Arkansas Code
Title 14 - Local Government
Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government

§ 14-38-116. Map required with Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office upon incorporation or disincorporation - Before an entity undertakes an incorporation or disincorporation proceeding under...

§ 14-38-117. Effective date of incorporation required - (a) (1) The county court order of incorporation affecting territory...

Chapter 39 - Surrender of Charter by City of the Second Class or Incorporated Town

§ 14-39-101. Authority generally - (a) The charters, and all the amendments thereto, of all...

§ 14-39-102. Revocation due to inactivity - (a) (1) The charter of any incorporated town or city...

§ 14-39-103. Surrender and repeal of charter - (a) (1) When the county court shall have made the...

§ 14-39-104. Appointment of receiver and back-tax collector - (a) As to all municipal corporations in this state whose...

§ 14-39-105. Duties of receiver, etc - (a) As soon as appointed and qualified, the receiver and...

§ 14-39-106. Reports and collections by receiver, etc - (a) Every six (6) months the receiver and back-tax collector...

§ 14-39-107. Compensation of receiver, etc - The receiver and back-tax collector shall receive such compensation for...

§ 14-39-108. Proceedings to collect revenue due - (a) For the purpose of collecting the revenue embraced in...

§ 14-39-109. Filing of claims — Appeals - (a) Publication shall make all creditors parties, with the right...

§ 14-39-110. Payment of funds collected - Funds collected under this chapter shall be paid out by...

§ 14-39-111. Disposition of private property - (a) The receiver and back-tax collector shall make to the...

Chapter 40 - Annexation, Consolidation, and Detachment by Municipalities

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 14-40-101. Map required with Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office upon annexation, consolidation, or detachment - Before an entity undertakes an annexation, consolidation, or detachment proceeding...

§ 14-40-102. Effective date of annexation, consolidation, or detachment required - (a) (1) An annexation, consolidation, or detachment action that affects...

§ 14-40-103. Notice to Secretary of State upon municipal boundary change — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) (A) “Municipal boundary...

Subchapter 2 - Annexation Generally

§ 14-40-201. Territory contiguous to county seat - In counties having two (2) levying courts or in counties...

§ 14-40-202. Territory annexed in different judicial district - (a) In any county in this state in which there...

§ 14-40-203. Assignment of annexed territory to ward - (a) When any territory shall have been annexed to any...

§ 14-40-204. Annexation of city-owned parks and airports - (a) (1) From and after the passage of this subsection,...

§ 14-40-205. Territory within one-half mile of state park - (a) The annexation laws of this state do not apply...

§ 14-40-206. Territory annexed with prior county permit or approval in use - If a county had issued a permit or approval for...

§ 14-40-207. Building situated or to be situated upon municipal boundary line — Option to choose municipal location - (a) (1) A property owner who has a building that...

§ 14-40-208. Annexation of territory under municipal territorial jurisdiction - (a) If a municipality states its intent by resolution or...

Subchapter 3 - Municipal Annexation of Contiguous Lands

§ 14-40-301. Construction - The provisions of this subchapter shall not be construed to...

§ 14-40-302. Authority — Exceptions - (a) By vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the total number...

§ 14-40-303. Annexation ordinance — Election — Procedures - (a) The annexation ordinance shall: (1) Contain an accurate description...

§ 14-40-304. Judicial review - (a) If it is alleged that the area proposed to...

Subchapter 4 - Annexation of Lands in Adjoining County

§ 14-40-401. Authority - (a) The General Assembly finds that there are areas within...

Subchapter 5 - Annexation of Surrounded Land

§ 14-40-501. Authority — Exceptions - (a) (1) (A) (i) Whenever the incorporated limits of a...

§ 14-40-502. Hearing — Notice - (a) A public hearing shall be conducted within sixty (60)...

§ 14-40-503. Procedure for annexation - (a) (1) (A) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(1)(B) of...

§ 14-40-504. Enclaves prohibited - (a) As used in this section, “enclave” means an unincorporated...

Subchapter 6 - Annexation Proceedings by Adjoining Landowners

§ 14-40-601. Application by petition - (a) When a majority of the real estate owners of...

§ 14-40-602. Hearing on petition - (a) (1) When the petition shall be presented to the...

§ 14-40-603. Order for annexation - (a) After the hearing, if the county court shall be...

§ 14-40-604. Proceedings to prevent annexation - (a) (1) No further action shall be taken for a...

§ 14-40-605. Confirmation of annexation - (a) If no notice under § 14-40-604(b) is given within...

§ 14-40-606. Rights and privileges of new inhabitants - As soon as the resolution or ordinance declaring the annexation...

§ 14-40-608. Right to detach certain lands after annexation proceeding - (a) Within eight (8) years after an annexation proceeding is...

§ 14-40-609. Annexation by 100% petition — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “city or town” means:...

§ 14-40-1201. Petition for consolidation - (a) (1) (A) Beginning July 1, 1995, when the inhabitants...

§ 14-40-1202. Special election called - (a) (1) (A) Upon presentation of the petition to the...

§ 14-40-1203. Election results - (a) At any election held under this subchapter, all qualified...

§ 14-40-1204. Contest of election - Any elector shall have the right to test the legality...

§ 14-40-1205. Division of smaller municipality into wards - (a) As soon as practicable after the annexation, the council...

§ 14-40-1206. Plat of consolidated municipality - (a) The council of the larger city or incorporated town...

§ 14-40-1207. Special election of council members or all city officials - (a) (1) (A) Except as provided under subdivision (a)(1)(B) of...

§ 14-40-1208. Existing officers, etc - (a) The term of office of all officers, council members,...

§ 14-40-1209. Public property - All public property of the smaller municipality shall belong to...

§ 14-40-1210. Payment of existing debts - (a) (1) The debts of each municipality owing prior to...

§ 14-40-1211. Prior debts not preferred - (a) Creditors of either municipal corporation, on account of obligations...

§ 14-40-1212. Rights of annexed territory to benefits of its revenues - (a) The wards formed out of the territory comprising the...

§ 14-40-1213. Franchises, contracts, and other obligations - No franchises, contracts, or other obligations of an extraordinary nature,...

§ 14-40-1801. Proceedings generally - (a) Whenever any municipal corporation shall desire to throw any...

§ 14-40-1802. Order for exclusion - (a) After hearing the petition, if the county court shall...

§ 14-40-1803. When effective — Limitation - (a) After the record shall have been filed and a...

Subchapter 19 - Detachment of Unsuitable Territory

§ 14-40-1901. Designation by resolution - (a) Whenever it appears that the official corporate limits as...

§ 14-40-1902. Hearing and determination - (a) Upon the filing of the petition, the county court...

§ 14-40-1903. Public utility service - Any public utility serving the area detached shall have the...

Subchapter 20 - Municipal Services

§ 14-40-2001. Purpose - It is the purpose of this subchapter to assist landowners...

§ 14-40-2002. Annexation into adjoining municipality - (a) (1) A landowner or group of landowners seeking additional...

§ 14-40-2003. No split or island - (a) In no event shall the provisions of this subchapter...

§ 14-40-2004. Hearing in circuit court — Appeal - (a) (1) The circuit courts of the state shall have...

§ 14-40-2005. Filing - (a) All documents produced by landowners, municipalities, or others relating...

§ 14-40-2006. Provision of municipal services - In a municipal services matter under this subchapter, if a...

Subchapter 21 - Simultaneous Detachment and Annexation

§ 14-40-2101. Simultaneous detachment and annexation by two cities - (a) When the boundaries of two (2) municipalities are contiguous...

Subchapter 22 - Annexation and Detachment Transparency Act

§ 14-40-2201. Annexation and provision of scheduled services - (a) (1) Beginning March 1, 2014, and each successive year...

§ 14-40-2202. Inhabitants of annexed area - (a) In all annexations under § 14-40-303 and in accordance...

Chapter 41 - Additions to Cities and Incorporated Towns

Subchapter 2 - Filing and Recording Requirements

§ 14-41-201. Plats of new additions to be filed and recorded — Penalty - (a) Any person or corporation owning any real estate who...

§ 14-41-202. Certification of matters — Penalty - (a) It shall be the duty of the clerk of...

§ 14-41-203. Entry on tax books required — Penalty - (a) It shall be the duty of the county clerk...

Subchapter 3 - Reduction to Acreage

§ 14-41-301. Applicability - This subchapter shall not apply to any part of an...

§ 14-41-302. Right generally - The owner of any addition or division to any city...

§ 14-41-303. Parties to petition - If at any time one (1) person owns, or two...

§ 14-41-304. Owners of parts - The owners of any part of an addition or division...

§ 14-41-305. Notice of petition - (a) Upon the filing of a petition, the county court...

§ 14-41-306. Hearing and order - (a) The county court shall hear the petition at the...

§ 14-41-307. Appeals - Any person aggrieved by an order under § 14-41-306 may...

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...

Chapter 43 - Government of Cities of the First Class

Subchapter 2 - Elections Generally

§ 14-43-201. Odd-year elections abolished - (a) Municipal elections in 1965 and all odd years in...

§ 14-43-202. Write-in votes not counted - In all general elections held in cities of the first...

Subchapter 3 - Election of City Officials

§ 14-43-301. Type of election - In cities of the first class, all officers to be...

§ 14-43-303. Officials in mayor-council cities of 50,000 or more - (a) (1) (A) In the general election in the year...

§ 14-43-304. Mayors in cities having mayor-council government - (a) (1) A mayor of a city of the first...

§ 14-43-305. Mayors in mayor-council cities of less than 50,000 - (a) The qualified voters of cities of the first class...

§ 14-43-307. Election of council members at large or by ward - (a) (1) Candidates for the office of council member in...

§ 14-43-308. Residence qualifications of council members in primaries - (a) (1) In all primaries held in any city of...

§ 14-43-309. Residence qualifications of council members in general elections - (a) (1) In all general elections for council members in...

§ 14-43-310. Council member ceasing to reside in ward - If any duly elected council member shall cease to reside...

§ 14-43-311. Redistricting of wards - (a) (1) (A) City councils in cities of the first...

§ 14-43-312. Council members in mayor-council cities of fewer than 50,000 - (a) (1) On the Tuesday following the first Monday in...

§ 14-43-313. City clerks and city attorneys generally - The city clerks and the city attorneys in cities of...

§ 14-43-314. City attorney in mayor-council cities of 50,000 or more - (a) (1) The city attorney in any city of this...

§ 14-43-315. City attorney in mayor-council cities of fewer than 50,000 - (a) The qualified voters of cities of the first class...

§ 14-43-316. City clerk, treasurer, or clerk-treasurer in mayor-council cities of fewer than 50,000 - (a) (1) The qualified voters of cities of the first...

§ 14-43-319. City attorney in mayor-council cities of fewer than 5,000 - (a) (1) If not established by ordinance that the office...

Subchapter 4 - Officers and Employees Generally

§ 14-43-401. Mayor generally - (a) (1) The mayor shall hold his or her office...

§ 14-43-405. Treasurer — Clerk-treasurer in mayor-council cities - (a) (1) Each city of the first class having the...

§ 14-43-406. City clerk's seal - (a) Each city council shall cause to be provided for...

§ 14-43-407. Deputy city attorneys - (a) Any city attorney of a city of the first...

§ 14-43-409. Compensation of officers generally - Any officer provided for in this subtitle, and by ordinance...

§ 14-43-410. Compensation of city attorneys - (a) Any city of the first class, city of the...

§ 14-43-411. Council member vacancy in mayor-council form of government - (a) (1) (A) Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office...

§ 14-43-412. Vacancies in other elected offices - (a) In case any office of an elected officer, except...

Subchapter 5 - Powers and Duties Generally

§ 14-43-501. Organization of governing body — Definition - (a) (1) The members of a governing body elected for...

§ 14-43-502. Powers of council generally - (a) The city council shall possess all the legislative powers...

§ 14-43-504. Powers and duties of mayor generally - (a) The mayor of the city shall be its chief...

§ 14-43-506. Duties of city clerk - (a) The city clerk in cities of the first class...

§ 14-43-507. Duties of treasurers - Treasurers in cities of the first class shall be required...

§ 14-43-508. Duties of collectors - Collectors in cities of the first class shall be required...

§ 14-43-509. Officers without prescribed terms - In cities of the first class, all city officers whose...

Subchapter 6 - Powers over Municipal Affairs

§ 14-43-601. Municipal affairs delineated - (a) As used in this subchapter: (1) “Municipal affairs” means...

§ 14-43-602. Authority generally - (a) A municipality is authorized to perform any function and...

§ 14-43-603. Felonies - No municipality may declare any act a felony.

§ 14-43-604. Gambling - A municipality may not authorize gambling except as provided by...

§ 14-43-605. Alcoholic beverages - No municipality may authorize the sale or consumption of alcoholic...

§ 14-43-606. Taxation generally - (a) No municipality shall levy any sales, which includes gross...

§ 14-43-607. Income tax - (a) After approval of a majority of those voting on...

§ 14-43-608. Regulation of prices - (a) No municipality shall have the power to regulate prices...

§ 14-43-609. Public utilities and carriers - The provisions of this subchapter shall not repeal, limit, modify,...

§ 14-43-610. Reservation of state power - Nothing in this subchapter shall limit the power reserved to...

§ 14-43-611. Sale of city property to college or university - Any city of the first class may sell, under such...

Chapter 44 - Government of Cities of the Second Class

§ 14-44-101. Creation of wards - (a) As soon as practicable after an incorporated town becomes...

§ 14-44-102. Redistricting of wards - (a) City councils in cities of the second class shall...

§ 14-44-103. Election of council members - (a) (1) Except as provided under subdivision (a)(3) of this...

§ 14-44-104. Vacancy in council member's office - (a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of council...

§ 14-44-105. Election of mayor - The qualified voters of cities of the second class shall...

§ 14-44-106. Vacancy in mayor's office - If a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor in...

§ 14-44-107. Powers of mayor generally - (a) The mayor in cities of the second class shall...

§ 14-44-108. Mayor of city of the second class - The mayor of a city of the second class shall...

§ 14-44-109. City marshal, recorder, and treasurer generally - (a) (1) (A) At the time prescribed in this subtitle,...

§ 14-44-110. Residency of appointed marshals - Cities of the second class shall have the authority to...

§ 14-44-111. Election or appointment of marshal - The city marshal of cities of the second class shall...

§ 14-44-112. Vacancy in marshal's office - If a vacancy occurs in the office of marshal in...

§ 14-44-113. Powers and duties of marshals - (a) The marshal of cities of the second class shall...

§ 14-44-114. Recorder-treasurer offices combined - (a) (1) The city council of any city of the...

§ 14-44-115. Election of recorder, treasurer, or recorder-treasurer - (a) On the Tuesday following the first Monday in November,...

§ 14-44-116. Vacancy in office of recorder, treasurer, or recorder-treasurer - If a vacancy occurs in the office of recorder, treasurer,...

Chapter 45 - Government of Incorporated Towns

§ 14-45-101. Corporate authority - (a) The corporate authority of incorporated towns shall vest in...

§ 14-45-102. Election of council members - (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this...

§ 14-45-103. Vacancies - (a) When a vacancy occurs in the office of council...

§ 14-45-104. Election of mayor - The qualified electors in incorporated towns shall elect a mayor...

§ 14-45-105. Powers of mayor generally - (a) The mayor in incorporated towns shall be ex officio...

§ 14-45-106. Mayor of an incorporated town - (a) The mayor of an incorporated town shall perform all...

§ 14-45-107. Presiding officer of council — Clerk - (a) The mayor or, in case of his or her...

§ 14-45-108. Election of recorder-treasurer - (a) The qualified voters of incorporated towns shall elect one...

§ 14-45-109. Appointment of marshal and other officers - (a) The council of any incorporated town shall have power...

§ 14-45-110. Residency of marshals - Incorporated towns shall have the authority to require their appointed...

§ 14-45-111. Powers and duties of marshals - (a) The town marshal of incorporated towns shall be the...

Chapter 47 - City Manager Form of Municipal Government

§ 14-47-101. Applicability generally - Any city within the State of Arkansas having a population...

§ 14-47-102. Applicability of 1957 amendments - Acts 1957, No. 8, amending §§ 14-47-101 — 14-47-103, 14-47-105,...

§ 14-47-103. Savings provisions - (a) When a city effects a change of government under...

§ 14-47-104. Penalties for election violations - (a) Any person who shall perform any service in the...

§ 14-47-105. Forms of government - (a) The form of government created by an organization under...

§ 14-47-106. Election on city manager form of government - (a) Any city in this state having a population of...

§ 14-47-107. Subsequent election on mayor-council form of government - (a) (1) (A) After the expiration of six (6) years...

§ 14-47-108. Effect of reorganization - (a) (1) A reorganization is effective when in connection with...

§ 14-47-109. Board of directors generally - (a) (1) The seven (7) directors elected by a city...

§ 14-47-110. Election of directors - (a) Candidates for the office of director shall be nominated...

§ 14-47-111. Refusal of director to serve - (a) Any person who shall have been elected or appointed...

§ 14-47-112. Removal of director - (a) The holder of office of city director is subject...

§ 14-47-113. Director vacancy - Whenever a vacancy shall occur by any reason in the...

§ 14-47-114. Director not compensated — Per diem - (a) The board of directors of any city with the...

§ 14-47-115. Prohibition against director interest in contracts - (a) (1) A director of the city shall not be...

§ 14-47-116. Mayor - (a) (1) The board of directors shall organize by electing...

§ 14-47-117. Assistant mayor - (a) (1) The board shall also elect from its membership...

§ 14-47-118. Acting mayor - If both the mayor and assistant mayor should be absent...

§ 14-47-119. Employment of city manager - (a) (1) (A) The initial board of directors, as promptly...

§ 14-47-120. Powers and duties of city manager - The city manager shall have the following powers and duties:...

§ 14-47-121. Acting city manager - (a) If the city manager is absent from the city...

§ 14-47-123. Meetings of board of directors - (a) (1) A majority of the elected membership of the...

§ 14-47-124. Initiative and referendum - (a) The initiative and referendum laws of this state are...

§ 14-47-125. Budget and appropriations - (a) The approval by the board of directors of the...

§ 14-47-126. Annual audit - The board of directors shall be obligated to have the...

§ 14-47-127. Civil service plans - (a) If, on the effective date of the reorganization of...

§ 14-47-128. Deferred compensation agreements - (a) Any city in the State of Arkansas organized and...

§ 14-47-129. Dependents of killed police officer or firefighter - (a) Whenever a police officer or firefighter of the city...

§ 14-47-130. Public health jurisdiction - (a) The board of directors shall have power to pass...

§ 14-47-131. Creation of new departments, etc - (a) The board of directors may from time to time...

§ 14-47-132. Vacancy on municipal board, etc - (a) Any vacancy on any municipal board or commission of...

§ 14-47-133. Appointees generally - (a) Subject to the exceptions contained in § 14-47-108, every...

§ 14-47-134. Qualifications of appointees - (a) (1) (A) In the exercise by the board of...

§ 14-47-135. Relations barred from employment - No person shall hold an appointive position or employment in...

§ 14-47-136. Bond of officers and employees - All officers and employees of a city reorganized under this...

§ 14-47-137. Prohibited actions by officers or employees - (a) (1) An officer or employee elected or appointed in...

§ 14-47-138. Competitive bidding required - (a) (1) Before making a purchase of or contract for...

§ 14-47-139. Public utility franchises, etc - Every ordinance or resolution granting any public utility franchise, or...

§ 14-47-140. Powers and duties of mayor - (a) (1) Any municipality organized and operating under the city...

Chapter 48 - City Administrator Form of Municipal Government

§ 14-48-101. Applicability - (a) Any municipality of this state having a population of...

§ 14-48-102. Savings provisions - (a) When a city effects a change of government under...

§ 14-48-103. Form of government - The form of municipal government authorized by this chapter shall...

§ 14-48-104. Submission of governmental form question to electors - (a) When petitions are filed with the county clerk containing...

§ 14-48-105. Procedure to change to another form of government - (a) When the question of the adoption of the city...

§ 14-48-106. Effect of reorganization - (a) (1) When, in connection with the reorganization of a...

§ 14-48-107. Division of city into wards - (a) (1) Following the adoption of the city administrator form...

§ 14-48-108. Calling of elections for directors and mayor - (a) (1) Within ten (10) days after the designation of...

§ 14-48-109. Election of directors and mayor — Oath - (a) Candidates for the office of director and mayor shall...

§ 14-48-110. Board of directors and mayor generally - (a) (1) The seven (7) directors elected by a city...

§ 14-48-111. Mayor - (a) (1) The mayor of a city having the city...

§ 14-48-112. Assistant mayor or vice mayor - (a) (1) The board of directors shall elect from its...

§ 14-48-113. Acting mayor - If both the mayor and assistant mayor should be absent...

§ 14-48-114. Removal of mayor or directors - (a) Any person holding the office of mayor and any...

§ 14-48-115. Mayor or director vacancy - In the case of a vacancy in the office of...

§ 14-48-116. Employment of city administrator - (a) The initial board of directors shall employ a city...

§ 14-48-117. Powers and duties of city administrator - The city administrator shall have the following powers and duties:...

§ 14-48-118. Acting city administrator - (a) (1) If the city administrator is absent from the...

§ 14-48-120. Meetings of board of directors - (a) (1) A majority of the elected membership of the...

§ 14-48-121. Initiative and referendum - (a) The initiative and referendum laws of this state are...

§ 14-48-122. Budgets and appropriations - (a) The approval of the budget by the board of...

§ 14-48-123. Annual audit - The board of directors shall have the financial affairs of...

§ 14-48-124. Creation of new departments, etc - (a) (1) The board of directors may from time to...

§ 14-48-125. Appointees generally - Subject to the exceptions contained in § 14-48-102, every person...

§ 14-48-126. Qualifications of appointees - (a) In the exercise by the board of directors of...

§ 14-48-127. Bond of officers and employees - All officers and employees of a city reorganized under this...

§ 14-48-128. Prohibited actions by officers or employees - (a) (1) No member of the board of directors nor...

§ 14-48-129. Competitive bidding required - (a) Before making any purchase of, or contract for, any...

§ 14-48-130. Public utility franchises, etc - Every ordinance or resolution granting any public utility franchise or...

§ 14-48-131. Improvement districts - (a) (1) The board of directors elected under the provisions...

Chapter 49 - Civil Service for Cities of 75,000 or Over

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 14-49-101. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...

§ 14-49-102. Applicability - Every city in this state shall be entitled to operate...

§ 14-49-103. Penalty - Any person violating any part of this chapter, upon conviction,...

Subchapter 2 - Board of Civil Service Commissioners

§ 14-49-201. Appointment of members - (a) The city council or governing body in cities which,...

§ 14-49-202. Persons excepted - (a) No person on the commission shall hold or be...

§ 14-49-203. Organizational meeting - (a) The commissioners named as provided in this chapter shall...

§ 14-49-204. Chair of commission - (a) (1) The chair of the commission for each biennial...

§ 14-49-205. Secretary of board - (a) The board shall elect one (1) of its members...

§ 14-49-206. Attorney for commission - The city attorney shall act as attorney for the commission...

§ 14-49-207. Regular meetings, etc - The city council or other governing body, as the case...

§ 14-49-208. Quorum for business - Two (2) of the commission members shall constitute a quorum...

§ 14-49-209. Investigative powers - (a) In any investigation conducted by the commission provided for...

§ 14-49-210. Salary of commissioners - The salary of the commissioners shall be paid by the...

§ 14-49-211. Removal of commissioner - (a) The city council or the governing body, by two-thirds...

§ 14-49-212. Vacancies on board - (a) When a vacancy shall occur on the board by...

Subchapter 3 - Civil Service System

§ 14-49-301. Employees not covered - (a) This chapter shall not apply to any officer, servant,...

§ 14-49-302. Temporary employees - The mayor of the city shall have authority to employ...

§ 14-49-303. City clerk's employees included - In addition to the city employees originally affected by and...

§ 14-49-304. Rules and regulations generally - (a) (1) The board provided for in this chapter shall...

§ 14-49-305. Departmental rules and regulations - All employees affected by this chapter shall be governed by...

§ 14-49-306. Political activity prohibited - (a) No employee in any department affected by this chapter...

§ 14-49-307. Employees and salaries fixed - The city council or other governing body shall fix from...

§ 14-49-308. Certification for compensation - (a) The secretary of the commission shall file with the...

§ 14-49-309. Examinations - All examinations provided for in this chapter shall be fair...

§ 14-49-310. Suspension of competition - In the case of a vacancy in a position requiring...

§ 14-49-311. Suspension, discharge, or reduction in rank or compensation - (a) (1) (A) No employee of any department of any...

§ 14-49-312. Reductions, reinstatements, or transfers in personnel - (a) (1) If it shall become necessary to reduce the...

§ 14-49-313. Political discrimination prohibited - No person in any department affected by this chapter shall...

Chapter 50 - Civil Service for Cities of 20,000 to 75,000

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 14-50-101. Applicability - (a) Any city of the first class in this state...

§ 14-50-102. Penalty - Any person violating any part of this chapter shall be...

Subchapter 2 - Civil Service Commission

§ 14-50-201. Appointment of members - (a) In any city establishing or continuing a civil service...

§ 14-50-202. Qualifications of members - (a) Members of the civil service commission shall be citizens...

§ 14-50-203. Organizational meeting - After the members of the civil service commission are named...

§ 14-50-204. Chair of commission - The chair of the civil service commission for each biennial...

§ 14-50-205. Secretary of commission - (a) The civil service commission shall select one (1) of...

§ 14-50-206. Attorney for commission - The city attorney shall act as attorney for the civil...

§ 14-50-207. Regular meetings, etc - The city council or other governing body shall provide: (1)...

§ 14-50-208. Quorum for business - Three (3) members of the civil service commission shall constitute...

§ 14-50-209. Investigative powers - (a) In any investigation conducted by the commission provided for...

§ 14-50-210. Removal of commissioner - (a) The city council or other governing body of the...

§ 14-50-211. Vacancy on commission - (a) When a vacancy shall occur on the civil service...

Subchapter 3 - Civil Service System

§ 14-50-301. Existing employees - No person who is employed by a city at the...

§ 14-50-302. Department heads - (a) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to...

§ 14-50-303. Private secretaries excepted - Private secretaries to elected officials shall not be subject to...

§ 14-50-304. Rules and regulations generally - (a) (1) The civil service commission provided for in this...

§ 14-50-305. Departmental regulations - All employees covered by a civil service system established or...

§ 14-50-306. Political activity prohibited - (a) No employee in any department affected by this chapter...

§ 14-50-307. Employees and compensation fixed - The city council or other governing body shall from time...

§ 14-50-308. Certification for compensation - (a) The secretary of the civil service commission shall file...

§ 14-50-309. Examinations - All examinations provided for in this chapter shall be fair...

§ 14-50-310. Suspension of competition - In the case of a vacancy in a position requiring...

§ 14-50-311. Discharge or reduction in rank or compensation - (a) (1) No civil service employees under a system established...

§ 14-50-312. Reductions, reinstatements, or transfers in personnel - (a) (1) If it shall become necessary to reduce the...

§ 14-50-313. Political discrimination prohibited - No person in any department affected by this chapter shall...

Chapter 51 - Civil Service for Police and Fire Departments

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 14-51-101. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...

§ 14-51-102. Applicability - In addition to all other powers possessed by cities of...

§ 14-51-103. Penalty - Any person violating any part of this chapter shall be...

Subchapter 2 - Board of Civil Service Commissioners

§ 14-51-201. Appointment of members - (a) In all cities of the first class having a...

§ 14-51-202. Qualifications of commissioners - (a) The commissioners shall be: (1) Citizens of the State...

§ 14-51-203. Organizational meeting - (a) The commissioners named as provided in this chapter shall...

§ 14-51-204. Chair of civil service commission - (a) The board of civil service commissioners shall select annually...

§ 14-51-205. Secretary of board - (a) The board shall elect one (1) of its members...

§ 14-51-206. Attorney for commission and city - (a) Except if the commission decides otherwise, the city attorney...

§ 14-51-207. Responsibilities of the city - The city council or other governing body, as the case...

§ 14-51-208. Quorum for business - A majority of the total number of the members of...

§ 14-51-209. Investigative powers - (a) In any investigation conducted by the commission provided for...

§ 14-51-210. Removal of commissioner - (a) The city council or governing body of the city...

§ 14-51-211. Vacancy on board - (a) When a vacancy shall occur on the board by...

§ 14-51-212. No control over police or fire departments - (a) The powers and duties of every civil service commission...

Subchapter 3 - Civil Service System

§ 14-51-301. Rules and regulations generally - (a) (1) The board provided for in this chapter shall...

§ 14-51-302. Departmental rules and regulations - All employees in any fire or police department affected by...

§ 14-51-303. Political activities - In addition to all powers and duties provided by law,...

§ 14-51-304. Employees and salaries fixed - The city council or board shall from time to time...

§ 14-51-305. Certification for compensation - (a) The secretary of the commission shall file with the...

§ 14-51-306. Examinations - All examinations provided for in this chapter shall be fair...

§ 14-51-307. Suspension of competition - In the case of a vacancy in a position requiring...

§ 14-51-308. Suspension, discharge, or reduction in rank or compensation - (a) (1) No civil service employee shall be discharged, reduced...

§ 14-51-309. Reduction in personnel - In the event that it shall be necessary to reduce...

§ 14-51-310. Transfers prohibited - No person in any department affected by this chapter shall...

§ 14-51-311. Political discrimination prohibited - No person in any department affected by this chapter shall...

Chapter 52 - Municipal Police Departments

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 14-52-101. Authorized in cities - The city council shall have power to establish a city...

§ 14-52-102. Authorized in towns - The governing body of any incorporated town may establish a...

§ 14-52-103. City marshal option - Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the...

§ 14-52-104. Police powers generally - Municipal police officers and city marshals shall have the same...

§ 14-52-105. Holiday compensation - (a) All law enforcement officers regardless of their titles, such...

§ 14-52-106. Annual vacation leave - (a) The head or chief of each police department shall:...

§ 14-52-107. Uniform sick leave — Definition - (a) (1) From and after April 11, 1969, all law...

§ 14-52-108. Monthly payroll incentives - All cities of the first class, cities of the second...

§ 14-52-109. Participation in political activities - Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, law enforcement officers of...

§ 14-52-110. Fees for serving city warrants - (a) For serving city warrants only, the chief of police...

§ 14-52-111. Fees for bail or delivery bond - A municipal police department in this state may charge and...

§ 14-52-112. Award of pistol and purchase of shotgun upon retirement - (a) When a law enforcement officer employed by a city...

§ 14-52-113. Property exchange - (a) A municipal police department may exchange real property or...

Subchapter 2 - Officers

§ 14-52-201. Number of police officers - The governing body of a municipality shall direct by general...

§ 14-52-202. Powers and duties of police chiefs - (a) The chief of police in a municipality shall execute...

§ 14-52-203. Duties of police officers - (a) In a municipality, the duty of the chief of...

§ 14-52-204. Power to arrest - In a municipality, the mayor or a police officer of...

Subchapter 3 - Bill of Rights for Law Enforcement Officers

§ 14-52-301. Purpose - (a) The purpose of this subchapter is to recommend a...

§ 14-52-302. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Complainant” means the person...

§ 14-52-303. Disciplinary proceedings - Whenever a law enforcement officer is under investigation for alleged...

§ 14-52-304. Disclosure not required for promotion or assignment - No law enforcement officer shall be required to disclose for...

§ 14-52-305. Notification of personnel action - Whenever a personnel action may result in any loss of...

§ 14-52-306. Participation in political activities - Except when on duty or acting in his or her...

§ 14-52-307. No retaliation for exercise of rights — Other legal remedies - (a) There shall be no penalty nor threat of any...

Chapter 53 - Municipal Fire Departments

§ 14-53-101. Establishment in cities - (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this...

§ 14-53-102. Firefighting beyond municipal limits - (a) (1) In order to prevent the destruction by fire...

§ 14-53-105. Arrangement of members' hours — Emergencies - (a) (1) The uniformed force of the fire department shall...

§ 14-53-106. Holiday compensation - (a) All firefighters employed by cities of the first or...

§ 14-53-107. Annual vacation - The chief of the fire department shall so arrange that...

§ 14-53-108. Uniform sick leave — Definitions - (a) (1) (A) From and after April 11, 1969, all...

§ 14-53-110. Reimbursement of firefighters - Cities of the second class may reimburse a firefighter for...

§ 14-53-111. Bonus compensation plans - Cities of the second class may establish through ordinance a...

§ 14-53-112. Fire marshal may be armed - (a) For purposes of this section, “municipal fire marshal” means...

Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 14-54-101. Body corporate and politic - Cities or incorporated towns organized under the provisions of this...

§ 14-54-102. Powers and restrictions prescribed - All municipal corporations organized under the provisions of this subtitle...

§ 14-54-103. General powers of cities and towns - Cities and incorporated towns shall have power to: (1) Prevent...

§ 14-54-104. Additional powers of cities of the first class - In order to better provide for the public welfare, safety,...

§ 14-54-105. Additional powers of cities of the second class - In order to better provide for the public welfare, safety,...

§ 14-54-106. Cities and towns on state line - (a) All cities and towns which are located on the...

§ 14-54-107. Aid to new industries - Cities and incorporated towns shall have full power to purchase...

§ 14-54-108. Federal assistance - (a) Any city or town in this state, acting pursuant...

Subchapter 2 - Interstate Agreements

§ 14-54-201. Purpose - It is the purpose of this subchapter to permit any...

§ 14-54-202. Authority to enter - Any municipality in this state which borders on a state...

§ 14-54-203. Contents required - (a) Every agreement or contract entered into by a municipality...

§ 14-54-204. Approval by Attorney General - (a) Every agreement made under this subchapter, prior to and...

§ 14-54-205. Approval of state officer or agency - (a) If any agreement made pursuant to this subchapter shall...

§ 14-54-206. Filing requirements - No agreement entered into pursuant to this subchapter shall be...

§ 14-54-207. Satisfaction of obligations - No agreement made pursuant to this subchapter shall relieve any...

§ 14-54-208. Liability and damages - (a) Every agreement or contract entered into pursuant to this...

Subchapter 3 - Real and Personal Property

§ 14-54-301. Ownership authorized - Municipal corporations are authorized and empowered to acquire and hold...

§ 14-54-302. Purchase, lease, sale, and disposal authorized - (a) A municipality may: (1) Sell, convey, lease, rent, let,...

§ 14-54-303. Authority of incorporated towns - In order to better provide for the public welfare, safety,...

§ 14-54-304. Property exchange by municipalities - (a) Municipalities may exchange properties, real or personal, with the...

Subchapter 4 - Public Property for Processing Crude Biogenic Gases

§ 14-54-401. Authority to lease, etc - Each city of the first or second class and incorporated...

§ 14-54-402. Bidding process - (a) (1) The mayor, city manager, or city administrator shall...

§ 14-54-403. Implementing legislation - Each city of the first or second class and incorporated...

§ 14-54-404. Authority to issue bonds - This subchapter shall not limit the authority of any city...

Subchapter 5 - Areas Adjacent to Shopping Centers

§ 14-54-501. Authority to control use - The governing bodies of the municipalities of this state are...

§ 14-54-502. Plat of area - (a) No ordinance shall be passed unless and until the...

§ 14-54-503. Posting of signs, etc. — Penalty - (a) When an ordinance has been passed, the owner or...

§ 14-54-504. Policing of area - (a) No municipality shall be required to patrol the area...

§ 14-54-505. Tort liability unchanged - Nothing in this subchapter shall limit or extend the law...

Subchapter 6 - Public Improvements

§ 14-54-601. Authority generally - Municipal corporations shall have power to: (1) In regard to...

§ 14-54-602. Drainage of property - Municipal corporations shall have power to cause any lot of...

§ 14-54-603. Assessment of property - (a) Each municipal corporation may prescribe, either by general or...

§ 14-54-604. Collection of liens - (a) The amount of the lien provided for in §§...

Subchapter 7 - Public Utilities

§ 14-54-701. Authority generally - (a) (1) Municipal corporations shall have power to provide for,...

§ 14-54-702. Construction or acquisition of waterworks - (a) Municipal corporations shall have power to: (1) Provide a...

§ 14-54-703. Municipal ice plants - (a) Cities of the first and second class shall have...

§ 14-54-704. Contracts for utility services - (a) For the purpose of providing water, gas, electric lights,...

Subchapter 8 - Public Health

§ 14-54-802. Regulation of burials generally - (a) Municipal corporations shall have the power to: (1) Regulate...

§ 14-54-803. Power to require burial outside municipal limits - (a) Cities of the first and second class and incorporated...

Subchapter 9 - Regulation of Unsanitary Conditions

§ 14-54-901. Municipal authority - Incorporated towns and cities of the first and second class...

§ 14-54-902. Notice to unknown or nonresident owners - (a) (1) In case the owner of any lot or...

§ 14-54-903. Refusal of owner to comply — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) (A) “Clean-up lien”...

§ 14-54-904. Enforcement of lien for clearance by municipality - (a) The liens provided for in § 14-54-903 may be...

§ 14-54-905. Federal programs - An owner of an abandoned home or residential property that...

Subchapter 11 - Regulation of Animals

§ 14-54-1101. Livestock running at large - (a) Cities of the first and second class and incorporated...

§ 14-54-1102. Dogs running at large - (a) Municipal corporations shall have the power to prevent the...

§ 14-54-1103. Taxation - The city council of any municipal corporation shall have the...

§ 14-54-1104. Auctions - Municipal corporations shall have power to regulate or prohibit the...

Subchapter 12 - Milk Production and Sale

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