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(A) Effective date. No ordinance or amendment to existing ordinances other than an emergency ordinance or an appropriation ordinance shall be effective until 30 calendar days after publication has appeared. An ordinance or amendment to an existing ordinance may provide for a delayed effective date or may provide for the ordinance or amendment to an existing ordinance to become effective upon the fulfillment of an indicated contingency.
(B) Appropriation ordinances. An appropriation measure is effective immediately upon passage by the Quorum Court and approval by the County Judge.
(C) Emergency ordinances. An emergency ordinance or emergency amendment to an existing ordinance is effective immediately upon passage by the Quorum Court and approval by the County Judge.
(A) If the legislative body shall desire to amend any existing chapter or section of this code, the chapter or section shall be specifically repealed and a new chapter or section, containing the desired amendment, substituted in its place.
(B) Any ordinance which is proposed to add to the existing code a new chapter or section shall indicate, with reference to the arrangement of this code, the proper number of the chapter or section.
(A) As histories for the code sections, the specific number and passage date of the original ordinance, and the most recent three amending ordinances, if any, are listed following the text of the code section.
Example: (Ord. 1960-1, passed 1-1-1960; Am. Ord. 1970-1, passed 1-1-1970; Am. Ord. 1980-1, passed 1-1-1980; Am. Ord. 1980-2, passed 6-1-1980)
(B) (1) If a statutory cite is included in the history, this indicates that the text of the section reads substantially the same as the statute.
Example: (A.C.A. § 14-14-906) (Ord. 1980-1, passed 1-1-1980; Am. Ord. 1985-1, passed 1-1-1985).
(2) If a statutory cite is set forth as a statutory reference following the text of the section, this indicates that the reader should refer to that statute for further information.
Example:
This county shall make available to any person for inspection or copying all public records, unless otherwise exempted by state law.
Statutory reference:
For provisions concerning the inspection of public
records, see A.C.A. §§ 25-19-101 et seq.
In order to create a code of ordinances that is consistent in style and capitalization, which utilizes proper grammar, spelling and punctuation, and which streamlines redundant language commonly found in ordinances, stylistic changes and improvements to this code have been made that will enhance readability and consistency, but which do not affect the meaning of the law. Consequently, ordinances may not read verbatim to the code section.
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