Opinion No.

The Honorable Michael Lamoureux State Representative P.O. Box 1064 Russellville, AR 72811-1064

Dear Representative Lamoureux:

You have presented the following questions for my opinion:(1) Is an ordinance in effect if it is passed and approved by the city council on its third reading but never published in a local newspaper?(2) Would the answer be any different if the ordinance was never signed by the mayor and city clerk?(3) Would the answer to the first question be any different if the ordinance passed and approved by the city council had an emergency clause?(4) If an ordinance is passed and…