Category: Arkansas Attorney General Opinions

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 […]

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 […]

Chuck Lange Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered January 30, 2008 DUSTIN McDANIEL, Attorney General Mr. Chuck Lange, Executive Director Arkansas Sheriffs’ Association # 1 Sheriffs Lane North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114 Dear Mr. Lange: This is in response to your request for certification, pursuant to A.C.A. § 7-9-107 (Repl. 2000), of the […]

Frederick N. Scott, Sponsor Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered February 4, 2010 Page 1 DUSTIN McDANIEL, Attorney General Mr. Frederick N. Scott, Sponsor Little Red Hen Committee Post Office Box 13584 Maumelle, Arkansas 72113Dear Mr. Scott: This is in response to your request for certification, pursuant to A.C.A. § 7-9-107 (Repl. 2007), […]