Arkansas Code Title 14, Subtitle 3, Chapter 61 - City Manager Enabling Act of 1989

• § 14-61-101 - Title.
  This chapter shall be known as the "City Manager Enabling Act of 1989".
• § 14-61-102 - Applicability.
  This chapter shall apply to all cities of the first class that now have, or may hereafter adopt, the management form of government. For...
• § 14-61-103 - Construction.
  This chapter shall be liberally construed to provide affected cities with the maximum amount of freedom to structure their own municipal government within the...
• § 14-61-104 - Ratification of Existing Procedures.
  A city affected by this chapter that is organized under the management form of government on July 3, 1989, shall continue to elect members...
• § 14-61-105 - Change in Size of Board of Directors.
  A city affected by this chapter may choose, by ordinance, to increase or decrease the number of directors, provided that the board of directors,...
• § 14-61-106 - Voting Order.
  If the city provides for the direct election of the mayor from an at-large position and if permitted to vote, that position shall vote...
• § 14-61-107 - Methods of Selecting Directors.
  A city affected by this chapter may choose one (1) of the options included within this chapter as the method by which to select...
• § 14-61-108 - Designation of Positions.
  If a city affected by this chapter chooses to select some of its members at-large, it shall provide for their election on the ballot...
• § 14-61-109 - Determination of Ward Positions.
  If a city affected by this chapter chooses to select some of its members by ward, the ward positions shall be determined as follows:...
• § 14-61-110 - Compensation of Directors.
  Neither a director nor the mayor of the city shall receive any compensation for his services unless authorized by the voters of the city...
• § 14-61-111 - Selection of Mayor.
  (a) Unless a majority of the qualified electors of the city voting on the issue choose otherwise, the mayor will be selected by a...
• § 14-61-112 - Directors and Mayor Selected by Plurality Vote.
  (a) Unless special provisions for the position of mayor are implemented pursuant to § 14-61-111, the candidate for any designated position on the board...
• § 14-61-113 - Petition Process for Special Elections.
  Except for questions that may be referred to the voters by the board of directors, unless it is a city where a federal court...
• § 14-61-114 - Options May Also Be Referred by Vote, Ordinance -- Mayor's Veto Power.
  (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision, the board of directors in a city operating under the city manager form of government may by a...
• § 14-61-115 - Initial Organization As a Management Form of Government.
  (a) A city affected by this chapter that has not yet held an election on petitions calling for an election to adopt the management...
• § 14-61-116 - Reorganization Election by City With Management Form of Government.
  A city affected by this chapter that is already organized under the management form of government shall hold a special election on petitions calling...
• § 14-61-117 - Implementation of Change in Form of Government Under This Chapter.
  The following procedure will be used to implement this chapter by cities that have changed the manner by which directors and the mayor are...
• § 14-61-118 - [Repealed.]
• § 14-61-119 - Removal of Director.
  (a) The holder of the office of city director or the mayor is subject to removal by the electors qualified to vote for a...
• § 14-61-120 - Limited Voting -- Cumulative Voting.
  (a) A majority of the qualified electors voting on the issue may vote to permit limited voting or cumulative voting for directors, other than...

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