Can Deputy County Tax Collector also serve on the County Board of Education? No. 6-12-101

STEVE CLARK ATTORNEY GENERAL STATE OF ARKANSAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL JUSTICE BUILDING, LITTLE ROCK 72201 (501) 371-2007 OPINION NO. 85-31 Honorable Billy Joe Purdom State Representative House of Representatives ~ State Capitol Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Dear Representative Purdom: This is in response to your inquiry whereby you submitted the following: Can a deputy tax collector also serve on the County Board of Education? Ark. Stat. Ann, §80~201 provides in part that, "The members of said board shall be qualified electors . .., who do not hold any salaried or fee office of the State or any political subdivision." This statute would preclude the simultaneous holding of the two positions, The foregoing opinion, which I hereby approve, was prepared by Chief Deputy Attorney General Rodney Parham. SC:RP:im Yours truly, 3 Lei CE Aire, erg STEVE GLARK Attorney General