Opinion No.

The Honorable Billy Joe Purdom State Representative Route 1, Box 135B Yellville, Arkansas 72687-9605

Dear Representative Purdom:

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

1. Marion County has twenty-eight townships and nine justice of the peace districts. May we combine our townships and justice of the peace districts, and make the township and justice of the peace district boundary lines the same?

2. If the answer is yes, what is the process used in making the changes?

The answer to both of your questions is unclear under current law.

Some clarification of…