Title 14, Local Government

(a) All bylaws and ordinances of a general or permanent nature shall be fully and distinctly read on three (3) different days unless two-thirds (⅔) of the members composing the municipal council shall dispense with the rule. (b) In a city with a population of less than fifteen th…

(a) On the passage of every bylaw, ordinance, resolution, or order to enter into a contract by the council of any municipal corporation, the yeas and nays shall be called and recorded. (b) To pass any bylaw, ordinance, resolution, or order, a concurrence of a majority of a whole …

All bylaws, ordinances, resolutions, or orders for the appropriation of money shall require for their passage or adoption the concurrence of a majority of the council members of any municipal corporation.

All bylaws or ordinances after their passage shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose and shall be authenticated by the signature of the presiding officer of the governing body and the clerk or recorder.

(a) (1) (A) All bylaws or ordinances of a general or permanent nature and all those imposing any fine, penalty, or forfeiture shall be published in some newspaper published in the municipality.(B) In municipalities in which no newspaper is published, written or printed notice pos…

(a) Every municipality in the State of Arkansas is authorized by the passage of a municipal ordinance to adopt by reference technical codes, regulations, or standards, without setting forth the provisions of the code or parts thereof, if three (3) copies of the code, or the perti…

(a) A required publication made by a municipality in a newspaper shall include the statement “This publication was paid for by” and shall:(1) Identify the municipal entity responsible for payment of the publication;(2) Identify the office within the municipal entity responsible f…

(a) The city council or governing body of any municipality, by a majority vote of its members, may refer any proposed ordinance to the people for adoption or rejection. (b) The city council, or governing body, may at the time of, or within thirty (30) days of, the adoption of any…

Any ordinance enacted by the governing body of any city or town in the state may be referred to a vote of the electors of the city or town for approval or rejection in the manner and procedure prescribed in Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 7, and laws enacted pursuant thereto for…

(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this section, the ballot in an election on an ordinance proposed by initiative shall plainly state the title of the ordinance to be voted on, followed by the words:“FOR PROPOSED INITIATIVE NO. AGAINST PROPOSED INITIATIVE NO. ”.(…

Except for a municipal referendum petition concerning a municipal bond, a sponsor shall be given sixty (60) days to circulate a municipal referendum petition.

All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or orders, lawfully passed and adopted by the city or town council, not inconsistent with the Constitution or laws of this state, shall be, remain, and continue in force until altered or repealed by the council.

(a) The printed copies of the bylaws and ordinances of any municipal corporation published under its authority, and transcripts of any bylaw, ordinance, or of any act or proceeding of any municipal corporation, recorded in any book or entered on any minutes or journal, kept under…

The town or city council in all cities or incorporated towns in this state are authorized and empowered to prohibit and punish any act, matter, or thing which the laws of this state make a misdemeanor.

(a) The town or city council in all cities or incorporated towns in this state are authorized and empowered to prescribe penalties for all offenses in violating any ordinance of the city or town not exceeding the penalties prescribed for similar offenses against the state laws by…

Upon conviction of any person under an ordinance before any police or city court, the conviction shall be, and operate as, a bar to further prosecution in any of the courts of this state for the same offense.

(a) (1) A municipal corporation shall not impose a fine or penalty greater than:(A) One thousand dollars ($1,000) for the first offense or violation of a bylaw or ordinance;(B) Two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the second offense or violation of the bylaw or ordinance; or(C) Four…

(a) Bylaws and ordinances of municipal corporations may be enforced by the imposition of fines, forfeitures, and penalties on any person offending against or violating them. (b) (1) The fine, penalty, or forfeiture may be prescribed in each particular bylaw or ordinance or by a g…

(a) (1) The city council shall have power to provide that, when a fine shall be imposed for the violation of any of the ordinances of the city and it is not paid, the party convicted shall, by order of the mayor or other proper authority or on process issued for the purpose, be c…

Prisoners confined in the county jail or city prison, by sentence of the district court, for a violation of a city or town bylaw, ordinance, or regulation, may, by ordinance, be required to work out the amount of all fines, penalties, forfeitures, and costs at the rate prescribed…

The city council may, at its discretion, provide, by ordinance, that fines imposed for violation of ordinances may be discharged by the offender working out the fine upon the streets or alleys of the towns, at the rate prescribed in § 16-90-108, and may adopt all necessary regula…

(a) Fines, penalties, and forfeitures, in all cases and in addition to any other mode provided, may be recovered by suit or action before any court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the proper municipal corporation and for its use. (b) In such a suit or action, where plea…

(a) (1) In all cases of violation of any of its ordinances, any city of the first class in addition to any other mode provided by law shall have the right to recover in a civil action the amount of the lowest penalty or fines provided in the ordinance for each violation or, where…

In all cases of violation of any of its ordinances, any city of the second class, in addition to the modes provided by law, shall have the right to recover, in a civil action, the amount of the penalty or fines provided by the bylaws or ordinances of these cities or imposed by th…

(a) A municipality may codify its ordinances, or any part of them, into one (1) or more volumes, either bound or in loose-leaf form, without setting forth the provisions of the municipal code or parts thereof, if three (3) copies of the municipal code, or the pertinent parts ther…

Upon the adoption of any municipal code, three (3) copies of the municipal code shall be filed and maintained in the office of the city clerk or recorder.

In determining the content of any ordinance so codified, it shall not be necessary to go beyond the code. The code shall be admitted in evidence without further proof and shall be prima facie evidence in all courts of the existence and regular enactment of each particular ordinan…

(a) A municipal code may be amended from time to time by ordinances duly enacted and published as required by law and passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the legislative body of the city to make them a part of the municipal code. (b) (1) When so passed, copies of …