{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-21-1-801","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 21-1-801","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) \"Public employee\" means a person who performs a full-time or part-time service for wages, salary, or other remuneration for a public employer. (B) \"Public employee\" includes without limitation a state employee under § 21-1-610 . (C) \"Public employee\" does not include a: (i) Public safety officer, including without limitation a: (a) Law enforcement officer; and (b) Firefighter; and (ii) Public transit system employee whose public employer is a recipient of a federal grant administered by the Federal Transit Administration; (2) \"Public employer\" means: (A) An agency, department, board, commission, division, office, bureau, council, authority, or other instrumentality of the state, including the offices of the various Arkansas elected constitutional officers and the General Assembly and its agencies, bureaus, and divisions; (B) A state-supported college, university, technical college, community college, or other institution of higher education or a department, division, or agency of a state institution of higher education; (C) The Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Administrative Office of the Courts, the circuit courts, and prosecuting attorneys' offices; and (D) A public school district, school, or an office or department of a public school district in Arkansas; and (3) \"Strike\" means a refusal to work organized by two (2) or more public employees as a form of protest in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from a public employer. Added by Act 2021, No. 612,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021.\n\nAs used in this subchapter:\n\n(1) (A) \"Public employee\" means a person who performs a full-time or part-time service for wages, salary, or other remuneration for a public employer. (B) \"Public employee\" includes without limitation a state employee under § 21-1-610 . (C) \"Public employee\" does not include a: (i) Public safety officer, including without limitation a: (a) Law enforcement officer; and (b) Firefighter; and (ii) Public transit system employee whose public employer is a recipient of a federal grant administered by the Federal Transit Administration;\n\n(A) \"Public employee\" means a person who performs a full-time or part-time service for wages, salary, or other remuneration for a public employer.\n\n(B) \"Public employee\" includes without limitation a state employee under § 21-1-610 .\n\n(C) \"Public employee\" does not include a: (i) Public safety officer, including without limitation a: (a) Law enforcement officer; and (b) Firefighter; and (ii) Public transit system employee whose public employer is a recipient of a federal grant administered by the Federal Transit Administration;\n\n(i) Public safety officer, including without limitation a: (a) Law enforcement officer; and (b) Firefighter; and\n\n(a) Law enforcement officer; and\nPublic safety officer, including without limitation a: (a) Law enforcement officer; and (b) Firefighter; and (ii) Public transit system employee whose public employer is a recipient of a federal grant administered by the Federal Transit Administration;\n\n(i) Public safety officer, including without limitation a: (a) Law enforcement officer; and (b) Firefighter; and\n\n(a) Law enforcement officer; and\n\n(b) Firefighter; and\n\n(ii) Public transit system employee whose public employer is a recipient of a federal grant administered by the Federal Transit Administration;\n\n(2) \"Public employer\" means: (A) An agency, department, board, commission, division, office, bureau, council, authority, or other instrumentality of the state, including the offices of the various Arkansas elected constitutional officers and the General Assembly and its agencies, bureaus, and divisions; (B) A state-supported college, university, technical college, community college, or other institution of higher education or a department, division, or agency of a state institution of higher education; (C) The Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Administrative Office of the Courts, the circuit courts, and prosecuting attorneys' offices; and (D) A public school district, school, or an office or department of a public school district in Arkansas; and\n\n(A) An agency, department, board, commission, division, office, bureau, council, authority, or other instrumentality of the state, including the offices of the various Arkansas elected constitutional officers and the General Assembly and its agencies, bureaus, and divisions;\n\n(B) A state-supported college, university, technical college, community college, or other institution of higher education or a department, division, or agency of a state institution of higher education;\n\n(C) The Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Administrative Office of the Courts, the circuit courts, and prosecuting attorneys' offices; and\n\n(D) A public school district, school, or an office or department of a public school district in Arkansas; and\n\n(3) \"Strike\" means a refusal to work organized by two (2) or more public employees as a form of protest in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from a public employer.","path":["AR Code","Title 21","Chapter 1","Subchapter 8"],"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":"16ebf20f52cda8b1db30638be29a01c8027e9a0d4f5e000afdb90f0fa2f4aec3","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-21-1-704","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-21-1-802"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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