Arkansas Code Title 3, Chapter 8, Subchapter 7 - Disclosure Act for Initiative Proceedings

• § 3-8-701 - Title.
  This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Disclosure Act for Initiative Proceedings".
• § 3-8-702 - Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) "Contribution" means, whether direct or indirect, advances, deposits, transfers of funds, contracts, or obligations, whether or not...
• § 3-8-703 - Filing Deadlines.
  (a) (1) (A) A local-option ballot question committee shall file a Ballot Question Committee Statement of Organization with the Arkansas Ethics Commission within five...
• § 3-8-704 - Contributions and Expenditures Limited.
  (a) No local-option ballot question committee shall accept any contribution in cash, meaning currency or coin, that exceeds one hundred dollars ($100).(b) No local-option...
• § 3-8-705 - Financial Reports -- Requirement.
  (a) A local-option ballot question committee that either receives contributions or makes expenditures in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) for the purpose of...
• § 3-8-706 - Financial Report -- Information.
  In addition to the information required under §§ 7-9-407 -- 7-9-409, a financial report of a local-option ballot question committee, individual person, or elected...
• § 3-8-707 - Financial Reports -- Verification.
  The financial reports identified in § 3-8-706 shall be verified by affidavit by the person filing them to the effect that to the best...
• § 3-8-708 - Financial Reports -- Time to File -- Late Fee.
  (a) (1) The first financial reports shall be filed no later than fifteen (15) days following the month in which the threshold of five...
• § 3-8-709 - Public Inspection -- Record Retention.
  (a) All statements of organization and financial reports required by this subchapter shall be open to public inspection at the office of the Arkansas...
• § 3-8-710 - Enforcement.
  The Arkansas Ethics Commission shall have the same power and authority to enforce the provisions of this subchapter as are provided the commission under...
• § 3-8-711 - Reporting the Use of State Funds to Oppose or Support a Ballot Measure.
  Any funds appropriated to any state agency, board, or commission that are expended, as prescribed in § 7-9-413 [repealed], for the purpose of opposing...
• § 3-8-712 - Use of State Funds to Oppose or Support a Local-Option Ballot Measure.
  The use of state funds under this subchapter includes expenditures for: (1) Newspaper, television, radio, and other forms of communication; (2) Publication materials; (3)...
• § 3-8-713 - Applicability of §§ 3-8-711 and 3-8-712.
  This subchapter does not apply to state funds appropriated to any elected officials.
• § 3-8-714 - Scope.
  Nothing in this subchapter may limit, waive, or abrogate the scope of any statutory or common law privilege, including, but not limited to, the...
• § 3-8-715 - Penalty.
  Upon conviction, any person who knowingly fails to comply with this subchapter shall be fined an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)...

Last modified: November 15, 2016