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14-40-102. Effective date of annexation, consolidation, or detachment required.
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14-40-102. Effective date of annexation, consolidation, or detachment required.
(a)(1) An annexation, consolidation, or detachment action that affects territory under this chapter shall include in its ordinance or resolution the date upon which the annexation, consolidation, or detachment is considered final.
(2) An ordinance or resolution that fails to include a specified effective date shall use the date of the municipal clerk or municipal recorder file mark or attestation, whichever is later in time, as the effective date for all purposes.
(b)(1) The date specified in the ordinance or resolution is the official effective date of the annexation, consolidation, or detachment.
(2) An amendment to the ordinance or resolution shall carry its own effective date or modification of the effective date.
(3) An amendment that fails to include a specified effective date shall use the date of the municipal clerk or municipal recorder file mark or attestation, whichever is later in time, as the effective date of the amendment for all purposes.
(c)(1) If a municipality initiates an annexation, consolidation, or detachment action under § 14-40-204 or § 14-40-501, the effective date shall be specified.
(2) An ordinance or resolution that fails to include a specified effective date shall use the date of the municipal clerk or municipal recorder file mark or attestation, whichever is later in time, as the effective date for all purposes.
(d) The effective date specified in an ordinance or resolution issued under this chapter is the official effective date to be used by any county or state official charged with recording, forwarding, maintaining, or instituting the ordinance or resolution.
(e)(1) In the event of a circuit court challenge to a county court order approvi
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-40-102
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14-40-102. Effective date of annexation, consolidation, or detachment required.
(a)(1) An annexation, consolidation, or detachment action that affects territory under this chapter shall include in its ordinance or resolution the date upon which the annexation, consolidation, or detachment is considered final.
(2) An ordinance or resolution that fails to include a specified effective date shall use the date of the municipal clerk or municipal recorder file mark or attestation, whichever is later in time, as the effective date for all purposes.
(b)(1) The date specified in the ordinance or resolution is the official effective date of the annexation, consolidation, or detachment.
(2) An amendment to the ordinance or resolution shall carry its own effective date or modification of the effective date.
(3) An amendment that fails to include a specified effective date shall use the date of the municipal clerk or municipal recorder file mark or attestation, whichever is later in time, as the effective date of the amendment for all purposes.
(c)(1) If a municipality initiates an annexation, consolidation, or detachment action under § 14-40-204 or § 14-40-501, the effective date shall be specified.
(2) An ordinance or resolution that fails to include a specified effective date shall use the date of the municipal clerk or municipal recorder file mark or attestation, whichever is later in time, as the effective date for all purposes.
(d) The effective date specified in an ordinance or resolution issued under this chapter is the official effective date to be used by any county or state official charged with recording, forwarding, maintaining, or instituting the ordinance or resolution.
(e)(1) In the event of a circuit court challenge to a county court order approving a municipal boundary change under this chapter, the final order of the circuit court shall specify a change to the effective date, if any.
(2) In the absence of a specific attestation, the municipally designated effective date is the effective date.
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14-40-204. Annexation of city-owned parks and airports.
(a)(1) From and after the passage of this subsection, all city-owned parks and city-owned airports in cities of populations between forty thousand (40,000) and eighty thousand (80,000) in counties whose population is one hundred forty thousand (140,000) or over are annexed to the cities owning the parks and airports.
(2) This subsection shall apply to other cities and counties in the future meeting the population requirements, as shown by the federal census.
(b) All city-owned parks owned by cities in this state having a population of not less than six thousand (6,000) and not more than six thousand four hundred fifty (6,450) and located in counties having a population of not less than twenty-two thousand six hundred (22,600) and not more than twenty-two thousand eight hundred (22,800), according to the most recent federal census, are annexed to the cities owning the parks.
(c) All city-owned parks with a minimum of thirty (30) acres and owned by cities in this state having a population of not less than fifteen thousand (15,000) and not more than eighteen thousand (18,000) and located in counties having a population of not less than two hundred twenty thousand (220,000) and not more than two hundred sixty thousand (260,000), according to the most recent federal decennial census, are annexed to the cities owning the parks.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-40-204
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 14-40-204. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
14-40-501. Authority — Exceptions.
(a)(1)(A)(i) Whenever the incorporated limits of a municipality have completely surrounded an unincorporated area, the governing body of the municipality may propose an ordinance calling for the annexation of the land surrounded by the municipality.
(ii) Subdivision (a)(1)(A)(i) of this section includes situations in which the incorporated limits of a municipality have surrounded an unincorporated area on only three (3) sides because the fourth side is a boundary line with another state, a military base, a state park, a national forest, a lake, or a river.
(B) If the incorporated limits of two (2) or more municipalities have completely surrounded an unincorporated area, the governing body of the municipality with the greater distance of city limits adjoining the unincorporated area's perimeter may propose an ordinance calling for the annexation of the land surrounded by the municipalities, unless it is agreed by the adjoining municipalities that another of the adjoining municipalities should propose an ordinance calling for the annexation.
(2) The ordinance will provide a legal description of the land to be annexed and describe generally the services to be extended to the area to be annexed.
(b)(1) The unincorporated area to be annexed shall comply with the standards for lands qualifying for annexation which are set forth in § 14-40-302.
(2) Privately owned lakes exceeding six (6) acres of water surface which are used exclusively for recreational purposes and lands adjacent to them not exceeding twenty (20) acres in size which are used exclusively for recreational purposes in relation to the lake shall not qualify for annexation under the provisions of this subchapter.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-40-501
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 14-40-501. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.