Opinion No.

The Honorable Michael D. Booker State Representative P.O. Box 45154 Little Rock, Arkansas 72214

Dear Representative Booker:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on the following question:

Whether a member of the Arkansas General Assembly can serve as a "Special Judge" in the Circuit or Chancery Courts in the State of Arkansas?

Although I have found no controlling Arkansas precedent on the precise question, there are three constitutional provisions implicated by your request, and it appears that at least one of these provisions (the separation of powers provision of article 4), may…