Opinion No.

The Honorable Randy Laverty State Senator Post Office Box 303 Jasper, AR 72641-0303

Dear Senator Laverty:

I am writing in response to your request for an opinion on the following questions, which are restated and answered in the order presented:

Question 1 — Is a local planning commission (Holiday Island PlanningCommission), a private Arkansas corporation, authorized to issue finesor penalties for alleged violations of local building standards orcodes?(a) If the planning commission is not empowered with such authority yet persists in levying and collecting such fines, after being advised that…