Arkansas Code Title 14, Subtitle 3, Chapter 40, Subchapter 12 - Consolidation of Municipalities

• § 14-40-1201 - Petition for Consolidation.
  (a) (1) (A) Beginning July 1, 1995, when the inhabitants of any city or incorporated town adjoining or contiguous to another smaller municipal corporation...
• § 14-40-1202 - Special Election Called.
  (a) (1) (A) Upon presentation of the petition to the county court by the authorized persons, the court shall at once order and call...
• § 14-40-1203 - Election Results.
  (a) At any election held under this subchapter, all qualified electors who are residents of either municipality shall be allowed to vote on the...
• § 14-40-1204 - Contest of Election.
  Any elector shall have the right to test the legality and fairness of the election and the declared results in a proceeding before the...
• § 14-40-1205 - Division of Smaller Municipality Into Wards.
  (a) As soon as practicable after the annexation, the council of the larger city or incorporated town shall form by ordinance the territory of...
• § 14-40-1206 - Plat of Consolidated Municipality.
  (a) The council of the larger city or incorporated town shall cause a plat to be made of the entire city or incorporated town...
• § 14-40-1207 - Special Election of Aldermen or All City Officials.
  (a) (1) (A) Except as provided under subdivision (a)(1)(B) of this section, the city or town council shall call a special election of aldermen,...
• § 14-40-1208 - Existing Officers, Etc.
  (a) The term of office of all officers, aldermen, and employees of the smaller municipality and all laws in force in the smaller municipality...
• § 14-40-1209 - Public Property.
  All public property of the smaller municipality shall belong to the consolidated city or incorporated town.
• § 14-40-1210 - Payment of Existing Debts.
  (a) (1) The debts of each municipality owing prior to or at the time of the consolidation shall be paid by the consolidated municipality...
• § 14-40-1211 - Prior Debts Not Preferred.
  (a) Creditors of either municipal corporation, on account of obligations made prior to consolidation, shall not be paid sooner or shall not be permitted...
• § 14-40-1212 - Rights of Annexed Territory to Benefits of Its Revenues.
  (a) The wards formed out of the territory comprising the former territory of the smaller municipal corporation annexed under the provisions of this subchapter...
• § 14-40-1213 - Franchises, Contracts, and Other Obligations.
  No franchises, contracts, or other obligations of an extraordinary nature, or other than those necessary for the ordinary and usual running of the affairs...

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