If a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor in any city of the second class, at the first regular meeting after the occurrence of the vacancy, the city council shall proceed to either elect by a majority vote of the council members a mayor to serve the unexpired term or call for a special election to be held in accordance with § 7-11-101 et seq. to fill the vacancy. At this election, a mayor shall be elected to serve the unexpired term.
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-44-106
Vacancy in mayor's office
Acts 1959, No. 54, § 1; 1967, No. 427, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-1110; Acts 1997, No. 645, § 4; 2005, No. 2145, § 30; 2007, No. 1049, § 49; 2009, No. 1480, § 67; 2017, No. 879, § 27.
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