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7-9-411. Enforcement.
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7-9-411. Enforcement.
The Arkansas Ethics Commission shall have the same power and authority to enforce the provisions of this subchapter as is provided the commission under §§ 7-6-217 and 7-6-218 for the enforcement of campaign finance laws.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-9-411
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7-9-411. Enforcement.
The Arkansas Ethics Commission shall have the same power and authority to enforce the provisions of this subchapter as is provided the commission under §§ 7-6-217 and 7-6-218 for the enforcement of campaign finance laws.
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7-6-217. Creation of Arkansas Ethics Commission.
(a)(1) The Arkansas Ethics Commission shall be composed of five (5) members, one (1) each appointed by the Governor, Attorney General, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
(2) Members of the commission shall be appointed for terms of five (5) years and shall continue to serve until their successors have been appointed and have taken the official oath.
(3)(A) No person may be appointed to serve consecutive terms on the commission.
(B) Provided, any commissioner who has been appointed to serve two (2) years or less of an unexpired term shall be eligible for an appointment to a subsequent five-year term.
(4) In the event of a vacancy on the commission, a successor shall be appointed within thirty (30) days to serve the remainder of the unexpired term, such appointment to be made by the official holding the office responsible for appointing the predecessor.
(b)(1) In making appointments to the commission, the appointing officials shall ensure that at least one (1) member of a minority race, one (1) woman, and one (1) member of the minority political party, as defined in § 7-1-101, serves on the commission.
(2) Any person appointed as a member of the minority political party must have voted in the preferential primaries of the minority political party in the last two (2) primaries in which he or she has voted.
(c)(1) No member of the commission shall be a federal, state, or local government official or employee, an elected public official, a candidate for public office, a lobbyist as defined in § 21-8-402, or an officer or paid employee of an organized political party as defined in § 7-1-101.
(2) During the entire term of service on the commiss
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-6-217
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 7-6-217. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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7-6-218. Citizen complaints — Definition.
(a)(1) Any citizen may file a complaint with the Arkansas Ethics Commission against a person covered by this subchapter, by § 7-1-103(a)(1)-(4), (6), or (7); the Disclosure Act for Public Initiatives, Referenda, and Measures Referred to Voters, § 7-9-401 et seq.; § 21-1-401 et seq.; § 21-8-301 et seq.; the Disclosure Act for Lobbyists and State and Local Officials, § 21-8-401 et seq., § 21-8-601 et seq., § 21-8-701 et seq., and § 21-8-801 et seq.; § 21-8-901 et seq.; § 21-8-1001 et seq.; and Arkansas Constitution, Article 19, §§ 28-30, for an alleged violation of the subchapters or sections. For purposes of this subdivision (a)(1), the Arkansas Ethics Commission shall be considered a citizen.
(2) A complaint must be filed within four (4) years after the alleged violation occurred. If the alleged violation is the failure to file a report or the filing of an incorrect report, the complaint shall be filed within four (4) years after the date the report was due.
(b)(1)(A) Upon a complaint stating facts constituting an alleged violation signed under penalty of perjury by any person, the Arkansas Ethics Commission shall investigate the alleged violation of this subchapter or § 7-1-103(a)(1)-(4), (6), or (7); the Disclosure Act for Public Initiatives, Referenda, and Measures Referred to Voters, § 7-9-401 et seq.; § 21-1-401 et seq.; § 21-8-301 et seq.; the Disclosure Act for Lobbyists and State and Local Officials, § 21-8-401 et seq., § 21-8-601 et seq., § 21-8-701 et seq., and § 21-8-801 et seq.; § 21-8-901 et seq.; § 21-8-1001 et seq.; and Arkansas Constitution, Article 19, §§ 28-30.
(B) The Arkansas Ethics Commission shall immediately notify any person under investigation of the investigation and of the nature of the alleged
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-6-218
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 7-6-218. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.