Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 4 - MISCELLANEOUS REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-110-101 — 23-119-105) › Chapter 115 - ARKANSAS SCHOLARSHIP LOTTERY ACT (§§ 23-115-101 — 23-115-1102) › Subchapter 3 - EMPLOYEES OF OFFICE OF THE ARKANSAS LOTTERY (§§ 23-115-301 — 23-115-308) › Section 23-115-303 - Employees - Background investigation

(a)
As required by Arkansas Constitution, Article 16, § 4, the General Assembly shall fix the salaries of all employees of the Office of the Arkansas Lottery, including without limitation the Director of the Office of the Arkansas Lottery.
(b)
An office employee shall not have a financial interest in a vendor doing business or proposing to do business with the office.
(c)
An office employee with decisionmaking authority shall not participate in a decision involving a retailer with whom the office employee has a financial interest.
(d)
(1)
An office employee who leaves the employment of the office shall not:
(A)
Represent a vendor or retailer before the office for a period of two (2) years after leaving the employment of the office; or
(B)
Engage in lobbying on any matter related to the operation or conduct of a lottery for a period of two (2) years after leaving the employment of the office.
(2)
(A)
Subdivision (d)(1) of this section is supplemental to §
19-11-701
et seq.
(B)
If any provision of §
19-11-701
et seq. would impose a restriction on a specific employee greater than the restrictions under subdivision (d)(1) of this section, the provision of §
19-11-701
et seq. shall apply.
(e)
(1)
Each person considered for employment by the office shall apply to the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police for a state and federal criminal background check to be conducted by the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(2)
The state and federal criminal background check shall conform to the applicable federal standards and shall include the taking of fingerprints.
(3)
The applicant shall sign a consent to the release of information for the state and federal criminal background check.
(4)
The office shall be responsible for the payment of any fee associated with the state and federal criminal background check.
(5)
Upon completion of the state and federal criminal background check, the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police shall forward to the office all releasable information obtained concerning the applicant.
(f)
The office shall not employ an individual who has:
(1)
Been convicted of a felony or a gambling offense in a state or federal court of the United States;
(2)
Been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude; or
(3)
Entered into a plea agreement to avoid felony prosecution.
(g)
(1)
The office shall bond an office employee with access to office funds or lottery revenue in an amount as provided by the office and may bond other office employees as deemed necessary.
(2)
Bonds under subdivision (g)(1) of this section shall be fidelity bonds in excess of the amount provided by the Governmental Bonding Board.
Amended by Act 2015, No. 218,§ 25, eff. 2/26/2015.
Acts 2009, No. 605, § 1; 2009, No. 606, § 1.