Arkansas Code Annotated

Ark. Code Ann. § 21-8-203 (2020)

Disclosure of income required

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The General Assembly determines that it is essential to the efficient operation of government, and to minimize the opportunities for conflicts of interest, that all state employees who are employed on a regular salary basis shall be required to disclose each source of income in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) earned during any calendar year from sources other than their regular salary from employment or from professional or consultant services rendered for any public agency.

History. Acts 1977, No. 849, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-1628.

Case Notes

Evidence.

A judge violated Canon 4 of the Code of Judicial Conduct, this section and § 21-8-204(b)(1) by failing to properly report his outside income and financial interests to the clerk of the Arkansas Supreme Court and the Secretary of State. Judicial Discipline & Disability Comm'n v. Thompson, 341 Ark. 253, 16 S.W.3d 212 (2000).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1993–2009 · leading case: Jud. Discipline & Disability Comm'n v. Thompson, 16 S.W.3d 212 (Ark. 2000).
Jud. Discipline & Disability Comm'n v. Thompson, 16 S.W.3d 212 (Ark. 2000). · cites it 10× “(3) Judge Thompson willfully violated Canons 4A, D, H, and I and Ark. Code Ann. §§ 21-8-203 and -204(b)(1) (R.”
Spradlin v. Arkansas Ethics Comm'n, 858 S.W.2d 684 (Ark. 1993). · cites it 4× “§ 7-6-217(h)(2). Citizen complaints against a person may be filed regarding matters covered by these statutes.”
Jud. Discipline & Disability Comm'n v. Simes, 2009 Ark. 543, 354 S.W.3d 72. · cites it 2× “• Failing to properly report his outside income and financial interests to the clerk of the Arkansas Supreme Court and the Secretary of State, in violation of Canon 4 and Arkansas Code Annotated sections 21-8-203 and 204(b). • Issuing over fifty-nine insufficient checks from his…”
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