Constitution of Arkansas (2025 publisher edition) — Amendment 56: CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS — GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Publisher edition notice: This collection preserves the complete constitutional appendix of the Secretary of State’s 2025 Election Laws and Constitution compilation: its preamble, twenty original articles, schedule and 104 published amendments, including annotations and explicit repealed notices. Repealed notices remain historical publisher context. Later amendments have not been independently verified.

Amendment 56

AMEND. 56. CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS — GENERAL ASSEMBLY
(CONST., ART. 19, § 23 AND AMENDS. 37 AND 48, REPEALED; AND
SECTIONS ADDED).
Publisher’s Notes. This amendment was proposed by
S.J.R. No. 2 (see Acts 1975 (Extended Sess., 1976), p. 3033)
and filed in the office of the Secretary of State on Jan. 28,
1976. It was approved at the general election on Nov. 7,
1976, by a vote of 441,247 for and 236,918 against.
Ark. Const. Amend. 56, § 5, repealed Ark. Const., Art.
19, § 23, and Ark. Const. Amends. 37 and 48.
Effective Dates.
Ark. Const. Amend. 56, § 6: Jan. 1, 1977.
§ 1. Executive department — Composition.
The Executive Department of this State shall consist of a Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Secretary of State, Treasurer of State, Auditor of State, Attorney General, and Commissioner of
State Lands, all of whom shall keep their offices at the seat of government, and hold their offices
for the term of two (2) years, and until their successors are elected and qualified.
Publisher’s Notes. This section may be superseded by
Ark. Const. Amend. 63, § 1.
§ 2. [Repealed.]
Publisher’s Notes. This section, concerning salaries of
Executive Department officers, was repealed by Ark.
Const. Amend. 70, § 5.
§ 3. [Repealed.]
Publisher’s Notes. This section, concerning salaries of
members of the General Assembly, was repealed by Ark.
Const. Amend. 70, § 5.
§ 4. Compensation of municipal officers.
Compensation of municipal officers and officials shall be fixed by the governing body of the
municipality, not to exceed limits which may be established by law.