Category: Arkansas Attorney General Opinions

Jean Edwards Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered August 17, 1993 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General The Honorable Jean Edwards State Senator 8607 Earl Chadick Road Sherrill, AR 72152 Dear Senator Edwards: This is in response to your request for an opinion on the following questions: When the Civil Service Commission in a first […]

Grady P. Arrington Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion August 17, 1989 STEVE CLARK, Attorney General The Honorable Grady P. Arrington State Representative Chairman, Legislative Joint Auditing Committee Division of Legislative Audit Room 172, State Capitol Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Dear Representative Arrington: This is in response to your request for an opinion on whether […]

Billy Joe Purdom Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered November 14, 1991 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General The Honorable Billy Joe Purdom State Representative HCR 66, Box 34 Yellville, Arkansas 72687-9605 Dear Representative Purdom: This is in response to your request for an opinion concerning a certain individual who owns a 4.2 acre tract […]

Bill Walters Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered January 27, 2000 MARK PRYOR, Attorney General The Honorable Bill Walters State Senator P.O. Box 280 Greenwood, AR 72936-0280 Dear Senator Walters: I am writing in response to your request for my opinion on the following questions: 1. Do Arkansas child-labor laws apply to juveniles […]

Jerry Hunton Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered December 20, 1993 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General The Honorable Jerry Hunton State Representative 14221 Greasy Valley Road Prairie Grove, AR 72753 Dear Representative Hunton: This is in response to your request for an opinion on the following questions: 1. Do people who draw retirement from […]

Mike Huckabee Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion July 28, 1994 Winston Bryant, Attorney General The Honorable Mike Huckabee Lieutenant Governor State Capitol, Suite 270 Little Rock, AR 72201 Dear Mr. Huckabee: This is in response to your request for an opinion on the constitutionality of Act 5 of 1993. Specifically, you ask if the […]

Myra Jones Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion October 2, 1987 STEVE CLARK, Attorney General The Honorable Myra Jones State Representative 2001 North Tyler Little Rock, Arkansas 72205 Dear Representative Jones: This is in response to your request for an opinion regarding Act 396 of 1987. You have asked, specifically, whether the retirement benefits provided […]

Bynum Gibson Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion April 1, 1987 STEVE CLARK, Attorney General The Honorable Bynum Gibson State Representative State Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201 Dear Representative Gibson: This is in response to your opinion request wherein you ask whether Senate Bill 314, the appropriation bill for the Department of Education, requires three-quarters […]

Tom Courtway Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered April 28, 2004 MIKE BEEBE, Attorney General Tom Courtway, Interim Director Arkansas Department of Education #4 Capitol Mall, Room 404-A Little Rock, AR 72201 Dear Mr. Courtway: I am writing in response to your request for what you term “an additional opinion” from me regarding […]

Mark Riable Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered August 17, 1993 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General The Honorable Mark Riable State Representative 16611 Burlington Road Little Rock, AR 72211 Dear Representative Riable: This is in response to your request for an opinion regarding A.C.A. § 6-43-104 (1987). You state that the Board of Trustees […]

Barry L. Emigh Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered October 28, 2002 MARK PRYOR, Attorney General Mr. Barry L. Emigh 1104 7th Street Hot Springs, AR 71913-4225 Dear Mr. Emigh: You have requested certification, pursuant to A.C.A. § 7-9-107, of a popular name and ballot title for a proposed constitutional amendment. You have […]

Lu Hardin Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered February 24, 1994 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General The Honorable Lu Hardin State Senator 260 Hilltop Drive Russellville, AR 72801 Dear Senator Hardin: This is in response to your request for an opinion on the following questions: 1. Does the county judge have legal and proper […]

Bill Walters Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered March 27, 2000 April 20, 1994 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General The Honorable Bill Walters State Senator P.O. Box 280 Greenwood, Arkansas 72936 Dear Senator Walters: This is in response to your request for an opinion on the following question: Since a county regional water distribution […]

Joyce Dees Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered March 27, 2002 MARK PRYOR, Attorney General The Honorable Joyce Dees State Representative 401 S. Main Warren, AR 71671-3323 Dear Representative Dees: I am writing in response to your request for my opinion on the following questions: 1. Does Arkansas law require that the elected […]

Bob Adams Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered January 24, 2005 MIKE BEEBE, Attorney General The Honorable Bob Adams State Representative 320 Grant 4653 Sheridan, AR 72150-8646 Dear Representative Adams: I am writing in response to your request for an opinion on a matter involving the effort of Reed Mobile Homes, LLC to […]

Denny Altes Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered November 4, 2011 DUSTIN McDANIEL, Attorney General The Honorable Denny Altes State Representative 8600 Moody Road Fort Smith, Arkansas 72903-6718 Dear Representative Altes: You have requested my opinion on the following question: “Is it constitutional for [Fort Smith] to fluoridate [municipal] water when [Fort Smith […]

W.J. “Bill” McCuen Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion July 14, 1988 STEVE CLARK, Attorney General The Honorable W.J. “Bill” McCuen Secretary of State State Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201-1094 Dear Mr. McCuen: This is in response to your request for an opinion on the following question: Should petitioners’ signatures that are unaccompanied by the […]

Jim Stallcup Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered May 21, 1991 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General The Honorable Jim Stallcup Prosecuting Attorney Third Judicial Circuit 225 W. Elm Walnut Ridge, Arkansas 72467 Dear Mr. Stallcup: This is in response to Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Stewart Lambert’s request for an opinion on an erroneous assessment of […]

Louis M. McJunkin Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion May 10, 1994 Winston Bryant, Attorney General The Honorable Louis M. McJunkin State Representative P.O. Box 223 Springdale, Arkansas 72765-0223 Dear Representative McJunkin: This is in response to your request for an opinion on three questions arising in a hypothetical situation where the State of Arkansas […]

Jay Bradford Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered August 17, 2004 MIKE BEEBE, Attorney General The Honorable Jay Bradford State Representative Post Office Box 8367 Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71611-8367 Dear Representative Bradford: I am writing in response to your request for an opinion on the following: The Pine Bluff Police Department has a […]