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2 ORDINANCE NO. 16,488
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4 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 17 -100
5 OF THE LITTLE ROCK CITY CODE (1988)
6 FOR THE PURPOSE OF REALIGNING THE
7 MEMBERSHIP OF THE ADVERTISING AND
8 PROMOTION COMMISSION IN ORDER TO
9 COMPLY WITH ACT 364 OF 1993;
10 DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR
11 OTHER PURPOSES.
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13 WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock,
14 Arkansas, owns convention facilities. including generally
15 Robinson Auditorium, a parking garage, and the Statehouse
16 Convention Center which are operated by the Little Rock
17 Advertising and Promotion Commission pursuant to Little Rock,
18 Ark. Rev. Code Section 17- 100(a) (1988) and the Advertising and
19 Promotion Commission Act, Ark. Code Ann. §§ 26 -75 -601 -618
20 (Michie Supp. 1991); and
21 WHEREAS, Act 364 of 1993 amended the Act to change the
22 membership of the Advertising and Promotion Commission; and
23 WHEREAS, changes in Little Rock, Ark. Rev. Code § 17 -100
24 (1988) are necessary in order to comply with said amendment.
25 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
26 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
27 SECTION 1. Subsection A of Little Rock, Ark. Rev. Code §
28 17 -100 (1988) is hereby amended as follows:
29 (a) There is hereby created the City Advertising and
30 Promotion Commission. The Commission shall have the powers and
31 duties prescribed by the Advertising and Promotion Commission
32 Act, Ark. Code Ann. §§ 26 -75 -601 -618 (Michie Supp. 1991) as now
33 or hereafter amended. The Commission shall be composed of seven
34 (7) members, each of whom shall reside within the City, as
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1• Four (4) members shall be owners or 545
1 managers of businesses in the tourism
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industry, at least three (3) shall be owners
3 or managers of hotels, motels, or restaurants,
4 and shall serve for staggered terms of four
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(4) years; and
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2. Two (2) members shall be members of
7 the Board of Directors of the City and
8 selected by the Board and shall serve at the
9 will of the Board; and
10 (3) One (1) member shall be from the
11 public at -large and shall serve for a term of
12 four (4) years.
13 (b) Vacancies on the Commission, whether resulting from
14 expiration of a regular term or otherwise, in any of the four
15 (4) tourism positions provided for in (a)(1) or in the at -large
16 position provided for in (a)(3) shall be filled by appointment
17 made by the remaining members of the Commission with the
18 approval of the Board.
19 (c) The Commission is subject to all fiscal procedures of
20 the City.
21 SECTION 2. The present members of the Commission shall
22 continue in office for the balance of the terms to which they
23 have been previously appointed; provided, however, that the
24 Mayor shall designate one of the present members of the
25 Commission who is also a member of the Board to fill the
26 at -large position provided for in Subsection(a)(3) above for the
27 term to expire May 1, 1994.
28 SECTION 3. No part of this ordinance is intended, nor shall
29 it be construed, to amend or repeal any part or provision of
30 Little Rock, Ark. Rev. Code S 17 -96 -100 (1988) other than
31 Subsection (a) thereof. All other ordinances and resolutions and
32 parts thereof in conflict in whole or in part with any of the
33 provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent
34 of such conflict.
35 SECTION 4. The provisions of this ordinance are hereby
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declared to be severable. If any provision shall be held to be
invalid or to be inapplicable to any person or circumstances,
such invalidity or inapplicability shall not affect the
remainder of the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 5. EMERGENCY. The Board hereby determines that
changes to the membership of the Commission are necessary to
comply with Act 364 of 1993; and that this ordinance shall be
given immediate effect so that the operation of the Convention
Facilities may continue uninterrupted. Therefore, an emergency
is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance, being necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety, and
welfare, shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage and approval.
PASSED: September 7, 1993
"PROVED AS TO •O.
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