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25-16-1004. Criminal penalty.
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25-16-1004. Criminal penalty.
(a) A person commits an offense if the person approves an account or draws or authorizes the drawing of a warrant or order to pay the compensation of another person employed in violation of § 25-16-1002.
(b) An offense under subsection (a) of this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 25-16-1004
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Source file: gov.ar.code.title.25.odt
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25-16-1004. Criminal penalty.
(a) A person commits an offense if the person approves an account or draws or authorizes the drawing of a warrant or order to pay the compensation of another person employed in violation of § 25-16-1002.
(b) An offense under subsection (a) of this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
25-16-1002. Prohibited employment of relatives.
(a) A public official shall not appoint, employ, promote, advance, or advocate for appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement in or to a position in the state agency in which the official is serving or over which the official exercises jurisdiction or control, any person who:
(1) Is a relative of the public official; and
(2) Is an employee of a state agency or as a result of the public official's action would be an employee of a state agency.
(b) Within each state agency, no employees who are related shall be placed within the same direct line of supervision whereby one (1) relative is a supervisory employee and responsible for supervising the job performance or work activities of another relative.
(c) If a person is placed on the payroll of a state agency in violation of subsection (a) or subsection (b) of this section:
(1) The person shall not be entitled to pay at the rate for which the employee was initially hired;
(2) The person shall be entitled to receive pay at the greater of the minimum hourly wage rate under § 11-4-210 or the federal minimum hourly wage rate under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., for time actually worked while in violation of subsection (a) or subsection (b) of this section; and
(3) The employment shall be void.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 25-16-1002
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 25-16-1002. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.