11269ORDINANCE NO. 110269
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, BY ADDING AN ARTICLE
TO CHAPTER 11, DESIGNATED ARTICLE II, TO BE KNOWN AS
EMERGENCY INTERIM SUCCESSORS TO MUNICIPAL OFFICES;
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, Act 489 of 1961 of the General Assembly of the
State of Arkansas authorizes and directs that municipal corpo-
rations within the State of Arkansas provide that certain
elected officers of municipalities designate interim successors
so as to provide for a continuity of local government in the
event of attack and unavailability of duly authorized and
constituted officers; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Directors of
the City of Little Rock to comply with said Act in all respects;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Little Rock, Arkansas, is hereby amended by adding an Article
to Chapter 11 to be known as Article II, which said Article shall
read as follows:
"ARTICLE II. EMERGENCY INTERIM SUCCESSORS TO MUNICIPAL
"Sec. 11 -11. Definitions.
"The following definitions of terms shall apply for
purposes of this ordinance as follows:
"(a) 'Unavailable' means either that a vacancy in
office exists and there is no deputy authorized
to exercise all of the powers and discharge the
duties of the office, or that the lawful incumbent
of the office is absent or unable to exercise the
powers and discharge the duties of the office.
'(b) 'Emergency interim successor' means a person
designated pursuant to this act, in the event the
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officer is unavailable, to exercise the powers
and discharge the duties of an office until a
successor is appointed or elected and qualified as
may be provided by the constitution, statutes,
charters, and ordinances, or until the lawful
incumbent is able to resume the exercise of
the powers and discharge the duties of the
office.
"(c) 'Office' means a position on the Board of Direc-
tors of the City of Little Rock and duties of
which are defined by the statutes, charters and
ordinances.
"(d) 'Attack' means any attack or series of attacks by
an enemy of the United States causing, or which may
cause, substantial damage or injury to civilian
property or persons in the United States in any
manner by sabotage or by the use of bombs, missiles,
shellfire, or atomic, radiological, chemical, bac-
teriological, or biological means, or other weapons
or processes.
"Sec. 11 -12. __Appointment of Emergency Successors
oitions on Board -ot directors.
"The members of the Board of Directors of the City of
Little Rock, Arkansas, shall, individually, name emergency
interim successors for their respective position only,
and shall name not less than three (3) nor more than seven
(7) such emergency interim successors. The emergency
interim successors shall be named by a title or by named
person and said names shall be listed in their order of
succession.
"Sec. 11 -13. Certification of Appointments.
"Each list furnished and executed by individual members
of the Board of Directors shall be certified by the City
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Clerk of Little Rock, Arkansas. Three (3) copies of
every list shall be kept at all times in the Office of
the City Clerk of Little Rock, Arkansas.
"Sec. 11 -14. Periodical Review of Lists.
"Each member of the Board of Directors shall review
the list of successors to his position at reasonable
intervals to insure its current status.
"Sec. 11 -15. Method of Changing or Altering Appointments.
"Any change in appointment of emergency interim suc-
cessors to a position on the Board of Directors shall be
effected by the execution of an entirely new list which
shall reflect any change desired, the latest such list,
by date shown thereon, prevailing over all prior incon-
sistent lists theretofore filed for the particular position.
"Sec. 11 -16. Powers of Emergency Interim Successor.
"In the event that any member of the Board of Directors
of the City of Little Rock shall be unavailable as the
result, either directly or indirectly, of an attack, the
powers of the office held by such unavailable officer shall
be exercised and duties shall be discharged by the desig-
nated emergency interim successor in the order specified.
Such emergency interim successor shall exercise the powers
and discharge the duties of the office until such time as
an emergency interim successor in higher or superior
priority becomes available, until a duly constituted and
appointed officer shall be elected in accordance with the
statutes or ordinances applicable, or until the duly con-
stituted and appointed officer becomes available to exer-
cise the powers and discharge the duties of his office.
"Sec. 11 -17. Oath of Office.
"At the time of the designation and appointment as an
emergency interim successor, said emergency interim succes-
sor shall take such oath as may be required for him to
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exercise the powers
and discharge the duties of the
office to which he may succeed."
SECTION 2• This ordinance shall be in full force an
ssage and approval.
effect from and after its pa
PASSED: April 2, 1962
ATTEST
City Clerk
AppROVED:
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