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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Oct 16, 1997

The answer to the first part of your first question is, clearly, "yes," in accordance with A.C.A. § 14-43-309 which provides in relevant part that "[i]n all general elections for alderman in cities of the first class, the … Att'y Gen. 92-112 at 2 (regarding some of the factors looked at to determine whether a person has the requisite intent to establish a domicile in a particular place).

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Aug 20, 2001

Given that you are a state police officer, and as such a public employee, I believe the information at issue clearly qualifies as a "public record" under this definition. … Common sense would suggest that a record reflecting disciplinary charges against a public employee would clearly qualify as a "job performance record." Professor John J.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Dec 1, 2010

Given that the subjects of the request are public employees, I believe documents containing the requested information clearly qualify as "public records" under this definition. … Given that exemptions from disclosure must be narrowly construed, it is the burden of an individual resisting disclosure to establish that his privacy interests outweighed that of the public's under the circumstances presented

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Mar 23, 2011

qualify as "public records" under this definition. … circumstances to observe that the employees' privacy interest in nondisclosure is not insubstantial." 9 Given that exemptions from disclosure must be narrowly construed, it is the burden of an individual resisting disclosure to establish

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · May 9, 2001

I believe the answer to this question is clearly "yes." … In my opinion, paragraph 10 of the Agreement, which was executed by the chief executives of both Hope and Hempstead County, clearly qualifies as a "written mutual aid agreement" of the sort referenced in A.C.A. § 12-10-305

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Apr 6, 2011

qualify as "public records" under this definition. … circumstances to observe that the employees' privacy interest in nondisclosure is not insubstantial." 10 Given that exemptions from disclosure must be narrowly construed, it is the burden of an individual resisting disclosure to establish

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Oct 24, 1997

In section 13 of Act 989, the General Assembly clearly stated its intent to restrict access to the sex and child offender registration records. … Finally, I have opined that A.C.A. § 12-10-317 (a)(2) appears to qualify as an exemption to the FOIA. See Op. Att'y Gen. Nos. 93-126 and 90-236.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Nov 15, 1999

(2) If the answer is in the affirmative, could the board establish different requirements for elected officials? … Question 2 — If the answer is in the affirmative, could the board establish different requirements for elected officials?

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Mar 23, 2011

qualify as "public records" under this definition. … circumstances to observe that the employees' privacy interest in nondisclosure is not insubstantial." 9 Given that exemptions from disclosure must be narrowly construed, it is the burden of an individual resisting disclosure to establish

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Feb 27, 1989

Section 21-8-401 (e) defines a governmental body as "any office, department, commission, council, board, committee, legislative body, agency, or other establishment of the executive, judicial or legislative branch of the … Clearly, then, for purposes of this Act, only state level entities qualify as governmental bodies.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Mar 20, 2000

The tax exemption available to property subject to Act 9 financing clearly marks an exception to the rule set forth in the preceding section. … However, as discussed above, those exemptions are available not merely upon a determination that property qualifies as public, but further upon a demonstration by the proposed taxpayer that the property is being used for

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Feb 3, 2006

If one of the offers is from a non-profit corporation, with the intention of establishing a private school, may the District reject that bid on the basis that the establishment of a private school within the District's boundaries … I believe those purposes clearly qualify as effecting a "public advantage" to education consistent with the provisions of Article 14, § 1.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Jul 8, 2004

Given that the subjects of the request are all state employees, I believe documents containing the requested information clearly qualify as "public records" under this definition. As my predecessor noted in Op. … The FOIA does not define the phrase "clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy."

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Jun 30, 2008

Given that the subjects of the request are city employees, I believe documents containing the requested information clearly qualify as "public records" under this definition. As my predecessor noted in Op. Att'y Gen. … The FOIA does not define the phrase "clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy."

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Nov 21, 1995

Const. amend. 51 , § 9(a), provides: All persons may register who: (1) are qualified electors and who have not previously registered; (2) will become qualified electors during the twenty (20) day period immediately prior … No person may be qualified to vote in more than one (1) county at any one (1) time.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Nov 15, 2010

Second, if the officials qualified to serve do not number five or more, the qualified officials or their appointed representatives will appoint additional members to equal five. … In my opinion, then, the statute clearly envisions that only qualifying public officials may serve for an indefinite term.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Apr 10, 2001

In my opinion, operating such a facility clearly qualifies as a "vocation" or "calling," thus rendering the facility subject to taxation if the municipal corporation elects to impose a tax. … City of Little Rock, 229 Ark. 819 , 319 S.W.2d 37 (1958), which involved a challenge to a requirement that the NAACP disclose its membership list as a condition to qualifying for a charitable exemption to the occupation or

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Jul 8, 2004

Given that the subjects of the request are all state employees, I believe documents containing the requested information clearly qualify as "public records" under this definition. As my predecessor noted in Op. … The FOIA does not define the phrase "clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy."

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Sep 22, 2004

officers are specified personnel of a public safety agency and are paid employees of the operating agency subject to the authority of the chief executive through that agency," 911 officers are entitled to the statutory tort immunity … This statute clearly authorizes one political subdivision by mutual aid agreement to route 911 calls originating in its jurisdiction to another political subdivision's 911 public safety communications center, including the

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Feb 27, 2009

*Page 3 Given that the record(s) at issue are kept by the police department and the subject matter involves the suspension of a police department employee, I believe the records(s) clearly qualify as "public records" under … Assuming, however, that some or all the documents qualify as "personnel records," they must be released unless their release constitutes a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.