Opinion No.

Mr. Dan Flowers Director of Highways and Transportation Arkansas State Highway Department P.O. Box 2261 Little Rock, Arkansas 72203-2261

Dear Mr. Flowers:

I am writing in response to your request for an opinion concerning Act 2262 of 2005, which is entitled "An Act to Prohibit the Hiring of Relatives by Public Officials; to Prohibit a State Agency Employee from Supervising a Relative; To Impose Civil and Criminal Penalties for Violations; and For Other Purposes" (now codified at A.C.A. §§ 25-16-1001 to -1007 (Supp. 2005)). Your questions revolve around two distinct provisions of this law. You…