Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Arkansas Attorney General Reports
Decided August 2, 2002Published
1Opinion of the Court
The Honorable John Norman Harkey Circuit Judge Sixteenth Judicial District P.O. Box 2656 Batesville, Arkansas 72503
Dear Judge Harkey:
I am writing in response to your request for an opinion on the following question:
Please advise whether a current member of the Arkansas House of Representatives may also legally serve, in view of Article 5, Section 10 of the Arkansas Constitution, as a city attorney for an incorporated town in Arkansas.
RESPONSE
In my opinion the appointment or election of a sitting member of the Arkansas House of Representatives as city attorney of an incorporated town violates…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- United States v. HartwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1868
- Hall v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Fulkerson v. Refunding Board of ArkansasSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1941
- Martindale v. HoneySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1976
- State v. SpauldingSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
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