Arkansas Code Title 14, Subtitle 3, Chapter 42, Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

• § 14-42-101 - Savings Provision.
  Any municipal corporation in which, under its former organization prior to March 9, 1875, by any law or charter regulating any literary, charitable, or...
• § 14-42-102 - Corporate Authority of Cities.
  The corporate authority of cities that are organized shall be vested in one (1) principal officer, to be called the mayor, and one (1)...
• § 14-42-103 - Vacancies in Municipal Offices.
  (a) (1) Vacancies in municipal offices that are authorized by state law to be filled by appointment by the city or town governing body...
• § 14-42-104 - [Repealed.]
• § 14-42-105 - Appointments of Officers by Council.
  (a) All appointments of officers by any council of a municipal corporation shall be made viva voce, and the concurrence of a like majority...
• § 14-42-106 - Oath and Bond Required.
  (a) All officers elected or appointed in any municipal corporation shall take the oath or affirmation prescribed for officers by the Arkansas Constitution.(b) (1)...
• § 14-42-107 - Interest in Offices or Contracts Prohibited.
  (a) (1) No alderman, member of any council, or elected official of a municipal corporation, during the term for which he or she has...
• § 14-42-108 - Prohibited Actions by Municipal Officials or Employees -- Penalty.
  (a) (1) It shall be unlawful for any official or employee of any municipal corporation of this state to receive or accept any water,...
• § 14-42-109 - Removal of Elective or Appointed Officers.
  (a) (1) (A) If the mayor or police judge, member of the city council, or any other elective officer of any city of the...
• § 14-42-110 - Appointment and Removal of Department Heads.
  (a) (1) Mayors in cities of the first class and second class and incorporated towns shall have the power to appoint and remove all...
• § 14-42-111 - [Repealed.]
• § 14-42-112 - Municipal Attorneys for Cities of the Second Class or Incorporated Towns.
  (a) (1) All cities of the second class and incorporated towns within the State of Arkansas may elect a municipal attorney at the time...
• § 14-42-113 - Salaries of Officials -- Salary Withheld If Professional License or Registration Suspended.
  (a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the salary of an official of a city of the first class, a...
• § 14-42-114 - Social Security for Municipal Employees.
  Any municipality incorporated under the laws of the State of Arkansas shall have the power, by a majority vote of its city council or...
• § 14-42-115 - Volunteer Firefighter or Volunteer Police Officer on Governing Body.
  (a) (1) It is lawful for a volunteer firefighter or a volunteer police officer in any city of the first class, city of the...
• § 14-42-116 - Retirement Systems and Benefits.
  No city of the first class, city of the second class, or incorporated town, regardless of the form of government, shall hereafter establish any...
• § 14-42-117 - Election of Retirement Benefits.
  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any employee of a city of the first class, city of the second class, or incorporated town,...
• § 14-42-118 - Removal of Municipal Officer for Federal Offense.
  (a) Upon petition by any citizen of the municipality or the prosecuting attorney to the circuit court having jurisdiction, any municipal officer who pleads...
• § 14-42-119 - Removal of Certain Elected Municipal Officials.
  (a) A person who holds an elected office in a municipality for a term of four (4) years in a mayor-council form of government...
• § 14-42-120 - Monthly, Bimonthly, Biweekly, Weekly, and Hourly Salaries for Municipal Employees.
  (a) (1) (A) Except for those municipalities that operate principally on a scholastic year, or on a part-time basis, or where salaries or personal...

Last modified: November 15, 2016