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Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-13-303. Petition--Establishment--Hearing

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

(a) The quorum court of any county on its own motion or upon petition of ten percent (10%) of the electors of the county or any designated area of the county may establish by ordinance a system to provide emergency medical services to the residents of the county or the designated area.

(b)(1) When a quorum court proposes to enact an ordinance to provide emergency medical services, whether on its own motion or upon petition of electors, it shall set a date for a public hearing on the question and shall cause notice of the time and place of the hearing to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or in the area proposed to be served.

(2) All interested parties residing in the county or in the designated area shall have an opportunity to appear and be heard either for or against the establishment of the system.

(3) At the next meeting of the quorum court after the hearing, the quorum court may adopt an ordinance establishing the emergency medical services system for the county or the designated area of the county or may refuse to act further on the matter.

(c) If after the hearing the quorum court enacts an ordinance establishing a system, the ordinance shall specifically describe the area to be included within the system, shall describe the services to be provided the residents of the area, and shall specifically state the estimated cost of the services and the proposed method of financing the services, and such other matters as the quorum court deems appropriate to publicly advise residents of the county or the designated area of the purposes and costs of the system established in the ordinance.

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