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AR Code § 25-43-1502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 43 - Cabinet-Level Departments of the Executive Branch|Subchapter 15 - Department of Transformation and Shared Services|§ 25-43-1502. State entities transferred to Department of Transformation and Shared Services

 (a) The administrative functions of the following state entities are transferred to the Department of Transformation and Shared Services by a cabinet-level department transfer:  (1) The Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board, created under § 15-21-503;  (2) The Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office, created under § 15-21-502;  (3) The Building Authority Division, created under § 22-2-104;  (4) The Data and Transparency Panel, created under § 25-4-127;  (5) The Department of Information Systems, created under § 25-4-104, now to be known as the “Division of Information Systems”;  (6) The Employee Benefits Division, created under § 25-43-1505;  (7) The Office of Personnel Management, created under § 25-43-1504;  (8) The Office of State Procurement, created under § 19-11-215;  (9) The State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Board, created under § 21-5-402; and  (10) The State Technology Council, created under § 25-33-101.    (b) Unless otherwise provided by law, a cabinet-level department transfer under subsection (a) of this section includes all state entities under a state entity transferred to the Department of Transformation and Shared Services under subsection (a) of this section, including without limitation a division, office, program, or other unit of a state entity transferred to the Department of Transformation and Shared Services under subsection (a) of this section.  (c) Unless otherwise provided by law, a state entity whose administrative functions have been transferred to the Department of Transformation and Shared Services under subsection (a) of this section shall otherwise continue to exercise the duties of the state entity under the administration of the cabinet-level Department of Transformation and Shared Services in the same manner as before the creation of the cabinet-level department.
AR Code § 25-43-1503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 43 - Cabinet-Level Departments of the Executive Branch|Subchapter 15 - Department of Transformation and Shared Services|§ 25-43-1503. Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services

 (a) The executive head of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services shall be the Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services.  (b) The secretary shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.  (c) Each division of the department shall be under the direction, control, and supervision of the secretary.  (d) The secretary may delegate his or her functions, powers, and duties to various divisions or employees of the department as he or she shall deem desirable and necessary for the effective and efficient operation of the department.  (e) The secretary may, unless otherwise provided by law:  (1) Hire department personnel;  (2) Perform or assign duties assigned to the department; and  (3) Serve as the director, or the administrative or executive head, of any state entity under the administrative control of the department if the secretary also meets all statutory requirements for the position.
AR Code § 25-43-1504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 43 - Cabinet-Level Departments of the Executive Branch|Subchapter 15 - Department of Transformation and Shared Services|§ 25-43-1504. Office of Personnel Management — State Personnel Administrator

 (a) There is created within the Department of Transformation and Shared Services the Office of Personnel Management.  (b)  (1)  (A) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall be known as the “State Personnel Administrator”.  (B) The State Personnel Administrator shall be employed by the Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services with the advice and consent of the Governor.    (2) The office shall be under the overall direction, control, and supervision of the secretary.
AR Code § 25-43-1505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 43 - Cabinet-Level Departments of the Executive Branch|Subchapter 15 - Department of Transformation and Shared Services|§ 25-43-1505. Employee Benefits Division

 There is created within the Department of Transformation and Shared Services the Employee Benefits Division.
AR Code § 25-43-1601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 43 - Cabinet-Level Departments of the Executive Branch|Subchapter 16 - Department of Veterans Affairs|§ 25-43-1601. Department of Veterans Affairs — Creation

 There is created the Department of Veterans Affairs as a cabinet-level department.
AR Code § 25-43-1602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 43 - Cabinet-Level Departments of the Executive Branch|Subchapter 16 - Department of Veterans Affairs|§ 25-43-1602. State entities transferred to Department of Veterans Affairs

 (a) The administrative functions of the following state entities are transferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to a cabinet-level department transfer:  (1) The Arkansas Veterans' Child Welfare Service, created under § 20-81-101;  (2) The Arkansas Veterans' Commission, created under § 20-81-104;  (3) The county veterans' service officer programs, created under § 20-81-106;  (4) The Department of Veterans Affairs, created under § 20-81-102 [repealed];  (5) The state veterans' cemetery system, created under § 20-81-112; and  (6) The Veterans' Home, established under § 20-81-105, now known as “veterans' homes”.    (b) Unless otherwise provided by law, a cabinet-level department transfer under subsection (a) of this section includes all state entities under a state entity transferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs under subsection (a) of this section, including without limitation a division, office, program, or other unit of a state entity transferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs under subsection (a) of this section.  (c) Unless otherwise provided by law, a state entity whose administrative functions have been transferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs under subsection (a) of this section shall otherwise continue to exercise the duties of the state entity under the administration of the cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs in the same manner as before the creation of the cabinet-level department.
AR Code § 25-43-1603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 43 - Cabinet-Level Departments of the Executive Branch|Subchapter 16 - Department of Veterans Affairs|§ 25-43-1603. Powers and duties of Department of Veterans Affairs

 (a) The Department of Veterans Affairs shall:  (1) Supervise the operation of the veterans' homes under § 20-81-105;  (2) Supervise the activities, training, and testing of the county veterans' service officers located throughout the State of Arkansas; and  (3) Perform all administrative functions for the state entities under the administration of the department.    (b) The department is authorized to develop and promulgate all rules necessary for the enforcement and implementation of the provisions of the Transformation and Efficiencies Act of 2019 and all applicable federal rules and regulations.
AR Code § 25-43-1604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 43 - Cabinet-Level Departments of the Executive Branch|Subchapter 16 - Department of Veterans Affairs|§ 25-43-1604. Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs

 (a) The executive head of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall be the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.  (b) The secretary shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.  (c) Each division of the department shall be under the direction, control, and supervision of the secretary.  (d) The secretary may delegate his or her functions, powers, and duties to various divisions or employees of the department as he or she shall deem desirable and necessary for the effective and efficient operation of the department.  (e) The secretary may, unless otherwise provided by law:  (1) Hire department personnel;  (2) Perform or assign duties assigned to the department; and  (3) Serve as the director, or the administrative or executive head of any state entity under the administrative control of the department if the secretary also meets all statutory requirements for the position.    (f) The Governor may appoint a qualified secretary who has:  (1) Served in the United States Armed Forces during a period of conflict as defined by the United States Congress;  (2) Been honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces; and  (3) Been a resident of the State of Arkansas for two (2) or more years preceding his or her appointment.    (g) The secretary shall promote and supervise the dissemination of available information concerning the rights of veterans and their dependents.  (h) The secretary may establish, maintain, and operate district offices within the State of Arkansas as may be necessary.  (i) The secretary may employ other employees, full-time or part-time, as may be determined necessary, within the limits of the funds appropriated for that purpose.  (j)  (1) An employee under the supervision of the department shall not accept, receive, or charge any money, article, or thing of value for the performance of any service rendered to any veteran or his or her dependents at any time or in any manner.  (2) Any person who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months, or both.
AR Code § 25-43-1605 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 43 - Cabinet-Level Departments of the Executive Branch|Subchapter 16 - Department of Veterans Affairs|§ 25-43-1605. Veterans service officers

 (a) The Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs may employ veterans service officers, full-time or part-time, as may be determined necessary, within the limits of the funds appropriated for that purpose.  (b)  (1) A veterans service officer shall have served in the United States Armed Forces and shall have been honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces.  (2) All veterans service officers of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall have knowledge of all laws, both federal and state, relating to the rights and benefits of all veterans and their dependents and shall aid and assist all veterans and their dependents in securing their rights and benefits.
AR Code § 26-2-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 26 - Taxation|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Penalties and Offenses Generally|§ 26-2-101. Violations by officials generally

 (a) A violation of any provision or failure to comply with any requirement of this act by any officer enumerated in this chapter shall be a violation and malfeasance in office.  (b) Upon conviction, the officer shall pay a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) and shall be removed from office.
AR Code § 26-2-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 26 - Taxation|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Penalties and Offenses Generally|§ 26-2-102. Violation of law or order of Arkansas Public Service Commission

 (a) Whoever shall violate any provisions of a law which the Arkansas Public Service Commission is required to administer, neglects or refuses to perform any duty therein required for which a penalty has not otherwise been provided, or neglects or refuses to obey any lawful requirement or order made by the commission shall forfeit to the state as a penalty for each offense not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). The penalty shall be recovered by proper action in the name of the state, and on collection, it shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Revenue Fund Account.  (b) In construing and enforcing the provisions of this section, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any person, firm, company, copartnership, association, or corporation acting within the scope of his or her employment shall, in every case, be the act, omission, or failure of the person, firm, company, copartnership, association, or corporation.
AR Code § 26-2-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 26 - Taxation|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Penalties and Offenses Generally|§ 26-2-103. Loaning or using public money by officials

 If any county treasurer, county collector, or county sheriff loans any money belonging to the state or county, with or without interest, or uses it for his or her own purposes, he or she shall forfeit and pay for every such offense a sum not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor less than five hundred dollars ($500), to be recovered in a civil action at the suit of the state, for the use of the state, county, city, town, or body politic.
AR Code § 26-2-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 26 - Taxation|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Penalties and Offenses Generally|§ 26-2-104. Violations in assessment or equalization generally

 Whoever shall violate any provision of law intended to secure the assessment or equalization of property for which a penalty has not otherwise been provided or neglects or refuses to obey any lawful requirement or order made by the county equalization board shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).
AR Code § 26-2-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 26 - Taxation|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Penalties and Offenses Generally|§ 26-2-105. County assessor failing or neglecting to make appraisals

 (a) Any county assessor who shall knowingly or willfully fail or neglect to appraise all moneys, credits, investments in bonds or stocks, and all personal property of whatever description or kind and to appraise all the real estate and improvements thereon in the county for which he or she is assessor, according to the provisions of the revenue law for this state, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, he or she shall:  (1) Forfeit all his or her pay as county assessor;  (2) Be forever disqualified from holding any office of profit or trust in this state;  (3) Be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000); and  (4) Be imprisoned in the penitentiary not to exceed one (1) year.    (b) A conviction for a failure or neglect to do his or her duty as county assessor shall in no way relieve him or her from the pains and penalties of perjury if he or she makes oath that he or she has made the assessment according to law.
AR Code § 26-2-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 26 - Taxation|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Penalties and Offenses Generally|§ 26-2-106. Failure to list and value property

 (a)  (1) Any county assessor or any member of a county equalization board who shall knowingly and willfully fail or refuse to list and value any item of property subject to taxation, knowing that the item of property is subject to taxation and is not listed and valued for that year, or who shall fail or refuse to value any property at the percent of its market value as certified by the Arkansas Public Service Commission shall be subject to a penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense, to be recovered by a civil action in the name of the state.  (2) Not exceeding twenty percent (20%) of these recoveries may be retained by the commission to pay the fee of the attorney for them and the other expenses of the litigation, with the remainder of the recovery to be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Revenue Fund Account.    (b)  (1) Any suits under subsection (a) of this section shall be brought within one (1) year after the cause of action shall accrue and not thereafter.  (2) All actions may be brought in the county where the defendant resides, or in any adjoining county, and service of summons had on the defendant in the county of his or her residence.    (c) The powers granted in this section to the commission shall be cumulative to the powers heretofore granted to the commission.
AR Code § 26-2-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 26 - Taxation|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Penalties and Offenses Generally|§ 26-2-107. Disposition of property to avoid assessment

 If any person, for the purpose of avoiding listing for the payment of taxes on any property subject to taxation, shall sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of the property, under or subject to any agreement expressed or implied or any understanding with the purchaser, donee, or recipient of the property that the property is to be reconveyed, restored, or redelivered to the person so disposing of the property, he or she shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
AR Code § 26-2-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 26 - Taxation|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Penalties and Offenses Generally|§ 26-2-108. Nonperformance of duty by county clerk, county assessor, or county collector

 Every county clerk, county assessor, or county collector who in any case refuses or knowingly neglects to perform any duty enjoined on him or her by this title or who consents to or connives at any evasion of its provisions whereby any proceedings required in this act shall be prevented or hindered or where any property required to be listed for taxation or for the collection of taxes thereon or the valuation thereof is entered on the tax books or lists at less than the true value shall forfeit and pay to the state, for every neglect, refusal, connivance, or consent, not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), at the discretion of the circuit court, to be recovered by an action in the name of the state before the circuit court of the proper county.
AR Code § 26-2-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 26 - Taxation|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Penalties and Offenses Generally|§ 26-2-109. County collector purchasing tax land

 (a) No county collector or his or her deputy, either directly or indirectly, shall be concerned in the purchase of any tract of land or town lot sold for the payment of taxes.  (b) A person violating this section shall be guilty of a violation and subject to a fine of five hundred dollars ($500).
AR Code § 26-2-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 26 - Taxation|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Penalties and Offenses Generally|§ 26-2-110. Improper tax collecting

 If any county collector shall collect taxes not stated on the tax book or shall collect a greater amount than is therein stated, except as authorized by this act, he or she shall be guilty of a Class C felony.
AR Code § 26-2-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 26 - Taxation|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Penalties and Offenses Generally|§ 26-2-111. Fraudulent statement of accounts by collecting officer

 Any county sheriff, collector of revenues, constable, or other officer collecting moneys belonging to the State of Arkansas, or to any county therein, who fraudulently states his or her account for settlement and thereby deprives the State of Arkansas, or any county therein, of its just revenues; or any county clerk who keeps fraudulent accounts against the county collector or against the county treasurer or makes fraudulent and false additions of the tax books thereby concealing the true value of the same; or any county treasurer who keeps fraudulent accounts of the county revenues coming to his or her hands and, by any of these fraudulent acts, the State of Arkansas or any county therein is deprived of its just revenues, the officer so offending shall, upon conviction, be removed from office.
AR Code § 26-2-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 26 - Taxation|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Penalties and Offenses Generally|§ 26-2-112. Removal of county judge

 Any county judge who willfully approves any false and fraudulent account made by the county sheriff, county collector, county clerk, county treasurer, or other officer collecting or holding revenues belonging to the State of Arkansas, or to any county therein, or receives a bribe for doing an unlawful act shall, upon conviction, be removed from office.
AR Code § 26-2-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 26 - Taxation|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Penalties and Offenses Generally|§ 26-2-113. Prosecution by state

 Nothing contained in this section and §§ 26-2-111, 26-2-112, and 26-2-114 shall preclude the State of Arkansas from prosecuting county officers or others for the acts complained of under any of the criminal laws of this state.
AR Code § 26-2-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 26 - Taxation|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Penalties and Offenses Generally|§ 26-2-114. Taxpayer suit to recover taxes lost by corruption in office

 (a) If any taxpayer in any county in this state has knowledge of corruption in office whereby the State of Arkansas, or any county therein, has been deprived of its just revenues, he or she shall have the right, in his or her own name as a taxpayer, to institute legal proceedings against the officer, by a petition to the circuit judge sitting in equity, setting forth the facts and nature of the corrupt acts, together with exhibits and proofs, and the petition shall be verified by affidavit of the petitioner.  (b) Upon ten (10) days' notice to the defendant, the cause shall proceed as other causes. It shall be heard, tried, and determined at the first court after the petition has been filed if the required notice has been given.  (c)  (1) The proceedings authorized by this section shall be summary. However, if it shall appear to the circuit court that the ends of justice require it, a continuance may be granted to either party to the next term of the circuit court, but not thereafter.  (2) The party to whom the continuance is granted shall be required to enter into additional bond, the amount to be fixed and the security to be approved by the circuit court.    (d)  (1) Upon the trial, if it shall appear that the official acts of the officer are corrupt and fraudulent and by those acts and doings he or she shall have defrauded the State of Arkansas, or any county therein, of its just revenues, then a decree shall be entered against him or her ousting him or her from his or her office and declaring it to be vacant, and for all moneys which he or she may have unlawfully detained.  (2) If, upon the hearing of the cause, it shall appear that the defendant is not guilty and has not committed the fraudulent acts complained of, and that the state and the county have not been deprived of their revenues as complained of by the petitioner, then a decree shall be entered according to the facts and, also, a decree shall be entered against the petitioner and his or her securities for any sums of money which the defendant may have actually lost by reason of the proceeding.    (e) Before any such cause shall be heard, the petitioner shall enter into bond to the defendant with security, to be approved by the circuit judge, in a sufficient sum to pay any damage that the defendant might sustain by the proceedings.
AR Code § 26-5-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 26 - Taxation|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 5 - Multistate Tax Compact|§ 26-5-103. State representative

 The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration of the State of Arkansas shall represent this state on the Multistate Tax Commission. The secretary may, with the approval of the Governor, designate an alternate to serve on the commission in his or her place if there is on file with the commission written notification of the designation and the identity of the alternate.