2010 Arkansas Code
Title 14 - Local Government
Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government
Chapter 44 - Government of Cities of the Second Class
§ 14-44-102 - Redistricting of wards.

14-44-102. Redistricting of wards.

(a) City councils in cities of the second class shall have the authority to redistrict the wards of their cities when they determine that the people can best be served by adding wards, combining wards, or changing ward boundary lines to equalize the populations in the various wards.

(b) (1) Within ninety (90) days after redistricting, if fifty (50) or more qualified electors in the city are dissatisfied with the division of the city into wards, they shall have the authority to petition the circuit court.

(2) The court, after due hearing, shall have authority to redistrict the city into such wards as it shall deem best if it finds that the redistricting action by the council was arbitrary and capricious.

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