An act TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PUBLIC OFFICERS 10 AND EMPLOYEES, the official text

Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.

1 State of Arkansas                  As Engrossed: S3/18/25
2 95th General Assembly
                                           A Bill

3 Regular Session, 2025                                          SENATE BILL 410

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5 By: Senator B. King

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8                            For An Act To Be Entitled

9   AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PUBLIC OFFICERS

10  AND EMPLOYEES; TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF EMPLOYMENT

11  FOR FORMER STATE EMPLOYEES AND FORMER ELECTED

12  OFFICIALS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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15                                      Subtitle

16                       TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PUBLIC

17                       OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; AND TO REQUIRE

18                       DISCLOSURE OF EMPLOYMENT FOR FORMER

19                       STATE EMPLOYEES AND FORMER ELECTED

20                       OFFICIALS.

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22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:

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24  SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 21, Chapter 8, Subchapter 1, is amended

25 to add an additional section to read as follows:

26  21-8-105. Disclosure by former state employees and former elected

27 officials � Definitions.

28  (a) As used in this section:

29  (1) "Former elected official" includes without limitation a

30 person previously elected to the following offices:

31                       (A) Governor;

32                       (B) Lieutenant Governor;

33                       (C) Secretary of State;

34                       (D) Attorney General;

35                       (E) Treasurer of State;

36                       (F) Auditor of State;

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1                   (G) Commissioner of State Lands; or

2                   (H) Member of the General Assembly;

3             (2) "Former state employee" means a person who was previously

4 regularly appointed or employed in a position of state service by a state

5 agency, for which he or she was compensated on a full-time or part-time

6 basis; and

7             (3) "State agency" means every department, division, office,

8 board, commission, and institution of this state, including state-supported

9 institutions of higher education.

10  (b)(1) For a period of four (4) years from the end of his or her

11 employment or his or her term of elected office, a former state employee or

12 former elected official shall disclose the following activities to the

13 Arkansas Ethics Commission:

14                  (A) Knowingly entering into employment with an individual,

15 business, or other entity that was awarded a contract by his or her state

16 agency or elected office during his or her employment or his or her term of

17 elected office; or

18                  (B) Knowingly selling a good or commodity to an

19 individual, business, or other entity that was awarded a contract by his or

20 her state agency or elected office during his or her employment or his or her

21 term of elected office.

22            (2) The disclosure under subdivision (b)(1) of this section

23 shall be filed within thirty (30) days of the employment or sale.

24            (3) Once the initial disclosure is filed under subdivision

25 (b)(2) of this section, the former state employee or former elected official

26 shall file a disclosure quarterly until he or she:

27                  (A) Is no longer knowingly employed with an individual,

28 business, or other entity that was awarded a contract by his or her state

29 agency or elected office during his or her employment or his or her term of

30 elected office;

31                  (B) Is no longer knowingly selling a good or commodity to

32 an individual, business, or other entity that was awarded a contract by his

33 or her state agency or elected office during his or her employment or his or

34 her term of elected office; or

35                  (C) Has been a former state employee or former elected

36 official for a period of more than four (4) years from the end of his or her

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1 employment or his or her term of elected office.

2   (c) The commission shall promulgate rules to implement this section,

3 including without limitation a rule creating the form for the disclosure

4 required under subsection (b) of this section.

5   (d) This section expires on June 30, 2029, unless extended by the

6 General Assembly.

7                           /s/B. King

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