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AR Code § 14-44-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 44 - Government of Cities of the Second Class|§ 14-44-116. Vacancy in office of recorder, treasurer, or recorder-treasurer

 If a vacancy occurs in the office of recorder, treasurer, or recorder-treasurer in any city of the second class, at the first regular meeting after the occurrence of the vacancy, the city council shall elect by a majority vote of all the council members a person to serve for the unexpired term.
AR Code § 14-45-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 45 - Government of Incorporated Towns|§ 14-45-101. Corporate authority

 (a) The corporate authority of incorporated towns shall vest in a town council composed of the five (5) council members who shall be qualified electors residing within the limits of the incorporated town and who shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified.  (b) A majority of the whole number of council members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
AR Code § 14-45-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 45 - Government of Incorporated Towns|§ 14-45-102. Election of council members

 (a)  (1) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this section, on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November 1982 and every two (2) years thereafter, the qualified voters of incorporated towns shall elect five (5) council members.  (2)  (A) The town council of an incorporated town may refer to the voters an ordinance on the question of electing the five (5) council members to four-year terms.  (B)  (i) The voters shall vote on the ordinance at a general election or at a special election called for that purpose.  (ii) The election to approve the four-year election procedure shall be held no later than February 1 of the year of the general election in which the procedure is proposed to be effective.    (C) If this procedure is adopted by an ordinance referred to and approved by the voters of the incorporated town, the initial terms for council members representing positions numbered “one”, “three”, and “five” shall be four-year terms at the next general election and the initial terms for council members representing positions numbered “two” and “four” shall be two-year terms and thereafter four-year terms, resulting in staggered terms.  (D)  (i) The town council may refer to voters an ordinance on the question of returning the incorporated town to electing council members to two-year terms using the procedures of subdivision (a)(2) of this section.  (ii) If the voters approve returning an incorporated town to two-year terms, all council members shall be elected to two-year terms at the next general election and thereafter.    (E) The town council may not refer to voters another question on electing council members to four-year terms or on returning the incorporated town to electing council members to two-year terms unless at least four (4) years have passed since the last election on changing the terms of council members.      (b)  (1) A candidate for the office of council member shall designate the number of the office for council member that the candidate is seeking on the petition filed pursuant to § 14-42-206.  (2) If there is a designation under subdivision (b)(1) of this section, the candidate shall not change the designation on that petition.  (3) The county clerk shall not accept a petition for filing that does not designate the number of the office for council member sought.  (4) Each incorporated town shall maintain in its records a document showing the name of each council member and the number of the office that the candidate holds.
AR Code § 14-45-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 45 - Government of Incorporated Towns|§ 14-45-103. Vacancies

 (a) When a vacancy occurs in the office of council member in an incorporated town, at the first regular meeting after the occurrence of the vacancy, the town council shall elect by a majority vote of the town council a council member to serve for the unexpired term.  (b) When a vacancy occurs in the office of recorder-treasurer in an incorporated town, at the first regular meeting after the occurrence of the vacancy, the town council shall elect by a majority vote of the town council a recorder-treasurer to serve for the unexpired term.  (c) When a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor in an incorporated town, at the first regular meeting after the occurrence of the vacancy, the town council shall:  (1) Elect by a majority vote of the council members a mayor to serve the unexpired term; or  (2)  (A) Call for a special election to be held under § 7-11-101 et seq. to fill the vacancy.  (B) At the special election, a mayor shall be elected to complete the unexpired term.
AR Code § 14-45-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 45 - Government of Incorporated Towns|§ 14-45-104. Election of mayor

 The qualified electors in incorporated towns shall elect a mayor for a term of four (4) years on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November 1966 and every four (4) years thereafter.
AR Code § 14-45-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 45 - Government of Incorporated Towns|§ 14-45-105. Powers of mayor generally

 (a) The mayor in incorporated towns shall be ex officio president of the town council, shall preside at its meetings, and shall have a vote when the mayor's vote is needed to pass any ordinance, bylaw, resolution, order, or motion.  (b)  (1) The mayor in these towns shall have the power to veto, within five (5) days, Sundays excepted, after the action of the council thereon, any ordinance, resolution, or order adopted or made by the council, or any part thereof, which in his or her judgment is contrary to the public interest.  (2)  (A) In case of a veto, before the next regular meeting of the council the mayor shall file a written statement of his or her reasons for the veto in the office of the town recorder-treasurer to be laid before the meeting.  (B) An ordinance, resolution, or order, or part thereof, vetoed by the mayor shall not have any force or validity unless, after the written statement is laid before it, the council passes it over the veto by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all the council members elected thereto.      (c) If the mayor is unable to perform the duties of office or cannot be located, one (1) of the following may perform all functions of a mayor during the disability or absence of the mayor:  (1) The recorder;  (2) Another elected official of the city if designated by the mayor; or  (3) An unelected employee or resident of the city if designated by the mayor and approved by the city council.
AR Code § 14-45-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 45 - Government of Incorporated Towns|§ 14-45-106. Mayor of an incorporated town

 (a) The mayor of an incorporated town shall perform all duties required by the ordinances of the city and shall give bond and security in any amount to be ascertained and approved by the city council.  (b) In addition for his or her services as mayor, the council, by ordinance, may make proper allowance for, and payment of, compensation.
AR Code § 14-45-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 45 - Government of Incorporated Towns|§ 14-45-107. Presiding officer of council — Clerk

 (a) The mayor or, in case of his or her absence, the recorder-treasurer, shall preside at all meetings of the town council. The recorder-treasurer shall also be and act as clerk of the town. He or she shall attend all meetings of the council and make a fair, accurate, and correct record of all the proceedings, laws, rules, and ordinances made and passed by the council. The records shall be open at all times for the inspection of the electors of the town.  (b) In the absence of the mayor and recorder-treasurer from any meeting of the council, the council shall have power to appoint any two (2) of their number to perform the duties of mayor and recorder-treasurer for the time being.
AR Code § 14-45-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 45 - Government of Incorporated Towns|§ 14-45-108. Election of recorder-treasurer

 (a) The qualified voters of incorporated towns shall elect one (1) recorder-treasurer on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November 1982 and every four (4) years thereafter.  (b)  (1)  (A) The town council may provide by ordinance for the appointment of the town recorder-treasurer.  (B) An ordinance under subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section shall be passed before the filing period begins for an election for the office of town recorder-treasurer, but no later than the February preceding the beginning of the early filing period.    (2) A town recorder-treasurer appointed under subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section shall not administer the oath of office under § 14-42-106 or § 21-2-105.
AR Code § 14-45-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 45 - Government of Incorporated Towns|§ 14-45-109. Appointment of marshal and other officers

 (a) The council of any incorporated town shall have power to provide, by ordinance, for the election of a town marshal and such other subordinate officers as they may think necessary for the good government of the town.  (b) In regard to the officers mentioned in subsection (a) of this section, the council shall have the power to:  (1) Prescribe their duties and compensation or the fees they shall be entitled to receive for their services; and  (2) Require of them an oath of office and bond with surety for the faithful discharge of their duty.    (c) The period for the election of any officer shall be fixed at the time of the regular biennial election. No appointment of any officer shall endure beyond the period of the term of office of the council making the appointment and one (1) week after the qualification of the members of the succeeding council.
AR Code § 14-45-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 45 - Government of Incorporated Towns|§ 14-45-110. Residency of marshals

 Incorporated towns shall have the authority to require their appointed marshals to reside within their corporate limits, and they shall have the authority to permit their appointed marshals to reside outside their corporate limits.
AR Code § 14-45-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 45 - Government of Incorporated Towns|§ 14-45-111. Powers and duties of marshals

 (a) The town marshal of incorporated towns shall be the principal ministerial officer of the town. He or she shall have the same power that sheriffs have by law, and his or her jurisdiction shall be coextensive with the county for offenses committed within the limits of the town.  (b) The town marshal shall execute the process of the mayor and collect the same fees for his or her services that sheriffs are allowed in similar cases.  (c) It shall be the duty of the town marshal to:  (1) Suppress all riots and disturbances and breaches of the peace;  (2) Apprehend all disorderly persons in the town;  (3) Pursue and arrest any person fleeing from justice in any part of the state; and  (4) Apprehend any person in the act of committing any offense against the laws of the state or ordinances of the town and immediately bring the person before the mayor, or other competent authority, for examination or trial.    (d) The town marshal shall have power to appoint one (1) or more deputies, for whose official acts he or she shall be responsible.  (e) All persons or parties arrested by any officer of the state for violation of any town ordinance shall be turned over to the town marshal and shall be by him or her taken before the proper authorities for investigation.
AR Code § 14-47-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 47 - City Manager Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-47-101. Applicability generally

 Any city within the State of Arkansas having a population of two thousand five hundred (2,500) or more, according to the latest federal census, may become organized under the provisions of this chapter by proceeding as provided in this chapter.
AR Code § 14-47-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 47 - City Manager Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-47-102. Applicability of 1957 amendments

 Acts 1957, No. 8, amending §§ 14-47-101 — 14-47-103, 14-47-105, 14-47-106 — 14-47-111, 14-47-114 — 14-47-121, 14-47-123 — 14-47-127, 14-47-131, 14-47-133, 14-47-134, and 14-47-136 — 14-47-139, shall be applicable to:   (1) All cities of the first and second class hereafter electing to reorganize under this chapter, as heretofore amended and as amended in this legislation; and  (2) All cities of the first and second class that have not yet consummated a reorganization into the management form of government but whose electors, prior to the enactment of this legislation, may have voted through an election held pursuant to § 14-47-106 to reorganize the city under this chapter.
AR Code § 14-47-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 47 - City Manager Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-47-103. Savings provisions

 (a) When a city effects a change of government under this chapter, it shall remain subject to and controlled by all laws, except those inconsistent with this chapter, which on the effective date of the reorganization applied to or governed the city, including, without limiting the foregoing, laws relating to improvement districts or providing for the creation thereof.  (b) All bylaws, ordinances, and resolutions lawfully passed and in force in any city under its former organization, and not in conflict with this chapter, shall remain in force until altered or repealed by the board of directors elected under the authority of this chapter.  (c) The territorial limits of the city shall remain the same as under its former organization, and all rights and property of every description which were vested in the city under its former organization shall remain vested in it under the reorganization provided for in this chapter.  (d) No existing right or liability either in favor of or against the city or any agency thereof, including, without limiting the foregoing, improvement districts and no suit or prosecution of any kind shall be affected by the change unless otherwise provided for in this chapter.  (e) No valid pledge or mortgage of the revenues or property of the city, or of any agency or instrumentality thereof, or of any municipal improvement district, shall be impaired by the reorganization.
AR Code § 14-47-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 47 - City Manager Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-47-104. Penalties for election violations

 (a) Any person who shall perform any service in the interest of any candidate for any office provided in this chapter in consideration of any money, promise of employment, or other valuable thing or any candidate who shall pay or make promises to pay such consideration shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction by any court of competent jurisdiction, an offender shall be punished by a fine not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300) or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty (30) days, or both.  (b) Any person offering a bribe, either in money or other consideration, to any elector for the purpose of influencing his or her vote at any election provided in this chapter or any elector entitled to vote at any election receiving or accepting any bribe or other consideration, any person making a false answer relative to his or her qualification to vote at the election, any person voting or offering to vote at the election, knowing he or she is not entitled to vote at the election, and any person knowingly procuring, aiding, or abetting in violation of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, an offender shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten (10) days nor more than ninety (90) days, or both.
AR Code § 14-47-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 47 - City Manager Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-47-105. Forms of government

 (a) The form of government created by an organization under this chapter is called the management form of city government.  (b) The form of government of a municipality operating under the control of a municipal council, under either § 14-43-201 et seq. or § 14-44-101 et seq., is called the mayor-council form of government.
AR Code § 14-47-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 47 - City Manager Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-47-111. Refusal of director to serve

 (a) Any person who shall have been elected or appointed a director and shall neglect or refuse to qualify and serve as such shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined in any sum of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300).  (b) However, the directors, for good cause shown, may permit a director to resign.
AR Code § 14-47-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 47 - City Manager Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-47-113. Director vacancy

 Whenever a vacancy shall occur by any reason in the office of a director, the board of directors shall elect a person by majority vote to fill the vacancy and serve for the unexpired term thereof.
AR Code § 14-47-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 47 - City Manager Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-47-114. Director not compensated — Per diem

 (a) The board of directors of any city with the city manager form of government may provide by ordinance for the compensation of board members.  (b) Directors of a city having a population of at least four thousand (4,000) but not more than four thousand five hundred (4,500) and located in a county having a population of one hundred thousand (100,000) or more may receive a per diem to be fixed by ordinance of the board not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for attending designated meetings of the board. In no event shall any director receive per diem in excess of two hundred dollars ($200) for any one (1) month.
AR Code § 14-47-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 47 - City Manager Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-47-115. Prohibition against director interest in contracts

 (a)  (1) A director of the city shall not be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contracts made with the city unless the board of directors of the city shall have enacted an ordinance specifically permitting a director to conduct business with the city and prescribing the extent of this authority.  (2) This prohibition shall not apply to contracts for the furnishing of supplies, equipment, or services to be performed for a municipality by a corporation in which no director holds any executive or managerial office, or by a corporation in which a controlling interest is held by stockholders who are not directors.    (b) Any director acting on any contract with the city in which he or she is interested or receiving any benefit in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined in any sum of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
AR Code § 14-47-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 47 - City Manager Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-47-116. Mayor

 (a)  (1) The board of directors shall organize by electing one (1) of their number as a chair to preside over the meetings of the board, the person so elected to have the title of “mayor”.  (2)  (A) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2)(B) of this section, the mayor shall serve in this capacity for two (2) years from the date of his or her election as mayor unless his or her tenure of office as a director expires in less than two (2) years, in which event he or she will serve as mayor merely until the expiration of his or her tenure of office as director.  (B) The board of directors of any city may provide by ordinance that the term of mayor in the city shall be one (1) year, in which event the mayors of the city selected thereafter shall be selected for and serve terms of one (1) year.    (3) When the mayor's term expires, the board shall elect a successor mayor. However, the mayor shall not be prohibited from serving in this capacity for more than one (1) term.  (4) The mayor shall receive no compensation for his or her duties in such capacity but shall be reimbursed for all actual expenses incurred by him or her in the discharge of his or her duties as mayor.    (b) The mayor shall have the following powers:  (1) He or she shall preside at all meetings of the board;  (2) He or she shall be recognized as the head of the city government for all ceremonial purposes and by the Governor for the purposes of military law;  (3) He or she shall sign, on behalf of the city, all written agreements, contracts, bonds, mortgages, pledges, indentures, conveyances, and other written instruments, the execution of which has been approved by the board; and  (4) He or she may vote on all matters coming before the board but shall have no veto power.
AR Code § 14-47-117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 47 - City Manager Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-47-117. Assistant mayor

 (a)  (1) The board shall also elect from its membership an assistant mayor who shall serve in such capacity for two (2) years or until his or her tenure of office as a director expires, whichever period may be shorter. Provided, however, that the board may prescribe at its option a method to rotate the assistant mayor among all or part of its membership for a term of not less than six (6) consecutive months.  (2) The assistant mayor shall not be prohibited from serving in such a capacity for more than one (1) term.    (b)  (1) The assistant mayor shall act as mayor during the absence or disability of the mayor.  (2)  (A) If a vacancy in the office of mayor occurs, the assistant mayor shall perform the duties of mayor until a successor mayor is elected.  (B)  (i) If the mayor shall be continuously absent or disabled for more than six (6) months, his or her office will automatically become vacant and a successor mayor shall be elected.  (ii)  (a) A certificate of the city clerk or recorder, recorded in the record of the proceedings of the board, as to the absence or disability of the mayor or as to any vacancy in the office of mayor may be relied upon by all persons dealing with the municipality as conclusive evidence of the assistant mayor's authority to assume the powers of the mayor.  (b)  (1) Where any such certificate is so recorded, upon the termination of the absence or disability of the mayor and the resumption by him or her of his or her official duties as such, the city clerk or recorder shall record in the records of the board a separate certificate attesting this fact.  (2) This separate certificate shall show the date of the termination of absence or disability and resumption of duties.    (c) [Repealed.]