Arkansas Code
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...

§ 14-42-102. Corporate authority of cities - The corporate authority of cities that are organized shall be...

§ 14-42-103. Vacancies in municipal offices - (a) (1) Vacancies in municipal offices that are authorized by...

§ 14-42-105. Appointments of officers by council - (a) All appointments of officers by any council of a...

§ 14-42-106. Oath and bond required - (a) All officers elected or appointed in any municipal corporation...

§ 14-42-107. Interest in offices or contracts prohibited - (a) (1) A council member or elected official of a...

§ 14-42-108. Prohibited actions by municipal officials or employees — Penalty - (a) (1) It shall be unlawful for any official or...

§ 14-42-109. Removal of elective or appointed officers - (a) (1) (A) If the mayor, member of the city...

§ 14-42-110. Appointment and removal of department heads - (a) (1) Mayors in cities of the first class and...

§ 14-42-112. Municipal attorneys for cities of the second class or incorporated towns - (a) (1) All cities of the second class and incorporated...

§ 14-42-113. Salaries of officials — Salary withheld if professional license or registration suspended — Definition - (a) (1) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c)...

§ 14-42-114. Social security for municipal employees - Any municipality incorporated under the laws of the State of...

§ 14-42-115. Volunteer firefighter or volunteer police officer on governing body - (a) (1) It is lawful for a volunteer firefighter or...

§ 14-42-116. Retirement systems and benefits - No city of the first class, city of the second...

§ 14-42-117. Election of retirement benefits - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any employee of...

§ 14-42-118. Removal of municipal officer for federal offense - (a) Upon petition by any citizen of the municipality or...

§ 14-42-119. Removal of certain elected municipal officials - (a) A person who holds an elected office in a...

§ 14-42-120. Monthly, bimonthly, biweekly, weekly, and hourly salaries for municipal employees - (a) (1) (A) Except for those municipalities that operate principally...

§ 14-42-121. Allowance for meal tips - (a) If authorized by the governing body of the municipality,...

§ 14-42-122. City attorney in mayor-council cities of fewer than 10,000 - (a) (1) If not established by ordinance that the office...

§ 14-42-123. Uniform catastrophic leave program — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “municipality” means a city...

Subchapter 2 - Elections

§ 14-42-201. Election of municipal officers generally - (a) The general election for the election of municipal officials...

§ 14-42-203. Special elections of city mayors - (a) Special elections of mayors of cities of the first...

§ 14-42-204. Election returns generally - (a) The returns of all municipal corporations shall be made...

§ 14-42-205. Elections in municipalities situated in different counties - (a) In all municipal elections in municipalities situated in two...

§ 14-42-206. Municipal elections — Nominating petitions - (a) (1) The city or town council of any city...

Subchapter 3 - Charters for Cities of the First Class and Second Class

§ 14-42-301. Construction - Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to limit the...

§ 14-42-302. Appointment of commission - (a) (1) The governing body of any city of the...

§ 14-42-303. Election on proposed charter - (a) (1) Any charter framed as provided in § 14-42-302...

§ 14-42-304. Amendments to charter - (a) Amendments to any charter may be proposed by a...

§ 14-42-305. Effect of approval - Any proposed charter which is approved by a majority of...

§ 14-42-306. Limitations on charters - (a) No charter adopted pursuant to this subchapter shall be...

§ 14-42-307. Powers of municipalities - (a) (1) Each municipality operating under a charter shall have...

§ 14-42-308. Annual budget, taxes, and rates - (a) The governing body of each municipality operating under a...

§ 14-42-309. Election results - (a) In all elections provided for in this subchapter, the...

§ 14-42-310. Election expenses - The expenses of the elections provided by this subchapter shall...

§ 14-42-311. Expiration of charter - By amendment to the charter, a date may be fixed...