Arkansas Code Title 14, Subtitle 2, Chapter 14, Subchapter 6 - Alternative Organizations

• § 14-14-601 - Legislative Determination -- Purpose.
  (a) It is determined by the General Assembly that: (1) The present structure of county government does not meet the needs of every county...
• § 14-14-602 - Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Abandon" means to desert, surrender, forsake, or to give up absolutely; (2) "Consolidate"...
• § 14-14-603 - Offices Included.
  (a) Within the purposes of this chapter, the term "elective county office" shall mean any office created under the provisions of Arkansas Constitution Article...
• § 14-14-604 - Offices Excluded.
  Offices expressly excluded from the provisions of this subchapter are: (1) The judge of the county court created pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Article 7,...
• § 14-14-605 - Authority to Adopt Alternative Provisions -- Options.
  (a) Each county quorum court may adopt, by ordinance, any one (1) or more of the alternative county government organizational provisions established in this...
• § 14-14-606 - Analysis of Each Office Required.
  (a) All proposals for alternative county government organization adopted by a county quorum court through ordinance for referral to the electors, or an initiative...
• § 14-14-607 - Initiation and Conduct of Analysis.
  (a) Initiation. Any justice of the peace of each county may propose the initiation of an analysis for alternative county organization through the introduction...
• § 14-14-608 - Limitations on Adoption of Alternatives.
  (a) Services to be Maintained. A county government serving as a political subdivision of the state for the more convenient administration of justice is...
• § 14-14-609 - Referendum on Proposed Plan.
  (a) All questions on alternative county organization as proposed by ordinance of the county quorum court, or as proposed by initiated petitions filed by...
• § 14-14-610 - Election Results.
  (a) An affirmative majority vote by the electors voting on the adoption of an alternative county organization plan shall be deemed the will of...
• § 14-14-611 - Appointment of Interim Officers.
  Where a proposed plan approved by the electors for alternative county organization provides for the creation of any elective office by consolidation of two...
• § 14-14-612 - Abandonment of Alternative Plan.
  (a) A county quorum court may abandon any alternative county organization plan, or any part or section thereof, adopted by the electors pursuant to...
• § 14-14-613 - Multicounty Consolidations of Offices and Departments.
  (a) Any two (2) or more adjoining counties may consolidate functionally similar county offices or departments, either elective or appointive, pursuant to the provisions...
• § 14-14-614 - Severability of Ballot Titles.
  (a) Ballot Title. (1) Upon receipt of an alternative county organization proposal for either a single county or multicounty which is to be referred...

Last modified: November 15, 2016