Arkansas Code of 1987 (2024)
Title 21 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 21-1-101 — 21-15-113)
Chapter 8 - ETHICS AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST (§§ 21-8-101 — 21-8-1005)
Subchapter 6 - DISCLOSURE BY LOBBYISTS (§§ 21-8-601 — 21-8-607)
Section 21-8-607 - Prohibited acts

• (a) No person shall purposely employ any lobbyist who is required to register as a registered lobbyist but is not registered pursuant to this chapter.

• (b) No person engaging in lobbying shall:
  • (1) Influence or attempt to influence, by coercion, bribery, or threat of economic sanction, any public servant in the discharge of the duties of his or her office;
  • (2) Purposely provide false information to any public servant as to any material fact pertaining to any legislative or administrative action;
  • (3) Purposely omit, conceal, or falsify in any manner information required by the registration and lobbyist activity reports;
  • (4) Contract to receive or accept compensation that is dependent in any manner upon:
    • (A) The success or failure of a legislative or administrative action; or
    • (B) The outcome of any executive, legislative, or administrative action relating to the solicitation or securing of a procurement contract; or
  • (5)
    • (A) Provide payment for food or beverages at any location or event at which the lobbyist is not present physically.
    • (B) Subdivision (b)(5)(A) of this section shall not apply to a special event under § 21-8-402(20).

• (c)
  • (1) A person convicted of violating subsection (a) or subsection (b) of this section is:
    • (A) Prohibited from acting as a registered lobbyist for a period of three (3) years from the date of the conviction; and
    • (B) Subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
  • (2) Any person violating the three-year ban shall be deemed guilty of an additional violation of this subchapter.

• (d) Any person who acts as a lobbyist as defined by § 21-8-402(11) but purposely fails to register within five (5) days of beginning lobbying activities as required by § 21-8-601 is subject to a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).

• (e)
  • (1) On a lobbyist registration form, a person acting as a lobbyist shall not:
    • (A) Purposely provide false information; or
    • (B) Purposely omit information.
  • (2) A person who violates subdivision (e)(1) of this section shall:
    • (A) Not be considered a registered lobbyist; and
    • (B) Be subject to a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).

• (f) A person convicted of three (3) or more violations of a provision of this subchapter shall be permanently prohibited from acting as a registered lobbyist in this state.

• (g) An expunged record shall not serve as the basis for disqualification under this section.

Init. Meas. 1988, No. 1, § 1; Acts 1989, No. 719, § 2; 2009, No. 963, § 2.