1. (a) Upon completion of the instructional component of the training conducted by the State Board of Election Commissioners, the one (1) person appointed to attend election coordinator training is eligible to receive a reimbursement for mileage at the rate established for state employees by state travel rules.
2. (b) The one (1) person appointed to attend election coordinator training who is certified under this rule and who serves as an election official through the certification of the preferential primary election results shall be eligible to receive five hundred dollars ($500) in compensation for attending training.
3. (c) If the county board of election commissioners appoints a new election coordinator following the preferential primary, the coordinator shall be eligible to receive mileage for required training 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 State Board of Election Commissioners; and
      2. (B) Verification that the coordinator was certified.
   3. (3) Payment of the five hundred dollars ($500) shall be paid upon verification by the Director of the State Board of Election Commissioners that the coordinator who attended training remains an election coordinator for the county at the time the preferential primary is certified.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules contained a footnote to 7 CAR § 82-107(a) as follows: "7 A.C.A. § 7-4-109(e)(2)".