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21-1-402. Restrictions on other employment.
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21-1-402. Restrictions on other employment.
(a)(1) Subject to any restriction or condition prescribed by the Arkansas Constitution and except as provided under subdivisions (a)(2) and (3) of this section and subsection (f) of this section, and unless the person resigns before entering into the employment, a person elected to a constitutional office, after being elected to the constitutional office and during the term for which elected, shall not enter into employment with:
(A) Any state agency;
(B) Any public school district of this state in a noncertified position;
(C) Any vocational education school funded by the state; or
(D) Any education service cooperative.
(2)(A) A constitutional officer who was employed by a state agency, a public school district of this state in a licensed or nonlicensed position, a state-supported vocational education school, an education service cooperative, or a state-supported college or university and who receives the prior approval of the Joint Budget Committee during a legislative session or the Legislative Council between legislative sessions, and the Governor, may:
(i) Transfer employment to or become reemployed by another state agency, public school district of this state, state-supported vocational education school, an educational service cooperative, or a state-supported college or university;
(ii) Change positions under his or her current employer; or
(iii) Upon retirement from a state agency, public school district of this state, state-supported vocational education school, an education service cooperative, or a state-supported college or university, enter into part-time or temporary employment with a state agency, public school district of this state, state-supported vocational education school, an educational s
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 21-1-402
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21-1-402. Restrictions on other employment.
(a)(1) Subject to any restriction or condition prescribed by the Arkansas Constitution and except as provided under subdivisions (a)(2) and (3) of this section and subsection (f) of this section, and unless the person resigns before entering into the employment, a person elected to a constitutional office, after being elected to the constitutional office and during the term for which elected, shall not enter into employment with:
(A) Any state agency;
(B) Any public school district of this state in a noncertified position;
(C) Any vocational education school funded by the state; or
(D) Any education service cooperative.
(2)(A) A constitutional officer who was employed by a state agency, a public school district of this state in a licensed or nonlicensed position, a state-supported vocational education school, an education service cooperative, or a state-supported college or university and who receives the prior approval of the Joint Budget Committee during a legislative session or the Legislative Council between legislative sessions, and the Governor, may:
(i) Transfer employment to or become reemployed by another state agency, public school district of this state, state-supported vocational education school, an educational service cooperative, or a state-supported college or university;
(ii) Change positions under his or her current employer; or
(iii) Upon retirement from a state agency, public school district of this state, state-supported vocational education school, an education service cooperative, or a state-supported college or university, enter into part-time or temporary employment with a state agency, public school district of this state, state-supported vocational education school, an educational service cooperative, or a state-supported college or university.
(B) Employment under this subdivision (a)(2) shall not be approved if the employment will violate §§ 19-11-701 — 19-11-709.
(3) If a constitutional officer is credentialed or certified as a tutor, teacher, professor, or adjunct professor, he or she is not prohibited from employment as a tutor, teacher, professor, or adjunct professor with a public school district, educational service cooperative, state-supported vocational education school, or state-supported college or university in this state.
(4) Subject to any restriction or condition prescribed by the Arkansas Constitution, any constitutional officer who was employed by a state agency prior to being elected a constitutional officer may continue the employment, but the employment shall not thereafter be reclassified unless it is the result of a general reclassification affecting all positions of the class and grade equally, nor shall the constitutional officer receive any pay increase for that employment other than the cost-of-living increases authorized by the General Assembly without the prior approval of the Joint Budget Committee during a legislative session, the Legislative Council between legislative sessions, and the Governor.
(b) No person whose spouse is elected to a constitutional office may, after the spouse is elected to the constitutional office and during the term for which the spouse is elected, enter into employment with any state agency without the prior approval of the Joint Budget Committee during a legislative session, the Legislative Council between legislative sessions, and the Governor.
(c) This subchapter does not prohibit the spouse of any constitutional officer from being elected and serving in an elected office or from being appointed to fill the vacancy in any elected office.
(d) Any person who was employed by a state agency prior to the person's spouse being elected a constitutional officer and any person who entered into employment with a state agency during the spouse's service as a constitutional officer is subject to the following:
(1) The person's position shall not thereafter be reclassified unless it is the result of a general reclassification affecting all positions of the class and grade equally nor shall the person, while the spouse serves as a constitutional officer or within two (2) years after the spouse leaves office, be promoted or transferred without the prior approval of the Joint Budget Committee during a legislative session, the Legislative Council between legislative sessions, and the Governor; and
(2) The person shall not receive any pay increase in excess of fifteen percent (15%) without the prior approval of the Joint Budget Committee during a legislative session, the Legislative Council between legislative sessions, and the Governor.
(e) A former member of the General Assembly and his or her spouse shall not be eligible to be employed by any state agency within twenty-four (24) months after the member leaves office in any job or position that:
(1) Was newly created by legislative action within the twenty-four (24) months prior to the member's leaving office; or
(2) Had a maximum salary level increase of more than fifteen percent (15%) authorized by legislative action within the twenty-four (24) months prior to the member's leaving office.
(f)(1) A former member of the General Assembly shall not take the following actions until two (2) years after the expiration of the term of office for which he or she was elected:
(A) Register as a lobbyist under § 21-8-601 et seq.; or
(B) Enter into employment as the director of an:
(i) Educational cooperative under The Public School Educational Cooperative Act of 1981, § 6-13-901 et seq.; or
(ii) Area agency on aging.
(2)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (f)(2)(B) of this section, subdivision (f)(1) of this section applies to a person elected or reelected to the General Assembly on or after November 6, 2018.
(B) Subdivision (f)(1)(A) of this section shall apply to a person elected or reelected to the General Assembly on or after November 4, 2014.
(g) The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer of State, Auditor of State, and Commissioner of State Lands are not eligible to be registered as lobbyists under § 21-8-601 et seq. until one (1) year after the expiration of the respective terms of office to which they were elected.
(h) An individual employed in the office of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer of State, Auditor of State, or Commissioner of State Lands 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 office.
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19-11-701. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Blind trust” means an independently managed trust in which the employee-beneficiary has no management rights and in which the employee-beneficiary is not given notice of alterations in or other dispositions of the property subject to the trust;
(2) “Business” means any corporation, partnership, individual, sole proprietorship, joint-stock company, joint venture, or any other legal entity;
(3) “Commodities” means all property, including, but not limited to:
(A) Equipment;
(B) Printing;
(C) Stationery;
(D) Supplies;
(E) Insurance; and
(F) Real property;
(4) “Confidential information” means any information which is available to an employee only because of the employee's status as an employee of this state and is not a matter of public knowledge or available to the public on request;
(5) “Conspicuously” means written in such special or distinctive format, print, or manner that a reasonable person against whom it is to operate ought to have noticed it;
(6) “Contract” means all types of state agreements, regardless of what they may be called, for the purchase or disposal of commodities and services. “Contract” includes awards and notices of award; contracts of a fixed-price, cost, cost-plus-a-fixed-fee, or incentive type; contracts providing for the issuance of job or task orders; leases; letter contracts; and purchase orders. “Contract” also includes supplemental agreements with respect to any of the foregoing;
(7) “Contractor” means any person having a contract with a state agency;
(8) “Employee” means an individual drawing a salary from a state agency, whether elected or not, and any nonsalaried individual performing personal services for any state agency;
(9) “Financial interest” means
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 19-11-701
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19-11-709. Restrictions on employment of present and former employees — Definition.
(a) Contemporaneous Employment Prohibited. It shall be a breach of ethical standards for any employee who is involved in procurement to become or be, while such an employee, the employee of any party contracting with the state agency by which the employee is employed.
(b)Restrictions on Former Employees in Matters Connected with Their Former Duties.
(1) Permanent Disqualification of Former Employee Personally Involved in a Particular Matter. It shall be a breach of ethical standards for any former employee knowingly to act as a principal or as an agent for anyone other than the state in connection with any:
(A) Judicial or other proceeding, application, request for a ruling, or other determination;
(B) Contract;
(C) Claim; or
(D) Charge or controversy,
in which the employee participated personally and substantially through decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation, rendering of advice, investigation, or otherwise while an employee, where the state is a party or has a direct and substantial interest.
(2) One-Year Representation Restriction Regarding Matters for Which a Former Employee Was Officially Responsible. It shall be a breach of ethical standards for any former employee, within one (1) year after cessation of the former employee's official responsibility in connection with any:
(A) Judicial or other proceeding, application, request for a ruling, or other determination;
(B) Contract;
(C) Claim; or
(D) Charge or controversy,
knowingly to act as a principal or as an agent for anyone other than the state in matters which were within the former employee's official responsibility, where the state is a party or has a direct or substantial interest.
(c)
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 19-11-709
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21-8-601. Registration required — Exceptions — Termination.
(a)(1) A lobbyist shall register within five (5) days after beginning lobbying. Such registration shall be on forms provided by the Secretary of State containing the following information:
(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the lobbyist;
(B) The calendar year for which the lobbyist is registering;
(C) The types of public servants being lobbied;
(D) The name, address, and telephone number of the lobbyist's client or employer;
(E) A description of the nature of the lobbyist's client or employer; and
(F) Certification by the lobbyist that the information contained on the lobbyist registration form is true and correct.
(2)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2)(B) of this section, if there is a change of information during the registration period, a lobbyist shall file an amended registration form within ten (10) days of the change.
(B) A lobbyist registered to lobby members of the General Assembly shall file an amended registration form within three (3) business days of a change of information that occurs during a regular or extraordinary session of the General Assembly.
(3) A lobbyist shall not be required to register if he or she engages in no lobbying other than the following activities:
(A) The publishing or broadcasting, by news media executives or their employees or agents, in the ordinary course of business, of news items, editorials, or other comments or paid advertisements which directly or indirectly urge legislative action or administrative action;
(B) Engaging in lobbying exclusively on behalf of an Arkansas church which qualifies as a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code when lobbying solely for the purpose of protecting
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 21-8-601
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6-13-901. Title.
The title of this subchapter shall be “The Public School Educational Cooperative Act of 1981”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-13-901
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