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AR Code § 14-40-2006 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Annexation, Consolidation, and Detachment by Municipalities|Subchapter 20 - Municipal Services|§ 14-40-2006. Provision of municipal services

 In a municipal services matter under this subchapter, if a city or incorporated town from which the inhabitants detached determines that the scheduled services are available or became available to the detaching inhabitants by the city or incorporated town to which the inhabitants were annexed into, the inhabitants shall automatically be detached and annexed back into the original city or incorporated town after the expiration of one hundred eighty (180) days following the date the schedule of services became available to the inhabitants and the inhabitants have not used the services.
AR Code § 14-40-2201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Annexation, Consolidation, and Detachment by Municipalities|Subchapter 22 - Annexation and Detachment Transparency Act|§ 14-40-2201. Annexation and provision of scheduled services

 (a)  (1) Beginning March 1, 2014, and each successive year thereafter, the mayor or city manager of a city or incorporated town shall file annually with the city clerk or recorder, town recorder, and county clerk a written notice describing any annexation elections that have become final in the previous eight (8) years.  (2) The written notice shall include:  (A) The schedule of services to be provided to the inhabitants of the annexed portion of the city; and  (B) A statement as to whether the scheduled services have been provided to the inhabitants of the annexed portions of the city.      (b) If the scheduled services have not been provided to the new inhabitants within three (3) years after the date the annexation becomes final, the written notice reporting the status of the extension of scheduled services shall include a statement of the rights of inhabitants to seek detachment.  (c) A city or incorporated town shall not proceed with annexation elections if there are pending scheduled services that have not been provided in three (3) years as prescribed by law.
AR Code § 14-40-2202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Annexation, Consolidation, and Detachment by Municipalities|Subchapter 22 - Annexation and Detachment Transparency Act|§ 14-40-2202. Inhabitants of annexed area

 (a) In all annexations under § 14-40-303 and in accordance with § 14-40-606, after the territory declared annexed is considered part of a city or incorporated town, the inhabitants residing in the annexed portion shall:  (1) Have all the rights and privileges of the inhabitants of the annexing city or incorporated town; and  (2)  (A) Be extended the scheduled services within three (3) years after the date the annexation becomes final.  (B) The mayor of the municipality shall file a report with the city clerk or recorder, town recorder, and county clerk of the extension of scheduled services.      (b) If the scheduled services have not been extended to the area and property boundaries of the new inhabitants within three (3) years after the date annexation becomes final, the written notice reporting the status of the extension of scheduled services shall:  (1) Include a written plan for completing the extension of services and estimated date of completion; and  (2) Include a statement of the rights of inhabitants to seek detachment.    (c) A city or incorporated town shall not proceed with any additional annexation elections if there are pending scheduled services that have not been extended as required under this subchapter.
AR Code § 14-41-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 41 - Additions to Cities and Incorporated Towns|Subchapter 2 - Filing and Recording Requirements|§ 14-41-201. Plats of new additions to be filed and recorded — Penalty

 (a) Any person or corporation owning any real estate who shall make any addition of real estate to any incorporated town or city in this state shall be required to file and record a regular plat of it in the office of the circuit clerk and recorder of the county in which the land is situated within thirty (30) days after the addition.  (b)  (1) It shall be a misdemeanor for any person, joint-stock company, or corporation to sell or offer for sale any lot or block designated on the map or plat referred to in this section until it has been duly filed in the office of the circuit court and ex officio recorder as required in this section.  (2) Any person, joint-stock company, or corporation who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).
AR Code § 14-41-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 41 - Additions to Cities and Incorporated Towns|Subchapter 2 - Filing and Recording Requirements|§ 14-41-202. Certification of matters — Penalty

 (a) It shall be the duty of the clerk of the circuit court when any map or plat of any addition to any city or incorporated town in the State of Arkansas has been filed in his or her office as required by § 14-41-201(a) to forthwith certify under his or her hand and seal of office, to the county clerk of the county, in those counties where there are both county and circuit clerks, the name of the addition and the date of the filing of the plat.  (b) The failure of the clerk to so certify the matters to the county clerk for thirty (30) days shall be a misdemeanor. On conviction, the clerk shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).
AR Code § 14-41-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 41 - Additions to Cities and Incorporated Towns|Subchapter 2 - Filing and Recording Requirements|§ 14-41-203. Entry on tax books required — Penalty

 (a) It shall be the duty of the county clerk on receiving the certificate provided for in § 14-41-202(a) to file it in his or her office. Thereafter, before he or she shall deliver the tax books to the assessor, he or she shall enter the number of each lot and block on the tax book for real estate as other real estate is entered, and it shall be assessed as other real estate of like character.  (b) In counties where there is no county clerk, it shall be the duty of the circuit clerks, before they shall thereafter deliver the tax books to the assessor, to enter the number of each lot and block appearing upon any map or plat of any addition to any city or incorporated town in this state which is filed in their office on the tax books for real estate, and it shall be assessed as other real estate of like character.  (c) The failure of any county clerk to comply with the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be a misdemeanor. On conviction, he or she shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
AR Code § 14-41-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 41 - Additions to Cities and Incorporated Towns|Subchapter 3 - Reduction to Acreage|§ 14-41-301. Applicability

 This subchapter shall not apply to any part of an addition or division less than one-third (1/3) of the whole as shown by the original plat filed in the office of the circuit clerk.
AR Code § 14-41-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 41 - Additions to Cities and Incorporated Towns|Subchapter 3 - Reduction to Acreage|§ 14-41-302. Right generally

 The owner of any addition or division to any city or incorporated town in this state where no lots or blocks, or any part thereof, have been sold and the streets and alleys have not been used by the public for the last seven (7) years prior to the filing of the petition shall have the right to reduce the addition or division to acreage by petition to the county court where the property is situated.
AR Code § 14-41-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 41 - Additions to Cities and Incorporated Towns|Subchapter 3 - Reduction to Acreage|§ 14-41-303. Parties to petition

 If at any time one (1) person owns, or two (2) or more persons own jointly or as tenants in common, or a corporation owns all the lots and blocks in any addition or division to any city or incorporated town in this state, the streets and alleys of which have not been used by the public for the last seven (7) years prior to the filing of the petition, then the person, persons, or corporation may have the addition or division reduced to acreage by proper petition to the county court.
AR Code § 14-41-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 41 - Additions to Cities and Incorporated Towns|Subchapter 3 - Reduction to Acreage|§ 14-41-304. Owners of parts

 The owners of any part of an addition or division shall have the right to have it reduced to acreage, as in the cases provided in §§ 14-41-302 and 14-41-303. However, the lots and blocks shall be contiguous. No streets and alleys shall be included in the order reducing the parts of additions or divisions to acreage unless the owners shall have the legal title and be in the actual possession of all the lots and blocks surrounding the streets and alleys.
AR Code § 14-41-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 41 - Additions to Cities and Incorporated Towns|Subchapter 3 - Reduction to Acreage|§ 14-41-305. Notice of petition

 (a) Upon the filing of a petition, the county court shall immediately cause notice to be published for two (2) consecutive weeks by at least two (2) insertions in some newspaper published in the county having a bona fide circulation therein, stating the substance contained in the petition.  (b) The county court shall immediately provide the filed petition to the city clerk of the city or incorporated town in which the property is located.
AR Code § 14-41-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 41 - Additions to Cities and Incorporated Towns|Subchapter 3 - Reduction to Acreage|§ 14-41-306. Hearing and order

 (a) The county court shall hear the petition at the first day of the court held after publication of the notice filed under § 14-41-305 if not continued for cause and upon proper showing shall order that the addition or division, or part thereof, be reduced to acreage.  (b) If the county court issues an order pursuant to subsection (a) of this section that the addition or division be reduced to acreage, then the addition or division shall thereafter be assessed as acreage for taxation of all kinds.  (c) The county court shall immediately provide the filed order to the city clerk of the city or incorporated town in which the property is located.
AR Code § 14-41-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 41 - Additions to Cities and Incorporated Towns|Subchapter 3 - Reduction to Acreage|§ 14-41-307. Appeals

 Any person aggrieved by an order under § 14-41-306 may appeal to the circuit court in the manner provided by law for appeals from the county court.
AR Code § 14-42-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 42 - Government Of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-42-101. Savings provision

 Any municipal corporation in which, under its former organization prior to March 9, 1875, by any law or charter regulating any literary, charitable, or benevolent institution, vested any power of appointing officers of supervision or control, shall continue to hold and possess the like power and authority in every respect.
AR Code § 14-42-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 42 - Government Of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-42-102. Corporate authority of cities

 The corporate authority of cities that are organized shall be vested in one (1) principal officer, to be called the mayor, and one (1) board of council members, to be called the city council, together with such other officers as are mentioned in this subtitle or may be created under its authority.
AR Code § 14-42-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 42 - Government Of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-42-103. Vacancies in municipal offices

 (a)  (1) Vacancies in municipal offices that are authorized by state law to be filled by appointment by the city or town governing body require a majority vote of the remaining members of the governing body.  (2) However, a majority of a quorum of the whole number of the governing body is required to fill the vacancy.    (b)  (1) The governing body may appoint any qualified elector, including members of a governing body, to fill the vacancy.  (2) However, a member of the governing body shall not vote on his or her own appointment.    (c) This section does not apply to circumstances prescribed under § 14-43-501(a) or § 14-43-411(a).
AR Code § 14-42-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 42 - Government Of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-42-105. Appointments of officers by council

 (a) All appointments of officers by any council of a municipal corporation shall be made viva voce, and the concurrence of a like majority shall be required.  (b) On the votes resulting in the appointment, the names of those voting and for whom they voted shall be recorded, and all such voting shall be public.
AR Code § 14-42-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 42 - Government Of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-42-106. Oath and bond required

 (a) All officers elected or appointed in any municipal corporation shall take the oath or affirmation prescribed for officers by the Arkansas Constitution.  (b)  (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b)(2) of this section, the officers shall take their oaths before:  (A) The Secretary of State or his or her official designee;  (B) A justice or judge;  (C) A judge of the county court;  (D) A clerk of the:  (i) County court;  (ii) Circuit court; or  (iii) City of the first class;    (E) A recorder of:  (i) A city of the second class; or  (ii) An incorporated town; or    (F) A justice of the peace.    (2) The council members also may take their oaths before the mayor of the municipality.    (c) The council members of a municipal corporation may require from the officers, as they think proper, a bond with good and sufficient security and with a proper penalty for the faithful discharge of their office and duty.  (d) The council members shall have the power to declare the office of any elected or appointed person vacant who shall fail to take the oath of office or give the bond required in this section within ten (10) days of the first day of January after his or her election or within ten (10) days after he or she has been notified of his or her appointment. In such case, the council members shall proceed to appoint as in other cases of vacancy.
AR Code § 14-42-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 42 - Government Of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-42-107. Interest in offices or contracts prohibited

 (a)  (1) A council member or elected official of a municipal corporation, during the term for which he or she has been elected or one (1) year thereafter, shall not be appointed to any municipal office that was created or the emoluments of which have been increased during the time for which he or she has been elected except to fill a vacancy in the office of mayor, council member, clerk, clerk-treasurer, recorder, or recorder-treasurer.  (2) A council member shall not be appointed to any municipal office, except in cases provided for in this subtitle, during the time for which he or she may have been elected.    (b)  (1) A council member, official, or municipal employee shall not be interested, directly or indirectly, in the profits of any contract for furnishing supplies, equipment, or services to the municipality unless the governing body of the city has enacted an ordinance specifically permitting council members, officials, or municipal employees to conduct business with the city and prescribing the extent of this authority.  (2) The prohibition prescribed in this subsection does not apply to contracts for furnishing supplies, equipment, or services to be performed for a municipality by a corporation in which no council member, official, or municipal employee holds any executive or managerial office or by a corporation in which a controlling interest is held by stockholders who are not council members.
AR Code § 14-42-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 42 - Government Of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-42-108. Prohibited actions by municipal officials or employees — Penalty

 (a)  (1) It shall be unlawful for any official or employee of any municipal corporation of this state to receive or accept any water, gas, electric current, or other article or service from the municipal corporation, or any public utility operating therein, without paying for it at the same rate and in the same manner that the general public in the municipal corporation pays therefor.  (2)  (A) This section shall not affect rights to free or other special services given to certain municipal officials and employees under the terms of franchises in effect with public utilities in this state.  (B) This section shall not apply to any city official or employee of any municipal corporation of this state as to free streetcar transportation.      (b)  (1) It shall be unlawful for any city official or employee of any municipal corporation in this state to furnish or give to any person, concerns, or corporations any property belonging to the municipal corporation, or service from any public utility owned or operated by the municipal corporation, unless payment is made therefor to the municipal corporation at the usual and regular rates, and in the usual manner, except as provided in subsection (a) of this section.  (2) The waterworks commission of cities of the first class shall be authorized to make donations of money from the revenue of municipal waterworks systems to the local United Way campaign or other citywide nonsectarian, incorporated charitable organizations.    (c)  (1) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250).  (2) Conviction shall ipso facto remove the official or employee from the municipal office or position held by him or her and shall render him or her ineligible to thereafter hold any office or position under, or in connection with, the municipal corporation.
AR Code § 14-42-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 42 - Government Of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-42-109. Removal of elective or appointed officers

 (a)  (1)  (A) If the mayor, member of the city council, or any other elective officer of any city of the first class or second class or incorporated town in this state shall wilfully and knowingly fail, refuse, or neglect to execute, or cause to be executed, any of the laws or ordinances within their jurisdiction, they shall be deemed guilty of nonfeasance in office.  (B)  (i) It shall be the duty of the circuit court of any county within which any officer may be commissioned and acting, upon indictment charging any such officer with nonfeasance in office, to hear and determine the charges.  (ii) If, upon hearing, the charges are proved to be true, the court shall enter a judgment of record removing the guilty officer from office.      (2) The council of any city or incorporated town may provide, by proper ordinance, for the removal of any appointive officer upon a majority vote of the council.    (b)  (1) Upon the entering of judgment as provided in subdivision (a)(1) of this section, the office of mayor shall become vacant.  (2)  (A) It shall be the duty of the clerk of the circuit court to immediately make out and deliver to the Governor a true and certified copy of the judgment.  (B) Thereupon, it shall be the duty of the Governor to at once appoint and commission a mayor for the city or town to fill the vacancy until his or her successor is elected at the next regular election and qualified.      (c) Any mayor so removed from office shall have the right of appeal to the Supreme Court. However, no appeal shall have the effect of suspending the judgment of removal of the circuit court. If the judgment is reversed, it shall have the effect of reinstating the officer to his or her office.
AR Code § 14-42-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 42 - Government Of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-42-110. Appointment and removal of department heads

 (a)  (1) Mayors in cities of the first class and second class and incorporated towns shall have the power to appoint and remove all department heads, including city and town marshals when an ordinance has been passed making city and town marshals appointed, unless the city or town council shall vote by a two-thirds majority of the total membership of the council to override the mayor's action.  (2) Provided, however, that in cities of the first class and second class with civil service commissions, the governing body of the city may delegate by ordinance the authority to appoint and remove the heads of the police and fire departments to the city's civil service commission.    (b) City managers in cities having a city manager form of government shall have the power to appoint and remove all department heads. In cities with a city manager form of government and with civil service commissions, the civil service commission shall have the power to override the city manager's appointment or removal of the police or fire chief by a majority vote of the total membership of the commission.  (c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to department heads not under the control of the governing body of the city and shall not apply to cities having a city administrator form of government.