{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-21-1-701","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 21-1-701","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) \"Employee\" means a person regularly appointed or employed in a position of state service by a state agency for which: (i) He or she is compensated on a full-time basis or on a pro rata basis; and (ii) A class title and pay grade are established in the appropriation act for the agency or institution in accordance with the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, § 21-5-201 et seq. (B) \"Employee\" does not include a supervisory employee; (2) \"Grievance\" means an employee's complaint resulting from a termination or suspension; (3) (A) \"State agency\" means a board, commission, department, division, or office of state government within the executive branch. (B) \"State agency\" does not include: (i) An institution of higher education; (ii) A public school district; (iii) The Arkansas Department of Transportation; and (iv) The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission; and (4) \"Supervisory employee\" means an individual having: (A) Authority in the interest of a state agency to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees of the state agency; or (B) If his or her exercise of authority requires the use of independent judgment and is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, the responsibility to direct other employees of the state agency by which he or she is employed. Amended by Act 2019, No. 1054,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 66, eff. 8/1/2017. Added by Act 2013, No. 1448,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013. See Act 2013, No. 1448, § 2.\n\nAs used in this subchapter:\n\n(1) (A) \"Employee\" means a person regularly appointed or employed in a position of state service by a state agency for which: (i) He or she is compensated on a full-time basis or on a pro rata basis; and (ii) A class title and pay grade are established in the appropriation act for the agency or institution in accordance with the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, § 21-5-201 et seq. (B) \"Employee\" does not include a supervisory employee;\n\n(A) \"Employee\" means a person regularly appointed or employed in a position of state service by a state agency for which: (i) He or she is compensated on a full-time basis or on a pro rata basis; and (ii) A class title and pay grade are established in the appropriation act for the agency or institution in accordance with the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, § 21-5-201 et seq.\n\n(i) He or she is compensated on a full-time basis or on a pro rata basis; and\n\n(ii) A class title and pay grade are established in the appropriation act for the agency or institution in accordance with the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, § 21-5-201 et seq.\n\n(B) \"Employee\" does not include a supervisory employee;\n\n(2) \"Grievance\" means an employee's complaint resulting from a termination or suspension;\n\n(3) (A) \"State agency\" means a board, commission, department, division, or office of state government within the executive branch. (B) \"State agency\" does not include: (i) An institution of higher education; (ii) A public school district; (iii) The Arkansas Department of Transportation; and (iv) The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission; and\n\n(A) \"State agency\" means a board, commission, department, division, or office of state government within the executive branch.\n\n(B) \"State agency\" does not include: (i) An institution of higher education; (ii) A public school district; (iii) The Arkansas Department of Transportation; and (iv) The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission; and\nnd (iv) The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission; and\n\n(A) \"State agency\" means a board, commission, department, division, or office of state government within the executive branch.\n\n(B) \"State agency\" does not include: (i) An institution of higher education; (ii) A public school district; (iii) The Arkansas Department of Transportation; and (iv) The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission; and\n\n(i) An institution of higher education;\n\n(ii) A public school district;\n\n(iii) The Arkansas Department of Transportation; and\n\n(iv) The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission; and\n\n(4) \"Supervisory employee\" means an individual having: (A) Authority in the interest of a state agency to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees of the state agency; or (B) If his or her exercise of authority requires the use of independent judgment and is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, the responsibility to direct other employees of the state agency by which he or she is employed.\n\n(A) Authority in the interest of a state agency to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees of the state agency; or\n\n(B) If his or her exercise of authority requires the use of independent judgment and is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, the responsibility to direct other employees of the state agency by which he or she is employed.\n\nAmended by Act 2019, No. 1054,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.\n\nAmended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 66, eff. 8/1/2017.\n\nAdded by Act 2013, No. 1448,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.\n\nSee Act 2013, No. 1448, § 2.","path":["AR Code","Title 21","Chapter 1","Subchapter 7"],"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":"b72040a87f4507f0bf4fbcf031a0d9cf2fdc9182951bd4ed942e1c3ebb36883c","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-21-1-610","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-21-1-702"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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