Section 27-65-136 - Prohibition on increasing number of employees before election(a) Within ninety (90) days preceding any primary election, the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall not increase the number of its employees beyond the average number of employees the department employed and supervised during the twelve (12) months prior to the primary election, except in case of floods.(b) The commissioners of the State Highway Commission and the Treasurer of State shall not, at the penalty of being liable upon their official bonds, make any payment for salary to employees engaged by the department in violation of the provisions of this section.Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 370, eff. 8/1/2017.Acts 1938 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 14, § 1-A.