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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 15 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES (§§ 25-15-101 — 25-15-702) › Subchapter 6 - RULES REGARDING SCOPE OF PRACTICE (§§ 25-15-601 — 25-15-602) › Section 25-15-601 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter:
(1)
"Healthcare profession" means a profession or occupation in which healthcare services are provided;
(2)
"Healthcare professional" means an individual who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of the practice of his or her profession;
(3)
"Licensing entity" means an office, board, commission, department, council, bureau, or other agency of state government having authority to license, certify, register, permit, or otherwise authorize an individual to engage in a healthcare profession;
(4)
"Rule regarding scope of practice" means a proposed rule as defined by §
25-15-202
, or a proposed amendment to an existing rule as defined by §
25-15-202
, that would, if adopted:
(A)
Require an additional license, certification, or other authorization for a healthcare profession that is not currently licensed, certified, or authorized in this state;
(B)
Expand the scope of practice of a healthcare professional; or
(C)
Limit the scope of practice of a healthcare professional; and
(5)
"Scope of practice" means the procedures, actions, processes, and services that a healthcare professional is authorized to practice in keeping with the terms of his or her license, certification, or other authorization in a particular healthcare profession.
Added by Act 2021, No. 960,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 15 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES (§§ 25-15-101 — 25-15-702) › Subchapter 6 - RULES REGARDING SCOPE OF PRACTICE (§§ 25-15-601 — 25-15-602) › Section 25-15-602 - Rules - Additional rule procedure

(a)
(1)
In addition to complying with the requirements under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, §
25-15-201
et seq., and §
10-3-309
, a licensing entity shall, at least thirty (30) days before the expiration of the period for public comment, file a rule regarding scope of practice with the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.
(2)
The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor shall review a rule regarding scope of practice within forty-five (45) days of the date the rule regarding scope of practice is filed with the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.
(b)
(1)
If adopting an emergency rule regarding scope of practice under §
10-3-309
, the licensing entity shall notify the following individuals of the emergency rule regarding scope of practice and provide each individual with a copy of the emergency rule regarding scope of practice within five (5) business days of adopting the emergency rule regarding scope of practice:
(A)
The Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(B)
The President Pro Tempore of the Senate;
(C)
The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and
(D)
The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.
(2)
The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor shall review the emergency rule regarding scope of practice within forty-five (45) days of the date that the emergency rule regarding scope of practice is provided to the Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.
Added by Act 2021, No. 960,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 15 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES (§§ 25-15-101 — 25-15-702) › Subchapter 7 - RULE REPORT, SUNSET, AND EXTENSION - RULES PERTAINING TO MILK AND CATTLE PRODUCTION (§§ 25-15-701 — 25-15-702) › Section 25-15-701 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 206,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.
Added by Act 2021, No. 1076,§ 2, eff. 9/1/2021.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 15 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES (§§ 25-15-101 — 25-15-702) › Subchapter 7 - RULE REPORT, SUNSET, AND EXTENSION - RULES PERTAINING TO MILK AND CATTLE PRODUCTION (§§ 25-15-701 — 25-15-702) › Section 25-15-702 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 206,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.
Added by Act 2021, No. 1076,§ 2, eff. 9/1/2021.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-103) › Section 25-16-103 - Registration of certain agency officials as lobbyists

An individual employed as an executive head of a state agency or as a chief deputy of an executive head of a state agency is not eligible to be registered as a lobbyist under §
21-8-601
et seq. until one (1) year after the expiration of the individual's employment in that capacity.
Added by Act 2013, No. 486,§ 4, eff. 8/16/2013.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 2 - GOVERNOR (§§ 25-16-201 — 25-16-207) › Section 25-16-201 - Reorganization of agencies to meet federal program requirements

(a)
In order to protect the state's participation in various federal programs and to continue to obtain the benefits of those programs for the people of this state or where necessary to obtain the benefits of new or expanded federal programs, the Governor is authorized, by executive order, to establish, combine, abolish, or otherwise reorganize any of the agencies, departments, divisions, sections, or units within the executive department of government where the changes or reorganizations are necessary to comply with the applicable federal law or regulations governing federal programs.
(b)
However, whenever any executive order may move from the jurisdiction of any office, department, institution, or other agency any authority or jurisdiction of the agency in effect at the time of the order, the order shall be subject to confirmation by the General Assembly in the next following regular session, fiscal session, or special session, and the General Assembly by joint resolution may rescind the executive order.
Acts 1971, No. 139, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-311; Acts 2009, No. 962, § 45.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 2 - GOVERNOR (§§ 25-16-201 — 25-16-207) › Section 25-16-203 - Reports to Governor - Inclusion in message to General Assembly

The Auditor of State and Treasurer of State shall make their respective reports for each regular session to the Governor on or before October 10 next preceding the regular session of the General Assembly. The Governor shall cause the reports to be printed with his or her biennial message and have them ready for the General Assembly on or before the Wednesday of the first week of the regular session of the General Assembly.
Acts 1853, § 1, p. 127; C. & M. Dig., § 4387; Pope's Dig., § 5399; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-302; Acts 2009, No. 962, § 46.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 2 - GOVERNOR (§§ 25-16-201 — 25-16-207) › Section 25-16-204 - Appointment of commissioners in other states

(a)
The Governor may nominate, appoint, and commission, under the Great Seal of Arkansas, or may continue in office one (1) or more commissioners within any other state or territory of the United States. The commissioners shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor then in office and shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations and to take depositions, affidavits, and the proof and acknowledgment of deeds or other instruments of writing, under seal, to be used or recorded in this state.
(b)
All oaths administered by the commissioners, all affidavits and depositions taken by them, and all acknowledgments, etc., certified by them shall be as effectual in law, to all intents and purposes, as if done and certified by any justice of the peace or other authorized officer within this state.
(c)
Before any commissioner shall proceed to discharge any of the duties of his or her appointment, he or she shall take and subscribe an oath before some justice of the peace, or other officer authorized to administer oaths in the state for which the commissioner is appointed, that he or she will well and faithfully discharge all the duties of his or her appointment. The oath, together with the signature and an impression of the seal of the commissioner, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State within six (6) months after its taking.
Acts 1846, §§ 1-3, p. 72; C. & M. Dig., §§ 1424-1426; Pope's Dig., §§ 1671-1673; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 12-1501 -- 12-1503.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 2 - GOVERNOR (§§ 25-16-201 — 25-16-207) › Section 25-16-205 - Transition funds - Definition

(a)
For the purpose of this section, "transition funds" shall mean any funds advanced to an individual who has been elected Governor during the general election of each election year. However, this section shall not apply to a person who is reelected during the general election to the Office of Governor.
(b)
The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall issue limitations and guidelines on the expenditure of transition funds and make those limitations and guidelines a part of any appropriation.
(c)
(1)
The expenditure of transition funds is limited to the direct expenses of the activities relating to the new office holder preparing to take office in January following the general election.
(2)
The expenditure of transition funds and other related charges incurred by a newly elected officer in the performance of his or her duties to prepare for service as a public official shall be limited to those expenditures which are directly related to his or her assuming office in January. It is prohibited to use any transition funds for the purpose of paying a salary to a newly elected official prior to his or her assuming the office.
(d)
Arkansas Legislative Audit is authorized and directed to perform an audit on the expenditures of transition funds. The audit shall be presented to the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee and the Legislative Council during the biennium following the expenditure of the funds.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 3580, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1983, No. 186, §§ 1-5; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 12-326 -- 12-330.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 2 - GOVERNOR (§§ 25-16-201 — 25-16-207) › Section 25-16-207 - Maximum salary increase

To recruit and retain exceptionally well-qualified personnel, the office of the Governor may exceed the maximum salary level of personnel if:
(1)
The maximum salary is increased by no more than twenty percent (20%);
(2)
The maximum salary increase is requested for no more than one-third (1/3) of the positions authorized in the operation appropriation act for the office of the Governor; and
(3)
The office of the Governor receives approval for the maximum salary increase from the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee.
Added by Act 2023, No. 855,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2023.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 3 - LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (§§ 25-16-301 — 25-16-304) › Section 25-16-301 - Custodian of Senate Chamber and records

The Lieutenant Governor is the custodian of the Senate Chamber, all Senate rooms, and the records, machines, furniture, fixtures, and supplies therein.
Acts 1953, No. 219, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-308.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 3 - LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (§§ 25-16-301 — 25-16-304) › Section 25-16-303 - Appropriation transfer

The office of the Lieutenant Governor may transfer an appropriation from any line item authorized in the operations appropriation of the office of the Lieutenant Governor to any other line item authorized in the operations appropriation of the office of the Lieutenant Governor if:
(1)
The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State approves the transfer of the appropriation; and
(2)
The transfer is reviewed by the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee.
Added by Act 2023, No. 857,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2023.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 3 - LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (§§ 25-16-301 — 25-16-304) › Section 25-16-304 - Security personnel

(a)
The Lieutenant Governor may hire and employ in the manner described under this section security personnel to maintain peaceful order and provide protection to the Lieutenant Governor as the Lieutenant Governor carries out his or her official duties.
(b)
(1)
Personnel designated by the Lieutenant Governor as security personnel are considered full-time law enforcement officers with the full range of responsibilities and authority as are afforded to a law enforcement officer certified by the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training.
(2)
The Lieutenant Governor may set his or her own training and qualification standards for security personnel employed by the Lieutenant Governor.
(3)
The commission shall permit security personnel employed by the Lieutenant Governor access to all law enforcement training generally available to other law enforcement personnel and shall make the law enforcement certification process available to security personnel employed by the Lieutenant Governor.
(c)
Security personnel employed by the Lieutenant Governor shall have statewide jurisdiction while the security personnel are acting within the scope of their employment.
Added by Act 2023, No. 857,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2023.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 4 - SECRETARY OF STATE (§§ 25-16-401 — 25-16-405) › Section 25-16-401 - Bond

The Secretary of State, before he or she enters upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall enter into bond, with good and sufficient security to the Governor and his or her successors in office, in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000). The bond shall be approved by the Governor and conditioned that the Secretary of State will well and truly perform and discharge the several trusts and duties of Secretary of State and in all things touching and concerning the office shall well, truly, and faithfully execute and perform them. This bond shall be filed with the Auditor of State.
Acts 1849, § 5, p. 75; C. & M. Dig., § 4391; Pope's Dig., § 5406; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-401.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 4 - SECRETARY OF STATE (§§ 25-16-401 — 25-16-405) › Section 25-16-402 - Deputy

(a)
The Secretary of State may appoint a deputy to aid him or her in the discharge of his or her duties whose acts, performed in the name of the Secretary of State, shall have the same validity as the acts of his or her principal.
(b)
The deputy, before he or she enters upon the performance of his or her duties, shall take an oath, which will be endorsed upon his or her letter of appointment, that he or she will perform all the duties of his or her office faithfully and according to law.
(c)
The corporation clerk of the office of Secretary of State shall also be a deputy Secretary of State.
Acts 1845, §§ 1, 7, p. 45; C. & M. Dig., § 4399; Acts 1923, No. 136, § 1; Pope's Dig., §§ 5414, 5442; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 12-409, 12-410, 12-412.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 4 - SECRETARY OF STATE (§§ 25-16-401 — 25-16-405) › Section 25-16-403 - Powers and duties generally

(a)
The Secretary of State shall reside and keep his or her office at the seat of government and shall have the custody of all records, rolls, and documents which properly belong to the state.
(b)
He or she shall keep a register of all the official acts and proceedings of the Governor and, when required, shall lay the register and all papers, minutes, and vouchers relative to the register before the General Assembly.
(c)
He or she shall affix the seal of the state and attest all commissions issued by the Governor and all other official acts of the Governor which require the seal of the state.
(d)
In addition to the other duties required by law of the Secretary of State, he or she shall receive from the Secretary of the Senate and Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives the records, books, papers, and rolls of the General Assembly and file them as records of his or her office.
(e)
(1)
The Secretary of State shall keep a seal of office surrounded with the words "Seal of the Secretary of State, Arkansas" and shall make out and deliver, to any person requiring them, copies of any act, resolution, or order of the General Assembly, commissions, or other official acts of the Governor and of all rolls, records, documents, papers, bonds, and recognizances deposited in his or her office and required by law to be kept there.
(2)
He or she shall certify the copies under his or her hand and affix the seal of his or her office thereto. The copies so authenticated shall be received in evidence in any court in this state with like effect as the original.
Acts 1849, §§ 1, 3, 4, p. 75; C. & M. Dig., §§ 4121, 4392, 4397, 4398, 4400; Pope's Dig., §§ 5130, 5407, 5412, 5413, 5415; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 12-402 -- 12-405.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 4 - SECRETARY OF STATE (§§ 25-16-401 — 25-16-405) › Section 25-16-405 - Arkansas Ambassador's Certificate

The Secretary of State shall have the authority to issue an Arkansas Ambassador's Certificate, which may be given to citizens of the State of Arkansas who will be traveling outside the state. The Secretary of State may adopt such reasonable rules as may be necessary for the effective implementation of this section.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2923, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1993, No. 1058, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 5 - AUDITOR OF STATE (§§ 25-16-501 — 25-16-519) › Section 25-16-501 - Violation of law by Auditor of State

If the Auditor of State shall willfully neglect or refuse to perform any duty enjoined by law, or shall be guilty of any oppression or extortion in the performance of any legal duty, or shall receive any fee or reward for the performance of any legal duty not allowed by law, or shall by color of his or her office knowingly do any act not authorized by law, or shall use any of the moneys belonging to the state, or shall perform any other duty of his or her office in any other manner than is required by law, then he or she shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office and upon conviction, he or she shall forfeit for the use of the state any sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100).
Rev. Stat., ch. 18, § 34; C. & M. Dig., § 2812; Pope's Dig., § 3530; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-537.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 5 - AUDITOR OF STATE (§§ 25-16-501 — 25-16-519) › Section 25-16-502 - Bond

(a)
Immediately after his or her election, the Auditor of State shall execute and deliver to the Governor a bond to the State of Arkansas, with good and sufficient securities, in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), conditioned for the faithful performance of all the duties required, or which may be required, of him or her by law.
(b)
The Governor shall endorse on the bond of the Auditor of State his or her approval of the bond, stating the time of approval, and deliver the endorsed bond to the Secretary of State, who shall file it among the records of his or her office.
(c)
If any Auditor of State shall neglect or refuse to enter into bond within ten (10) days after the Governor is officially informed of his or her election, then the Office of Auditor of State shall be deemed and considered vacant.
Rev. Stat., ch. 18, §§ 2, 3, 5; Acts 1861, No. 81, § 2, p. 174; C. & M. Dig., §§ 4386, 4441, 4442; Pope's Dig., §§ 5398, 5476, 5477; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 12-501 -- 12-503.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 5 - AUDITOR OF STATE (§§ 25-16-501 — 25-16-519) › Section 25-16-503 - Seal

The Auditor of State shall keep a seal of office, which shall be used to authenticate all writings, papers, and documents required by law to be certified from his or her office.
Rev. Stat., ch. 18, § 6; C. & M. Dig., § 4443; Pope's Dig., § 5478; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-504.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 5 - AUDITOR OF STATE (§§ 25-16-501 — 25-16-519) › Section 25-16-504 - Deputy

(a)
The Auditor of State is authorized to appoint one (1) deputy. The appointment shall be made in writing.
(b)
The deputy so appointed shall take the oath prescribed by law. The oath shall be endorsed on the letter of appointment, and the letter of appointment shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
(c)
The Auditor of State shall be responsible on his or her official bond for all the acts done and performed by his or her deputy in the performance of his or her official duties.
(d)
Every deputy appointed under this section shall possess all the powers of his or her principal and may perform any of the duties required by law to be performed by his or her principal.
Acts 1866, No. 4, §§ 1, 2, p. 20; C. & M. Dig., §§ 4444, 4445; Pope's Dig., §§ 5479, 5480; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 12-505, 12-506.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 5 - AUDITOR OF STATE (§§ 25-16-501 — 25-16-519) › Section 25-16-505 - Duties generally

It shall be the duty of the Auditor of State:
(1)
To audit, adjust, and settle all claims against the state payable out of the State Treasury, except those claims which may be expressly required by law to be audited and settled by some other officer or person;
(2)
To draw all warrants upon the State Treasury for money, except in cases otherwise expressly provided by law;
(3)
To audit, settle, and adjust the accounts of all collectors of revenue and other holders of public money who are required by law to pay the money into the State Treasury;
(4)
To keep an account between the state and the Treasurer of State;
(5)
To keep an account of all moneys paid into the State Treasury for the use of every county;
(6)
To keep an account between the state and the United States, and between the state and every officer or person with whom the state may have dealings, and to keep an account of any separate fund in the State Treasury authorized by law;
(7)
To direct prosecutions in the name of the state for all official delinquencies in relation to the assessment, collection, and payment of the revenue against all persons who by any means become possessed of public money or property and fail to pay over and deliver it and to direct prosecutions against all debtors of the state;
(8)
To annually procure from the proper officer an abstract and description of all taxable lands within the state;
(9)
To annually furnish the proper officer in each county in the month of January a descriptive list of all taxable lands in the county not previously furnished;
(10)
To give information in writing to either house of the General Assembly, whenever required, upon any subject relating to the fiscal affairs of the state or touching any duty of his or her office; and
(11)
To perform all such other duties as may be required by law.
Rev. Stat., ch. 18, § 9; C. & M. Dig., § 4456; Pope's Dig., § 5491; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-508; Acts 2001, No. 1453, § 4.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 5 - AUDITOR OF STATE (§§ 25-16-501 — 25-16-519) › Section 25-16-506 - Access to other offices

The Auditor of State shall have free access to all the other offices of the state for the inspection, concerning his or her duties, of all books, accounts, and papers which they respectively contain.
Rev. Stat., ch. 18, § 30; C. & M. Dig., § 4447; Pope's Dig., § 5482; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-517.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 5 - AUDITOR OF STATE (§§ 25-16-501 — 25-16-519) › Section 25-16-507 - Power to administer oaths

The Auditor of State shall have power to administer oaths required or allowed by law in all matters touching the duties of his or her office.
Rev. Stat., ch. 18, § 29; C. & M. Dig., § 4446; Pope's Dig., § 5481; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-507.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 5 - AUDITOR OF STATE (§§ 25-16-501 — 25-16-519) › Section 25-16-508 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2013, No. 1276,§ 3, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1915, No. 104, §§ 3, 4; C. & M. Dig., §§ 4450, 4451; Pope's Dig., §§ 5485, 5486; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 12-515, 12-516.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 5 - AUDITOR OF STATE (§§ 25-16-501 — 25-16-519) › Section 25-16-509 - Certification of payments

Whenever any person indebted to the state, on any account whatever, shall present to the Auditor of State the Treasurer of State's receipt for the full payment of the amount due, it shall be the duty of the Auditor of State to furnish that person with a certificate, under the Auditor of State's hand and official seal, of the person having made full payment of all demands against him or her in favor of the state.
Rev. Stat., ch. 18, § 25; C. & M. Dig., § 4465; Pope's Dig., § 5500; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-520.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 5 - AUDITOR OF STATE (§§ 25-16-501 — 25-16-519) › Section 25-16-510 - Auditor of State as state accountant

The Auditor of State shall be the general accountant of the state and shall keep all public accounts, books, vouchers, documents, and all papers relating to the contracts of the state and its debts, revenue, and fiscal affairs which are not required by law to be placed in some other office or kept by some other person.
Rev. Stat., ch. 18, § 7; C. & M. Dig., § 4449; Pope's Dig., § 5484; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-509.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 5 - AUDITOR OF STATE (§§ 25-16-501 — 25-16-519) › Section 25-16-511 - Recordkeeping requirements

(a)
The Auditor of State shall keep a letter book in which he or she shall copy all official letters which may be written by him or her.
(b)
(1)
All accounts, vouchers, and documents settled by the Auditor of State shall be preserved in his or her office, and copies of these records, authenticated by the official seal, shall be given to any person interested who may require them.
(2)
However, the Auditor of State is authorized to destroy all vouchers and Treasurer of State's receipts on file in his or her office after the expiration of five (5) years from the date of their filing, provided that no vouchers of any department or institution shall be destroyed while any legislative investigation of the department or institution is in progress.
(c)
(1)
The Auditor of State is authorized and directed to keep a register in his or her office of all checks which have been drawn upon state agency bank funds and approved for payment by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration.
(2)
The secretary is directed to transmit to the Auditor of State all documents and information necessary to prepare this register.
(3)
The Auditor of State's register of bank fund checks and document files shall in all respects be equal to the records of state-appropriated funds required by law to be kept and maintained by the Auditor of State.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 3581, eff. 7/1/2019.
Rev. Stat., ch. 18, §§ 15, 31; C. & M. Dig., §§ 4448, 4464; Acts 1921, No. 321, § 1; Pope's Dig., §§ 5483, 5499, 5501; Acts 1953, No. 334, §§ 1-3; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 12-510, 12-518, 12-519, 12-538 -- 12-540.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 5 - AUDITOR OF STATE (§§ 25-16-501 — 25-16-519) › Section 25-16-512 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2013, No. 1276,§ 4, eff. 8/16/2013.
Rev. Stat., ch. 18, §§ 36-39; C. & M. Dig., §§ 4477-4480; Pope's Dig., §§ 5513-5516; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 12-533 -- 12-536.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 5 - AUDITOR OF STATE (§§ 25-16-501 — 25-16-519) › Section 25-16-513 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2013, No. 1276,§ 5, eff. 8/16/2013.
Rev. Stat., ch. 18, § 8; Acts 1853, § 1, p. 127; 1877, No. 29, § 1, p. 25; 1881, No. 97, § 1, p. 193; C. & M. Dig., §§ 4452-4454; Pope's Dig., §§ 5487-5489; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 12-302, 12-511 -- 12-513; Acts 2009, No. 962, § 47.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 5 - AUDITOR OF STATE (§§ 25-16-501 — 25-16-519) › Section 25-16-514 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2013, No. 1276,§ 6, eff. 8/16/2013.
Rev. Stat., ch. 18, § 41; C. & M. Dig., § 4455; Pope's Dig., § 5490; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-514.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 5 - AUDITOR OF STATE (§§ 25-16-501 — 25-16-519) › Section 25-16-515 - Accounting at expiration of term of appropriation

(a)
It shall be the duty of the Auditor of State at the expiration of the time for which each and every appropriation is made to report to the Treasurer of State the total amount of the warrants drawn on the appropriations during the term. If any balance remains unexpended of any appropriation for which no warrant has been drawn, the Treasurer of State shall balance the accounts and cover the balance into the State Treasury.
(b)
In no case shall the Auditor of State carry forward from one (1) term to another an unexpended balance of any appropriation after the time for which it was made has expired.
Acts 1883, No. 17, §§ 1, 3, p. 15; C. & M. Dig., §§ 4471, 4473; Pope's Dig., §§ 5507, 5509; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 12-528, 12-529.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 5 - AUDITOR OF STATE (§§ 25-16-501 — 25-16-519) › Section 25-16-517 - Warrants - Restrictions on issuance

(a)
No warrant shall be drawn by the Auditor of State unless the money has been previously appropriated by law, nor shall the amount drawn for under any one (1) head ever exceed the amount appropriated by law for that purpose.
(b)
The Auditor of State is denied authority to draw any warrant on the Treasurer of State to be paid out of the general revenue of the state for the support of common schools.
(c)
If the Auditor of State shall knowingly issue any warrant upon the State Treasury not authorized by law, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office. Upon conviction thereof, he or she shall forfeit, for the use of the state, any sum not less than fifty dollars ($50.00).
Rev. Stat., ch. 18, §§ 17, 32; Acts 1883, No. 114, § 208, p. 199; C. & M. Dig., §§ 2827, 4469, 10179; Pope's Dig., §§ 3545, 5505, 13962; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 12-524 -- 12-526.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 5 - AUDITOR OF STATE (§§ 25-16-501 — 25-16-519) › Section 25-16-518 - Warrants - Prohibitions against receipt in payment of debt to state, use as offset, and bearing of interest

No warrant issued by the Auditor of State shall be received in payment of debts due the state, nor shall the warrants, under any circumstances, bear interest or be received or allowed as an offset in any suit commenced for the recovery of money due the state, but the warrant shall only be received and paid by the Treasurer of State.
Acts 1845, § 20, p. 88; C. & M. Dig., § 4470; Pope's Dig., § 5506; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-527.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 5 - AUDITOR OF STATE (§§ 25-16-501 — 25-16-519) › Section 25-16-519 - Warrants - Issuance of duplicates

(a)
(1)
Whenever Auditor of State's warrants of the State of Arkansas issued to any person are lost or destroyed, the owner or person entitled to receive the contents of the lost or destroyed warrants shall be entitled to have them duplicated by the Auditor of State upon satisfactory proof or evidence to the Auditor of State that:
(A)
The warrants alleged to have been so lost or destroyed were actually issued to the person as alleged in the application to him or her;
(B)
The warrants have not been paid by the Treasurer of State;
(C)
The person making the application is legally authorized or entitled to receive the contents of the warrants; and
(D)
The warrants have been lost or destroyed.
(2)
The evidence must show how and in what manner the loss or destruction occurred, the date and number of the lost or destroyed warrants, and whether they bore interest or not.
(b)
The evidence required by subsection (a) of this section shall be duly sworn to and subscribed by the person entitled to receive the contents of the warrants, or some person for him or her. This person or the person acting for him or her shall also execute and file with the Auditor of State his or her bond to the State of Arkansas with good and sufficient security to be approved by the Auditor of State in a sum not less than double the amount of the warrants claimed to be lost. The bond shall be conditioned that he or she will save and keep harmless the State of Arkansas against any payment of the warrants which the state may thereafter be compelled to make to a bona fide holder of the warrants.
(c)
Upon compliance with the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, it shall be the duty of the Auditor of State to issue and deliver to the applicant, or his or her agent or attorney, a duplicate for the warrant so adjudged to have been lost or destroyed. The duplicate warrant and endorsement shall entitle the holder to receive from the Treasurer of State the amount specified in the duplicate warrant, in like manner as upon an original warrant.
(d)
The Auditor of State shall review the bonding procedures for the issuance of duplicate warrants and shall issue rules on the adequate bonding of all payees on duplicate warrants to preserve and protect the expenditure of state funds.
(e)
The bonding requirements shall not apply to a person who is acting in his or her capacity as an official officer or authorized representative of state or local government, including school districts, and when that person is covered under the provisions of the Self-Insured Fidelity Bond Program under §
21-2-701
et seq.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2924, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1868, No. 35, §§ 1, 2, p. 113; 1875 (Adj. Sess.), No. 34, § 1, p. 37; C. & M. Dig., §§ 4474-4476; Pope's Dig., §§ 5510-5512; Acts 1953, No. 55, § 1; 1983, No. 697, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 12-530 -- 12-532; Acts 1989, No. 416, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 6 - TREASURER OF STATE (§§ 25-16-601 — 25-16-615) › Section 25-16-601 - Violation of law by Treasurer of State

If the Treasurer of State shall willfully neglect or refuse to perform any duty enjoined by law, or shall be guilty of any oppression or extortion in the performance of any legal duty, or shall receive any fee or reward for the performance of any legal duty not allowed by law, or shall by color of his or her office knowingly do any act not authorized by law, or shall use any of the moneys belonging to the state, or shall perform any other duty of his or her office in any other manner than is required by law, then he or she shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office and on conviction shall forfeit for the use of the state any sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100).
Rev. Stat., ch. 18, § 34; C. & M. Dig., § 2812; Pope's Dig., § 3530; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-628.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 6 - TREASURER OF STATE (§§ 25-16-601 — 25-16-615) › Section 25-16-602 - Seal

The Treasurer of State shall keep a seal of office which shall be used to authenticate all writings, papers, and documents required by law to be certified from his or her office.
Rev. Stat., ch. 18, § 6; C. & M. Dig., § 4483; Pope's Dig., § 5519; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-604.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 6 - TREASURER OF STATE (§§ 25-16-601 — 25-16-615) › Section 25-16-603 - Deputies

(a)
The Treasurer of State is authorized to appoint two (2) deputies. The appointments shall be made in writing.
(b)
Each deputy so appointed shall take the oath prescribed by law. The oath shall be endorsed on the letter of appointment, and the letter of appointment shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
(c)
The Treasurer of State shall be responsible on his or her official bond for all the acts done and performed by his or her deputies in the performance of their official duties.
(d)
Every deputy appointed under the provisions of this section shall possess all the powers of his or her principal and may perform any of the duties required by law to be performed by his or her principal.
Acts 1866, No. 4, §§ 1, 2, p. 20; C. & M. Dig., §§ 4484, 4486; Pope's Dig., §§ 5520, 5522; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 12-605, 12-606; Acts 1991, No. 531, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 6 - TREASURER OF STATE (§§ 25-16-601 — 25-16-615) › Section 25-16-604 - Duties generally

It shall be the duty of the Treasurer of State:
(1)
To receive and keep all the moneys of the state not expressly required by law to be kept by some other person;
(2)
To disburse the public moneys upon warrants drawn upon the State Treasury according to law and not otherwise;
(3)
To keep a just, true, and comprehensive account of all moneys received and disbursed by him or her in books to be kept for that purpose, in which he or she shall state from whom moneys have been received and on what account and to whom and on what account disbursed;
(4)
To keep a just and true account of each head of appropriation made by law and the disbursements under them;
(5)
To render his or her accounts to the Auditor of State for settlement quarterly; and
(6)
To perform all other duties which may be required of him or her by law.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 291,§ 2, eff. 6/30/2017.
Rev. Stat., ch. 18, § 22; Acts 1853, § 1, p. 127; C. & M. Dig., §§ 4387, 4490; Pope's Dig., §§ 5399, 5526; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 12-302, 12-609; Acts 2009, No. 962, § 48.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 6 - TREASURER OF STATE (§§ 25-16-601 — 25-16-615) › Section 25-16-605 - Access to other offices

The Treasurer of State shall have free access to all the other offices of the state for the inspection, concerning his or her duties, of all books, accounts, and papers which they respectively contain.
Rev. Stat., ch. 18, § 30; C. & M. Dig., § 4488; Pope's Dig., § 5524; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-612.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 6 - TREASURER OF STATE (§§ 25-16-601 — 25-16-615) › Section 25-16-606 - Power to administer oaths

The Treasurer of State shall have power to administer oaths required or allowed by law in matters touching the duties of his or her office.
Rev. Stat., ch. 18, § 29; C. & M. Dig., § 4487; Pope's Dig., § 5523; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-608.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 6 - TREASURER OF STATE (§§ 25-16-601 — 25-16-615) › Section 25-16-607 - Payment on Auditor of State's warrants

(a)
The Treasurer of State is prohibited from paying any money out of the State Treasury on any account whatever except upon the lawful warrants of the Auditor of State.
(b)
No warrant shall be paid by the Treasurer of State unless the money has been previously appropriated by law, nor shall the amount paid under any one (1) head ever exceed the amount appropriated by law for that purpose.
(c)
Whenever there shall not be in the State Treasury a sufficient amount of money to pay all the warrants of the Auditor of State outstanding at the time, the Treasurer of State shall redeem the warrants in the order of their dates and numbers as issued. It shall be lawful for the Treasurer of State to pay any Auditor of State's warrant when the amount of money in the State Treasury is sufficient to redeem the warrant, as well as all other warrants of earlier date and number preceding it.
(d)
The Treasurer of State, when he or she pays any warrant drawn by the Auditor of State, shall write on the face of the warrant "redeemed", to which he or she shall sign his or her name and the date thereof.
(e)
If the Treasurer of State shall willfully and unlawfully refuse to pay any warrant drawn upon the State Treasury, having funds on hand for that purpose, then he or she shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office and upon conviction shall be fined for the use of the state in any sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100).
Rev. Stat., ch. 18, §§ 17, 24, 33; Acts 1883, No. 107, § 2, p. 191; 1885, No. 131, § 4, p. 210; C. & M. Dig., §§ 2828, 4469, 4495, 4496; Pope's Dig., §§ 3546, 5505, 5531, 5532; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 12-613 -- 12-617.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 6 - TREASURER OF STATE (§§ 25-16-601 — 25-16-615) › Section 25-16-608 - Issuance of certificates or scrip on Auditor of State's warrants

It shall be unlawful for the Treasurer of State to issue new certificates or scrip upon warrants of the Auditor of State.
Acts 1885, No. 131, § 2, p. 210; C. & M. Dig., § 4498; Pope's Dig., § 5534; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-618.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 6 - TREASURER OF STATE (§§ 25-16-601 — 25-16-615) › Section 25-16-609 - Claims for reimbursement on uncollectible state warrants or checks

(a)
The Treasurer of State shall file a claim for reimbursement with the Arkansas State Claims Commission on any uncollectible state warrants or checks received by the office in a normal course of business.
(b)
Warrants or checks shall be considered uncollectible if all available legal action is taken without any satisfactory results for six (6) months after items become uncollectible and if the Attorney General is given notice of the nature of the claim at the time of the filing for reimbursement with the commission.
(c)
(1)
The reimbursement claim shall be payable from the Miscellaneous Revolving Fund of the commission for either controversial or noncontroversial claims on order of the commission.
(2)
If the award is greater than the limitation imposed by law upon the commission for the payment of a controversial or noncontroversial claim, then the reimbursement claim shall be referred to the General Assembly for an appropriation as in the case of other claims referred by the commission. This referral shall be handled by the commission.
Acts 1983, No. 697, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-619.1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 6 - TREASURER OF STATE (§§ 25-16-601 — 25-16-615) › Section 25-16-610 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2013, No. 1276,§ 7, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1881, No. 97, § 1, p. 193; C. & M. Dig., § 4453; Pope's Dig., § 5488; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-512.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 6 - TREASURER OF STATE (§§ 25-16-601 — 25-16-615) › Section 25-16-611 - Quarterly report on notes and on moneys from sale of state lands

The Treasurer of State shall report quarterly to the Governor the amount of notes on hand and by whom drawn and the amount of moneys received and on hand on account of the sale of state lands.
Acts 1844, § 5, p. 29; C. & M. Dig., § 4492; Pope's Dig., § 5528; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-611.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 6 - TREASURER OF STATE (§§ 25-16-601 — 25-16-615) › Section 25-16-612 - Balancing books at end of term of appropriation

It shall be the duty of the Treasurer of State, on the receipt of the report of the Auditor of State provided for in §
25-16-515
, to bring down a balance to the credit of each appropriation sufficient to cover the warrants issued and not paid during the term for which the appropriation was made, and, after the credits are given and books balanced, the balance shall then be covered into the State Treasury.
Acts 1883, No. 17, § 2, p. 15; C. & M. Dig., § 4472; Pope's Dig., § 5508; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-619.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 16 - STATE OFFICERS (§§ 25-16-101 — 25-16-1107) › Subchapter 6 - TREASURER OF STATE (§§ 25-16-601 — 25-16-615) › Section 25-16-613 - Letter book

The Treasurer of State shall keep a letter book, in which he or she shall copy all official letters which may be written by him or her.
Rev. Stat., ch. 18, § 31; C. & M. Dig., § 4489; Pope's Dig., § 5525; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-610.