Opinion No.

The Honorable Marian D. Owens State Representative P.O. Box 449 Warren, AR 71671-0449

Dear Representative Owens:

This is in response to your opinion request concerning the constitutionality of A.C.A. § 16-3-105(c)(1) (Cum. Supp. 1991), which provides:(c)(1) for a newspaper to be eligible to publish legal notices and to be classified as a legal newspaper, it shall have been published at regular intervals continuously during a period of at least twelve (12) months, following the securing of a second-class mailing privilege, or as a direct legal successor of such a publication issued during the…