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1995 Arkansas Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1995)

handle is hein.sag/sagar0070 and id is 1 raw text is: I STATE OF ARKANSAS Office of the Attorney General Winston Bryant Telephone: Attorney General (501) 682-2007 Opinion No. 95-163 July 31, 1995 The Honorable Larry R. Mitchell State Representative P. 0. Box 81 Bryant, AR 72089 Dear Representative Mitchell: This is in response to your request for an opinion regarding A.C.A. § 14-14-705 wherein it states: BOARDS GENERALLY. (A) No board member, either advisory or administrative, shall be appointed for more than two (2) consecutive terms. A.C.A. § 14-14-705(3XA) (1987). Your specific question is this regard is whether the two consecutive terms limitation includes partial terms. It is my opinion, based upon the plain language of this provision, that partial terms are included. It is well-established that legislative intent must be discerned from the language employed if a statute is clear and unambiguous on its face. S= Wilcox v. Safley, 298 Ark. 159, 766 S.W.2d 12 (1989). In my opinion, the prohibition in § 14-14-705(3XA) against appointing a board member for more than two consecutive terms is clear. The fact that only a partial term may have been served is, in my opinion, irrelevant. If two consecutive appointments are made, it is my opinion that the prohibition against another appointment will apply, regardless of whether the appointee actually served complete terms. To conclude 200 Tower Building, 323 Center Street * Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-2610 1II/,