Legal Opinion

Opinion No.

Arkansas Attorney General Reports

Decided January 28, 1997Published

1Opinion of the Court

The Honorable David Choate State Representative 709 North Main Street Beebe, AR 72012-3048

Dear Representative Choate:

This is in response to your request for an opinion concerning the requirement under A.C.A. § 14-55-204 (1987) that "[a]ll bylaws, ordinances, resolutions, or orders for the appropriation of money shall require for their passage or adoption the concurrence of a majority of the aldermen of any municipal corporation." Your specific questions concern a special meeting of the city council in a city of the second class attended by the mayor and three aldermen. You have asked the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

MAYOR, ETC., OF EL DORADO v. El Dorado BroadcastingSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1976
Gibson v. City of TrumannSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993
Adams v. SimsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1964
City of Mena v. Tomlinson Bros.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
City of Greeley v. HammanSupreme Court of Colorado · 1891

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