Title 10, General Assembly

(a) (1) The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee has the authority to conduct investigations or audits pertaining to the affairs of any entity of the state or political subdivision of the state whenever the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee determines that investigations are n…

This act is supplemental to the existing laws of this state pertaining to the selection of members of the Joint Budget Committee and shall modify only those portions of such laws or parts of laws as are specifically in conflict herewith.

(a) (1) (A) The Joint Budget Committee shall consist of:(i) The current cochairs of the Legislative Council;(ii) The immediate past cochairs of the Legislative Council;(iii) The current cochairs of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee;(iv) The immediate past cochairs of the L…

(a) The members appointed to serve on the Joint Budget Committee at the next-following regular session of the General Assembly who are not members of the Legislative Council shall be privileged to attend all presession budget hearings of the Legislative Council held after the Oct…

In addition to participation by members of the Joint Budget Committee in the presession budget hearings of the Legislative Council, as authorized in § 10-3-507, the Joint Budget Committee during a regular session, a fiscal session, and a special session of the General Assembly sh…

(a) The House of Representatives members of the Joint Budget Committee shall serve as an interim committee to be known as the House Interim Budget Committee. (b) The Joint Budget Committee and the House Interim Budget Committee shall be authorized to meet during the interim to wo…

It is the intent of this subchapter to establish procedures whereby the types of contracts to be let for legislative printing or duplicating requirements may be determined after study and review of the printing or duplicating needs of the General Assembly. Adequate specifications…

There is established a joint interim committee of the General Assembly, consisting of the chair and vice chair of the respective efficiency committees of the House of Representatives and Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives or his or her designee, and the President…

(a) (1) The Joint Committee on Legislative Printing Requirements and Specifications shall meet subsequent to the adjournment of each regular session of the General Assembly, at a time to be determined jointly by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Te…

(1) It shall be the duty of the Joint Committee on Legislative Printing Requirements and Specifications to:(1) Study and review all purchases by the General Assembly of printing and duplicating services and stationery;(2) Designate those items which should be purchased under comm…

The State Procurement Director shall incorporate into all contracts for legislative printing or duplicating requirements the specifications, bond requirements, penalty provisions, and other requirements as may be certified to it by the Joint Committee on Legislative Printing Requ…

(a) There is established a joint committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate to be known as the “Joint Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs”, to consist of twenty (20) members. (b) (1) The ten (10) House members and ten (10) House alternates sh…

(a) All bills introduced in either house of the General Assembly to amend any of the existing publicly supported retirement systems laws of this state or to establish new or expanded public retirement or social security programs shall be referred to the Joint Committee on Public …

(a) Upon adjournment of each regular session, fiscal session, and special session of the General Assembly, the Joint Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs is designated and constituted as a joint interim committee of the General Assembly to be known as the “…

The provisions of this subchapter shall be in addition and supplemental to the laws of this state and the Rules of the House of Representatives and the Rules of the Senate pertaining to the standing and interim committees of the General Assembly and of the House of Representative…

(a) There is created a joint standing committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate to be known as the “Joint Committee on Energy”. (b) (1) The Joint Committee on Energy shall be a select committee of the House of Representatives and Senate whose members shall be chose…

Bills pertaining to energy sources, supplies, needs, and problems shall be referred to the Joint Committee on Energy. In addition, the Joint Committee on Energy shall make continuing studies and shall cooperate with the appropriate agencies of this state, agencies of the United S…

(a) The members of the House of Representatives and the Senate appointed at each regular session of the General Assembly to the Joint Committee on Energy shall constitute a joint interim committee of the General Assembly to function in the interim between the sine die adjournment…

(a) The Joint Interim Committee on Energy shall meet upon call by either or both of the cochairs of the Joint Interim Committee on Energy, or at such other times as may be provided in the rules of the Joint Interim Committee on Energy, or upon written call by any five (5) of its …

(a) The per diem and mileage, including reimbursement for expenses for attending out-of-state meetings as provided by law, shall be paid from funds appropriated for per diem, mileage, and expenses of members of the General Assembly for attending interim committee meetings or from…

(a) (1) There is hereby created the “Joint Performance Review Committee”, which shall consist of twenty (20) members of the House of Representatives to be selected as prescribed by the Rules of the House of Representatives and ten (10) members of the Senate to be appointed pursua…

(1) The Joint Performance Review Committee shall have the authority and responsibility to:(1) Make random and periodic performance review of specific governmental programs and agencies;(2) Conduct investigations into such specific problem areas of the administration of state gove…

This subchapter shall be known as the “Arkansas Governmental Compliance Act”.

(1) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “public servant” means:(1) Any officer or employee of this state or of any political subdivision thereof;(2) Any person exercising the functions of any such officer or employee;(3) Any person acting as an advi…

Any public servant who does not comply with the provisions of this subchapter and the laws listed in § 10-4-304 commits the offense of noncompliance with the first offense being a Class C misdemeanor, the second offense a Class B misdemeanor, and the third offense a Class A misde…

(1) The fiscal management laws coming within the purview of this subchapter are as follows:(1) Sections 14-25-101 — 14-25-114, and § 14-25-115 [repealed];(2) Sections 14-22-101 — 14-22-115;(3) Section 14-16-105(b)-(e);(4) Section 26-39-201;(5) Section 26-35-1001 [repealed];(6) Se…

(a) The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee shall establish the following procedure for giving written notice to a public servant of deficiencies in the operation or performance of the public servant's official duties as provided by the laws of the State of Arkansas in the fisca…

(a) After the public servant takes the necessary action for compliance with fiscal management laws of the State of Arkansas, he or she shall request the staff of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee to review his or her corrective actions and to determine whether he or she is…

(a) If the public servant fails to obtain compliance as to the laws contained in § 10-4-304 or to respond within the time limit contained in § 10-4-305, then the public servant shall be invited or subpoenaed to appear before the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee to show cause …

After the public servant has appeared before the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, as provided by § 10-4-307, the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee may allow a maximum period of thirty (30) days from the date of his or her appearance before the Legislative Joint Auditing C…

(a) (1) In such cases when compliance has not been obtained by the public servant within the above-given time periods, the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee shall notify the respective prosecuting attorney of each public servant and the prosecuting attorney shall conduct an in…

(a) There is created under the authority of the General Assembly an agency known as “Arkansas Legislative Audit”. (b) Arkansas Legislative Audit shall be headed by the Legislative Auditor, who shall be selected by the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee.

(a) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Audit” means a financial audit, performance audit, information technology audit, review, report of agreed-upon procedures, compilation, examination, investigation, or other report or procedure approved by the Legislative Joint Auditing Committe…

(a) The Legislative Auditor has the authority to perform an audit of any entity of the state, political subdivision of the state, or transaction relating to public funds and to prepare a written report of the audit to the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee and to the entity bei…

(a) The Legislative Auditor shall be a licensed certified public accountant in the State of Arkansas with at least seven (7) years of government auditing experience prior to being appointed. (b) At the time of appointment, the Legislative Auditor shall not be related in the secon…

(a) The Legislative Auditor shall be employed by a majority vote of the membership of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, and the name of the person selected shall be presented to each house of the General Assembly for confirmation by both houses if the General Assembly is …

(a) The cochairs of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, upon vote or approval of the majority of the membership of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, shall execute a written appointment of the person employed as the Legislative Auditor and cause the written appointme…

(1) The Legislative Auditor shall:(1) Personally, or through the Legislative Auditor's authorized assistants and employees, conduct audits of any entity of the state or political subdivision of the state now in existence or hereafter created;(2) Make recommendations to the Legisl…

(a) (1) The Legislative Auditor is designated as disbursing officer for Arkansas Legislative Audit.(2) All vouchers issued in the payment of salaries and expenses incurred in the operations of Arkansas Legislative Audit shall be approved by the Legislative Auditor or the Legislat…

(a) Subject to an annual appropriation therefor, all employees of Arkansas Legislative Audit shall be selected and appointed by the Legislative Auditor. (b) (1) The Legislative Auditor shall be free to select the most efficient personnel available for each position in Arkansas Le…

(a) (1) The Legislative Auditor shall cause to be maintained a sufficient accounting of the audit costs incurred by Arkansas Legislative Audit in auditing entities of the state and political subdivisions of the state.(2) The audit costs shall provide a basis for determining a rea…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b)(1) of this section, the Legislative Auditor shall audit entities of the state. (b) (1) (A) However, any licensing board or with the approval of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee any other entity of the state may retain the services…

(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this section, the Legislative Auditor shall audit counties and municipalities in the state.(2) “Turnback funds” means:(A) General revenue turnback funds, as defined in the Revenue Stabilization Law, § 19-20-101 et seq.; and(B) H…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b)(1) of this section, the Legislative Auditor shall audit schools. (b) (1) (A) A school may retain the services of a licensed certified public accountant or a licensed accountant in public practice in good standing with the Arkansas State B…

(a) The Legislative Auditor shall audit prosecuting attorneys in the State of Arkansas. (b) Regulatory Basis. (1) For prosecuting attorney financial audits, the financial statements shall be presented on a fund basis format with, at a minimum, the general fund presented separatel…

(1) The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee shall monitor reports presented to the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee to ensure that they meet the needs of:(1) The General Assembly;(2) Entities of the state;(3) Political subdivisions of the state;(4) Schools; and(5) The genera…