{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-13-3-203","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 13-3-203","heading":"Meetings - Rules and bylaws - Secretary","body":"(a) The Black History Commission of Arkansas shall meet at such times and places as in each instance may suit the commission's convenience and its purposes, and all meetings shall be open to the public. (b) (1) The commission shall adopt and may modify rules and bylaws for the conduct of its business, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism. (2) The commission shall keep a record of its transactions, findings, and determinations, which record shall be public. (c) The rules shall provide for regular meetings and for special meetings at the call of the Chair of the Black History Commission of Arkansas or in his or her absence or incapacity, the vice chair, or upon written request of at least four (4) members. (d) The State Historian shall be ex officio secretary of the commission but shall have no vote on matters coming before it. (e) A quorum of the commission shall consist of not less than four (4) members present at any regular or special meeting. The affirmative vote of that number shall be necessary for the disposition of any business. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5560, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2016EX3, No. 3,§ 110, eff. 7/1/2016. Amended by Act 2016EX3, No. 2,§ 110, eff. 7/1/2016. Acts 1991, No. 1233, § 3; 2007, No. 1601, § 3.\n\n(a) The Black History Commission of Arkansas shall meet at such times and places as in each instance may suit the commission's convenience and its purposes, and all meetings shall be open to the public.\n\n(b) (1) The commission shall adopt and may modify rules and bylaws for the conduct of its business, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism. (2) The commission shall keep a record of its transactions, findings, and determinations, which record shall be public.\n\n(1) The commission shall adopt and may modify rules and bylaws for the conduct of its business, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism.\n\n(2) The commission shall keep a record of its transactions, findings, and determinations, which record shall be public.\n\n(c) The rules shall provide for regular meetings and for special meetings at the call of the Chair of the Black History Commission of Arkansas or in his or her absence or incapacity, the vice chair, or upon written request of at least four (4) members.\n\n(d) The State Historian shall be ex officio secretary of the commission but shall have no vote on matters coming before it.\n\n(e) A quorum of the commission shall consist of not less than four (4) members present at any regular or special meeting. The affirmative vote of that number shall be necessary for the disposition of any business.","path":["AR Code","Title 13","Chapter 3","Subchapter 2"],"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 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:35:43Z","sha256":"5a04dd8d8ae6e7bbfc5fb123add7930a0440bbe29d1ac11bb803a9b3b74cc299","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-13-3-202","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-13-3-204","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ar","title":"Arkansas Release 78 supplement","text":"Arkansas electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain mark. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ar.code"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}