Category: Arkansas Attorney General Opinions

Stacey Witherell Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered July 25, 2003 MIKE BEEBE, Attorney General Ms. Stacey Witherell, Employee Services Manager City of Little Rock Human Resources Department 500 W. Markham — Suite 130W Little Rock, AR 72201-1428 Dear Ms. Witherell: You have requested an official Attorney General’s opinion, pursuant to A.C.A. § […]

Randy Laverty Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered October 20, 2003 MIKE BEEBE, Attorney General The Honorable Randy Laverty State Senator P.O. Box 303 Jasper, AR 72641 Dear Senator Laverty: I am writing in response to your request for my opinion on a question I will paraphrase as follows: In light of the […]

Billy Joe Purdom Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered August 2, 1991 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General The Honorable Billy Joe Purdom State Representative HCR 66, Box 34 Yellville, AR 72687 Dear Representative Purdom: This is in response to your request for an opinion on the following question: Who is responsible to hire/fire a […]

Scott Ferguson Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered November 19, 2003 MIKE BEEBE, Attorney General Scott Ferguson, Chair Crittenden County Election Commission Crittenden County Courthouse Marion, AR 72364 Dear Mr. Ferguson: I am writing in response to your request for my opinion, pursuant to A.C.A. § 25-16-706(b), on various questions relating to the […]

James T. Jordan Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion October 7, 1987 STEVE CLARK, Attorney General The Honorable James T. Jordan State Representative, District 92 P. O. Box 518 Monticello, AR 71655 RE: ACT 95 OF 1981 Dear Representative Jordan: This official opinion is in response to your request in which you asked the following […]

Steve Oliver Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered May 10, 2005 MIKE BEEBE, Attorney General The Honorable Steve Oliver Prosecuting Attorney Eighteenth Judicial District East 501 Ouachita Avenue Hot Springs, Arkansas 71901 Dear Mr. Oliver: I am writing in response to your request for an opinion on the following: Pursuant to Title 20, […]

Kit Williams Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered July 26, 2004 MIKE BEEBE, Attorney General The Honorable Kit Williams Fayetteville City Attorney 113 W. Mountain, Suite 302 Fayetteville, AR 72701-6083 Dear Mr. Williams: You have submitted for my review and approval a proposed Interlocal Agreement entitled “Interlocal Agreement Between Washington County, Arkansas, and […]

Brent Davis Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered August 13, 1999 MARK PRYOR, Attorney General The Honorable Brent Davis Prosecuting Attorney Second Judicial Circuit Craighead County Courthouse 511 Union, Suite 342 Jonesboro, Arkansas 72401 Dear Mr. Davis: This is in response to your request, submitted by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Alan Copelin, for an […]

T.J. Hively Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion June 2, 1994 Winston Bryant, Attorney General The Honorable T.J. Hively Prosecuting Attorney Sixteenth Judicial District P.O. Box 2476 Batesville, Arkansas 72503 Dear Mr. Hively: This is in response to your request for an opinion on whether a nonprofit corporation which operates a school and a residential […]

Mike Beebe Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered December 30, 1994 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General The Honorable Mike Beebe State Senator 211 West Arch Avenue Searcy, AR 72143 Dear Senator Beebe: This is in response to your request for an opinion on the following question: Can an Arkansas Public School System enter into […]

Travis Dowd Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion April 26, 1988 STEVE CLARK, Attorney General The Honorable Travis Dowd State Representative P. O. Box 2015 Texarkana, AR 75504 Dear Representative Dowd: This is in response to your request for an opinion regarding the chancery court’s authority to conclude divorce proceedings when one of the parties […]

Mike Huckabee Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered April 30, 2002 MARK PRYOR, Attorney General The Honorable Mike Huckabee Governor State Capitol, Suite 250 Little Rock, AR 72201 Dear Governor Huckabee: I am writing in response to your request for my opinion on the following questions: 1. Does A.C.A. § 7-1-103(a)(2)(A) allow state […]

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 […]