Opinion No.

The Honorable David Malone State Senator P.O. Box 1048 Fayetteville, Arkansas 72702-1048

Dear Senator Malone:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on whether the provisions of A.C.A. § 14-43-303 (1987) will be applicable to the City of Fayetteville if the current special census being conducted in that area shows, at completion, a City population in excess of fifty thousand, as is anticipated. That statute sets out the relevant times of election and the terms of office of various city officials and applies to cities of the first class with the mayor-council form of government and a…