1. (a) Upon completion of training by the State Board of Election Commissioners, each county election commissioner attending the training is eligible to receive mileage reimbursement at the rate established for state employees by state travel rules.
2. (b) Any election commissioner who is trained and certified under this section and who remains in office until the certification of the preferential primary election results shall be eligible to receive three hundred dollars ($300) in compensation for attending training.
3. (c) If the county political party elects a new commissioner following the preferential primary, the commissioner shall be eligible to receive mileage for additional required trainings only but is not eligible to receive additional compensation.

4. (d)

   1. (1) All compensation and reimbursement paid under this section shall:

      1. (A) Be paid to the county treasurer; and
      2. (B) Include a statement explaining:

5. (i) The purpose of the funds; and

   1. (ii) Who is entitled to receive the funds under state law.

   2. (2) Mileage for training shall be paid upon:

      1. (A) Receipt of the reporting form approved by the board; and
      2. (B) Verification that the commissioner was tested.
   3. (3) Payment of the three hundred dollars ($300) shall be paid upon verification by the Director of the State Board of Election Commissioners that the commissioner who attended training remains an election commissioner for the county at the time the preferential primary is certified.
6. (e) Attendance by county election coordinators is optional, and compensation for attending training will not be provided by the board.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules contained a footnote to 7 CAR § 80-106(a) as follows: "8 A.C.A. § 7-4-109(e)(2)".