Opinion No.

The Honorable Bill Walters State Senator P.O. Box 280 Greenwood, Arkansas 72936

Dear Senator Walters:

This official Attorney General opinion is rendered in response to a question you have raised concerning the override of a mayor's veto. You have asked:

If the city council in a city of the second class fails to override a mayor's veto at the council meeting immediately following the mayor's veto because of a failure to obtain a quorum, can the council take up the matter at a subsequent council meeting and override the veto?

I must note initially my understanding that in most cities, the common…