Opinion No.

The Honorable Randy Minton State Representative 880 Minton Road Ward, Arkansas 72176-8618

Dear Representative Ward:

I am writing in response to your request for an opinion on two unrelated legal questions, as follows:

1. May a person who is currently employed as a maintenance employee of the Secretary of State's office serve in the General Assembly?

2. May a person appointed as a member of a Quorum Court, by the Governor, in a particular district run for that position in the same district in view of the fact that due to reapportionment, the district lines were totally changed?

RESPONSE

In my…