Opinion No.

The Honorable Ed Gilbert State Representative Post Office Box 633 Mountain Home, AR 72653

Dear Representative Gilbert:

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

Must a member of a county board or commission be an Arkansas resident? If the answer is "yes," please provide me with a definition of "Arkansas resident."

Research indicates, with regard to the first part of your inquiry, that a conclusive determination requires consideration of the particular board or commission in question.* As a general matter, however, the answer is, in my opinion, "yes." This…