Constitution of Arkansas (2025 publisher edition) — Amendment 33: BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS GOVERNING STATE

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Amendment 33

AMEND. 33. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS GOVERNING STATE
INSTITUTIONS .
Publisher’s Notes. This amendment was proposed by
initiated petition and adopted at the general election on
Nov. 3, 1942, by a vote of 39,756 for and 38,167 against.
Effective Dates.
Ark. Const. Amend. 33, § 6: Jan. 15, 1943.
§ 1. Term of office of members.
The term of office of members of the boards or commissions charged with the management or
control of all charitable, penal or correctional institutions and institutions of higher learning of
the State of Arkansas, now in existence or hereafter created, shall be five years when the
membership is five in number, seven years when the membership is seven in number, and ten
years when the membership is ten in number. Such terms of office shall be arranged by the
General Assembly to provide a membership with one term of office expiring every year from the
effective date of this amendment. The unexpired terms of members serving on the effective date
of this amendment shall not be decreased.
§ 2. Abolition or transfer of powers of board or commission — Restrictions.
The board or commission of any institution, governed by this amendment, shall not be
abolished nor shall the powers vested in any such board or commission be transferred, unless the
institution is abolished or consolidated with some other State institution. In the event of abolition
or consolidation, the new board or commission shall consist of a membership of five, seven, or ten.
§ 3. Increase or decrease of members of board or commission prohibited.
The membership of any such board or commission now in existence shall not be increased or
decreased in number after the effective date of this amendment nor shall the number of members
of any such board or commission created after this amendment is in operation be increased or
decreased subsequent to its creation.
§ 4. Removal of member — Procedure — Appeal.
The Governor shall have the power to remove any member of such boards or commissions
before the expiration of his term for cause only, after notice and hearing. Such removal shall
become effective only when approved in writing by a majority of the total number of the board or
commission, but without the right to vote by the member removed or by his successor, which
action shall be filed with the Secretary of State together with a complete record of the proceedings
at the hearing.
An appeal may be taken to the Pulaski Circuit Court by the Governor or the member ordered
removed, and the same shall be tried de novo on the record. An appeal may be taken from the
circuit court to the Arkansas Supreme Court, which shall likewise be tried de novo.
§ 5. Vacancy — Filling.
Any vacancy arising in the membership of such board or commission for any reason other than
the expiration of the regular term for which the member was appointed shall be filled by
appointment by the Governor, subject to approval by a majority of the remaining members of the
board or commission, and to be thereafter effective until the expiration of such regular term.