2010 Arkansas Code
Title 14 - Local Government
Subtitle 2 - County Government
Chapter 14 - County Government Code
Subchapter 9 - Legislative Procedures
§ 14-14-903 - Record of proceedings.

14-14-903. Record of proceedings.

(a) Minutes. The quorum court of each county shall provide for the keeping of written minutes which include the final vote on each ordinance or resolution indicating the vote of each individual member on the question.

(b) County Ordinance and Resolution Register. (1) There shall be maintained by each quorum court a county ordinance and resolution register for all ordinances, resolutions, and amendments to each, adopted and approved by the court.

(2) (A) Entries in this register shall be sequentially numbered in the order adopted and approved and shall be further designated by the year of adoption and approval.

(B) A separate sequential numbering system shall be maintained for both ordinances and resolutions.

(3) The register number shall be the official reference number designating an enactment.

(4) The register shall be maintained as a permanent record of the court and shall contain, in addition to the sequential register number, the following items of information:

(A) An index number which shall be the originating legislative agenda number of the enactment;

(B) The comprehensive title of the enactment;

(C) The type of ordinance or amendment: general, emergency, appropriation, initiative, or referendum;

(D) The date adopted by the quorum court;

(E) The date approved by the county judge, date of veto override, or date enacted by the electors;

(F) The effective date of the enactment;

(G) The expiration date of the enactment; and

(H) A recording index number designating the location of the enactments.

(c) Permanent Record of Ordinances and Resolutions. (1) (A) There shall be maintained a permanent record of all ordinances and resolutions in which each enactment is entered in full after passage and approval, except when a code or budget is adopted by reference.

(B) When a code or budget is adopted by reference, the date and source of the code shall be entered.

(2) (A) The permanent record shall be so indexed to provide for efficient identification, location, and retrieval of all ordinances and resolutions by subject, register number, and date enacted.

(B) The permanent record indexing may be by book and page.

(d) Codification of Ordinances. No later than 1980 and at five-year intervals thereafter, all county ordinances enacted in each of the several counties shall be compiled into a uniform code and published.