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14-40-602. Hearing on petition.
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14-40-602. Hearing on petition.
(a)(1) When the petition shall be presented to the county court, the clerk shall file it, and the court shall set a date for a hearing on the petition.
(2) The date for the hearing shall not be less than thirty (30) days after the filing of the petition.
(b)(1)(A) Between the time of the filing of the petition and the date of the hearing, the petitioners shall cause a notice to be published in some newspaper of general circulation in the county.
(B) The notice shall be published one (1) time a week for three (3) consecutive weeks.
(2) If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the county, notice shall be posted at some public place within the limits of the incorporated town or city for at least three (3) weeks before the date of the hearing.
(3) The notice referred to in this subsection shall contain the substance of the petition and state the time and place appointed for the hearing thereof.
(c) The hearing procedure set forth in § 14-38-103 shall be followed in the proceedings concerned in this section insofar as such procedure is not in conflict with any provision expressly set out in this subchapter.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-40-602
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14-40-602. Hearing on petition.
(a)(1) When the petition shall be presented to the county court, the clerk shall file it, and the court shall set a date for a hearing on the petition.
(2) The date for the hearing shall not be less than thirty (30) days after the filing of the petition.
(b)(1)(A) Between the time of the filing of the petition and the date of the hearing, the petitioners shall cause a notice to be published in some newspaper of general circulation in the county.
(B) The notice shall be published one (1) time a week for three (3) consecutive weeks.
(2) If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the county, notice shall be posted at some public place within the limits of the incorporated town or city for at least three (3) weeks before the date of the hearing.
(3) The notice referred to in this subsection shall contain the substance of the petition and state the time and place appointed for the hearing thereof.
(c) The hearing procedure set forth in § 14-38-103 shall be followed in the proceedings concerned in this section insofar as such procedure is not in conflict with any provision expressly set out in this subchapter.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
14-38-103. Hearing on petition.
(a)(1) Every incorporation hearing under this chapter shall be public and may be adjourned from time to time.
(2) Any person interested may appear and contest the granting of the prayer of the petition, and affidavits in support of or against the petition, which may be prepared and submitted, shall be examined by the county court.
(b)(1) In its discretion, the court may permit the agent named in the original petition to amend or change it.
(2) However, no amendment shall be permitted whereby territory not before embraced shall be added or the character of the proposed city or incorporated town changed from special to general, or from general to special, without appointing another time for a hearing and requiring new notice to be given as provided in § 14-38-101.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-38-103
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 14-38-103. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.