§ 14-234-303 - Ordinance -- Qualifications of commissioners. - Arkansas Statutes

14-234-303. Ordinance -- Qualifications of commissioners.

(a) (1) (A) Any city of the first class desiring to avail itself of the benefits of this subchapter shall enact an ordinance by a majority vote of the duly elected and qualified members of its city council creating a waterworks commission to be composed of no fewer than three (3) nor more than five (5) citizens who are qualified electors of the municipality or who are qualified electors of the area served by the municipality.

(B) Any waterworks commission of a city of the first class having fewer than five (5) members may have its membership increased at any time to no more than five (5) members by ordinance of the city council passed by the majority vote of the duly elected and qualified members of the city council.

(2) In all cities of the first class having a mayor-council form of government and having a population of not less than fifty thousand (50,000) persons according to the most recent federal decennial census, the waterworks commission shall be composed of five (5) members to be appointed and confirmed in the manner and to serve for the terms prescribed in this subchapter.

(b) Any city of the second class desiring to avail itself of the benefits of this subchapter shall, by a majority vote of the duly elected and qualified members of its city council, enact an ordinance creating a waterworks commission to be composed of not less than three (3) nor more than five (5) citizens who are qualified electors of the municipality.