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Ark. Code Ann. § 21-5-107

Compensation of person holding more than one elective office

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Roberson v. Phillips County Election Commission (2014)

Most recently applied in Roberson v. Phillips County Election Commission (November 2014)

Acts 1997, No. 767, § 1.

(1) A person holding more than one (1) elective office shall be entitled to receive compensation from only one (1) of the offices held.

(2) The person shall select the office from which he or she may receive compensation by filing a statement with the Secretary of State and the disbursing officer of each governmental entity in which he or she holds an elective office.

(3) For the purpose of this section: “Compensation” means all salaries, retirement allowances, group insurance, medical benefits, and anything else of value that a governmental entity provides in return for the services of its officers; and

(4) “Elective office” means any office created by or under authority of the laws of the State of Arkansas, or of a subdivision thereof, that is filled by the voters, except a federal office.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.