(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 (2/3) of the members composing the municipal council shall dispense with the rule.
(b) In a city with a population of less than fifteen thousand (15,000) persons in the most recent federal decennial census, if the ordinance under consideration has been submitted to and approved by the electors of the municipality and is being amended, repealed, or otherwise altered by the municipal council, then the ordinance shall be fully and distinctly read on three (3) different days not less than twenty-eight (28) days apart.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government
Chapter 55 - Ordinances of Municipalities
Subchapter 2 - Procedures for Adoption
§ 14-55-202. Reading requirement
§ 14-55-203. Voting requirements for passage — Effective dates
§ 14-55-204. Approval of appropriations
§ 14-55-205. Recording and authentication