Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas Senate Bill SB410 Compare Versions

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3	3	State of Arkansas 1
4	4	95th General Assembly A Bill 2
5	5	Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 410 3
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7	7	By: Senator B. King 5
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10	10	For An Act To Be Entitled 8
11	11	AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PUBLIC OFFICERS 9
12	12	AND EMPLOYEES; TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF EMPLOYMENT 10
13	13	FOR FORMER STATE EMPLOYEES AND FORMER ELECTED 11
14	14	OFFICIALS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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17	17	Subtitle 15
18	18	TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PUBLIC 16
19	19	OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; AND TO REQUIRE 17
20	20	DISCLOSURE OF EMPLOYMENT FOR FORMER 18
21	21	STATE EMPLOYEES AND FORMER ELECTED 19
22	22	OFFICIALS. 20
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24	24	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22
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26	26	SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 21, Chapter 8, Subchapter 1, is amended 24
27	27	to add an additional section to read as follows: 25
28	28	21-8-105. Disclosure by former state employees and former elected 26
29	29	officials – Definitions. 27
30	30	(a) As used in this section: 28
31	31	(1) "Former elected official" includes without limitation a 29
32	32	person previously elected to the following offices: 30
33	33	(A) Governor; 31
34	34	(B) Lieutenant Governor; 32
35	35	(C) Secretary of State; 33
36	36	(D) Attorney General; 34
37	37	(E) Treasurer of State; 35
38	38	(F) Auditor of State; 36 SB410
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41	41	(G) Commissioner of State Lands; or 1
42	42	(H) Member of the General Assembly; 2
43	43	(2) "Former state employee" means a person who was previously 3
44	44	regularly appointed or employed in a position of state service by a state 4
45	45	agency, for which he or she was compensated on a full -time basis; and 5
46	46	(3) "State agency" means every department, division, office, 6
47	47	board, commission, and institution of this state, including state -supported 7
48	48	institutions of higher education. 8
49	49	(b)(1) For a period of four (4) years from the end of his or her 9
50	50	employment or his or her term of elected office, a former state employee or 10
51	51	former elected official shall disclose the following activities to the 11
52	52	Arkansas Ethics Commission: 12
53	53	(A) Entering into employment with an individual, business, 13
54	54	or other entity that was awarded a contract by his or her state agency or 14
55	55	elected office during his or her employment or his or her term of elected 15
56	56	office; or 16
57	57	(B) Selling a good or commodity to an individual, 17
58	58	business, or other entity that was awarded a contract by his or her state 18
59	59	agency or elected office during his or her employment or his or her term of 19
60	60	elected office. 20
61	61	(2) The disclosure under subdivision (b)(1) of this section 21
62	62	shall be filed within thirty (30) days of the employment or sale. 22
63	63	(3) Once the initial disclosure is filed under subdivision 23
64	64	(b)(2) of this section, the former state employee or former elected official 24
65	65	shall file a disclosure quarterly until he or she: 25
66	66	(A) Is no longer employed with an individual, business, or 26
67	67	other entity that was awarded a contract by his or her state agency or 27
68	68	elected office during his or her employment or his or her term of elected 28
69	69	office; 29
70	70	(B) Is no longer selling a good or commodity to an 30
71	71	individual, business, or other entity that was awarded a contract by his or 31
72	72	her state agency or elected office during his or her employment or his or her 32
73	73	term of elected office; or 33
74	74	(C) Has been a former state employee or former elected 34
75	75	official for a period of more than four (4) years from the end of his or her 35
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79	79	(c) The commission shall promulgate rules to implement this section, 1
80	80	including without limitation a rule creating the form for the disclosure 2
81	81	required under subsection (b) of this section. 3
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