County Law Update
The required County Code of Ordinances
provide for the keeping of written minutes which include the final vote on each ordinance or resolution indicating the vote of each individual member on the question.” A.C.A. 14-14-903(a).
A County Ordinance Register: “Tere shall be maintained by each
quorum court a county ordinance ... register for all ordinances ... , and amendments ... , adopted and approved by the court.” A.C.A. 14-14- 903(b)(1).
County Resolution Register: “Tere shall be maintained by each
quorum court a county ... resolution register for all ... resolutions, and amendments ... , adopted and approved by the court.” A.C.A. 14-14- 903(b)(1).
Sequentially Numbered Register Entries: “Entries in this register shall be sequentially numbered in the order adopted and approved and shall be further designated by the year of adoption and approval. A separate sequential numbering system shall be maintained for both ordinances and resolutions. Te register number shall be the official reference number designating an enactment. Te register shall be main- tained as a permanent record of the court and shall contain, in addition to the sequential register number, the following items of information: (A) An index number which shall be the originating legislative agenda number of the enactment; (B) Te comprehensive title of the enact- ment; (C) Te type of ordinance or amendment: general, emergency,
ll county ordinances are required to be “compiled into a uniform code and published” ... “at five-year intervals.” A.C.A. 14-14-903(d).
Quorum Court Minutes: “Te quorum court of each county shall
appropriation, initiative, or referendum; (D) Te date adopted by the quorum court; (E) Te date approved by the county judge, date of veto override, or date enacted by the electors; (F) Te effective date of the enactment; (G) Te expiration date of the enactment; and (H) A recording index number designating the location of the enactments.” A.C.A. 14-14-903(b)(1).
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Permanent Record of Ordinances and Resolutions: “Tere shall be maintained a permanent record of all ordinances and resolutions in which each enactment is entered in full after passage and approval, except when a code or budget is adopted by reference. When a code or budget is adopted by reference, the date and source of the code shall be entered. Te permanent record shall be so indexed to provide for efficient identification, location, and retrieval of all ordinances and reso- lutions by subject, register number, and date enacted. Te permanent record indexing may be by book and page.” A.C.A. 14-14-903(c).
Codification of Ordinances: “No later than 1980 and at five-year
intervals thereafter, all county ordinances enacted in each of the several counties shall be compiled into a uniform code and published.” A.C.A. 14-14-903(d).
(Mike Rainwater, a regular contributor to County Lines and lead at-
torney for AAC Risk Management, is principal shareholder of Rainwater, Holt, and Sexton, P.A., a state-wide personal injury and disability law firm. Mr. Rainwater has been a lawyer for over 30 years, is a former deputy prosecuting attorney, and has defended city and county officials for over 25 years)
Federal broadband grant for health care will have benefits for all counties Tanks to what is being called the largest
federal grant ever received by an institution in Arkansas, numerous communities, hospitals and colleges will get connected with broadband access in the next few years.
Te grant of $102 million was awarded to
the University of Arkansas for Medical Scienc- es. It will pay for high speed, interactive links between the teaching hospital in Little Rock and all 75 counties in Arkansas, as well as links among local agencies. Te links will join UAMS with 81 hospitals. Te grant will pay for broadband improvements or new fiber optic connections in 135 Arkansas communities, eight public libraries and all hu-
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man development centers, community health centers, mental health centers and home health agencies. Te network will be vital in building the statewide trauma system approved last year by the legislature.
Also, all 22 state two-year colleges will gain much improved broadband access. State four- year universities already are connected. A tremendous benefit of the new network
is its potential for expansion into thousands of schools, community centers, ambulance opera- tors, health clinics, nursing homes, libraries, po- lice and fire departments and local emergency response agencies. UAMS and its partners will provide match-
ing funds of about $26 million. Tose partners include the state’s two-year colleges, the state Health Department, the state Human Services Department, the Arkansas Hospital Associa- tion, Baptist Health, the Community Health Centers of Arkansas and the State Library. Te benefits will come not just in allowing faster and better links to UAMS. It will improve communications among local medical clinics and first responders after a traumatic accident or medical emergency. – Arkansas Senate Information Office
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