Opinion No.

The Honorable Lonnie Clark Representative, District 2 P. O. Box 307 Berryville, AR 72616

Dear Representative Clark:

This letter is in response to your request for an official opinion concerning the following question:

Can a City of the First Class take action on an ordinance that has a referendum pending on said ordinance?

Pursuant to Amendment 7, Initiative and Referendum, of the Arkansas Constitution, the people have the power to:. . . prepare legislative measures, laws and amendments to the Constitution, and to enact or reject the same at the polls independent of the General Assembly; and also…