Arkansas Code Title 14, Subtitle 3, Chapter 47 - City Manager Form of Municipal Government

• § 14-47-101 - Applicability Generally.
  Any city within the State of Arkansas having a population of two thousand five hundred (2,500) or more, according to the latest federal census,...
• § 14-47-102 - Applicability of 1957 Amendments.
  Acts 1957, No. 8, amending §§ 14-47-101 -- 14-47-103, 14-47-105, 14-47-106 -- 14-47-111, 14-47-114 -- 14-47-121, 14-47-123 -- 14-47-127, 14-47-131, 14-47-133, 14-47-134, and 14-47-136...
• § 14-47-103 - Savings Provisions.
  (a) When a city effects a change of government under this chapter, it shall remain subject to and controlled by all laws, except those...
• § 14-47-104 - Penalties for Election Violations.
  (a) Any person who shall perform any service in the interest of any candidate for any office provided in this chapter in consideration of...
• § 14-47-105 - Forms of Government.
  (a) The form of government created by an organization under this chapter is called the management form of city government.(b) The form of government...
• § 14-47-106 - Election on City Manager Form of Government.
  (a) Any city in this state having a population of two thousand five hundred (2,500) or more according to the most recent federal census...
• § 14-47-107 - Subsequent Election on Aldermanic Form of Government.
  (a) (1) After the expiration of six (6) years after the date on which the first board of directors takes office in a city...
• § 14-47-108 - Effect of Reorganization.
  (a) (1) A reorganization is effective when in connection with the reorganization of a municipality under this chapter an initial board of directors shall...
• § 14-47-109 - Board of Directors Generally.
  (a) (1) The seven (7) directors elected by a city reorganized under this chapter shall be known and designated as the board of directors...
• § 14-47-110 - Election of Directors.
  (a) Candidates for the office of director shall be nominated and elected as follows: (1) (A) (i) A special election to elect the initial...
• § 14-47-111 - Refusal of Director to Serve.
  (a) Any person who shall have been elected or appointed a director and shall neglect or refuse to qualify and serve as such shall...
• § 14-47-112 - Removal of Director.
  (a) The holder of office of city director is subject to removal by the electors qualified to vote for a successor of the incumbent.(b)...
• § 14-47-113 - Director Vacancy.
  Whenever a vacancy shall occur by any reason in the office of a director, the board of directors shall elect a person by majority...
• § 14-47-114 - Director Not Compensated -- Per Diem.
  (a) The board of directors of any city with the city manager form of government may provide by ordinance for the compensation of board...
• § 14-47-115 - Prohibition Against Director Interest in Contracts.
  (a) (1) A director of the city shall not be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contracts made with the city unless the board...
• § 14-47-116 - Mayor.
  (a) (1) The board of directors shall organize by electing one (1) of their number as a chair to preside over the meetings of...
• § 14-47-117 - Assistant Mayor.
  (a) (1) The board shall also elect from its membership an assistant mayor who shall serve in such capacity for two (2) years or...
• § 14-47-118 - Acting Mayor.
  If both the mayor and assistant mayor should be absent or disabled from performing their duties, the board may designate by resolution one (1)...
• § 14-47-119 - Employment of City Manager.
  (a) (1) (A) The initial board of directors, as promptly as possible after effecting its organization, shall employ a city manager. (B) However, in...
• § 14-47-120 - Powers and Duties of City Manager.
  The city manager shall have the following powers and duties: (1) (A) To the extent that such authority is vested in him or her...
• § 14-47-121 - Acting City Manager.
  (a) If the city manager is absent from the city or is unable to perform his or her duties, if the board of directors...
• § 14-47-122 - [Repealed.]
• § 14-47-123 - Meetings of Board of Directors.
  (a) (1) A majority of the elected membership of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (2) Except...
• § 14-47-124 - Initiative and Referendum.
  (a) The initiative and referendum laws of this state are applicable to cities reorganized under this chapter.(b) The number of signatures required upon any...
• § 14-47-125 - Budget and Appropriations.
  (a) The approval by the board of directors of the budget shall amount to an appropriation for the purposes of the budget of the...
• § 14-47-126 - Annual Audit.
  The board of directors shall be obligated to have the financial affairs of the city audited annually by the Division of Legislative Audit of...
• § 14-47-127 - Civil Service Plans.
  (a) If, on the effective date of the reorganization of any city under this chapter, a civil service plan for any municipal employees or...
• § 14-47-128 - Deferred Compensation Agreements.
  (a) Any city in the State of Arkansas organized and operating under a management form of municipal government is authorized and empowered to enter...
• § 14-47-129 - Dependents of Killed Police Officer or Firefighter.
  (a) Whenever a police officer or firefighter of the city is killed in the actual performance of his or her official duties, the board...
• § 14-47-130 - Public Health Jurisdiction.
  (a) The board of directors shall have power to pass such ordinances and to make and enforce such rules and regulations as shall be...
• § 14-47-131 - Creation of New Departments, Etc.
  (a) The board of directors may from time to time by ordinance: (1) Create any new municipal: (A) Department; (B) Office; (C) Employment; (D)...
• § 14-47-132 - Vacancy on Municipal Board, Etc.
  (a) Any vacancy on any municipal board or commission of any city of the first class having a population of fewer than fifty thousand...
• § 14-47-133 - Appointees Generally.
  (a) Subject to the exceptions contained in § 14-47-108, every person appointed by the board of directors or by the mayor, if authorized as...
• § 14-47-134 - Qualifications of Appointees.
  (a) (1) (A) In the exercise by the board of directors of its authority in respect to the filling of vacancies in executive positions...
• § 14-47-135 - Relations Barred From Employment.
  No person shall hold an appointive position or employment in the pay of the city if that person is related by blood or marriage...
• § 14-47-136 - Bond of Officers and Employees.
  All officers and employees of a city reorganized under this chapter with the exception of the city manager, whose bond requirement is controlled by...
• § 14-47-137 - Prohibited Actions by Officers or Employees.
  (a) (1) An officer or employee elected or appointed in any city shall not be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or job...
• § 14-47-138 - Competitive Bidding Required.
  (a) Before making any purchase of or contract for any supplies, materials, or equipment, and before obligating the city under any contract for the...
• § 14-47-139 - Public Utility Franchises, Etc.
  Every ordinance or resolution granting any public utility franchise, or granting the right to occupy the streets, highways, bridges, or other public places in...
• § 14-47-140 - Authorization for Election Concerning Mayor.
  (a) (1) Any municipality organized and operating under the city manager form of government may authorize the mayor of the municipality to have the...

Last modified: November 15, 2016