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Arkansas Code Title 14. Local Government § 14-48-128. Prohibited actions by officers or employees

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a)(1) No member of the board of directors nor any officer or employee appointed in any city shall have an interest in any contract or job for work or materials, or the profits thereof, or service to be furnished or performed for the city.

(2) No officer or employee shall have an interest in any contract or job for work or materials, or the profits thereof, or service to be furnished or performed for any person, firm, or corporation operating any public transportation service, gas works, waterworks, electric light or power plants, telegraph line, telephone exchange, or other public utility within the territorial limits of the city.

(3)(A) No officer or employee shall accept or receive, directly or indirectly, any frank, pass, free ticket, or free service from any person, firm, or corporation operating within the territorial limits of the city any public transportation service, gas works, waterworks, electric light or power plant, heating plant, telephone exchange, telegraph line, or other business acting or operating under a public franchise of the city, nor shall he or she accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any such person, firm, or corporation, or its agents, any other service upon terms more favorable than those granted to the public generally.

(B) The prohibition of free transportation under subdivision (a)(3)(A) of this section does not apply to police officers or firefighters in uniform, nor shall any free service to the city officials heretofore provided by franchise or ordinance be affected by this section.

(b) A person violating this section is guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), and every such contract or agreement is void.

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