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Will iam C. Bird III

Chairman

Rober t McCormack

Vice

Chairman

Sharon

K. Trusty

Sybil

Jordan Hampton

Tony Juneau

ARKANSAS ETHICS

COMMISSION

910

West Second Street Suite 100

Post

Off ice

Bo x 1917

Little Rock, Arkansas 72203-1917

 501 324-9600 Fax 501 324-9606

Toll

Free

 800 422-7773

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September 18, 2015

Mr. Matthew Campbell

1202 Main Street

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 210

Little Rock

Arkansas 72202

Re: Case No. 2015 CO 016

Graham F Sloan

Di r ec to r

Ji ll Rogers

Barham

staff Attorney

Drew Blankenship

Staff Attorney

Teresa Keathley

Director of Compliance

Dear Mr. Campbell:

On September 2, 2015, you were sent a letter concerning the citizen complaint you filed

against Deimis Milligan. That complaint was brought against Mr. Milligan in his

capacity as Treasurer

of

State and as a candidate for that office during the 2014 election

cycle, and in his former capacity as Saline County Circuit Clerk.

Please be advised that Act 1280

of

2015 established Ark. Code Ann. § 7-6-229, which

sets forth the following affirmative defense provision:

 a It is an affirmative defense to prosecution or disciplinary action if a

person required to file a report under [subchapter 2 of chapter 6, Title 7

of

the Arkansas Code] amends the report within thirty 30 days

of

discovering or learning

of

an unintentional error in the report.

 b 1 The [Ethics Commission] shall not proceed with an investigation

of

an alleged error in a report filed under [subchapter 2 of chapter 6, Title

7 of the Arkansas Code] if the commission determines that a person

would be eligible to raise the affirmative defense under [Ark. Code Ann.

§ 7-6-229 a ]. 2

If

the commission does not proceed with an

investigation of an alleged error in a report under [Ark. Code Arm. § 7-6-

229 b 1 ], the person shall not be considered to have committed a

violation of the applicable statute.

 c This section shall not be construed to: 1 Remove the duty to file a

report under this subchapter; or 2 Authorize a person to knowingly fail

to file a report

under

this subchapter.

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