SCSEP participants may participate freely in the political process with the following exceptions:

1. (1) No SCSEP participant or staff person may engage in partisan or nonpartisan political activities while he or she is on the job;
2. (2) No SCSEP participant or staff person, at any time, may represent himself or herself as a spokesperson of the SCSEP and engage in partisan or nonpartisan political activities;

3. (3) No SCSEP participant may be employed or out-stationed:

   1. (A) In the office of the United States Congress;
   2. (B) In the office of a state or local legislator; or
   3. (C) On the staff of a legislative committee; and
4. (4) Some SCSEP participants who are employed by federal, state, and local governments on federally aided projects may have additional restrictions as a result of the Hatch Act, 5 U.S.C. § 7321 et seq.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: “6-1-97”