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14-14-903. Record of proceedings.
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14-14-903. Record of proceedings.
(a) Minutes. The quorum court of each county shall provide for the keeping of written minutes which include the final vote on each ordinance or resolution indicating the vote of each individual member on the question.
(b)County Ordinance and Resolution Register.
(1) There shall be maintained by each quorum court a county ordinance and resolution register for all ordinances, resolutions, and amendments to each, adopted and approved by the court.
(2)(A) Entries in this register shall be sequentially numbered in the order adopted and approved and shall be further designated by the year of adoption and approval.
(B) A separate sequential numbering system shall be maintained for both ordinances and resolutions.
(3) The register number shall be the official reference number designating an enactment.
(4) The register shall be maintained as a permanent record of the court and shall contain, in addition to the sequential register number, the following items of information:
(A) An index number which shall be the originating legislative agenda number of the enactment;
(B) The comprehensive title of the enactment;
(C) The type of ordinance or amendment: general, emergency, appropriation, initiative, or referendum;
(D) The date adopted by the quorum court;
(E) The date approved by the county judge, date of veto override, or date enacted by the electors;
(F) The effective date of the enactment;
(G) The expiration date of the enactment; and
(H) A recording index number designating the location of the enactments.
(c)Permanent Record of Ordinances and Resolutions.
(1)(A) There shall be maintained a permanent record of all ordinances and resolutions in which each enactment is entered in full after passage and approval, e
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-14-903
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14-14-903. Record of proceedings.
(a) Minutes. The quorum court of each county shall provide for the keeping of written minutes which include the final vote on each ordinance or resolution indicating the vote of each individual member on the question.
(b)County Ordinance and Resolution Register.
(1) There shall be maintained by each quorum court a county ordinance and resolution register for all ordinances, resolutions, and amendments to each, adopted and approved by the court.
(2)(A) Entries in this register shall be sequentially numbered in the order adopted and approved and shall be further designated by the year of adoption and approval.
(B) A separate sequential numbering system shall be maintained for both ordinances and resolutions.
(3) The register number shall be the official reference number designating an enactment.
(4) The register shall be maintained as a permanent record of the court and shall contain, in addition to the sequential register number, the following items of information:
(A) An index number which shall be the originating legislative agenda number of the enactment;
(B) The comprehensive title of the enactment;
(C) The type of ordinance or amendment: general, emergency, appropriation, initiative, or referendum;
(D) The date adopted by the quorum court;
(E) The date approved by the county judge, date of veto override, or date enacted by the electors;
(F) The effective date of the enactment;
(G) The expiration date of the enactment; and
(H) A recording index number designating the location of the enactments.
(c)Permanent Record of Ordinances and Resolutions.
(1)(A) There shall be maintained a permanent record of all ordinances and resolutions in which each enactment is entered in full after passage and approval, except when a code or budget is adopted by reference.
(B) When a code or budget is adopted by reference, the date and source of the code shall be entered.
(2)(A) The permanent record shall be so indexed to provide for efficient identification, location, and retrieval of all ordinances and resolutions by subject, register number, and date enacted.
(B) The permanent record indexing may be by book and page.
(d)Codification of Ordinances.
(1) At five-year intervals, county ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted in each of the several counties shall be compiled into a uniform code and published.
(2)(A) A quorum court may codify county ordinances and revise the codification of county ordinances at other periodic times as it considers necessary.
(B) The county ordinance adopting the codification or revision:
(i) Shall be enacted and published in accordance with the requirements for the passage of county ordinances under this subchapter; and
(ii) May provide for the repeal of certain county ordinances and parts of county ordinances by the deletion or omission of them from the codification or revision.
(3) A quorum court shall file a code of county ordinances and subsequent revisions to the code of county ordinances with the county clerk under § 14-14-909(b).
(4) A code of county ordinances is prima facie evidence of the law contained within it.
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14-14-909. Incorporation by reference.
(a) For the purpose of this section, “code” means any published compilation of rules which has been prepared by various technical trade associations, model code organizations, federal agencies, or this state, or any agency thereof, and shall include specifically, but shall not be limited to, building codes, plumbing codes, electrical wiring codes, health or sanitation codes, together with any other code which embraces rules pertinent to a subject which is a proper local county affair.
(b) Any county quorum court may adopt or repeal an ordinance that incorporates by reference the provisions of any code, or portions of any code, or any amendment thereof, properly identified as to date and source, without setting forth the provisions of the code in full. Notice of the intent to adopt a code by reference shall be published after the second reading and prior to final adoption of the code. At least one (1) copy of the code, portion, or amendment which is incorporated or adopted by reference shall be filed in the office of the county clerk and there kept available for public use, inspection, and examination. The filing requirements prescribed in this subsection shall not be considered to be complied with unless the required copies of the codes, portion, amendment, or public record are filed with the county clerk for a period of thirty (30) days prior to final adoption of the ordinance which incorporates the code, portion, or amendment by reference.
(c) The quorum court may adopt or amend a code by reference by an emergency ordinance and without notice.
(d) The process for repealing an ordinance which adopted or amended a code by reference shall be the same as for repealing any other ordinance.
(e) Any ordinance adopting a code,
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-14-909
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 14-14-909. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.