{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-11-15-102","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 11-15-102","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this section: (1) \"DD 214\" means a United States Department of Defense Report of Separation form or its predecessor or successor forms; (2) (A) \"Local government employer\" means a municipality, a county, or township of the state that has issued a resolution to implement a veterans' preference employment policy under § 11-15-103 . (B) \"Local government employer\" does not include the state or a public institution of higher education; (3) (A) \"Private employer\" means a sole proprietor, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity with one (1) or more employees. (B) \"Private employer\" does not include the state or a public institution of higher education; (4) \"Spouse of a disabled veteran\" means: (A) The spouse of a veteran who has been classified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Benefits Administration as having a permanent total disability rating; and (B) A United States citizen; (5) \"Surviving spouse\" means a spouse of a deceased veteran who is: (A) Unmarried at the time he or she seeks a veterans' preference under § 11-15-103 ; and (B) A United States citizen; (6) \"Veteran\" means a person who: (A) Served on active duty for a period of more than one hundred eighty (180) days and was discharged or released from active duty with other than a dishonorable discharge; (B) Was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability; or (C) As a member of a reserve component under an order to active duty, not to include training, was discharged or released from duty with other than a dishonorable discharge; and (7) \"Veterans' preference employment policy\" means a private employer or local government employer's voluntary preference for hiring, promoting, or retaining a veteran, spouse of a disabled veteran, or surviving spouse of a veteran over another equally qualified applicant or employee. Added by Act 2013, No. 598,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.\n\nAs used in this section:\n\n(1) \"DD 214\" means a United States Department of Defense Report of Separation form or its predecessor or successor forms;\n\n(2) (A) \"Local government employer\" means a municipality, a county, or township of the state that has issued a resolution to implement a veterans' preference employment policy under § 11-15-103 . (B) \"Local government employer\" does not include the state or a public institution of higher education;\n\n(A) \"Local government employer\" means a municipality, a county, or township of the state that has issued a resolution to implement a veterans' preference employment policy under § 11-15-103 .\n\n(B) \"Local government employer\" does not include the state or a public institution of higher education;\n\n(3) (A) \"Private employer\" means a sole proprietor, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity with one (1) or more employees. (B) \"Private employer\" does not include the state or a public institution of higher education;\n\n(A) \"Private employer\" means a sole proprietor, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity with one (1) or more employees.\n\n(B) \"Private employer\" does not include the state or a public institution of higher education;\n\n(4) \"Spouse of a disabled veteran\" means: (A) The spouse of a veteran who has been classified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Benefits Administration as having a permanent total disability rating; and (B) A United States citizen;\n\n(A) The spouse of a veteran who has been classified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Benefits Administration as having a permanent total disability rating; and\n\n(B) A United States citizen;\n\n(5) \"Surviving spouse\" means a spouse of a deceased veteran who is: (A) Unmarried at the time he or she seeks a veterans' preference under § 11-15-103 ; and (B) A United States citizen;\n\n(A) Unmarried at the time he or she seeks a veterans' preference under § 11-15-103 ; and\n\n(B) A United States citizen;\nministration as having a permanent total disability rating; and\n\n(B) A United States citizen;\n\n(5) \"Surviving spouse\" means a spouse of a deceased veteran who is: (A) Unmarried at the time he or she seeks a veterans' preference under § 11-15-103 ; and (B) A United States citizen;\n\n(A) Unmarried at the time he or she seeks a veterans' preference under § 11-15-103 ; and\n\n(B) A United States citizen;\n\n(6) \"Veteran\" means a person who: (A) Served on active duty for a period of more than one hundred eighty (180) days and was discharged or released from active duty with other than a dishonorable discharge; (B) Was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability; or (C) As a member of a reserve component under an order to active duty, not to include training, was discharged or released from duty with other than a dishonorable discharge; and\n\n(A) Served on active duty for a period of more than one hundred eighty (180) days and was discharged or released from active duty with other than a dishonorable discharge;\n\n(B) Was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability; or\n\n(C) As a member of a reserve component under an order to active duty, not to include training, was discharged or released from duty with other than a dishonorable discharge; and\n\n(7) \"Veterans' preference employment policy\" means a private employer or local government employer's voluntary preference for hiring, promoting, or retaining a veteran, spouse of a disabled veteran, or surviving spouse of a veteran over another equally qualified applicant or employee.","path":["AR Code","Title 11","Chapter 15"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"3c7416bb36a0954f14adea0dc85b0f3600826ed84289c099643ed75715105e5f","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-11-15-101","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-11-15-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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