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Arkansas Code Title 14. Local Government § 14-142-208. Bonds generally--Election to authorize issuance

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The question of the issuance of such bonds shall be submitted to the electors of the municipality or county at the general election or at a special election called for that purpose in accordance with § 7-11-201 et seq., as provided in the ordinance or order and held in the manner provided in this subchapter; provided, however, that no voter residing within a municipality levying a maintenance tax for libraries or levying a tax pledged for the purpose of retiring library bonds issued by the municipality or pledged to pay for capital improvements to or construction of a public library pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 30, and Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 72, shall be entitled to vote on the question of the issuance of bonds by the county within which the municipality is located as authorized pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 38, and Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 72, and this section.

(b)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, the election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as a special or general election under the election laws of the state.

(2) The ordinance or order shall set forth the form of the ballot question or questions in the form prescribed by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 30, or Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 38, as amended by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 72.

(3) Notice of the election shall be given by the clerk of the issuer by one (1) publication in a newspaper having general circulation within the municipality or county not less than ten (10) days prior to the election. No other publication or posting of a notice by any other public official shall be required.

(c) The chief executive officer of the municipality or county shall proclaim the results of the election by issuing a proclamation and publishing it one (1) time in a newspaper having general circulation within the municipality or county.

(d)(1) The results of the election as stated in the proclamation shall be conclusive unless suit is filed in the circuit court in the county in which the issuer is located within thirty (30) days after the date of the publication.

(2) No other action shall be maintained to challenge the validity of the bonds and of the proceedings authorizing the issuance of the bonds unless suit is filed in such circuit court within thirty (30) days after the date of adoption of an ordinance or entry of the order authorizing the sale of the bonds.

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