Opinion No.

The Honorable Terry Smith State Representative 181 Caroline Acres Road Hot Springs, Arkansas 71913

Dear Representative Smith:

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

1. Does the City of Hot Springs Arkansas have the authority to require all city employees to live in the City of Hot Springs or the County of Garland?

2. If the answer to the above is yes, would current city employees before the passage of such ordinance be grandfathered and only new employees after the passage of the ordinance be required to live in either the city or county?

In my opinion,…