HB 1733 Summary

• Replaces the term "aldermen" with "council members" throughout Arkansas municipal code sections governing city and town governance

• Updates terminology in election procedures, municipal officer qualifications, vacancy filling processes, and city council powers affecting cities of the first class, second class, and incorporated towns

• Maintains all substantive legal requirements and procedures while modernizing language to use gender-neutral terminology

• Applies changes across 37 sections of Arkansas Code relating to local government operations, from runoff elections to appropriations approval

• Approved April 4, 2017