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12-42-102. Penalties.
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12-42-102. Penalties.
A person who uses the work of a prisoner or enters into a contract to lease and use the work of a prisoner convicted of a misdemeanor in violation of §§ 12-42-104 — 12-42-107 upon conviction is guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) and may be imprisoned not exceeding ninety (90) days.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-42-102
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12-42-102. Penalties.
A person who uses the work of a prisoner or enters into a contract to lease and use the work of a prisoner convicted of a misdemeanor in violation of §§ 12-42-104 — 12-42-107 upon conviction is guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) and may be imprisoned not exceeding ninety (90) days.
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12-42-104. Leasing procedure exclusive.
It shall be unlawful for any county judge or mayor of any city or incorporated town or any person to lease or contract for the lease of any prisoner convicted of a misdemeanor, whether a violation of the laws of the state or ordinance of any municipality, except as provided in this subchapter.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-42-104
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12-42-107. Procedure when satisfactory contract cannot be made.
(a)(1) If the county court or county judge thereof in vacation, or the mayor of any city or incorporated town, is unable to make a satisfactory contract with some county, city, or incorporated town, or if the contract does not necessarily, by its terms, cover all persons committed to jail to serve a sentence or in default of the payment of a fine and costs adjudged against him or her, in the county or city where the conviction is had, then the county court or county judge thereof may order the prisoners to be worked.
(2) The prisoners may be worked on the public roads, bridges, levees, or any other public improvement of the county or may perform any other lawful labor for the benefit of the county.
(b) The city or town council or the governing body of any municipality or the mayor thereof may order the prisoners worked on any public streets, alleys, public buildings, public parks, or any other public improvements of the city or may order them to perform any other lawful labor for the benefit of the city, under such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this section or §§ 12-42-102 and 12-42-104 — 12-42-106, as the county court or county judge thereof, or the mayor and governing body of any municipality thereof may prescribe.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-42-107
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 12-42-107. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.