Constitution of Arkansas (2025 publisher edition) — Amendment 70: EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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Amendment 70

AMEND. 70. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
SALARIES — RESTRICTIONS ON EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENTS
(CONST. AMEND. 56, §§ 2, 3 REPEALED; AND SECTIONS ADDED).
Publisher’s Notes. This amendment was proposed by
H.J.R. 1018 during the 1991 Regular Session and adopted
at the 1992 general election by a vote of 464,901 for and
305,161 against.
§ 1. Executive Department and General Assembly — Restrictions on reimbursements.
(a) No official of the Executive Department shall be reimbursed by the State of Arkansas for
any expenses except those reasonably connected to their official duties and only if such
reimbursement is made for documented expenses actually incurred and from the regular budget
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appropriated for the official’s office. Such restrictions on expense reimbursement are of a general
application and also are intended specifically to prohibit the appropriation and use of public
relations funds. Except as provided in this Constitution, such officials of the Executive
Department shall not receive any other income from the State of Arkansas, whether in the form
of salaries or expenses.
(b) Except as provided in this Constitution, no member of the General Assembly shall receive
any other income for service in the General Assembly, whether in the form of salaries or expenses,
including, but not limited to, public relations funds. Provided further, that no member of the
General Assembly shall be entitled to per diem unless authorized by law, or to reimbursement for
expenses or mileage unless authorized by law, documented, and reasonably related to their
official duties. [As amended by Const. Amend. 94.]
Publisher’s Notes. Ark. Const. Amend. 94, which
amended this section effective November 5, 2014, was
proposed by H.J.R. 1009 during the 2013 Regular Session
and adopted at the November 2014 general election by a
vote of 428,206 for and 388,459 against. The amendment
deleted the third sentence of (a) and the first sentence of
(b), which specified annual salary amounts; and substi-
tuted “in this Constitution” for “herein” twice.
§ 2. Additional Constitutional amendments authorized.
In addition to the three amendments to the Constitution allowed pursuant to Article 19, § 22,
either branch of the General Assembly at a regular session thereof may propose an amendment
to the Constitution to change the salaries for the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasurer of State, Commissioner of State Lands, and
Auditor of State and for members of the General Assembly. If the same be agreed to by a majority
of all members elected to each house, such proposed amendment shall be entered on the journals
with the yeas and nays, and published in at least one newspaper in each county, where a
newspaper is published, for six months immediately preceding the next general election for
Senators and Representatives, at which time the same shall be submitted to the electors of the
State for approval or rejection. If a majority of the electors voting at such election adopt the
amendment the same shall become a part of this Constitution. Only one amendment to the
Constitution may be referred pursuant to this section.
§ 3. [Repealed.]
Publisher’s Notes. Ark. Const. Amend. 94, which re-
pealed this section effective November 5, 2014, was pro-
posed by H.J.R. 1009 during the 2013 Regular Session and
adopted at the November 2014 general election by a vote of
428,206 for and 388,459 against.
Before repeal, this section read:
“ § 3. Salary adjustments.
“The salaries of the Executive Department officials and
members of the General Assembly provided for in Section 1
or 2 of this amendment or adjusted pursuant to this section
may be increased annually through subsequent appropria-
tions by the General Assembly by an amount not to exceed
the average percentage increase in the Consumer Price
Index for All Urban Consumers or its successor, as pub-
lished by the United States Department of Labor, for the
two years immediately preceding the year of the salary
appropriation.”
For current provision concerning salaries, see Ark.
Const., Art. 19, § 31.
§ 4. Effective date.
The provisions of this amendment shall be effective on January 1, 1993.
§ 5. Repeal of Amendment 56, Sections 2 and 3.
Section 2 and Section 3 of Amendment 56 to the Arkansas Constitution are hereby repealed.