(a) Creditors of either municipal corporation, on account of obligations made prior to consolidation, shall not be paid sooner or shall not be permitted to enforce the collection of their debts sooner against the consolidated city or incorporated town than the separate municipality prior to consolidation could have paid its own debts or could have been forced to do so.
(b) In any proceeding in court, by mandamus or otherwise, against a consolidated city or incorporated town to enforce the obligations created by either municipal corporation prior to consolidation, no greater part of the revenue of the consolidated city or incorporated town shall be subject to be applied by the court at the instance of the creditor to the payment of the obligations than could have been subjected against the revenues of the particular city or incorporated town creating the obligation prior to consolidation if the particular municipal corporation having so created the obligation had not been annexed.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government
Chapter 40 - Annexation, Consolidation, and Detachment by Municipalities
Subchapter 6 - Annexation Proceedings by Adjoining Landowners
§ 14-40-601. Application by petition
§ 14-40-602. Hearing on petition
§ 14-40-603. Order for annexation
§ 14-40-604. Proceedings to prevent annexation
§ 14-40-605. Confirmation of annexation
§ 14-40-606. Rights and privileges of new inhabitants
§ 14-40-608. Right to detach certain lands after annexation proceeding
§ 14-40-609. Annexation by 100% petition — Definition
§ 14-40-1201. Petition for consolidation
§ 14-40-1202. Special election called
§ 14-40-1203. Election results
§ 14-40-1204. Contest of election
§ 14-40-1205. Division of smaller municipality into wards
§ 14-40-1206. Plat of consolidated municipality
§ 14-40-1207. Special election of council members or all city officials
§ 14-40-1208. Existing officers, etc
§ 14-40-1210. Payment of existing debts
§ 14-40-1211. Prior debts not preferred
§ 14-40-1212. Rights of annexed territory to benefits of its revenues
§ 14-40-1213. Franchises, contracts, and other obligations
§ 14-40-1801. Proceedings generally