Section 25-18-224 - Distribution of quasijudicial opinions and orders

(a)(1)(A) Any quasijudicial board, commission, or agency of the state shall, on request, provide copies of its opinions and orders to any publication or reporting service which routinely reports on its opinions and orders.(B) If such a board, commission, or agency affirms and adopts as its own the opinion or order of a hearing officer, administrative law judge, or referee, a copy of the opinion or order affirmed shall be attached to the order or opinion of the board, commission, or agency.(2) Such quasijudicial board, commission, or agency may make a charge for providing such opinions and orders, but the charge shall be limited to the actual cost of reproduction and shall be approved by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration.(b) Administrative decisions of the Office of Hearings and Appeals and opinions of the Department of Finance and Administration which contain information which is confidential pursuant to the Arkansas Tax Procedure Act, § 26-18-101 et seq., shall be exempt from the disclosure provisions of subsection (a) of this section.Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 3583, eff. 7/1/2019.Acts 1993, No. 563, §§ 1, 2.

(a)(1)(A) Any quasijudicial board, commission, or agency of the state shall, on request, provide copies of its opinions and orders to any publication or reporting service which routinely reports on its opinions and orders.(B) If such a board, commission, or agency affirms and adopts as its own the opinion or order of a hearing officer, administrative law judge, or referee, a copy of the opinion or order affirmed shall be attached to the order or opinion of the board, commission, or agency.(2) Such quasijudicial board, commission, or agency may make a charge for providing such opinions and orders, but the charge shall be limited to the actual cost of reproduction and shall be approved by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration.(b) Administrative decisions of the Office of Hearings and Appeals and opinions of the Department of Finance and Administration which contain information which is confidential pursuant to the Arkansas Tax Procedure Act, § 26-18-101 et seq., shall be exempt from the disclosure provisions of subsection (a) of this section.Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 3583, eff. 7/1/2019.Acts 1993, No. 563, §§ 1, 2.