Opinion No.

Mr. Danny H. Maxey, Chairman Pike County Election Commission Post Office Box 146 Amity, Arkansas 71921

Dear Mr. Maxey:

I am writing in response to your request for an opinion concerning the dual service of an elected Justice of the Peace on the governing board of a county hospital. Specifically, you present the following facts and pose the following two questions:

In Pike County an elected Justice Peace [sic] serves on the governing board of the county hospital. I received an opinion written by Attorney General Bryant citing the incompatibility doctrine in finding that one cannot serve in both…