045.00.63 Ark. Code R. § 001 - Resolution

RESOLUTION

Whereas, the laws of this State require the following State officers and/or employees to furnish public official bonds in the specific amounts indicated:

State ..Agency	Digest Section	Amount
Secretary, Justice Building Commission	5-609	$ 25,000
State Historian	Act 207 of 1963	5,000
State Geologist	Act 16 of 1963	10,000
Executive Director, Ark. Planning Commission	Act 15 of 1963	10,000
Executive Director, Ark. Soil & Water Con. Com.	Act 14 of 1963	10,000
Exec. Dir., Publicity & Parks Commission	9-208	10,000
Executive Secretary, Ark. Ind, Dev, Com.	9-513	10,000
State Forester	9-701.7	25,000
Land Commissioner	10-103	20,000
Appraisers, State Land Dept. (each)	10-411	1,000
Secretary of State	12-401	5,000
Auditor of State	12-501	100,000
Stats Comptroller	13-203	10,000
Secretary, State Reserve Fund Commission	13-329	25,000
Secretary, State Board of Finance	13-401 (D)	5,000
Legislative Auditor	13-1503	25,000
State Purchasing Director	14-208	50,000
Supreme Court Librarian	22-232	5,000
Secretary, State Police Retirement System	42-459	2,000
Mine Inspector	52-402	5,000
Mine Inspector, Assistant	52-414	5,000
Executive Secretary, Burial Association Board	66-1804	10,000
Insurance Commissioner	66-2102	50,000
Bank Commissioner	67-105	25,000
Secretary, Board of Barber Examiners	71-517	5,000
Director, State Board of Cosmetology	71-818	5,000
Inspectors, Board of Cosmetology (each)	71,823	1,000
Treasurer, Board of Chiropractic Examiners	72-404	5,000
Secretary-Treasurer, Ark. Board of Massage	72-1206	1,000
Public Service Commission (each member)	73-103	10,000
Commerce Commission (each member)	73-155	10,000
Director of Highways	76-201.3	25,000
Chief Inspector, State Plant Board	77-104	5,000
Executive Director,Ark.Livestock & Poultry Com.	Act 87 of 1963	25,000
State Veterinarian,Ark.Livestock & Poultry Com.	Act 87 of 1963	10,000
Executive Director, Teacher Retirement System	80-1438-2.11(a)	50,000
Commissioner of Labor	81-103(c)	2,000
Chief Inspector, Boiler Inspection Division	81-501	5,000
Deputy Boiler Inspectors (each)	81-501	2,000
Workmen's Compensation Commission (each member)	81-1342(d)	10,000
Director, Dept. OASI Disability Determination	83-803	25,000
Revenue Commissioner	84-1704	50,000
Secretary, Racing Commission	84-2732(B)	25,000
Chairman, Ark. Revenue Dept. Bldg. Com.	App.Title 13(12)	25,000

WHEREAS, other laws of this State require certain State officers and employees to furnish bond but without the amount thereof being fixed by statute; and

WHEREAS, Paragraph (B) of Section 12 of Act 338, approved March 24,1955, provides that,

"The Board shall prescribe the amount of the bond of each such officer or employee who is required by law to give bond for the faithful performance of his duties and for the proper accounting of all funds received and disbursed by him as such officer or employee, in each instance where the amount of such bond is not provided by law; and in determining the amount of bond, the Board shall take Into consideration the degree of responsibility of the office or employment, and the probable amount of funds which will be handled during the period of time to be covered by said bonds; and, in the instance of cash funds, it shall be sufficient to fix the amount of bond in terms of a percentage of the probable amount of funds to be handled."

NOW THEREFORE

THE STATE BOARD OF FINANCE DOES HEREBY RESOLVE:

SECTION 1. That pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph (B) of Section 12 of Act 338, approved March 24, 1955, the official bonds of the following named officers and/or employees be fixed in the respective amounts indicated:

State Agency	Digest Section	Amount
Superintendent, State Hospital	7-209	$ 50,000
Superintendent, Ark. Tuberculosis Sanatorium	7-209	25,000
Superintendent, McRae Memorial Sanatorium	7-209	10,000
Superintendent, Arkansas School for the Blind	7-209	10,000
Superintendent, Arkansas School for the Deaf	7-209	10,000
Supt., Ark. Training School for Girls at Alexander	7-209	5,000
Supt., Ark. Training School for Boys at Pine Bluff	7-209	5,000
Treasurer of State	12-603	1,000,000
Director, Department of Arkansas State Police	42-414(b)	25,000
State Police Officers (each) (blanket bend)	42-414(b)	2,500
Superintendent, Arkansas State Penitentiary	46-104	25,000
Supt., Ark.Training School for Boys at Wrightsville	46-322.6	5,000
State Highway Commission (each member)	76-201(4)	2,500
Executive Secretary, Hwy. Employees Ret. System	76-1906	5,000
Director, Employment Security Div., Dept. of Labor	81-1113	25,000
Commissioner of Public Welfare	83-118	25,000

SECTION 2. That the bonds of the disbursing officers of state appropriated funds of the following named offices, departments, agencies and institutions of the State be fixed in the respective amounts indicated, and that such bonds be conditioned upon faithful performance of duties and proper accounting for all funds received and disbursed:

Abstractors' Examining Board........	$ 1,000
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board........	10,000
Alcoholism Commission........	2,500
Apiary Board........	2,500
Attorney General........	6,000
Cancer Control Commission........	5,000
Civil Defense Office........	25,000
Claims Commission........	10,000
Commemorative Commission........	3,000
Commerce Commission........	10,000
Cosmetology Board........	5,000
Disabled Veterans Service Office........	1,000
Education Department........	100,000
Education Finance Commission........	5,000
Education Television Commission........	5,000
Employment Security Division (Department of Labor)........	7,500
Game and Fish Commission........	$ 75,000
Governor's Office and Mansion........	7,500
Healing Arts Board........	2,000
Health Department........	50,000
Highway Department........	100,000
Justice Building Commission........	2,500
Labor Department........	10,000
Legislative Council........	5,000
Library Commission........	10,000
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board........	10,000
Military Department........	35,000
Oil and Gas Commission........	15,000
Pardons, Paroles and Probation Board........	5,000
Penitentiary Retirement System........	2,000
Plant Board........	25,000
Police Department........	50,000
Public Service Commission........	15,000
Revenue Department........	50,000
Secretary of State........	11,000
Secretary Revision Commission........	1,000
Supreme Court........	7,500
Territorial Capitol Restoration Commission........	1,000
Veterans Service Office........	5,000
Veterans Service Office - Child Welfare........	5,000
Veterinary Examining Board........	1,000
Welfare Department........	100,000
Workmen's Compensation Commission........	10,000
Blind, School for the........	15,000
Blind and Deaf, School for the Colored........	10,000
Deaf, School for the........	25,000
Children's Colony........	40,000
State Hospital........	100,000
Tuberculosis Sanatorium........	50,000
McRae Memorial Sanatorium........	25,000
Training School for Boys at pine Bluff........	15,000
Training School for Boys at Wrightsville........	5,000
Training School for Boys at Alexander........	5,000
Training School for Girls at Fargo........	7,500
State Penitentiary........	50,000
University of Arkansas - Main Division........	100,000
University of Arkansas - Medical Center........	100,000
A.M. & N. College - Pine Bluff........	50,000
State Teachers College - Conway........	40,000
Henderson State Teachers College - Arkadelphia........	10,000
Arkansas State College - Jonesboro and Beebe........	60,000
Arkansas Polytechnic College - Russellville........	35,000
Southern State College - Magnolia........	35,000
Arkansas A. & M. College - Monticello........	35,000

SECTION 3.

(A) That pursuant to the provisions of Sections 13-306(D) and 13-412(C), Arkansas Statutes, 1947, the following are hereby designated disbursing officers of appropriations made available for the agencies or purposes indicated, and that such officers not be required to make bond in addition to that hereinbefore provided:

Disbursing Officer	Agency or Purpose
Director of Research, Legislative Council	Southern Conference, Council of State Goverments
Director of Research, Legislative Council	Commission on Interstate Cooperation
Auditor of State	General Assembly (regular salaries)
State Comptroller	Commission on Uniform State Law
State Comptroller	Council of State Governments
Department Adjutant, D.A.V.	Disabled Veterans Service Office
Director	Child Welfare Division, Veterans Service Office
State Health Officer	Water Pollution Control Commission

University of Arkansas Disbursing Officer Students, Out-of-State Dental Schools (Act 422 of 1963)

(B) That the Treasurer of the Prairie Grove Battlefield Commission be and he is hereby designated disbursing officer of funds appropriated by Act 341 of 1963, and of all cash funds available to the Commission, and that such Treasurer furnish bond to the State, with a corporate surety thereon, in the penal sum of $10,000, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties and the proper accounting of all funds received and disbursed by him.

SECTION 4.

(A) That the officers and/or employees of all departments, agencies, boards and institutions operating in whole or in part by the use of "cash funds" (those funds not deposited in the State Treasury),who are required by law to furnish bond without the amount thereof being specified, shall furnish bond of an amount (to the nearest $1,000) based on the cash receipts of the respective said departments, agencies, boards and institutions for the twelve-month period next preceding the year to be covered by said bonds, as follows:

First $50,000 of receipts	10%
Next $50,000 of receipts	5%
Receipts exceeding $100,000	1%

Provided, that the penalty of none of such bonds shall be less than $1,000.

(B) In the event the head of any department, agency, board or institution shall be of the opinion that the amount of the penalty of any such bond (based on the foregoing formula) is larger than that which should be furnished by him because of an expected decline in receipts during the period to be covered by the bond, or for other logical reason, he shall file a written request with the Secretary of this Board for a reduction in the amount of said bond; and the said Secretary, acting for and in behalf of this Board, be and he is hereby authorized to consider each such request and to take such action by way of reducing the amount of the penalty as, in his opinion, is warranted by the facts so presented. Provided j, that the amount of the penalty on any such bond may not be reduced by the Secretary without the approval of at least three members of the Board, and each such action shall be laid before the Board at its first meeting following the action, and each such action shall be subject to approval, rejection or modification by this Board.

SECTION 5. That the Secretary of this Board be and he is hereby authorized to designate a person to act as disbursing agent, and fix the amount of his disbursing agent's bond, in instances where appropriations are made available to a state agency or to a non-governmental agency or activity, and no disbursing agent is provided for by law. Provided that in each such instance the said Secretary shall obtain the advice and approval of not less than two members of the Board. Provided further, that each action by the Secretary with respect to the foregoing authorization shall be laid before the Board at its first meeting following the action, and each such action shall be subject to approval, rejection or modification by this Board.

SECTION 6. The heads of all offices, departments, agencies, boards and institutions shall determine the amounts of the fidelity bonds, if any, to be furnished by their respective employees, and all such bonds shall be filed in the offices of the respective said departments, agencies, boards, and institutions.

SECTION 7. That the Secretary of this Board be authorized and directed to file certified copies of this resolution with the Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, Secretary of State and State Comptroller.

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045.00.63 Ark. Code R. § 001

6/12/1963