21-8-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Subchapter 2 - Income Disclosure by Salaried Employees|§ 21-8-204. Filing of income disclosure statement

 (a) On or before January 31 following the close of each calendar year, all state employees who are employed by a state office, agency, department, board, commission, or institution of higher education in this state on a regular salary basis shall file a statement under oath reflecting all income in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) received by them during the preceding calendar year as wages or salary or as fees or payments for professional or consultant services rendered to any public agency of this state, other than the salary said person receives on a regular salary basis.  (b)  (1) All state employees who are employed by any state office, agency, department, board, or commission, other than employees of institutions of higher education, shall file the statement required herein with the Secretary of State.  (2)  (A) All employees of institutions of higher education in the state shall file the statement with the president of the institution of higher education by which the employee is employed.  (B) All such statements filed with the presidents of the various institutions of higher education shall be public records and shall be open to public inspection during reasonable business hours.
AR Code § 21-8-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Subchapter 3 - Code of Ethics|§ 21-8-301. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Constitutional office” means the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, Secretary of State, Commissioner of State Lands, the Attorney General, the General Assembly, Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Court of Appeals, circuit judge, and district judge;  (2) “Governmental body” means an office, department, commission, council, board, committee, legislative body, agency, or other establishment of the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of the state, municipality, county, school district, improvement district, or any political district or subdivision thereof;  (3)  (A) “Public appointee” means an individual who is appointed to a governmental body.  (B) “Public appointee” does not include an individual appointed to an elective office;    (4)  (A) “Public employee” means an individual who is employed by a governmental body or who is appointed to serve a governmental body.  (B) “Public employee” does not include a public official or a public appointee;    (5)  (A) “Public official” means a person holding an elective office of any governmental body, whether elected or appointed to the office.  (B) “Public official” includes without limitation:  (i) A person holding an elective office of any governmental body, whether elected or appointed to the office, during the time period between the date he or she is elected or appointed and the date he or she takes office; and  (ii) A member of a school district board of directors;      (6) “Public servant” means a:  (A) Public appointee;  (B) Public employee; or  (C) Public official; and    (7) “Public trust crime” means a crime prohibited under Arkansas Constitution, Article 5, § 9.
AR Code § 21-8-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Subchapter 3 - Code of Ethics|§ 21-8-302. Penalties

 Any person who knowingly or willfully violates any provision of this subchapter shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
AR Code § 21-8-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Subchapter 3 - Code of Ethics|§ 21-8-303. Enforcement

 (a)  (1) It shall be the duties and responsibilities of the prosecuting attorneys of this state to supervise compliance with this subchapter and to prosecute persons who violate the provisions of this subchapter.  (2) However, the Arkansas Ethics Commission shall also have authority to investigate and address alleged violations of this subchapter.    (b)  (1) In the event the prosecuting attorney shall fail or refuse to enforce the provisions of this subchapter when the facts are known by him or her, or called to his or her attention, any citizen of this state may bring action in circuit court to force compliance with this subchapter.  (2) The citizen shall be entitled to receive reimbursements for expenses and reasonable attorney's fees upon the successful outcome of such litigation.
AR Code § 21-8-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Subchapter 3 - Code of Ethics|§ 21-8-304. Prohibited activities

 (a) No public servant shall use or attempt to use his or her official position to secure special privileges or exemptions for himself or herself or his or her spouse, child, parents, or other persons standing in the first degree of relationship, or for those with whom he or she has a substantial financial relationship that are not available to others except as may be otherwise provided by law.  (b) No public servant shall accept employment or engage in any public or professional activity while serving as a public official which he or she might reasonably expect would require or induce him or her to disclose any information acquired by him or her by reason of his or her official position that is declared by law or rule to be confidential.  (c) No public servant shall disclose any such information gained by reason of his or her position, nor shall he or she otherwise use such information for his or her personal gain or benefit.
AR Code § 21-8-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Subchapter 3 - Code of Ethics|§ 21-8-305. Person convicted of public trust crime ineligible as candidate for constitutional office or to hold constitutional office

 (a) If a person has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to or has been found guilty of a public trust crime, he or she shall not:  (1) File as a candidate for a constitutional office;  (2) Run as a candidate for a constitutional office; or  (3) Hold a constitutional office.    (b)  (1) The sealing of any public trust crime or any similar offense under the Comprehensive Criminal Record Sealing Act of 2013, § 16-90-1401 et seq., or any sealing or expungement act in any jurisdiction shall not restore a privilege, eligibility, or qualification to file as a candidate for, run as a candidate for, or hold a constitutional office under this section.  (2) A person who has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to or has been found guilty of a public trust crime that was sealed or expunged as described in subdivision (b)(1) of this section:  (A) Upon inquiry, shall disclose the fact and nature of the crime which the person pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to or was found guilty of; and  (B) Shall not publicly state or affirm under oath that the:  (i) Conduct underlying the plea or finding did not occur;  (ii) Record of the underlying plea or finding does not exist; or  (iii) Person has not been convicted of a criminal offense.      (3) If a person has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to or has been found guilty of a public trust crime or similar offense that was sealed under the Comprehensive Criminal Record Sealing Act of 2013, § 16-90-1401 et seq., or any sealing or expungement act in any jurisdiction, evidence of the plea, finding, and conduct underlying the plea or finding shall be admissible in a court of competent jurisdiction for an action concerning the person's filing for, candidacy for, or holding of a constitutional office.