Category: Arkansas Attorney General Opinions

Phillip T. Jacobs Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered June 9, 2000 MARK PRYOR, Attorney General The Honorable Phillip T. Jacobs State Representative 819 Miller Street Clarksville, AR 72830-2239 Dear Representative Jacobs: You have requested an Attorney General opinion concerning a situation involving a consolidated school district. You indicate that your question arises […]

Steve Higginbothom Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered September 24, 2003 MIKE BEEBE, Attorney General The Honorable Steve Higginbothom State Senator P.O. Box 242 Marianna, AR 72360 Dear Senator Higginbothom: You have presented the following question for my opinion: Can the City of West Helena hire a convicted felon to serve in the […]

Gary L. Smith Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered April 30, 2010 DUSTIN McDANIEL, Attorney General The Honorable Gary L. Smith State Representative 600 Ouachita 31 Camden, AR 71701-9561 Dear Representative Smith: I am writing in response to your request for my opinion on the following question: Is it legally permissible for the […]

Alvin Simes Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered October 9, 2001 MARK PRYOR, Attorney General The Honorable Alvin Simes State Senator 43 Lambert Circle West Helena, AR 72390 Dear Senator Simes: You have requested an Attorney General opinion concerning a proposed ordinance creating a municipal human and civil rights commission. I am issuing […]

Gordon Webb Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered September 22, 2000 MARK PRYOR, Attorney General The Honorable Gordon Webb Prosecuting Attorney 14th Judicial District P.O. Box 483 Harrison, AR 72602-0483 Dear Mr. Webb: I am writing in response to your request for my opinion on the following questions: 1. Is it an automatic […]

Bill Walters Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered February 22, 1996 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General The Honorable Bill Walters State Senator P.O. Box 280 Greenwood, Arkansas 72936 Dear Senator Walters: This opinion is being issued in response to your recent question regarding the licensing requirements for engaging in physical and spiritual therapy that […]

Marion A. Humphrey Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered February 24, 1998 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General The Honorable Marion A. Humphrey Circuit Judge, Sixth Judicial District, First Division 401 West Markham, Room 420 Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Dear Judge Humphrey: This official Attorney General opinion is rendered in response to a question you […]

James C. Scott Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion November 23, 1988 STEVE CLARK, Attorney General The Honorable James C. Scott State Senator Route 1, Box 82-A Warren, AR 71661-9705 Dear Senator Scott: This is in response to your request for an opinion on the following question: May a person lawfully hold the position of […]

Jerry Bookout Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered January 16, 1992 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General The Honorable Jerry Bookout State Senator P.O. Box 415 Jonesboro, Arkansas 72401 Dear Senator Bookout: This is in response to your request for an opinion concerning coverage under Arkansas workers’ compensation laws. Specifically, you note that there has […]

Robert White Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered November 6, 2001 MARK PRYOR, Attorney General The Honorable Robert White State Representative 412 Arkansas Street Camden, Arkansas 71701-6614 Dear Representative White: I am writing in response to your request for an opinion on several questions you have posed on behalf of Chairman Wes Marden […]

Billi Fletcher Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered September 7, 1993 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General The Honorable Billi Fletcher State Representative 403 West Palm Street Lonoke, Arkansas 72086-3445 Dear Representative Fletcher: This is in response to your request for an opinion on whether Act 1130 of 1993 enables cities and towns with balances […]

Don R. House Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered October 5, 1999 MARK PRYOR, Attorney General The Honorable Don R. House State Representative P.O. Box 505 Walnut Ridge, AR 72476-0505 Dear Representative House: You have requested an Attorney General opinion concerning tapping and connection fees for a municipal sewer system. You have asked: […]

David Malone Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion July 11, 1994 Winston Bryant, Attorney General The Honorable David Malone State Senator P.O. Box 1048 Fayetteville, Arkansas 72702-1048 Dear Senator Malone: This is in response to your request for an opinion regarding whether cities may employ persons who are not law enforcement officers to write tickets […]

Barbara Horn Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered March 30, 1994 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General The Honorable Barbara Horn State Representative P.O. Box 64 Foreman, Arkansas 71836-0064 Dear Representative Horn: This is in response to your request for an opinion regarding the zoning ordinance for the City of Ashdown. Specifically, you have referred […]

John Ward Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion May 29, 1987 STEVE CLARK, Attorney General The Honorable John Ward Representative, District 65 2705 Donaghey Drive North Little Rock, AR 72116 Dear Representative Ward: This is in response to your opinion request wherein you posed the following inquiries which appear to result from the apparent conflicts […]

Bobby Tullis Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion January 11, 1989 STEVE CLARK, Attorney General The Honorable Bobby Tullis State Representative Box 277 Mineral Springs, AR 71851 Dear Representative Tullis: This is in response to your request for an opinion concerning the increase of excise taxes by the General Assembly under Art. 5, 38 of […]

J. Sturgis Miller Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered May 31, 1994 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General The Honorable J. Sturgis Miller State Representative and Chairman Legislative Joint Auditing Committee 172 State Capitol Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1099 Dear Representative Miller: This is in response to your request for an opinion on two questions regarding […]

Shirley Walters Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered December 14, 2004 MIKE BEEBE, Attorney General The Honorable Shirley Walters State Representative Post Office Box 1876 Greenwood, AR 72938-1876 Dear Representative Walters: I am writing in response to your request on behalf of a constituent for my opinion on the following question: Is it […]

Shawn Womack Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered March 12, 2003 MIKE BEEBE, Attorney General The Honorable Shawn Womack State Senator P.O. Box 332 Mountain Home, AR 72654 Dear Senator Womack: You have presented the following questions for my opinion: (1) In the prolonged absence of a county judge, can a justice of […]