Title 25 — State Government

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Employee” means a person whose employment is not seasonal or temporary and whose actual performance of duty requires one thousand (1,000) or more hours during a fiscal year;(2) “Public official” means:(A) The Secretary of State, the Governor, t…

(a) A public official shall not appoint, employ, promote, advance, or advocate for appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement in or to a position in the state agency in which the official is serving or over which the official exercises jurisdiction or control, any person …

(a) If as a result of a marriage that occurs after August 12, 2005, employees of a state agency are in violation of the prohibition established by § 25-16-1002, the violation shall be resolved by:(1) Transferring one (1) of the employees to another position within the state agenc…

(a) A person commits an offense if the person approves an account or draws or authorizes the drawing of a warrant or order to pay the compensation of another person employed in violation of § 25-16-1002. (b) An offense under subsection (a) of this section is a Class A misdemeanor…

(a) A public official who knowingly violates § 25-16-1002(a) shall be subject to a civil penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000). (b) (1) The Attorney General may file suit in Pulaski County Circuit Court to collect the penalty.(2) Penalties collected under this section shall be…

(a) The Office of Personnel Management shall establish rules and forms for all state agencies that will enable each public official and each supervisory employee within a state agency to determine whether:(1) The hiring of a job applicant would violate § 25-16-1002 or § 25-16-100…

This subchapter shall not apply to the hiring, transfer, or promotion of any person employed in a state agency as of August 12, 2005.

A.C.A. § 25-16-101Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

A.C.A. § 25-16-102Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

An individual employed as an executive head of a state agency or as a chief deputy of an executive head of a state agency is not eligible to be registered as a lobbyist under § 21-8-601 et seq. until one (1) year after the expiration of the individual's employment in that capacit…

(a) It is the policy of the State of Arkansas to promote integrity in public employment. (b) It is the intent of this subchapter to require that a public servant who pleads guilty to or nolo contendere to or is found guilty of the following to forfeit his or her office, position,…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Governmental body” means any office, department, commission, council, board, committee, legislative body, agency, or other establishment of the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of the state, municipality, county, school district, inst…

(a) A public servant holding an office, position, or employment in a governmental body shall forfeit the office, position, or employment if he or she pleads guilty or nolo contendere to or is found guilty of:(1) A felony offense relating to the public servant's office, position, …

A public servant who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to or is found guilty of an offense under § 25-16-1103(a) shall be disqualified and barred from holding an office, position, or employment in a governmental body.

(a) (1) Forfeiture of an office, position, or employment may be raised at the time a public servant pleads guilty or nolo contendere to or is found guilty of an offense under § 25-16-1103(a).(2) (A) If the issue of forfeiture is raised against a public servant, the circuit court …

(a) This subchapter shall apply to a public servant that, on or after July 31, 2009, pleads guilty or nolo contendere to or is found guilty of a felony offense relating to his or her office, position, or employment in any governmental body. (b) This subchapter shall not supersede…

An expunged record shall not serve as the basis for forfeiture of office or disqualification from office under this subchapter.

(a) In order to protect the state's participation in various federal programs and to continue to obtain the benefits of those programs for the people of this state or where necessary to obtain the benefits of new or expanded federal programs, the Governor is authorized, by execut…

A.C.A. § 25-16-202Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

The Auditor of State and the Treasurer of State shall make their respective reports for each regular session to the Governor on or before October 10 next preceding the regular session of the General Assembly. The Governor shall cause the reports to be printed with his or her bien…

(a) The Governor may nominate, appoint, and commission, under the Great Seal of Arkansas, or may continue in office one (1) or more commissioners within any other state or territory of the United States. The commissioners shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor then in office…

(a) For the purpose of this section, “transition funds” means any funds advanced to an individual who has been elected Governor during the general election of each election year. However, this section shall not apply to a person who is reelected during the general election to the…

A.C.A. § 25-16-206Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(1) To recruit and retain exceptionally well-qualified personnel, the office of the Governor may exceed the maximum salary level of personnel if:(1) The maximum salary is increased by no more than twenty percent (20%);(2) The maximum salary increase is requested for no more than …

The Lieutenant Governor is the custodian of the Senate Chamber, all Senate rooms, and the records, machines, furniture, fixtures, and supplies therein.

A.C.A. § 25-16-302Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(1) The office of the Lieutenant Governor may transfer an appropriation from any line item authorized in the operations appropriation of the office of the Lieutenant Governor to any other line item authorized in the operations appropriation of the office of the Lieutenant Governo…

(a) The Lieutenant Governor may hire and employ in the manner described under this section security personnel to maintain peaceful order and provide protection to the Lieutenant Governor as the Lieutenant Governor carries out his or her official duties. (b) (1) Personnel designat…

The Secretary of State, before he or she enters upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall enter into bond, with good and sufficient security to the Governor and his or her successors in office, in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000). The bond shall be approved by the G…

(a) The Secretary of State may appoint a deputy to aid him or her in the discharge of his or her duties whose acts, performed in the name of the Secretary of State, shall have the same validity as the acts of his or her principal. (b) The deputy, before he or she enters upon the …

(a) The Secretary of State shall reside and keep his or her office at the seat of government and shall have the custody of all records, rolls, and documents which properly belong to the state. (b) He or she shall keep a register of all the official acts and proceedings of the Gov…

A.C.A. § 25-16-404Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

The Secretary of State shall have the authority to issue an Arkansas Ambassador's Certificate, which may be given to citizens of the State of Arkansas who will be traveling outside the state. The Secretary of State may adopt such reasonable rules as may be necessary for the effec…

If the Auditor of State shall willfully neglect or refuse to perform any duty enjoined by law, or shall be guilty of any oppression or extortion in the performance of any legal duty, or shall receive any fee or reward for the performance of any legal duty not allowed by law, or s…

(a) Immediately after his or her election, the Auditor of State shall execute and deliver to the Governor a bond to the State of Arkansas, with good and sufficient securities, in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), conditioned for the faithful performance of all t…

The Auditor of State shall keep a seal of office, which shall be used to authenticate all writings, papers, and documents required by law to be certified from his or her office.

(a) The Auditor of State is authorized to appoint one (1) deputy. The appointment shall be made in writing. (b) The deputy so appointed shall take the oath prescribed by law. The oath shall be endorsed on the letter of appointment, and the letter of appointment shall be filed in …

(1) It shall be the duty of the Auditor of State:(1) To audit, adjust, and settle all claims against the state payable out of the State Treasury, except those claims which may be expressly required by law to be audited and settled by some other officer or person;(2) To draw all w…

The Auditor of State shall have free access to all the other offices of the state for the inspection, concerning his or her duties, of all books, accounts, and papers which they respectively contain.

The Auditor of State shall have power to administer oaths required or allowed by law in all matters touching the duties of his or her office.

A.C.A. § 25-16-508Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

Whenever any person indebted to the state, on any account whatever, shall present to the Auditor of State the Treasurer of State's receipt for the full payment of the amount due, it shall be the duty of the Auditor of State to furnish that person with a certificate, under the Aud…

The Auditor of State shall be the general accountant of the state and shall keep all public accounts, books, vouchers, documents, and all papers relating to the contracts of the state and its debts, revenue, and fiscal affairs which are not required by law to be placed in some ot…

(a) The Auditor of State shall keep a letter book in which he or she shall copy all official letters which may be written by him or her. (b) (1) All accounts, vouchers, and documents settled by the Auditor of State shall be preserved in his or her office, and copies of these reco…

(a) It shall be the duty of the Auditor of State at the expiration of the time for which each and every appropriation is made to report to the Treasurer of State the total amount of the warrants drawn on the appropriations during the term. If any balance remains unexpended of any…

(a) In all cases of accounts audited and allowed against the state and in all cases of grants, salaries, and expenses allowed by law, the Auditor of State shall draw warrants upon the State Treasury for the amount due, in the following form:Click here to view form. (b) The Audito…

(a) No warrant shall be drawn by the Auditor of State unless the money has been previously appropriated by law, nor shall the amount drawn for under any one (1) head ever exceed the amount appropriated by law for that purpose. (b) The Auditor of State is denied authority to draw …

No warrant issued by the Auditor of State shall be received in payment of debts due the state, nor shall the warrants, under any circumstances, bear interest or be received or allowed as an offset in any suit commenced for the recovery of money due the state, but the warrant shal…

(a) (1) Whenever the Auditor of State's warrants of the State of Arkansas issued to any person are lost or destroyed, the owner or person entitled to receive the contents of the lost or destroyed warrants shall be entitled to have them duplicated by the Auditor of State upon sati…

If the Treasurer of State shall willfully neglect or refuse to perform any duty enjoined by law, or shall be guilty of any oppression or extortion in the performance of any legal duty, or shall receive any fee or reward for the performance of any legal duty not allowed by law, or…