Ark. Code Ann. § 19-4-1204
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Bond required
Official statutory text
(a) The disbursement of any funds in the State Treasury, of federal funds granted to the state or any state agency, of bank funds of any state agency, of trust funds of any state agency, or of any other special funds belonging to any state agency shall be done only by a bonded official or bonded employee in the manner prescribed by law. (b) Each disbursing officer or disbursing agent shall be required to furnish bond in the penal sum required by law or, in the absence of any law on the subject, in an amount fixed by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and the Auditor of State with a corporate surety company authorized to do business in this state and conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or her duties and for the proper accounting for all funds received and disbursed by him or her. Acts 1973, No. 876, § 14; A.S.A. 1947, § 13-340.
(a) The disbursement of any funds in the State Treasury, of federal funds granted to the state or any state agency, of bank funds of any state agency, of trust funds of any state agency, or of any other special funds belonging to any state agency shall be done only by a bonded official or bonded employee in the manner prescribed by law.
(b) Each disbursing officer or disbursing agent shall be required to furnish bond in the penal sum required by law or, in the absence of any law on the subject, in an amount fixed by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and the Auditor of State with a corporate surety company authorized to do business in this state and conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or her duties and for the proper accounting for all funds received and disbursed by him or her.
Acts 1973, No. 876, § 14; A.S.A. 1947, § 13-340.
(a) The disbursement of any funds in the State Treasury, of federal funds granted to the state or any state agency, of bank funds of any state agency, of trust funds of any state agency, or of any other special funds belonging to any state agency shall be done only by a bonded official or bonded employee in the manner prescribed by law.
(b) Each disbursing officer or disbursing agent shall be required to furnish bond in the penal sum required by law or, in the absence of any law on the subject, in an amount fixed by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and the Auditor of State with a corporate surety company authorized to do business in this state and conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or her duties and for the proper accounting for all funds received and disbursed by him or her.
Acts 1973, No. 876, § 14; A.S.A. 1947, § 13-340.
Status: in_force
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