Opinion No.

The Honorable Bill Walters State Senator P.O. Box 280 Greenwood, Arkansas 72936

Dear Senator Walters:

This is in response to your request for an opinion, on behalf of a local television company, regarding the special election which was held in Fort Smith on January 25, 1994, and which concerned a proposal to ban smoking in public places in the city. With regard to this matter, you have asked whether the proposal, pursuant to Amendment 7 of the Arkansas Constitution, should have been submitted to the voters at a general election, rather than at a special election.

With regard to your question, it…