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1999 vol. I bk. 4 3659 (1999)

handle is hein.ssl/ssar0045 and id is 1 raw text is: AcTs OF ARKANSAS

ACT 988
AN ACT TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR
THE SIMULTANEOUS DETACHMENT AND
ANNEXATION OF MUNICIPAL TERRITORY
IN ADJOINING CITIES AND TOWNS; AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Subtitle
TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR THE SIMUL-
TANEOUS DETACHMENT AND ANNEX-
ATION OF MUNICIPAL TERRITORY IN AD-
JOINING CITIES AND TOWNS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. Simultaneous detachment and an-
nexation by two (2) cities.
(a) When the boundaries of two (2) municipalities
are contiguous to and adjoining one another, and one
municipality desires to detach and annex territory in
another municipality, then the governing body of the
municipality desiring to detach and annex territory
may propose an ordinance calling for the simultaneous
detachment of the lands from the one municipality and
to annex the lands into its municipal limits. The
municipality desiring to annex land in the adjoining
city shall, after the passage of the ordinance calling
for detachment and annexation, send the ordinance to
the governing body of the city or town in which the
lands are located.
(b)(1) The ordinance will provide a legal description
of the lands proposing to be detached and annexed
and describe generally the reasons for proposing the
action.
(2) The governing body of the city or town in
which the lands are located shall conduct a public
hearing within sixty (60) days of the proposal of the
ordinance calling for the detachment and annexation.
Additions are Indicated by underline; deletions by stikewou

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