Illegal-exaction lawsuit targets lack of Arkansas funding for programs on problem gambling. Lack of funding for treatment, education programs alleged
Arkansas Constitution, Article 16, § 13; Any citizen of any county, city or town may institute suit, in behalf of himself and all others interested, to protect the inhabitants thereof against the enforcement of any illegal exactions whatever.
While the case reported on in this news article doesn’t directly relate to Pope County, “illegal exaction” might very well apply to a case where legislators—the quorum court—knowingly pursue an ordinance that violates state law or the constitution. All county costs for such an ordinance, such as a county employee making copies of the ordinance—the employee’s time and the paper used—could constitute an illegal exaction.