Opinion No.

The Honorable Bill Clinton Office of the Governor State Capitol Building Little Rock, AR 72201

Dear Governor Clinton:

This is in response to your request for an opinion regarding certain appointments made pursuant to Act 593 of 1987, as amended by Act 40 of the First Extraordinary Session of 1987, which is codified at Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated 20-81-101, et seq. (Supp. 1987)

According to your correspondence, you signed an appointment document on April 13, 1988, appointing a certain individual to a term on the Health Services Commission. An appointment document was executed in your absence…