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1999 Arkansas Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1999)

handle is hein.sag/sagar0076 and id is 1 raw text is: STATE OF ARKANSAS Office of the Attorney General Winston Bryant Telephone: Attorney General (501) 682-2007 Opinion No. 98-264 January 12, 1999 The Honorable Jim Hendren State Representative Route 1, Box 260 Sulphur Springs, Arkansas 72768 Dear Representative Hendren: You have requested an Attorney General opinion on the following questions: (1) Is it a violation of A.C.A. § 14-42-107 for a city council of a second class city to establish committees composed of city council members and then establish a salary for the committee members? (2) Is it a conflict of interest for city council members to vote on that portion of the city budget that they established as members of a commission (e.g., can a member of the parks commission vote on the parks budget as a councilman?)? (3) Since the amount of money paid into APERS for each employee of the city is based upon an employee's wages, can the amount paid to the city prosecuting attorney be included in the pay of the city attorney and the city attorney in turn pay the prosecuting attorney (thus resulting in inflated pay for the city attorney and more paid into APERS, but no credit for APERS showing against the prosecuting attorney? 200 Tower Building, 323 Center Street * Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-2610 /