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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Jan 3, 1991

Because your question references the "Board of Directors" of a "volunteer fire district" (emphasis added), we will assume that it is asked with reference to the board of commissioners of a fire protection district formed … While one might contend that these positions are "incompatible" (see generally Byrd v.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Sep 5, 2008

Att'y Gen. 2003-349 at 4, quoting Magnolia School District No. 14 v. … See generally Bunch v.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Jun 6, 2005

If such an agreement is entered, the local pension fund would be administered by the LOPFI board, thereby placing the money in the local fund within the administration of the LOPFI board. See Op. Att'y Gen. 96-192 . … See generally Cross v.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Jun 30, 1987

This authority is also reflected in 48-1410(c), and in 48-1410(a)(2) which conditions the private club's serving of alcohol on its acquisition of a permit from the Board ". . . in such form as the Board may appropriately … See Arkansas ABC Board v.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Oct 29, 1993

Your questions will be restated and answered in the order posed and, per your direction, your references to the Guaranty Fund will be taken to mean the Guaranty Fund Board of Directors. … McArthur v. Smallwood, 225 Ark. 328 , 281 S.W.2d 428 (1955). The foregoing opinion, which I hereby approve, was prepared by Assistant Attorney General Catherine Templeton.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Dec 23, 1992

as a matter of law upon election to their respective city offices, 1 ( NYC Board of Estimate v. … Hadley v. Junior College District, 397 U.S. 50 (1970). The rule has been held to have no applicability to appointive offices. Grivetti v. Illinois State Electoral Board, 335 F.Supp. 779 (N.D.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Dec 9, 1988

the procedure for removing any board member and for filling vacancies. … See, e.g., McArthur v. Smallwood, 225 Ark. 328 , 333 , 281 S.W.2d 428 (1955).

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Mar 9, 1993

See Scott v. … of the contract), and Evans v.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Oct 2, 1991

Such action by the Board would constitute impermissible modification of the sentence imposed by the court. … See Davis v. State, 169 Ark. 932 , 277 S.W. 5 (1925). The answer to your first question renders your second question moot.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Dec 6, 1996

Can the Board of Trustees of the Teacher Retirement System require members, seeking to place an item on the board's agenda, to place their social security numbers on the agenda item request form? … See Krebs v. Rutgers, 797 F. Supp 1246 (D.N.J. 1992). As stated in Krebs, supra, Section 7 extends to state and local "agencies," without any further indication of how these "agencies" are to be defined. 797 F.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Dec 23, 1992

Although there appear to be no cases directly on point, it is my opinion that an elected or appointed member of the board of a college or university would in all likelihood fall within this prohibition. … The Arkansas Supreme Court in the case of Starnes v.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Oct 14, 1992

The Arkansas State Board of Nursing has not, to my knowledge, addressed this matter. … Contractors Licensing Board v. Butler, 295 Ark. 223 , 748 S.W.2d 129 (1988).

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Dec 19, 1996

Johninson v. Stodola, 316 Ark. 423 , 872 S.W.2d 374 (1994). … Swaney v. Tilford, 320 Ark. 652 , 898 S.W.2d 462 (1995).

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Apr 1, 1988

Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon, 260 U.S. 393 (1922). … Marling v. City of Little Rock, 245 Ark. 876 , 435 S.W.2d 94 (1968); Herring v. Stannus, 169 Ark. 244 , 275 S.W.2d 321 (1925).

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Sep 22, 1995

May a school board member continue to serve on a school board after he has moved his residence out of the school district? 2. … See Davis v. Holt, 304 Ark. 619 , 804 S.W.2d 362 (1991). It is my opinion, therefore, that a school board member may not continue to serve after he has moved his residence from the school district.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Jan 2, 1997

King v. Cochran, 419 F.Supp. 54 (W.D. Ark. 1976), aff'd 551 F.2d 1133 ; Cato v. Collins, 394 F.Supp. 629 (E.D. Ark. 1975), aff'd 539 F.2d 656 ; Appler v. Mountain Pine School Dist. , 342 F.Supp. 1131 (W.D. … Ark. 1972); Evans v. McKinley, 234 Ark. 472 , 352 S.W.2d 829 (1962); Safferstone v. Tucker, 235 Ark. 70 , 357 S.W.2d 3 (1962); Coffelt v. Nicholson, 224 Ark. 176 , 272 S.W.2d 309 (1954); Pugsley v.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Jun 20, 2006

(citing Smith v. City of Springdale, 291 Ark. 63 , 722 S.W.2d 569 (1987) and Dreyfus v. Boone, 88 Ark. 353 , 114 S.W.2d 718 (1908))). … The "board" referenced in this statute is not a local advisory board of the sort formed pursuant to the agreement between Methvin and the City of Harrison; rather, it is a regional solid waste management board that oversees

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Sep 7, 1993

See Wells v. State, 285 Ark. 9 , 684 S.W.2d 248 (1985). … See Patrick v. State, 295 Ark. 473 , 750 S.W.2d 391 (1988).

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Jun 2, 1994

See generally Stewart v. Hunnicutt, 178 Ark. 829 , 12 S.W.2d 418 (1929) and Rubens v. Hodges, 310 Ark. 451 , 837 S.W.2d 465 (1992). … It must be recognized that according to the Arkansas Supreme Court, a county board of election commissioners is a "ministerial entity" and does not have judicial power. State v.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Aug 10, 1993

See e.g., McGee v. Armorel Public Schools, 309 Ark. 59 , 827 S.W.2d 137 (1992). But see City of Fort Smith v. Tate, 38 Ark. App. 172 , 832 S.W.2d 262 (1992), aff'd 311 Ark. 405 , 844 S.W.2d 356 . … See Urrey Ceramic Tile Co. v. Mosley, 304 Ark. 711 , 805 S.W.2d 54 (1991).