Title 14 — Local Government
192 chapters · 901 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-37-101 Applicability
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All corporations which existed when the Arkansas Constitution of 1874 took effect for the purpose of municipal government, and described or denominated in any law then in force, are organized into cities of the first and second class, as the case may be, and incorporated towns wi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-37-102 Division into classes
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(1) In respect to the exercise of certain corporate powers and to the number, character, powers, and duties of certain officers, municipal corporations are divided into the following classes:(1) Cities of the first class;(2) Cities of the second class; and(3) Incorporated towns. …
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-37-103 Population limits
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(a) (1) All municipal corporations having over two thousand five hundred (2,500) inhabitants shall be deemed cities of the first class.(2) All cities having five hundred (500) inhabitants or more and fewer than two thousand five hundred (2,500) inhabitants shall be deemed cities …
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-37-104 Cities of the first class
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(a) All cities, which at the last federal census had, or now have, a population exceeding two thousand five hundred (2,500) inhabitants shall be deemed cities of the first class. (b) All cities which, at any future federal census, or any census which may be taken in pursuance of …
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-37-105 Cities of the second class
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(a) Any incorporated town of the State of Arkansas which, at any future federal census, or any census taken under the authority of the State of Arkansas, shall be found to have a population exceeding five hundred (500) persons who shall be inhabitants of the town and less than tw…
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-37-106 Board of Municipal Corporations
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The Board of Municipal Corporations shall consist of the Auditor of State, Secretary of State, and Attorney General. The Secretary of State shall be president.
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-37-107 Advancement of cities and towns according to census
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(a) (1) It shall be the duty of the Governor, the Auditor of State, and the Secretary of State, or any two (2) of them, to ascertain from the federal census and census provided for by law of this state, what cities of the second class are entitled to become cities of the first cl…
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-37-108 Application for advancement between census periods
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(a) The Auditor of State, Secretary of State, and Attorney General may declare incorporated towns cities of the second class, and cities of the second class cities of the first class, between the periods fixed in § 14-37-107(a), upon application from any incorporated town or city…
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-37-109 Appointment of enumerators to take census
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(a) (1) If a city or incorporated town desires to be made a city of the first class or a city of the second class, or if it is deemed necessary to determine the number of inhabitants within the city or incorporated town for any purpose, on petition of ten (10) qualified voters of…
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-37-110 Return of enumerators
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(a) (1) Before the enumerators shall enter upon their duties, they shall make and subscribe to an oath to well and faithfully perform their duties, and their return shall be taken as true.(2) (A) However, the returns so made by the census enumerators shall be filed in the office …
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-37-111 Reduction of city to lower grade — In general
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(a) Whenever the last federal census shows that any city of the first class has fewer than two thousand five hundred (2,500) inhabitants and that any city of the second class has fewer than five hundred (500) inhabitants, the city may be reduced to a city of the second class or t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-37-112 Incorporated town may become city of the second class
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(a) (1) Any incorporated town in this state may become a city of the second class by the adoption and publication of an ordinance, duly adopted and published as provided by law, converting the incorporated town into a city of the second class. However, after the adoption and publ…
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-37-113 Effect of population changes on legislation
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Whenever any law of this state provides that the provisions of it shall apply to any city within a defined population classification, it is declared to be the intent of the General Assembly that, in the event any city to which the law was applicable at the time of the enactment o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-37-114 Reduction of city of the first class to city of the second class
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(a) Whenever the most recent federal decennial census shows that any city of the first class has less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) inhabitants, the city may be reduced to a city of the second class upon the adoption of an ordinance by the council of the municipal corp…