Opinion No.

The Honorable Julia Hughes Jones Auditor of State 230 State Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201

Dear Ms. Jones:

This is in response to your request for an opinion regarding the Prison-Made Goods Act of 1967, which is codified at A.C.A.12-30-201 through -214 (1987). Your specific question is as follows:

Is this 1967 law in conflict with or superseded by more recent legislation adopted concerning purchasing by state agencies?

It is my opinion that the answer to this question is "no." The Arkansas Purchasing Law (A.C.A. 19-11-201 et seq. (1987 and Cum. Supp. 1993)) does not, in my opinion, supersede the…