Opinion No. 99-076
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May 7, 1999
The Honorable Nick Wilson
State Senator
P.O. Box 525
Pocahontas, Arkansas 72455-0525
Dear Senator Wilson:...
...There is another provision of the Arkansas Constitution, however, which may be relevant to the question you have posed. Article 7, § 27 applies only to county and township officials, and it provides as follows:
The circuit court shall have jurisdiction upon information, presentment or indictment to remove any county or township officer from office for incompetency, corruption, gross immorality, criminal conduct, malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in office.
This provision has reference to conduct occurring in a present term of office. Rice v. State, 204 Ark. 236, 161 S.W.2d 401 (1942) and Jacobs v. Parham, 175 Ark. 86, 298 S.W. 483 (1927). It is not limited to felonies, or even to criminal conduct.[3] See, e.g., Jones v. State, 104 Ark. 261, 149 S.W. 56 (1912), and Wills, “Constitutional Crises: Can the Governor (or other State Officeholder) be Removed From Office In a Court Action After Being Convicted of a Felony?” 50 Ark. L. Rev. 221 (1997). See also A.C.A. §§ 14-14-1313 and 14-14-1308 (8).
In my opinion, therefore, if the conduct occurred in a current term of office, a petition might be filed in the circuit court to remove the constable from office. The resolution of such a petition would be a matter for the circuit court.
Senior Assistant Attorney General Elana C. Wills prepared the foregoing opinion, which I hereby approve.
Sincerely,
MARK PRYOR
Attorney General
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