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NO. 16,961
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND LITTLE ROCK,
ARK., REV. CODE S 35 -26 (A) TO
PROVIDE FOR FIVE (5) ELECTORS TO
SERVE ON THE LITTLE ROCK WATERWORKS
COMMISSION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY;
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, pursuant to State law, the City of Little Rock
created a waterworks commission to consist of three (3) persons
charged with the responsibility to operate, manage, improve,
extend and maintain the municipal waterworks and distribution
system; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors believes that a large
commission consisting of five (5) persons better represents the
interests of the City without becoming so large as to make it
difficult to function; and
WHEREAS, Act 789 of the 1995 General Assembly of the State
of Arkansas provides.that a waterworks commission of a city of
the first class having fewer than five (5) members may be
increased by adoption of an ordinance approved by a majority
vote of the city council to include at least five members; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas, wishes to accomplish this increase in the size of its
waterworks commission as soon as possible.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. Little Rock, Ark., Rev. Code S 35 -26(a) (1988)
is hereby amended to read a follows:
(a) There is created a waterworks commission to
consist of five (5) citizens who are qualified
electors of the city. Successor commissioners shall
be appointed by the four (4) remaining
commissioners and subject to the approval of the
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duly elected and qualified members of the board of
directors shall serve for a term of eight (8) years
The commissioners shall take full and complete
control of all properties of every kind and
character belonging to the city and used in
connection with the waterworks system, whether
situated within or without the city limits.
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding the provisions set forth above,
the initial terms of the two (2) new appointees shall be such
that the terms of all waterworks commissioners shall expire in
successive years and no two (2) terms shall expire during any
one year.
SECTION 3. Severability. In the event any title, subtitle,
section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, subparagraph,
item, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is
declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such
declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining
portions of this ordinance which shall remain in full force and
effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or
unconstitutional was not originally a part of this ordinance.
SECTION 4. Repealer. All ordinances and resolutions or
parts of ordinances and resolutions, except those dealing with
the authority of the City Board of Directors for
extraterritorial water extensions, inconsistent with this
ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such
inconsistency.
SECTION 5. Emergency. The greater confidence that comes
from a municipal waterworks system being governed by a larger
and more representative commission is found to be essential to
the public health, safety and welfare. An emergency is
therefore declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after the date of its adoption.
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PASSED: September 5, 1995
APPROVED AS TO FORK:
THOMAS
CITY ATTORNEY
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